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2023 Baseball Roster

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6 Ty Burton

6 Ty Burton

  • Position:
    Right-Handed Pitcher
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Weight:
    210
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    LaBelle, Fla.
  • Highschool:
    LaBelle
  • Prev School:
    Florida Southwestern State College

Summary

Biography

2023 AS A GRADUATE SENIOR
Made 29 appearances, ranking 20th nationally at the end of the regular season ... Posted a 6.55 ERA across 66.0 innings with seven starts ... Tallied 56 strikeouts to just 15 walks, ranking second in the Big South and top-100 nationally in K/BB ratio (3.73) ... Also finished top-100 in Division I in walks per nine innings (2.05) ... Earned first win of the season vs. Iona, tossing 1.2 scoreless innings (Feb. 19) ... Put up back-to-back scoreless appearances against No. 11 Virginia Tech (Feb. 28) and No. 21 NC State (Mar. 1) ... Tossed 5.1 innings in relief and allowed no earned runs with eight strikeouts in a win over VMI (Mar. 10) ... Went six strong and allowed three earned runs with a win at Longwood (Apr. 29).

2022 AS A SENIOR
Made 24 appearances, the second most on the team ... Recorded 33 strikeouts over 30.2 innings ... Notched a strikeout in 19 of his 24 outings ... Struck out a season-best four hitters over three innings against VMI (Mar. 30).

2021 AS A JUNIOR
Appeared in 13 games... Recorded 19 strikeouts with a 3.42 ERA.

PRIOR TO RADFORD
Spent two seasons at Florida Southwestern State College (2019-20) ... Led the team with 11 appearances in 2020, including one start ... Struck out 16 in 14 2/3 innings pitched, walking just four ... Had a career-best five strikeouts in two innings against ASA Miami (Feb. 19, 2020) ... Finished the 2020 season with a 4.91 ERA ... Redshirted in 2019 as part of FSW's Suncoast Conference championship-winning team.

HIGH SCHOOL
Played four seasons at LaBelle HS (Fla.), where he was one of the top pitchers in southwest Florida ... Was LaBelle's Pitcher of the Year all four seasons he was there, while also being a second team all-area selection in three consecutive seasons (2016-18) ... In his senior year, posted a 0.80 ERA with 112 strikeouts ... Made the postseason in all four years with the Cowboys.

PERSONAL
Son of Michael and Eugenia Burton ... Has one brother, Glenn ... Majoring in biology. 
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Historical Player Information

  • 34

    2021Redshirt Sophomore

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'1" 200 lbs
    34
  • 6

    2022Senior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    5'11" 200 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2023Graduate Student

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    5'11" 210 lbs
    6