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2023 Baseball Roster

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29 Zach Branson

  • Height 6-3
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Golden Valley, Minn.
  • Highschool Hopkins

Biography

Hopkins High School: Participated in baseball and basketball … member of the Dean’s List.
 
Career at Hamline 
2023: Appeared and started in 11 games as a pitcher... Finished the season with a 7.78 ERA, a 3-7 win-loss record, 19 walks, a .353 opponent batting average, and 53 strikeouts over 56.2 innings pitched... Registered a season-high 12 strikeouts, scattered six hits, and allowed three walks over 6.0 innings of work in a 8-1 victory over Augsburg (4/23)... Picked up a complete-game winning decision in a 6-4 victory over Saint John's (Minn.) (4/12); where he allowed eight hits, four runs, one walk, and tallied two strikeouts... MIAC Academic All-Conference.

2022: Pitched in 12 games as a Junior starting 11 of them... Led the team pitching 57.2 Innings... Posted a 4.21 ERA with a WHIP of 1.20... Went seven shutout innings March 12 against Wheaton striking out 11 batters... Went seven shutout again May 7 against St. Scholastica striking out seven... Gave up just one earned run on two hits in 7.2 innings with 8 strikeouts April 27 against St. Olaf... Named to the MIAC all-conference team... Named to the MIAC all-academic team.

2021: Named to the MIAC All-Academic Team ... appeared in 13 games, making 11 starts in his sophomore season … led the team in innings pitched (69.0) and strikeouts (58) … held opponents to a .271 batting average … tallied an ERA of 4.43 on the year, which was the second-lowest on the team … pitched three complete games, getting a 4-1 win over Concordia Moorhead (April 3), a 5-2 win over Macalester (April 17), and a 2-1 win over Augsburg (April 24) … recorded a save against UW-Superior on April 21, striking out two in the eighth to secure the extra-inning win … helped Hamline to a 2-1 win over Saint John’s in the playoff play-in series, pitching the first nine innings, allowing just one run while striking out nine.

2020: Named to the MIAC All-Academic Team … appeared in two games, making one start on the mound for the Pipers during the shortened 2020 season … pitched 9.2 innings, compiling a 3.72 ERA … ranked third on the team in WHIP, at 1.09 … held opponents to a .211 batting average … struck out seven batters on the year, while walking only two … picked up a win over Crown on March 5, pitching six innings and giving up only one hit and no earned runs while striking out four … pitched 3.2 innings against Buena Vista on Feb. 22.
 
Outside athletics: Undeclared on major … participates in Hamline Hand in Hand.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 29

    2019First Year

    RHP
    6'3"
    29
  • 29

    2020Sophomore

    RHP
    6'3"
    29
  • 29

    2021Sophomore

    RHP
    6'3"
    29
  • 29

    2022Junior

    RHP
    6'3"
    29
  • 29

    2023Fifth Year

    RHP
    6'3"
    29