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Jersey Number 45
Robert Gasser
- Position:
- LHP
- B/T:
- L/L
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- El Dorado Hills, Calif.
- High School:
- Oak Ridge
- Prev School:
- New Mexico / Delta College
HONORS & AWARDS
2021 First-Team All-American Athletic Conference
AAC’s top draft-eligible pitcher from an analytical standpoint (D1Baseball)
AAC’s top pitching 2021 draft prospect (D1Baseball -- 4/22/21)
AAC’s No. 2 overall 2021 draft prospect (D1Baseball -- 4/22/21)
Fourth-ranked pitcher in state of Texas among 2021 draft prospects (D1Baseball -- 4/22/21)
Keith Law’s No. 15 draft-eligible college pitching prospect (The Athletic)
2021 College Baseball Foundation Pitcher of Year Watch List
Junior (2021):
- Went 6-6 with a 2.63 ERA
- Third in AAC for ERA
- Fanned 105 batters in 85.2 innings
- 10-plus strikeouts five times
- Two-or-fewer earned runs in 10 of 14 starts
- Tossed 5.0-plus innings in 13 of 14 starts
- Did not allow an earned run in five starts
- Second in AAC in strikeouts
- Struck out seven-plus batters in eight starts
- Second in AAC for innings pitched
- Limited opponents to .215 average
- .215 average ranked third in AAC
- Led AAC with seven pickoffs
- Team-best 1.24 WHIP
- Held opponents to .208 (26-for-125) with runners
- Fanned 12 Wichita State batters on April 1
- Strikeout total was most for UH pitcher since 2018
- 10-plus strikeouts in back-to-back road starts
- First UH pitcher since 2015 to accomplish the feat
- In six home starts: 4-1, 1.96 ERA, .197 opponent average
- Two-time AAC Pitcher of the Week
- One-hit Texas Southern in 5.0 innings on Opening Day
- Struck out 11 Oklahoma batters on March 19
- Fanned 10 and did not allow an earned run at Memphis (May 14)
- Capped season with 10 strikeouts vs. Tulane at AAC Tournament
Junior (2020):
- Made four relief appearances
- 0-0 record and 11.05 ERA
- Debut vs. Tennessee (Feb. 22)
Prior to Houston:
- Spent 2019 season at Delta College
- 2019 ABCA/Rawlings National Pitcher of the Year
- 14-0 record and 2.38 ERA
- 18 appearances and 17 starts
- 139-45 strikeout-to-walk ratio
- 102.0 innings pitched
- Single-season records for wins and strikeouts in California
- Big 8 Pitcher of the Year
- California Pitcher of the Year
- Pacific Association Pitcher of the Year
- Spent 2018 season at New Mexico
- 21 appearances and 11 starts
- 52-27 strikeout-to-walk ratio
- 52.1 innings pitched
High School:
- Three-year letterwinner at Oak Ridge High School
- 5-2 record with 2.47 ERA
- 70 strikeouts across 51 innings
- Helped Trojans to 2016 Sierra Foothill League Championship
- First-Team All-League
- All-North California Honorable Mention
- Member of Bass Fishing Club at Oak Ridge
- Born May 31, 1999 in Folsom, Calif.
Media Availability: HC Todd Whitting, Antoine Jean, Malachi Lott
Friday, May 23
Media Availability: HC Todd Whitting, Connor McGinnis, Andres Perez
Thursday, May 22
Highlights: Houston 9, Kansas State 2
Thursday, May 22
Highlights: Houston 13, Arizona 4
Thursday, May 15
