Career Stats
Righthander who sat out in 2013 after transferring from East Tennessee State and was the Sunday starter most of the 2014 season … was injured during the first half of 2015, but came on to become a weekend starter … in 194.0 innings pitched over 48 appearances (34 starts) and three seasons (one at East Tennessee and two at Clemson) at the collegiate level, he had a 7-13 record, one save and a 4.08 ERA while allowing 181 hits (.243 opponents’ batting average) and 90 walks with 151 strikeouts.
2015: Had a 2-1 record and 2.17 ERA in 13 appearances (seven starts) … in 49.2 innings pitched, he allowed 37 hits (.206 opponents’ batting average) and 22 walks with 39 strikeouts … held opponents to a .143 batting average with runners in scoring position … had a 1-0 record, 1.89 ERA and .185 opponents’ batting average in 19.0 innings pitched over five appearances (two starts) in ACC regular-season games … in 18.2 innings pitched over six appearances (two starts) in games away from home, he allowed 14 hits (.209 opponents’ batting average) and had a 1.45 ERA … in 14.1 innings pitched over four appearances (one start) on opponents’ home fields, he was 1-0 with an 0.63 ERA and a .200 opponents’ batting average … in 12.0 innings pitched over six relief appearances, he allowed nine hits (all singles) (.205 opponents’ batting average), no runs and four walks with nine strikeouts … did not allow a run in 9.0 innings pitched after the sixth inning … pitched 3.0 innings in relief, allowing three hits, no runs and no walks with three strikeouts at Western Carolina on March 24 … pitched a perfect eighth inning with two strikeouts against Wake Forest on March 28 … pitched 6.0 innings in a starting role, allowing four hits and one run with six strikeouts against Georgia on April 7 … pitched 6.0 innings in a starting role, allowing one hit, one run and one walk with five strikeouts to earn the win against Western Carolina on April 14 … pitched 2.0 innings in relief, allowing one hit and no runs with two strikeouts in the first game of a doubleheader against Duke on April 18 … pitched 1.1 scoreless innings in relief with one strikeout at Georgia on April 21 … pitched 4.0 innings in relief, allowing one hit, no runs and one walk at Georgia Tech on April 26 … pitched 5.0 innings in a starting role, allowing five hits, one earned run and one walk with three strikeouts against Georgia Southern on May 10 … pitched 6.0 innings in a starting role, allowing four hits and one run with three strikeouts to earn the win at No. 8 Florida State on May 16.
2014: Had a 3-3 record and 5.30 ERA in 16 appearances (12 starts) … in 56.0 innings pitched, he allowed 55 hits (.255 opponents’ batting average) and 32 walks with 42 strikeouts … had a team-tying-high three pickoffs … held opponents to a .229 batting average with two outs and 1-for-11 (.091) with the bases loaded … pitched 6.0 innings in a starting role, allowing six hits, two runs and no walks with three strikeouts to earn his first win as a Tiger against Maine on Feb. 23 … pitched 6.1 innings in a starting role, allowing five hits, one run and one walk with four strikeouts against No. 3 South Carolina on March 2 … pitched 5.1 innings in a starting role, allowing three hits with four strikeouts to earn the win in the second game of a doubleheader at Wake Forest on March 15 … pitched 6.0 innings in a starting role, allowing three hits and one run with five strikeouts against No. 1 Florida State on March 22 … pitched 5.0 innings in a starting role, allowing four hits and one run with four strikeouts at No. 2 Virginia on April 13 … pitched 7.0 innings in a starting role, allowing six hits and two runs with two strikeouts to earn the win against UNLV on May 5 … pitched a scoreless eighth inning with two strikeouts against No. 18 Oregon in the Nashville Regional on May 30.
2013: Redshirted … sat out due to NCAA transfer rules … played for Florence in the Coastal Plain League in the summer, where he was 2-1 with a 2.02 ERA, .186 opponents’ batting average and 44 strikeouts in 35.2 innings pitched over eight appearances (seven starts).
Before Clemson: Had a 2-9 record, one save, a 4.38 ERA, .256 opponents’ batting average and 70 strikeouts against 36 walks in 88.1 innings pitched over 19 appearances (15 starts) at East Tennessee State in 2012 … played at Spartanburg Methodist College in 2011 … member of the Alaska All-Star team in the summer of 2012 … lettered multiple times in baseball … coached by Tony Skole at East Tennessee State … coached by Tim Wallace at Spartanburg Methodist College … coached by Adam Comstock at T.L. Hanna High School.
Personal: Played alongside his brother, John, at East Tennessee State in 2012 … his brother, Matt, played baseball at Erskine … graduated May 8, 2015 with a degree in economics … born Jacob Paul Long on Oct. 19, 1991 in Anderson, S.C.