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California Institute of Technology

2015 Baseball

17 Derek Kearney

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 175
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Carlsbad, CA
  • Highschool La Costa Canyon

Biography

 Honors

Second Team All-SCIAC (2015)
SCIAC Athlete of the Week (2013)
Academic All-SCIAC (Spring 2014, Spring 2015

2015
Tied single-season record with 13 games started, ranked third with 6.64 ERA, 81.1 innings pitched.

Recorded first career win in doubleheader sweep vs. Drew University on March 12.

  SCIAC RANKS

  • tied-1st complete games (3) 
  • 6th innings pitched (60.1)
  • t-18th strikeouts (25)
  • 28th ERA (6.71)
  • 29th strikeouts/game (3.73)

TEAM RANKS

  • Led team in ERA (6.64), complete games (6), innings pitched (81.1), strikeouts (36)
  • 4th batting averages (.365)
 

2014

  SCIAC RANKS

  • tied-15th complete games (1)

  TEAM RANKS

  • Led team in ERA (7.65), fielding percentage (1.000 – 36 total chances)
  • t-2nd complete games (2)
  • 3rd slugging percentage (.385), batting average against (.379) – min. 2.0 IP
  • 4th batting average (.308), doubles (3)
  • 5th on-base percentage (.308)

 

2013

  SCIAC RANKS

  • tied-1st complete games (4)
  • 12th fewest walks allowed (14) – min. 40 innings pitched
  • t-14th triples (1)
  • 19th innings pitched (42.1)
  • t-23rd runners caught stealing (2)
  • t-24th doubles (6)
  • t-27th extra-base hits (7)
  • 29th ERA (9.35)

  TEAM RANKS

  • Led team in ERA (8.94), strikeouts (20)
  • 2nd doubles (6), complete games (4), innings pitched (54.1)
  • t-2nd triples (1)
  • 3rd total bases (30)
  • t-3rd hit-by-pitches (2)
  • 4th runs (10), slugging percentage (.309), batting average against (.385) – min. 10.0 IP
  • t-4th RBI (8)
  • 5th hits (22)
 

2012

  SCIAC RANKS (all games)

  • tied-8th fewest home runs surrendered (3)
  • t-16th fewest walks allowed (25) – min. 50 innings pitched
  • 22nd innings pitched (50.2)
  • 27th ERA (10.30)

  TEAM RANKS

  • Led team in innings pitched (50.2), strikeouts (32)
  • 2nd ERA (10.30)
  • 4th batting average against (.378)
 

Prior to Caltech
Played baseball for four years as a pitcher...Named Pitcher of the Year and Sophomore of the Year...Played club baseball for the Thunder and Bulldogs for Palomar College...Researched an alternative energy project for environmental science during his senior year.


Personal
Participated in SURF program in 2013...Born in La Jolla, Calif....Son of David and Tina...Has one brother, Steven (23) - a Varsity golfer at Stanford - and one sister, Jenna (16).

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 30

    2012First-Year

    P/OF
    6'1" 175 lbs
    30
  • 17

    2013Sophomore

    P/OF
    6'1" 175 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2014Junior

    P/OF
    6'1" 175 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2015Senior

    P/LF
    6'1" 175 lbs
    17