Casey Harman
Casey Harman

Player Profile
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
South Burlingon, VT

High School:
South Burlington HS

Height / Weight:
6-2 / 200

Position:
LHP

Experience:
2VL

Major:
Health Services Administration

Lefthander who has excellent control and has a great deal of versatility as a starter and reliever...in 130.2 innings pitched over 49 appearances (15 starts) and two seasons, he has an 8-8 record and 3.93 ERA while allowing 142 hits (.274 opponents' batting average) and 26 walks with 133 strikeouts...has never allowed more than two walks in any of his 49 career appearances...his 5.12-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio is the best mark in school history, his 1.79 walks-per-nine-innings-pitched mark is third-best in school history, and his 9.16 strikeouts-per-nine-innings-pitched mark is eighth-best in Clemson history...has allowed 22 career home runs, but 18 have been solo long balls.

2009: Won the Stowe Award, given to the team's most valuable pitcher...second-team All-ACC by SEBaseball.com...had a 7-3 record, one save, and 3.95 ERA in 22 appearances (13 starts)...in a team-high 86.2 innings pitched, he allowed 98 hits (.282 opponents' batting average) and 16 walks with 89 strikeouts...tied for the team lead in wins, as his seven wins were the most by a Tiger since 2006...tied for eighth in the ACC in wins and was ninth in strikeouts...two of his 16 walks were intentional...had a 5.56 strikeout-to-walk ratio, the second-best mark in Clemson history...in his 13 starts, he was 6-1 with a 4.05 ERA and 73 strikeouts against only 12 walks in 73.1 innings pitched...in 54.0 innings pitched over 13 appearances (nine starts) in ACC regular-season games, he was 5-2 with a 4.33 ERA and allowed just seven walks with 46 strikeouts...in his last nine appearances (eight starts), he was 4-0 with a 3.47 ERA in 49.1 innings pitched and allowed just eight walks with 52 strikeouts...held lefthanded batters to a .214 batting average...had 19 strikeouts against only one walk against leadoff batters...pitched 1.1 hitless and scoreless innings in relief with two strikeouts to earn the win against Wofford on Feb. 25...pitched 3.1 innings in relief, allowing one hit, no runs, and no walks with six strikeouts against South Carolina on Feb. 28...pitched 4.1 innings in relief, allowing one hit, one run, and one walk with three strikeouts at #2 North Carolina on Mar. 6...pitched 6.1 innings in a starting role, allowing one run and no walks with four strikeouts to earn the win in the second game of a doubleheader against Wake Forest on Mar. 13...retired the only batter he faced to record his first career save at #24 Florida State on Mar. 21...pitched 7.0 innings in a starting role with nine strikeouts against one walk to earn the win in the first game of a doubleheader at Boston College on Mar. 28...pitched 6.0 innings in a starting role, allowing six hits, no runs, and no walks with five strikeouts to earn the win at Virginia Tech on Apr. 19...pitched 6.2 innings in a starting role, allowing seven hits, two runs, and one walk with four strikeouts to earn the win against #4 Georgia Tech on Apr. 25...pitched 6.0 innings in a starting role, allowing six hits, one earned run, and one walk with nine strikeouts to earn the win against North Carolina-Wilmington on May 9...pitched 5.0 innings in a starting role, allowing no walks with eight strikeouts to earn the win at N.C. State on May 15...pitched 7.1 innings in a starting role, allowing seven hits, two runs, and one walk with 10 strikeouts against #4 North Carolina in the ACC Tournament on May 23; he earned All-ACC Tournament honors as one of two pitchers...pitched 6.1 innings in a starting role, allowing three hits, two runs, and two walks with eight strikeouts against Oklahoma State in the Clemson Regional on May 30...USA National Team Trials invitee in the summer.

2008: Had a 1-5 record and 3.89 ERA in 27 appearances (two starts)...in 44.0 innings pitched, he allowed 44 hits (.257 opponents' batting average) and 10 walks with 44 strikeouts...tied for second on the team in appearances...his 4.40 strikeout-to-walk ratio was seventh-best in school history...did not allow more than three runs or two walks in any of his 27 appearances...had three pickoffs and allowed just two steals in five attempts...allowed just four of his 17 inherited baserunners to score...held lefthanded batters to a team-best .196 batting average, including 1-for-17 (.059) in his last six outings...held opponents to a .146 batting average with runners in scoring position and .203 batting average with runners on base, both team-bests...allowed eight home runs, but seven were solo homers and the other was a two-run homer...in his first career outing, he pitched a perfect inning in relief with a strikeout against Mercer on Feb. 24...pitched 2.1 innings in relief, allowing two hits, no runs, and one walk with three strikeouts in the first game of a doubleheader at Wake Forest on Mar. 9...pitched 3.0 innings in relief, allowing two hits, no runs, and no walks with three strikeouts against North Carolina-Greensboro on Mar. 11...pitched 1.2 innings in relief, allowing no hits, no runs, and no walks with a strikeout against #21 Coastal Carolina on Mar. 18...pitched 3.0 innings in relief, allowing one hit, one run, and no walks with five strikeouts against Elon on Mar. 25...with Clemson ahead 2-1 in the bottom of the ninth inning, no outs, and runners on second and third, he retired two batters without allowing a run at Maryland on Mar. 28...pitched 3.1 innings in relief, allowing two hits, one run, and one walk with five strikeouts against #3 Florida State on May 5...pitched 2.0 innings in relief, allowing one hit, no runs, and one walk with three strikeouts to earn his first career win against College of Charleston on May 13...pitched 2.0 perfect innings in relief with two strikeouts against #2 Miami (FL) in the ACC Tournament on May 21...pitched 2.0 innings in relief, allowing no hits, no runs, and no walks against #24 Georgia Tech in the ACC Tournament on May 24; in 4.0 innings pitched over two relief appearances in the ACC Tournament, he allowed no hits, no runs, and no walks with two strikeouts against two top-25 ranked teams...played for Vermont in the New England Collegiate Baseball League in the summer, where he had a 5-0 record and 1.15 ERA in 47.0 innings pitched over 10 appearances (seven starts); he allowed just 29 hits (.174 opponents' batting average) and 15 walks with 51 strikeouts; he allowed just four extra-base hits, including no home runs...starting pitcher for the Northern team in the All-Star game...#4 New England Collegiate Baseball League prospect by Baseball America.

BEFORE CLEMSON: Gatorade Player-of-the-Year and Louisville Slugger Player-of-the-Year as a senior at South Burlington High School...first-team all-state selection and picked to the Vermont North-South All-Star game as a senior...#1 prospect in Vermont by Perfect Game...played on the state championship team as a sophomore and junior...lettered four times in baseball and three times in basketball at South Burlington High, where he was coached by Patrick Bose...played at the same high school that Jack Leggett attended; Leggett's baseball team won the state title as a junior (1971) and senior (1972), the school's last state championships until 2005.

PERSONAL: Majoring in health services administration...born Casey Richard Harman on Mar. 17, 1989 in Fort Myers, FL.

Harman's Overall Stats
Year ERA W-L G-GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO
2008 3.89 1-5 27-2 0 0 0 44.0 44 21 19 10 44
2009 3.95 7-3 22-13 0 0 1 86.2 98 40 38 16 89
Total 3.93 8-8 49-15 0 0 1 130.2 142 61 57 26 133
Harman's ACC Regular-Season Stats
Year ERA W-L G-GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO
2008 5.40 0-4 12-0 0 0 0 13.1 16 9 8 5 13
2009 4.33 5-2 13-9 0 0 1 54.0 67 27 26 7 46
Total 4.54 5-6 25-9 0 0 1 67.1 83 36 34 12 59
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