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Oral Roberts University

Oral Roberts Golden Eagles

2019 Baseball

34 Josh McMinn

  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 205
  • Class Senior
  • Position RHP
  • Hometown Oklahoma City, Okla.
  • High School Southwest Covenant
  • B/T R/R
  • Major Communications

Biography

  • 7th in ORU history in appearances (71)
  • 5th in ORU history in starts (71)
  • 7th in ORU history in wins (28)
  • 5th in ORU history in strikeouts (291)
  • 4th in ORU history in innings pitched (322.0)

2019 • SENIOR

  • Selected in the 27th Round of the 2019 Major League Baseball First Year Draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks (812th overall)
  • All-Summit League Second Team (Starting Pitcher)
  • Summit League Player of the Week (March 4 and March 25)

Ranked second in The Summit League with seven wins in the fourth-most innings pitched with 91.0 … Tossed a complete game shutout against South Dakota State March 22, pacing his way to a 5-1 home record … Posted a 7-5 record and 4.75 ERA in 15 starts ... Punched out a career-high 11 hitters against North Dakota State March 29 finishing the season by fanning a team-best 92 batters … Went 8.2 innings on the bump against Purdue March 1 surrendering just one run.
 

2018 • JUNIOR

Landed on the All-Summit League Second Team with a 6-5 record and ORU's only complete game, a one-run win over Omaha May 11 ... Won his final five starts of the regular season and Summit League tournament to finish with a 3.86 ERA in 77 innings pitched in 16 appearances ... Struck out 68 opposing hitters, including a career-high nine against the Mavericks May 11 ... Allowed one earned run or fewer in five of his last six starts and held opponents to a .216 batting average against for the year ... Earned a spot on the league's All-Tournament Team after throwing 6.2 innings in the title-clinching victory over South Dakota State May 26 ... Chosen as The Summit League Pitcher of the Week May 14.

2017 • SOPHOMORE

Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 36th round of the 2017 MLB Draft ... Named to the All-Summit League First Team as a starting pitcher as his nine wins were 30th in the nation ... Ranked second in the conference with a 2.47 ERA and went 9-3 in 16 starts totaling a career-high 91 innings ... Pitched a season-long eight innings in a win over Dallas Baptist to earn Summit League Pitcher of the Week honors ... Struck out a career-high eight batters two different times and fanned 75 on the season.

2016 • FRESHMAN

Finished the season tied with the most wins with a 6-2 record in 23 appearances, including three starts ... Struck out 56 batters on the season in 63 innings of work ... Played a key role in game six of The Summit League Championship, going nine complete innings, allowing only one run to help the Golden Eagles to the Summit League title game ... Made his first career start March 2 at Missouri State, going six innings ... Struck out a season-best seven batters two times with the last coming against Fort Wayne April 23.

PRIOR TO ORU

Played baseball at Southwest Covenant under Head Coach Ludy Griggs ... Hit a combined .626 during his junior and senior seasons ... Held a .82 ERA with two strikeouts per inning during his senior season ... Was named a First Team All-American by Louisville Slugger ... Also earned OCA All-State honors and was selected to the Little All-City team by The Oklahoman ... Played basketball during high school and holds the school record for all-time points scored.

PERSONAL

Son of Mark and Nancy McMinn ... Majoring in communications at ORU with a minor in humanities ... Chose ORU because of the coaches, facilities and Christian education ... Is a vintage video game collector.

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Historical Player Information

  • 34

    2016Freshman

    RHP
    6'4" 195 lbs
    34
  • 34

    2017Sophomore

    RHP
    6'4" 200 lbs
    34
  • 34

    2018Junior

    RHP
    6'4" 200 lbs
    34
  • 34

    2019Senior

    RHP
    6'4" 205 lbs
    34
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