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13 Tanner Rainey

  • Position 1B/RHP
  • Class Senior
  • Bat/Throw R/R
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 235
  • Hometown Folsom, La.

Biography

2015: All Region as both a first baseman and a pitcher ... All-Gulf South Conference as both a first baseman and a pitcher ... Named Most Outstanding Player in GSC Tournament after hitting three home runs in championship game ... Named to All-South Region Team ... Played in and started all 53 games at first base ... Set UWA single season home run record with 19 ... Drove in 65 runs ... Led team in hitting with .386 average ... Also rapped out 15 doubles and three triples ... Posted an .842 slugging percentage and .491 on base percentage ... Led GSC in home runs ... Second in GSC in bases on balls, drawing 33 ... Batted .389 with runners on base and .514 when leading off an inning ... A .385 hitter with runners in scoring position and was 66-111 (.595) with an opportunity to advance runners ... Led the team with 20 multiple hit games and 15 multiple RBI games ... Longest hitting streak of the year was 15 games ... Appeared in 26 games as a relief pitcher, posting a 4-1 record with nine saves and a 1.59 earned run average ... Struck out 50 and walked 14 in 28.1 innings pitched ... Allowed juts five earned runs and 11 hits ... Opponents hit just .115 against him ... Had a .987 fielding percentage, making just five errors in 386 total chances ... Stole six bases in nine attempts ... Led the team with 26 two-out RBI ... As a pitcher averaged 15.88 strikeouts per nine innings.

2014: Played in 43 games, starting 42 at first base ... Also served as primary closer of the UWA pitching staff ... Batted .274 with 12 doubles, five home runs and 31 runs batted in ... Led team in doubles with 12 and walks with 23 ... Had 12 multiple hit games ... Led team with nine multiple RBI games ... Longest hitting streak was 11 games and longest reached base streak was 16 games ... Committed just four errors in team-leading 350 fielding chances (.989) ... 350 total fielding chances and 334 put outs were both third in GSC ... Led Tiger pitching staff with six saves, third in the GSC ... Posted a 3-0 record with an 0.86 earned run average, the best ERA among Tiger regular pitchers ... Allowed just two runs (both earned) in 21 innings pitched, all in relief ... Opponents batted just .160 against him ... Allowed just one extra base hit ... 13 games finished was tops on team.

Prior to UWA: Attended Southeastern Louisiana University from August 2011 to May 2013 … Participated in baseball for two years … appeared in four games as a sophomore, getting just 4.2 innings of work ... Compiled a 1-0 record with a 7.77 ERA in 14 appearances as a freshman, all in relief … struck out 29 in 24.1 innings of work … Recorded scoreless outings against Central Michigan, Lamar, Louisiana-Lafayette and Tulane … Earned win at Louisiana-Lafayette (4/3) … allowed one run, in three innings of work, striking out five, at South Alabama (5/1) … 0 for 4 at the plate with one RBI.

High School: Graduated from St. Paul School in Covington, La. in 2011 … Lettered in baseball for three years … Served as the team captain for one year … Honorable mention on the 5A All-State team as a senior … hit .427 as a senior … Twice named to the All-District team.

Personal: Full name is Tanner Scott Rainey … Born on December 25, 1991 … Son of Aaron and Stephanie Rainey … Siblings: Trace (16), Triston (13), and Trent (11) … Majoring in Exercise Science.

Statistics

Season:
2015

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2014Junior

    1B/RHP
    6'3" 215 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2015Senior

    1B/RHP
    6'3" 235 lbs
    13