Robert Rohrbaugh
Robert Rohrbaugh

Player Profile
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Littlestown, PA

High School:
Littlestown High School

Height / Weight:
6-2 / 190

Position:
LHP

Quiet lefthander who relies on location to be effective on the mound...has only walked 34 and allowed five home runs in 106.1 career innings pitched over two seasons...has made 13 starts and 33 relief appearances...has a 3.72 career ERA...has not committed an error in 29 career chances.

LEGGETT COMMENTS: "Robert is a lefthanded pitcher with a lot of experience. We look for great things out of him this year. He has a great chance to jump over the hump in terms of wins and losses. He has good control and good mound presence. He also has a lot of experience, a good breaking ball, and I think Robert could be one of the better lefthanded pitchers in the ACC this season. We need a big year out of him in order for us to go where we want to go."

2004: Had a 3.99 ERA, but only had a 4-5 record due to a lack of run support...made 12 starts and eight relief appearances for a total of 76.2 innings pitched, second-most on the squad...allowed just 21 walks...had a team-high six pickoffs and only allowed five stolen bases in 13 attempts...did not commit an error in 22 chances...became a weekend starter in the middle of the season due to injuries to Tyler Lumsden and Jason Berken...his 2.90 ERA in ACC regular-season games was fifth-best in the conference...allowed just one homer and 13 walks in a team-high 49.2 innings pitched over eight starts in ACC regular-season action...started against all eight ACC teams in the regular season and only allowed more than two earned runs in only one of those starts, when he allowed just three earned runs against #24 Florida State...held righthanded batters to a .228 batting average...held opponents to a team-best .198 batting average with two outs and .186 batting average with runners on base and two outs...had a 2.70 ERA in eight relief appearances...had a 4-1 record and allowed just six walks in 35.2 innings pitched at home...pitched a team-season-high 8.0 innings twice...had a 1.50 ERA in the first and second inning combined...pitched 5.1 innings in his second career start at Texas Tech on Mar. 21; he allowed just five hits...pitched 6.0 innings in a starting role to earn his first win against Wake Forest on Mar. 28; he allowed two runs, one walk, and six hits while striking out five...pitched a career-high 8.0 innings, allowing just one earned run on seven hits while striking out three to earn the win against Maryland on Apr. 4; he also did not allow a walk and did not allow a baserunner to reach second base until the ninth inning...pitched 7.0 innings, allowing two runs, one walk, and four hits in the first game of a doubleheader at Virginia on Apr. 10...allowed two runs on four hits while striking out seven to earn the win against N.C. State on Apr. 25...scattered nine hits and four runs in 7.1 innings pitched to earn the win against #24 Central Florida on May 7...pitched the team's first complete game of the season, but suffered the loss at Duke on May 21; in 8.0 innings pitched, he allowed just five hits, two runs, and one walk while striking out six; he allowed just two Blue Devils to reach second base, both of which scored on Eric Baumann's two-run homer...played for Orleans in the Cape Cod League in the summer, where he was 1-4 with a 2.25 ERA in seven appearances (six starts); also allowed just 28 hits and 10 walks while striking out 35 in 40.0 innings pitched.

2003: Had an 0-1 record and team-best 3.03 ERA in a team-high 26 appearances...freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball...had a save and 27 strikeouts in 29.2 innings pitched...did not allow a homer...held righthanded batters to a .212 batting average and all batters to a .232 batting average with runners on base...had a 2.88 ERA in 25 relief appearances...had a team-best 1.80 ERA against teams in the NCAA Tournament...pitched 2.0 scoreless innings in relief, allowing two hits and no walks against Old Dominion on Mar. 8...pitched 1.1 scoreless innings and struck out three batters against Tennessee Tech on Mar. 11...pitched 2.0 scoreless innings against Georgia Southern at Charleston, SC on Mar. 17...earned his first save against Maine on Mar. 22; he pitched 1.1 scoreless innings...pitched 3.1 scoreless innings in relief in game two of a doubleheader at #16 N.C. State on Mar. 29...struck out six in 2.0 innings pitched against Coastal Carolina on Apr. 15...in his first career start, he allowed two runs in 4.2 innings pitched at Wake Forest on May 17...helped lead Winchester to the Valley League title in the summer...named Valley League Pitcher-of-the-Week...earned the 2003 Winchester Royals' Lew Zirkle Pitcher's Award.

BEFORE CLEMSON: Drafted in the 30th round by the Montreal Expos in 2002...holds the Littlestown High School record for career victories (22)...team captain during his junior and senior seasons...was 8-0 with a 0.35 ERA along with a school-record 122 strikeouts against only 10 walks in 59.1 innings pitched as a senior...was the first recipient of the Robert Weaver Baseball Scholarship at Littlestown High...named school's outstanding male athlete-of-the-year as a senior...Gettysburg Times First-Team All-Area pick as a junior and senior...Hanover Evening Sun Player-of-the-Year as a senior, and first-team all-area as a sophomore, junior, and senior...York Daily Record Player-of-the-Year as a junior and senior...helped lead his high school to the YAIAA Division I title in his senior season...pitched two no-hitters and had a 7-0 record as a junior, where he gave up only one earned run and had an 0.15 ERA...had 83 strikeouts and walked just 16 in 46.0 innings pitched during his junior season...had a 5-1 record and pitched a no-hitter in 2001 for Hanover Legion...helped lead Littlestown High School to the District III-AA playoffs four times...school's MVP as a junior and senior...lettered four times in baseball...coached by Steve Kress.

PERSONAL: Member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll in 2003-04...majoring in sports management...born Robert Edward Rohrbaugh on Dec. 28, 1983 in Hanover, PA.

Rohrbaugh's Overall Stats
Year ERA W-L G-GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO
2003 3.03 0-1 26-1 0 0 1 29.2 30 13 10 13 27
2004 3.99 4-5 20-12 1 0 0 76.2 77 37 34 21 44
Total 3.72 4-6 46-13 1 0 1 106.1 107 50 44 34 71
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