Lefthander who was Clemson’s best pitcher in 2016 as a relieve
Lefthander who was Clemson’s best pitcher in 2016 as a reliever and became a weekend starter in 2017 … transferred to Clemson in 2015 after a successful season at Temple, who dropped baseball, in 2014 … in 208.2 innings pitched over 73 appearances (19 starts) and three seasons at Clemson, he had a 20-9 record, nine saves and a 2.89 ERA while allowing 191 hits (.244 opponents’ batting average) and 53 walks with 167 strikeouts … in 236.0 innings pitched over 89 appearances (19 starts) and four seasons, including one at Temple and three at Clemson, at the college level, he had a 21-9 record, 11 saves and a 2.63 ERA while allowing 208 hits (.237 opponents’ batting average) and 60 walks with 179 strikeouts … in 124.0 innings pitched over 42 appearances (12 starts) against ACC teams in his Clemson career, he had a 13-5 record, six saves and a 2.32 ERA while allowing 116 hits and 33 walks with 89 strikeouts … two-time Second-Team All-ACC selection … drafted two times in his career … two-time All-ACC Academic selection … two-time ACC Academic Honor Roll member.
2017: Drafted in the 28th round (No. 831 overall pick) by the Oakland Athletics and signed in June … Second-Team All-ACC selection … one of 10 finalists for the Senior CLASS Award … All-ACC Academic selection … had an 8-3 record, a save and 3.50 ERA in 17 appearances (16 starts) … in 90.0 innings pitched, he allowed 101 hits (.283 opponents’ batting average) and 25 walks with 64 strikeouts … tied for sixth in the ACC in wins and tied for sixth in starts … led the team pickoffs (4) … tied for the team lead in starts … had a 5-2 record and 2.48 ERA in ACC regular-season games … did not walk or hit any of the 95 leadoff batters he faced … pitched 6.0 innings in a starting role, allowing two hits and no earned runs with six strikeouts to earn the win against Wright State on Feb. 18 … pitched 5.2 innings in a starting role, allowing a walk with four strikeouts to earn the win against Elon on Feb. 25 … pitched 7.0 innings in a starting role, allowing five hits, one run and two walks with four strikeouts to earn the win against No. 11 Virginia on March 19 … pitched 7.1 innings in a starting role, allowing seven hits, no runs and no walks with three strikeouts to earn the win at Boston College in Kingston, R.I., on March 26 … pitched 5.2 innings in a starting role with six strikeouts to earn the win at Georgia Tech on April 2 … pitched 5.2 innings in a starting role, allowing five hits and one earned run with three strikeouts to earn the win against Virginia Tech on April 9 … pitched 5.1 innings in a starting role, allowing no earned runs with five strikeouts at Florida State on April 17 … pitched 6.1 innings in a starting role, allowing five hits, one earned run and one walk with five strikeouts in the second game of a doubleheader against No. 17 Wake Forest on April 22 … pitched 8.0 innings in a starting role, allowing five hits, no earned runs and two walks with four strikeouts at No. 3 North Carolina on April 30 … pitched 6.0 innings in a starting role, allowing five hits and two walks with three strikeouts to earn the win against Nevada on May 8 … pitched 5.1 innings in a starting role with three strikeouts to earn the win at NC State on May 20 … pitched a scoreless ninth inning to record the save against UNC Greensboro in the Clemson Regional on June 2 … pitched 4.2 innings in a starting role, allowing one earned run and one walk against UNC Greensboro in the Clemson Regional on June 4 … preseason first-team All-American by NCBWA … preseason second-team All-American by Collegiate Baseball … No. 293 college prospect for the 2017 draft in the preseason by D1Baseball … No. 33 starting pitcher in the nation in the preseason by D1Baseball.
2016: Drafted in the 28th round (No. 856 overall pick) by the St. Louis Cardinals … Gregg Olson Award semifinalist … National Pitcher-of-the-Year Watch List member … first-team All-American by Perfect Game; became the first Tiger reliever to earn first-team All-America honors since 1995 (Scott Winchester) … second-team All-American by NCBWA … third-team All-American by Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball … Second-Team All-ACC selection; became the first Tiger reliever to earn All-ACC honors since 2004 (Patrick Hogan) … won the Stowe Award, given to the team’s most valuable pitcher … won the Dedication Award for outstanding work in the strength training room … ACC Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Year, the first Tiger to win the award … All-ACC Academic selection … ACC Academic Honor Roll member … had a 10-2 record, one complete game, five saves and a 1.67 ERA in 29 appearances (three starts) … in 80.2 innings pitched, he allowed 58 hits (.203 opponents’ batting average) and 17 walks with 65 strikeouts … ninth in Tiger history in appearances … seventh in the nation in ERA, 10th in WHIP (0.93) and tied for 18th in wins … first in the ACC in ERA, third in opponents’ batting average, tied for fourth in complete games, tied for sixth in wins and seventh in appearances; was the only predominant relief pitcher to total 10 wins … led the team in ERA, wins, appearances, games finished (17), saves, strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.82) and opponents’ batting average; became the first Tiger in history to lead the team outright in wins and saves … had a 9-1 record, an 0.75 ERA, a .184 opponents’ batting average and 48 strikeouts against 12 walks in 59.2 innings pitched over his 26 relief appearances … had two pickoffs … had a 5-1 record, a 1.10 ERA, .163 opponents’ batting average and 38 strikeouts against nine walks in 41.0 innings pitched over 11 appearances (two starts) at home … had a 1.15 ERA after the third inning … had a 5-1 record, three saves, a 1.04 ERA, .205 opponents’ batting average and 28 strikeouts against 12 walks in 43.1 innings pitched over 15 appearances (one start) in ACC regular-season games … held opponents to a .163 batting average with two outs … allowed only seven of 30 inherited baserunners to score … named ACC Co-Pitcher-of-the-Week on April 4; had a 2-0 record and pitched 8.0 scoreless innings of four-hit ball in two relief appearances … named one of five national players-of-the-week by Collegiate Baseball and ACC Pitcher-of-the-Week on May 9; had a 2-0 record and pitched 16.0 innings, allowing eight hits, one run and four walks with 13 strikeouts against No. 4 Florida State and No. 9 NC State … pitched 3.2 innings in relief, allowing one hit, no runs and a walk with six strikeouts against Maine on Feb. 20 … pitched 1.1 innings in relief, allowing one hit and no runs with four strikeouts against Wofford on March 1 … pitched 3.2 innings in relief, allowing one hit, no runs and no walks with four strikeouts to record the save against No. 18 South Carolina at Greenville, S.C., on March 5 … retired all six batters he faced in relief with two strikeouts against Winthrop on March 9 … pitched 5.0 innings in relief, allowing five hits, two runs and a walk with four strikeouts to earn the win at Wake Forest on March 12 … pitched 1.2 innings in relief, allowing one hit, no runs and no walks with one strikeout at The Citadel on March 16 … pitched 2.0 innings in relief, allowing one hit, no runs and no walks with three strikeouts against No. 22 Boston College on March 18 … pitched 1.2 innings in relief, allowing no runs and no walks with two strikeouts against No. 22 Boston College on March 20 … pitched 1.1 innings in relief, allowing one hit, no runs and no walks at No. 4 Miami (Fla.) on March 25 … pitched 1.2 scoreless innings in relief with one strikeout at No. 4 Miami (Fla.) on March 26 … pitched 3.2 innings in relief, allowing three hits, no runs and a walk with three strikeouts to earn the win at Furman on March 29 … pitched 4.1 innings in relief, allowing one hit, no runs and no walks with two strikeouts to earn the win against Pittsburgh on April 3 … pitched 1.2 innings in relief, allowing one hit, no runs and no walks with two strikeouts to earn the win at Georgia on April 5 … pitched a perfect ninth inning with a strikeout to record the save at Duke on April 9 … pitched 2.0 perfect innings in relief with one strikeout to earn the win against Western Carolina on April 12 … pitched 3.0 innings in relief, allowing one hit, no runs and a walk to earn the win against Georgia Tech on April 22 … pitched 7.0 innings in relief, allowing three hits, no runs and a walk with eight strikeouts to earn the win against No. 4 Florida State on May 2 … pitched 9.0 innings in a starting role, allowing five hits, one run and three walks with five strikeouts to earn the win against No. 9 NC State on May 8; was his first career start and complete game … pitched a hitless and scoreless 11th inning to record the save at Notre Dame on May 19 … retired the only batter he faced to record the save at Notre Dame on May 21 … pitched 2.0 innings in relief, allowing two hits and no walks with one strikeout to earn the win against No. 8 Virginia in the ACC Tournament on May 26 … retired the only batter he faced to record the save against No. 3 Louisville in the ACC Tournament on May 27 … pitched 2.1 innings in relief, allowing one hit, no runs and no walks to earn the win against Wake Forest in the ACC Tournament on May 28; earned All-ACC Tournament honors by going 2-0 with a save while allowing four hits, one run and no walks with two strikeouts in 5.2 innings pitched over four relief appearances; became the first Tiger since 1992 with two wins in an ACC Tournament.
2015: ACC Academic Honor Roll member … had a 2-4 record, three saves and a 4.03 ERA in 27 relief appearances … in 38.0 innings pitched, he allowed 32 hits (.229 opponents’ batting average), no homers and 11 walks with 38 strikeouts … led the team in appearances … had the most appearances by a Tiger lefthander since 2009 (Ryan Hinson) and the most relief appearances by a Tiger lefthander since 2006 (Daniel Moskos) … did not throw a wild pitch … only allowed four of his 23 inherited baserunners to score … had a 1-1 record, two saves, a 2.38 ERA, .205 opponents’ batting average and 10 strikeouts against four walks in 11.1 innings pitched over 10 relief appearances in ACC regular-season games … pitched 3.1 innings in relief, allowing two hits, no earned runs and a walk with three strikeouts in the second game of a doubleheader against Notre Dame on March 14 … pitched 4.2 innings in relief, allowing three hits, no earned runs and two walks with four strikeouts at Coastal Carolina on March 20 … pitched 2.0 innings in relief, allowing two hits, no runs and no walks with one strikeout at Western Carolina on March 24 … pitched 2.0 innings in relief, allowing two hits, no runs and no walks with one strikeout against Presbyterian College on April 1 … pitched 0.1 innings in relief, allowing no hits and no runs with one strikeout to earn his first win as a Tiger against North Carolina on April 4 … pitched 1.1 innings in relief, allowing one hit, no runs and no walks with one strikeout to record his first save as a Tiger at Boston College on April 12 … pitched a hitless and scoreless ninth inning with one strikeout to record the save against Gardner-Webb on April 15 … pitched 1.1 perfect innings in relief with two strikeouts to earn the win at Furman on May 12 … pitched 2.0 innings in relief, allowing no hits, no runs and no walks with three strikeouts to record the save at No. 8 Florida State on May 14.
Before Clemson: Played one season (2014) at Temple, where he was 1-0 with a team-best 0.66 ERA, two saves and a .181 opponents’ batting average along with 12 strikeouts against seven walks in 27.1 innings pitched over 16 relief appearances … Big 5 Co-Rookie-of-the-Year … coached by Ryan Wheeler at Temple, which discontinued baseball after the 2014 season, allowing Krall to be eligible to play at Clemson in 2015 … all-league as a junior and senior at Downingtown West High School … all-county as a junior … lettered three times in baseball at Downingtown West High School, where he was coached by Dave Oleszek.
Personal: Pronounced KRAHL … graduated May 11, 2017 with a degree in management … born Patrick Thomas Krall on Aug. 27, 1994 in Downingtown, Pa.
