2009 ACC Honor Roll
Talented right-handed pitcher that possesses a live fastball in addition to a good slider and changeup … A key component to the Yellow Jacket bullpen over the last three seasons … Georgia Tech’s top returning long relief pitcher … Will serve as the primary setup guy but could appear in Tech’s starting rotation in 2010. Named to the 2009 ACC Honor Roll.
2009
Made 27 appearances on the season, 25 out of the bullpen and two as a starter … Made 17 scoreless appearances on the year … Didn’t allow a run in six of his last seven games, and owned a 1.47 ERA in his last 10 game appearances … Had a scoreless outing against Lipscomb (2/22) in his first appearance of the season … Made his first collegiate start against Georgia Southern (2/24), striking out a career-high seven batters in 6.0 innings of work … Shut the door on an eighth inning rally by Boston College (3/13) and worked the final 1.2 innings to earn his first save of the season … Worked a 1-2-3 eighth inning against Kennesaw State (3/18) … Had a scoreless outing against Virginia Tech (3/20) … Struck out three and did not allow a hit in two scoreless innings in the series finale against No. 2 Miami (3/29) … Worked two scoreless innings in relieve against Georgia Southern (4/7), allowing just two hits while striking out one … Tossed four innings in relief against Florida State (5/10), holding the Seminoles to just one run on one hit while striking out two … Worked three scoreless innings against Duke (5/15), giving up just four hits while striking out three … Fanned two Boston College (5/21) batters in 1.1 innings of work against the Eagles in the ACC Championships … Pitched a scoreless eighth inning in a 9-3 win over Georgia State at the NCAA Atlanta Regional (5/29) … In just the second start of his career, gave up just two runs with three strikeouts in five innings for the 10-3 win over Southern Miss. (5/31) … It was his first win of the season.
2008
Concluded the season standing second on the team with 33 appearances, which ranks tied for eighth for most in a season at Georgia Tech … Eighteen of his 33 appearances were scoreless outings … Six of the 18 scoreless appearances came against conference opponents, and four were against ranked foes … Averaged nearly a strikeout (0.86) per inning … Posted a 4-2 record with one save on the year … Opponents hit just .280 against him … Helped Georgia Tech to a 1-0 shutout of Georgia Southern (2/27) by holding the Eagles to just one hit in two innings of work … Yielded just one run on three hits while working the final three innings against Rutgers (3/1) to earn his first win of the season … Notched his second win of the year against Virginia Tech (3/8) … Struck out two of the three batters he faced at Florida State (3/14) … Struck out the side at Mercer (3/19) … Earned his first career save by throwing four scoreless innings against Duke (3/21) … Made just six pitches in a 1-2-3 inning against Alabama State (3/26) … Had two scoreless appearances at Boston College (3/29-3/30) … Worked a scoreless inning in relief at Georgia Southern (4/16), making just eight pitches … Had a six-pitch scoreless outing against Georgia (5/7), with three of the six pitches resulting in a strikeout … Closed out a 5-1 win over Clemson (5/9) with a 1-2-3 ninth inning … Earned his third win of the season against NC State in Tech’s 10-9 win to open the ACC Championships … Picked up win No. 4 against Louisville in the NCAA Athens Regional with 2.2 innings of work.
2007
Appeared in 12 games during the season, five of which were scoreless appearances … Six of his 12 appearances came against ACC opponents … Tossed a scoreless inning in relief against Kennesaw State (3/14) in his first collegiate outing … Made another scoreless appearance against Georgia Southern (3/28), helping Tech to a 6-2 win over the Eagles … Tossed a season-high three innings against Georgia (4/18), holding the Bulldogs scoreless on just one hit while striking out two … Held NC State (4/22) hitless over 1.1 innings in his fourth scoreless appearance of the season.
High School
Three year letterwinner for coach Brent Mosely at Starr’s Mill High School in Fayetteville … Named the all-county Pitcher of the Year in 2006 … Earned all-area, all-county and all-state honors … Member of the 2006 Braves 400 Club … Rated the No. 11 prospect in the state by Perfect Game USA in 2005 … Went 9-0 with 54 K and a 1.55 ERA in his senior season … Was 5-1 with 43 strikeouts during his junior year … Lost just two games in his entire high school career … Participated in the Area Code Games and the Perfect Game National Showcase … Played on the 2004 East Cobb Braves team that captured the WWBA National Championship.
Personal
Full name is James Andrew Robinson … Born February 13, 1988 … Son of Jim and Kathy Robinson … Majoring in Management.
Career Statistics
Year ERA W-L App/GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP SFA SHA BK 2007 6.88 1-0 12/0 0 0/0 0 17.0 17 13 13 10 11 3 2 1 76 .288 0 3 1 3 0 2008 5.09 4-2 33/0 0 0/2 1 46.0 51 31 26 14 41 7 0 5 203 .280 3 1 3 3 0 2009 3.35 1-0 27/2 0 0/1 1 45.2 56 19 17 20 34 10 0 1 209 .306 2 2 3 1 0 2010 2.43 4-0 26/0 0 0/2 8 33.1 35 11
