Brian Korte
Full Name: Brian Korte
Uniform Number: 32
College: Indiana
Player Position: LHP
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 200
Biography:
SOPHOMORE YEAR: 2012
Made 15 appearances, including one start … toed the rubber for 24.2 innings, striking out 18 batters and picking off a pair of runners … enjoyed his spring break in California, throwing a combined five innings of one-hit baseball at Cal State Northridge (3/10) and Loyola Marymount (3/16) … posted shutout relief stints at Illinois (4/8) and versus Michigan State (4/15) … steadied the ship with a five-inning showing against Evansville (5/15), allowing IU to complete a comeback victory.
FRESHMAN YEAR: 2011
Started on the mound nine times and made two relief appearances … threw a complete game in a winning effort over Pittsburgh (3/14), giving up just two runs and walking none … earned another `W’ over a Big East opponent, Louisville (4/19), by lasting 6.1 innings on the road and allowing two scores, one earned … threw four innings of no-hit baseball at Miami (OH) (4/5) before being pulled to save for the weekend … posted a 2:1 strikeout-to-walk ratio for the season.
PREP/PERSONAL:
Collected four letters for Mark Thompson at Elder High School … helped lead Elder to a state runner-up finish and district and regional championships as a senior, as he was named the team’s Ralph Birkofer Outstanding Pitcher … collected second team all-state honors, first team All-Greater Catholic League laurels and All-Cincinnati recognition … went 9-0 with a 1.24 ERA, racking up 82 strikeouts in 55 1/3 innings of work for the most successful program in the history of the state of Ohio … tossed a shutout against nationally-ranked Cincinnati Moeller in the state semifinals, the only pitcher all season to accomplish that feat … picked up all-city honors in his junior campaign as well, after going 6-1 with a 1.95 ERA and three shutouts … helped Elder to a district runner-up finish that season … also earned second team all-city recognition as a sophomore … high school teammate of outfield Tim O’Conner … a Management major … parents are Tom and Peggy Korte … has two sisters, Diane and Karen … born Feb. 13, 1992.
| SEASON | ERA | W-L | APP-GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | 2B | 3B | HR | AB | B/AVG | WP | HBP | BK | SFA | SHA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4.50 | 2 – 4 | 11 – 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 44 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 162 | .272 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 7.66 | 0 – 4 | 15 – 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.2 | 32 | 27 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 97 | .330 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2013 | 2.31 | 0 – 0 | 10 – 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.2 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 39 | .231 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 5.17 | 2 – 8 | 36 – 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 78.1 | 85 | 55 | 45 | 33 | 40 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 298 | .285 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 |