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Player Bio: Robbie McClellan



ASU Career: Pitched two years for the Sun Devils in 2002 and 2003, compiling a 14-6 record with a combined 4.35 ERA... selected in the 12th round of the 2003 MLB Draft by the Kansas City Royals and began his professional career with the Arizona Royals in the Arizona Rookie League.

2003 (Senior): Finished senior year 7-0 with a 3.70 ERA... drafted in the 12th round by the Kansas City Royals and made professional debut with the Arizona Royals... made 28 pitching appearances with four starts... registered 57 strikeouts in 58.1 innings... went 2-0 with a 2.81 ERA as a starter... picked up five wins out of the bullpen... was 2-0 with a 3.54 ERA in Pac-10 games... recorded season-high seven strikeouts in five-inning start against Grand Canyon (4/7)... had wins in each of his first three appearances against Hawaii-Hilo (2) and San Diego State (1)... in two years as a Sun Devil earned 14 wins and maintained a 4.35 ERA in 155.1 innings... struck out 148 and walked 84.

2002 (Junior): Named honorable mention all-Pac-10 in his rookie campaign with the Sun Devils... finished the year with a 7-6 record and a 4.73 ERA in 21 appearances... started the year in the bullpen, but made his last 12 appearances as a starter... was 5-4 with a 4.80 ERA as a starter and 2-2 with a 4.41 ERA in 16.1 innings out of the bullpen... finished fourth in the Pac-10 and second on the team with 91 strikeouts... tied for ninth in the league with 97.0 innings pitched... had a good start to the season with a 7-2 record before losing four of his last six starts... recorded wins in each of his first two appearances as a Sun Devil... struck out seven and allowed two hits in 3.1 innings to pick up win vs. Tennessee (2/8)... recorded only save of the year vs. Tennessee (2/10) by striking out two batters with the bases loaded in the ninth inning... had back-to-back complete games vs. Loyola Marymount (3/20) and UNLV (3/8)... struck out 10 in seven-inning complete game vs. UNLV to earn Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week honor... recorded six strikeouts or more in seven games... opposing teams batted only .258 off him and .200 with runners in scoring position... recorded an ERA under 3.00 in the first (2.57), sixth (2.61) and seventh (2.45) innings.

Junior College: Spent two years at Seward County CC under head coach Galen McSpadden... was a combined 16-4 with a 3.23 ERA in his two years at Seward... was 7-2 with a 3.18 ERA in 2000 and went 9-2 with a 3.28 ERA in 2001... set the school record with five saves... named all-Jayhawk League both years... finished second in the nation at the junior college level in strikeouts per nine innings (10.22)... recorded 152 strikeouts in his Seward County career, with 80 in 51.0 innings in 2000 and 72 in 60.1 innings in 2001... finished second in school history in career wins, innings pitched and strikeouts.

Liberal Beejays: Spent two summers playing for the Liberal Beejays in the Jayhawk Summer League prior to arriving at ASU... helped lead team to 2000 NBC World Series Championship... went 8-1 with 79 K's in 54.0 innings in he summer of 2000... part of a pitching staff that broke the NBC World Series record with a 1.55 ERA in the series... he posted an impressive 0.90 ERA during the 2000 NBC World Series in Wichita, Kan... helped lead Liberal back to NBC World Series in 2001, going 4-3 with a 1.60 ERA in 2001... named to the 2001 NBC All-American team after going 2-0 with 16 strikeouts in 17 innings of work.

High School: A 1999 graduate of Liberal High School in Liberal, Kansas... earned four varsity letters each in basketball and baseball... coached in baseball by Ed Popplewell... capped his prep career by going 9-1 during his senior year... earned all-conference, all-state and was a member of Team Kansas... team went 12-9 his senior year... played in the all-state game.

Personal: Major is interdisciplinary studies... parents are James and Myrna McClellan of Liberal, Kansas... has one brother, Ryan... enjoys collecting sports cards and listening to music... favorite movie is `Hoosiers'... wore #15 to be just like his baseball idol, Tim Hudson of the Oakland Athletics... hails from Liberal, Kan., where the closest major airport is two hours away in Amarillo, Texas.

Career Stats at ASU

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
2002....  4.73   7-6    21  14   2   1/0     1   97.0   94   59   51   51   91  18   1   9   432   .258  12   6   7   4
2003....  3.70   7-0    28   4   0   0/4     0   58.1   54   25   24   33   57  12   1   5   259   .247   6   5   1   1
TOTAL...  4.35  14-6    49  18   2   1/4     1  155.1  148   84   75   84  148  30   2  14   691   .254  18  11   8   5
Career Highs at ASU
Innings: 9.0 (LMU; 3/2/02)
Runs Allowed: 6 - 2x (UND; 4/26/02)
ER Allowed: 6 (OSU; 5/25/02)
K's: 10 (UNLV; 3/8/02)
BB: 8 (LMU; 3/2/02)
Hits Allowed: 9 (WSU; 4/7/02)
WP: 2 - 4x (WASH; 5/18/03)
HBP: 1 - 8x (STAN; 3/23/03)

#15 Robbie McClellan -- 2003 Game-by-Game

Date            Opponent               GS    IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO    2B  3B  HR    WP  BK HBP  DP IBB   Score    W-L  SV    ERA
Jan 16, 2003 at Hawaii-Hilo                 2.0   0   0   0   1   0     0   0   0     0   0   0   0   0    9-0     1-0   0   0.00
Jan 19, 2003 at Hawaii-Hilo-2               2.0   1   0   0   2   3     0   0   0     0   0   0   0   0   18-5     2-0   0   0.00
Jan 24, 2003    San Diego State             3.1   5   1   1   1   5     3   0   0     0   0   0   0   0    7-5     3-0   0   1.23
Jan 31, 2003 at Long Beach State            1.0   2   3   3   2   1     0   0   0     1   0   1   0   0    5-11    3-0   0   4.32
Feb 06, 2003    BYU                         1.0   1   2   2   3   2     0   0   0     0   0   0   0   0    6-5     3-0   0   5.79
Feb 07, 2003    BYU                         1.0   1   0   0   2   2     1   0   0     0   0   0   0   0   17-6     3-0   0   5.23
Feb 16, 2003 vs Oregon State                1.0   1   1   1   0   0     0   0   0     0   0   1   0   0    9-4     3-0   0   5.56
Feb 17, 2003    Gonzaga                     2.0   4   2   2   3   1     2   0   0     0   0   0   0   0   17-5     3-0   0   6.08
Mar 01, 2003    Penn State              *   5.0   6   1   1   2   5     0   0   1     0   0   0   0   0   12-1     4-0   0   4.91
Mar 06, 2003    CS Northridge               1.0   0   0   0   0   3     0   0   0     0   0   0   0   0   10-2     4-0   0   4.66
Mar 09, 2003    CS Northridge               1.0   1   0   0   1   1     1   0   0     0   0   0   0   0   12-2     4-0   0   4.43
Mar 14, 2003    Oklahoma                    0.0   0   0   0   2   0     0   0   0     0   0   0   0   0    5-6     4-0   0   4.43
Mar 18, 2003    Wichita State           *   3.0   3   0   0   3   4     0   0   0     1   0   0   0   0    9-2     4-0   0   3.86
Mar 23, 2003    Stanford                    4.0   4   3   3   1   3     2   0   0     0   1   1   0   0    8-9     4-0   0   4.28
Mar 30, 2003 at USC                         1.1   1   1   1   1   0     0   0   1     0   0   0   0   0    7-5     4-0   0   4.40
Apr 02, 2003    New Mexico                  4.1   3   1   1   2   5     1   0   0     1   0   0   0   0    7-11    4-0   0   4.09
Apr 07, 2003    Grand Canyon            *   5.0   1   1   1   0   7     0   0   1     0   0   1   0   0   10-2     5-0   0   3.79
Apr 18, 2003    UCLA                    *   3.0   6   4   3   2   4     2   0   1     1   0   0   0   0    7-8     5-0   0   4.17
Apr 25, 2003    Washington State            1.0   0   0   0   0   1     0   0   0     0   0   0   0   0   21-0     5-0   0   4.07
Apr 27, 2003    Washington State            1.0   1   0   0   0   0     0   0   0     0   0   0   0   0   25-0     5-0   0   3.98
Apr 30, 2003 at Oklahoma                    0.2   2   0   0   0   0     0   0   0     0   0   0   0   0    9-4     5-0   0   3.92
May 06, 2003    UC Irvine                   1.1   0   1   1   1   2     0   0   0     0   0   0   0   0   11-1     5-0   0   4.00
May 12, 2003 at Oregon State                3.2   2   0   0   3   2     0   0   0     0   0   0   0   0   14-4     6-0   0   3.70
May 18, 2003 at Washington                  5.0   3   1   1   0   1     0   0   1     2   0   1   0   0   11-3     7-0   0   3.52
May 25, 2003    Arizona                     1.1   1   0   0   0   2     0   0   0     0   0   0   0   0   15-2     7-0   0   3.44
May 31, 2003 vs New Mexico State            0.2   0   0   0   0   1     0   0   0     0   0   0   0   0   15-0     7-0   0   3.40
Jun 07, 2003 vs CS Fullerton                0.0   3   3   3   0   0     0   1   0     0   0   0   0   0    7-6     7-0   0   3.88
Jun 08, 2003 at CS Fullerton                2.2   2   0   0   1   2     0   0   0     0   0   0   0   0    1-7     7-0   0   3.70
Totals                                  4  58.1  54  25  24  33  57    12   1   5     6   1   5   0   0  304-116   7-0   0   3.70

Situation B/Avg AB H BF BB SO 2B 3B HR HBP WP BK SH SF GDP Fly Gnd BB/G SO/G vs left............. .181 72 13 87 13 19 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 15 24 5.7 8.3 vs right............ .279 147 41 172 20 38 10 1 5 3 5 1 1 1 4 37 30 4.8 9.1 vs leadoff.......... .231 52 12 59 5 12 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 13 3.6 8.5 with runners........ .206 107 22 129 20 27 4 1 2 0 6 1 1 1 6 31 28 5.5 7.4 w/runners & 2-out... .196 46 9 54 8 10 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 14 13 5.7 7.1 rnrs in scoring pos. .184 76 14 94 16 19 3 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 3 23 21 6.4 7.7 scoring pos & 2-out. .222 36 8 42 6 6 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 12 10 5.8 5.8 bases empty......... .286 112 32 130 13 30 8 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 21 26 4.6 10.5 bases loaded........ .250 12 3 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0.0 7.4

#15 Robbie McClellan -- 2003 Game-by-Game
Date            Opponent               GS    IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO    2B  3B  HR    WP  BK HBP  DP IBB   Score    W-L  SV    ERA
Feb 02, 2002    Oral Roberts                4.0   2   0   0   2   6     1   0   0     0   0   0   0   0    5-4     1-0   0   0.00
Feb 08, 2002    Tennessee                   3.1   2   0   0   1   7     0   0   0     0   0   0   0   0    7-4     2-0   0   0.00
Feb 10, 2002    Tennessee                   1.0   1   0   0   1   2     1   0   0     0   0   0   0   1    5-4     2-0   1   0.00
Feb 16, 2002 at Florida State               2.0   2   1   1   0   3     0   0   0     0   0   0   0   0    3-5     2-0   1   0.87
Feb 17, 2002 at Florida State               1.0   4   3   3   1   0     0   0   0     0   0   0   0   0    4-6     2-1   1   3.18
Feb 24, 2002    CS Fullerton                2.2   3   2   2   1   2     1   0   1     1   0   1   0   0    5-7     2-2   1   3.86
Mar 02, 2002    Loyola Marymount        *   9.0   3   2   1   8   6     0   0   0     2   0   0   0   0    7-2     3-2   1   2.74
Mar 08, 2002    UNLV                    *   7.0   4   0   0   0  10     2   0   0     0   0   0   0   0   10-0     4-2   1   2.10
Mar 12, 2002 at New Mexico State            2.1   2   2   2   0   6     1   0   0     2   0   0   0   0    7-8     4-2   1   2.51
Mar 16, 2002    Oklahoma                *   8.0   7   4   4   3   8     1   0   1     0   0   0   0   0    6-4     5-2   1   2.90
Mar 22, 2002 at Arizona                 *   3.2   4   4   4   5   1     1   0   0     1   2   0   0   0    9-7     5-2   1   3.48
Mar 28, 2002    Washington              *   6.0   7   4   4   2   3     0   0   1     1   1   1   0   0   11-14    5-2   1   3.78
Apr 01, 2002 at UNLV                    *   3.0   4   4   4   3   1     1   0   0     1   0   0   0   0    7-11    5-2   1   4.25
Apr 07, 2002 at Washington State        *   7.0   9   4   4   3   8     2   0   1     1   0   1   0   0   22-4     6-2   1   4.35
Apr 14, 2002 at UCLA                    *   8.0   4   2   2   6   4     1   0   1     0   1   0   0   0   15-2     7-2   1   4.10
Apr 21, 2002    California              *   4.0   5   5   2   2   3     0   0   1     0   0   1   0   0    3-9     7-3   1   4.12
Apr 26, 2002 at Notre Dame              *   4.1   6   6   5   3   5     1   0   0     2   1   1   0   0    4-9     7-4   1   4.48
May 12, 2002 at Stanford                *   7.1   6   3   3   4   4     1   1   1     1   0   0   0   1    1-3     7-5   1   4.41
May 18, 2002    USC                     *   6.0   3   2   1   4   5     1   0   0     0   0   0   0   0    5-9     7-5   1   4.22
May 25, 2002    Oregon State            *   4.0   8   6   6   1   5     1   0   2     0   0   1   0   0    9-8     7-5   1   4.61
Jun 02, 2002    Houston                 *   3.1   8   5   3   1   2     2   0   0     0   1   0   0   0    3-8     7-6   1   4.73
Totals                                 14  97.0  94  59  51  51  91    18   1   9    12   6   6   0   2  148-128   7-6   1   4.73

Situation B/Avg AB H BF BB SO 2B 3B HR HBP WP BK SH SF GDP Fly Gnd BB/G SO/G vs left............. .350 143 50 163 13 28 5 1 5 3 6 4 1 3 0 40 27 3.6 7.7 vs right............ .199 221 44 269 38 63 13 0 4 3 6 2 3 4 8 61 56 5.3 8.8 vs leadoff.......... .310 87 27 100 11 21 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 20 17 5.1 9.8 with runners........ .250 176 44 214 24 48 8 0 2 3 12 6 4 7 8 49 43 4.2 8.3 w/runners & 2-out... .156 64 10 76 11 19 2 0 0 1 5 3 0 0 0 21 12 5.1 8.8 rnrs in scoring pos. .200 110 22 136 15 32 4 0 1 3 9 3 1 7 1 33 29 4.1 8.8 scoring pos & 2-out. .106 47 5 54 6 15 1 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 15 10 3.8 9.4 bases empty......... .266 188 50 218 27 43 10 1 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 52 40 5.4 8.6 bases loaded........ .308 13 4 14 0 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 0.0 10.8

  Robbie McClellan
Robbie McClellan
Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Liberal, Kansas

High School:
Liberal

Last College:
Seward County CC

Height / Weight:
6-1 / 175

Position:
Pitcher

Experience:
2002-03

Bats/Throws:
Right/Right