As promised, we have the second of two pieces by Ryan Levy of tamu-and-baseball.com on draftees from Texas A&M University. Today's piece is on sandwhich pick Zack Jackson. Enjoy everyone!
Zach Jackson
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 220 lbs
Hometown: Cranberry Township, PA
High school: Seneca Valley
College: Louisville/Texas A&M
Before this season I didn't know anything about Zach Jackson, but after his first start as an Aggie, I found out as much as I could.
The only reason this game didn't go any more than 7 innings is because our offense run-ruled our opponents (Texas A&M-Corpus Christi)…..so Zach ends up with a no-hitter in his first appearance in the Maroon and White.
Like I said, I had to dig up a bit of info on our new lefty so I did some research and this is what I could dig up…..
Louisville Cardinals (C-USA)
Zach was named to the Freshman All-American team and 2nd Team All-Conference-USA in 2002.
2003 Cape Cod
Zach pitched for Hyannis Mets in the Cape and was named to the Cape Cod All-Star team.
Texas A&M
ZachJack stepped right into the weekend rotation and has been a HUGE part of the Aggies success in advancing to the Super Regionals.
One of the keys to Zach's success here at A&M is not necessarily his low-90s fastball, but instead it was him eliminating the big curveball from his repertoire and replacing it with a slider/slurve.
Here are his game-by-game stats:
*Estimated Pitch Count (EPC)
(note: On Wed 5/12 Zach was scheduled for 2.0 IP to shake off some rust before the texas series due to a big break in the schedule (for final exams)
Breaking his season down into 1/3rds you'll get these results:
It appears that some big pitch counts are finally starting to catch up to Zach here at the end of the season.
Character-wise, ZachJack is great. On days he isn't starting, he's still the first player out of the dugout to congratulate teammates for scoring runs or for making a big play or whatever.
(Zack is the high-fiver on the left)
This was a topic recently on an A&M chat board.
I hope that Zach excels for you in Toronto because he's been a joy for us down here in Aggieland.
ZachJack
Zach Jackson
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 220 lbs
Hometown: Cranberry Township, PA
High school: Seneca Valley
College: Louisville/Texas A&M
Before this season I didn't know anything about Zach Jackson, but after his first start as an Aggie, I found out as much as I could.
IP H R ER SO/BB AB BF NP GSc
Sat 2/14 7.0 0 0 0 8/1 21 22 87* 84
The only reason this game didn't go any more than 7 innings is because our offense run-ruled our opponents (Texas A&M-Corpus Christi)…..so Zach ends up with a no-hitter in his first appearance in the Maroon and White.
Pre-Texas A&M
Like I said, I had to dig up a bit of info on our new lefty so I did some research and this is what I could dig up…..
Louisville Cardinals (C-USA)
Year G GS W-L IP H ER HR SO/BB ERA
2002 17 14 10-3 83.0 80 44 8 46/24 4.77
2003 21 19 7-6 112.2 121 54 12 75/29 4.31
Zach was named to the Freshman All-American team and 2nd Team All-Conference-USA in 2002.
2003 Cape Cod
Player League G GS W-L S IP H R ER HR SO/BB ERA
Z.Jackson C.Cod 8 8 6-0 0 52.2 42 11 11 1 48/10 1.88
Zach pitched for Hyannis Mets in the Cape and was named to the Cape Cod All-Star team.
Texas A&M
ZachJack stepped right into the weekend rotation and has been a HUGE part of the Aggies success in advancing to the Super Regionals.
One of the keys to Zach's success here at A&M is not necessarily his low-90s fastball, but instead it was him eliminating the big curveball from his repertoire and replacing it with a slider/slurve.
G GS W-L CG IP H R ER SO/BB HR ERA BAA AGs
18 18 10-7 6 120.2 113 58 48 127/28 6 3.58 .248 56
SO/9 BB/9 SO/BB H/9 HR/9
9.47 2.09 4.55 8.43 .448
Here are his game-by-game stats:
IP H R ER SO/BB AB BF NP GSc PAP PAPt
Sat 2/14 7.0 0 0 0 8/1 21 22 87* 84 0 0
Fri 2/20 6.0 6 1 1 3/1 25 26 90* 58 0 0
Fri 2/27 5.0 8 5 5 2/2 20 23 91 31 0 0
Sun 3/07 6.1 4 2 2 6/3 22 26 99* 60 0 0
Sat 3/13 6.0 6 3 1 8/0 24 24 88* 58 0 0
Fri 3/19 4.0 12 6 6 5/0 23 23 83 19 0 0
Sat 3/27 9.0 3 1 1 14/2 30 36 144 89 85184 85184
Sat 4/03 6.1 8 7 5 7/3 26 33 116* 34 4096 89280
Sat 4/10 9.0 2 0 0 9/0 28 29 105* 92 125 89405
Sat 4/17 6.1 11 7 7 4/2 26 31 114 25 2744 92149
Sat 4/24 7.1 7 1 1 11/3 27 30 136 68 46656 138805
Sat 5/01 9.0 2 2 2 11/0 29 30 121 86 9261 148066
Wed 5/12 2.0 2 0 0 3/0 7 9 23 55 0 148066
Sat 5/15 9.0 5 0 0 13/3 32 35 139 87 59319 207385
Sat 5/22 5.2 12 10 6 2/2 29 34 102 17 8 207393
Thu 5/27 6.0 8 6 4 4/4 26 32 95 36 0 207393
Sun 6/06 8.0 12 3 3 9/2 32 37 130* 53 27000 234393
Sun 6/13 8.2 5 4 4 8/2 29 35 127 64 19683 254076
*Estimated Pitch Count (EPC)
(note: On Wed 5/12 Zach was scheduled for 2.0 IP to shake off some rust before the texas series due to a big break in the schedule (for final exams)
Breaking his season down into 1/3rds you'll get these results:
G1-G6
IP H R ER SO/BB ERA BAA AGs
34.1 36 17 15 32/7 3.93 .267 52
G7-G12
IP H R ER SO/BB ERA BAA AGs
47.0 33 18 16 56/10 3.06 .199 66
G13-18
IP H R ER SO/BB ERA BAA AGs
39.1 44 23 17 39/13 3.89 .284 52
It appears that some big pitch counts are finally starting to catch up to Zach here at the end of the season.
Character-wise, ZachJack is great. On days he isn't starting, he's still the first player out of the dugout to congratulate teammates for scoring runs or for making a big play or whatever.
(Zack is the high-fiver on the left)
This was a topic recently on an A&M chat board.
I hope that Zach excels for you in Toronto because he's been a joy for us down here in Aggieland.
