Jeff Criswell

Class:
Junior
Position:
RHP
Ht./Wt.:
6-4 / 225
Bats/Throws:
R/R
Hometown:
Portage, Mich.
High School:
Portage Central

Updated through 2020 season

Junior (2020)
The 2020 season was cancelled after 15 games due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
• Started four games as the Wolverines' Friday night starter
• Finished the season 0-1 with an ERA of 4.50, holding opponents to a meager .205 batting average
• Struck out 26 batters in 24 innings of work
• Tossed a season-best 7.2 innings against at Cal Poly (Feb. 28), striking out six and surrendering just one earned run
• Went 6.1 innings against No. 2 Vanderbilt (Feb. 14), allowing three earned runs on two hits and striking out five
• Struck out a season-best eight hitters against UConn (Feb. 21)

Sophomore (2019)
• All-Big Ten First Team selection (starting pitcher)
• Appeared in 22 games, making 17 starts
• Finished the season with a 2.72 earned-run average and a 7-1 record
• Struck out 116 batters through 106 innings and surrendered just 17 extra-base hits
• Tossed five complete innings of relief in a College World Series Finals game against Vanderbilt (June 26)
• Earned a save with three scoreless innings of relief against Texas Tech in the CWS (June 21)
• Struck out four through two scoreless relief innings against Texas Tech (June 15) to earn a save
• Earned a two-out save in the first game of the Super Regional at UCLA (June 7)
• Struck out nine and tied his career-high with 7.2 innings against Cincinnati (June 1)
• Struck out 10 through seven innings against Illinois (May 23) in a Big Ten Tournament elimination game
• Recorded a win at Nebraska in the regular season finale (May 17) with six strikeouts through five innings
• Set a career-high with 7.2 innings of work against Rutgers (April 28)
• Struck out eight and did not allow a run through 6.2 innings in a win over Minnesota (April 7)
• Struck out a career-high 12 through six innings against Oklahoma State (March 10)
• Made his first career start against Binghamton, tossing five innings and striking out five (Feb. 17)
• Selected to the USA Baseball Collegiate Baseball Team, summer 2019

Freshman (2018)
• Collegiate debut: at San Diego (Feb. 23)
• Led Michigan pitchers with 24 appearances on the season
• Posted a 2.23 earned-run average through 32.1 innings pitched
• Totaled three victories and struck out 32 batters in his freshman season
• Allowed just one hit and struck out five through 1.2 scoreless innings of relief at Purdue (May 17)
• Threw a scoreless inning of relief in a win over Illinois (May 13)
• Tossed a scoreless inning of relief in a 6-1 win at Rutgers (May 6)
• Picked up a strikeout in a scoreless inning of relief at Iowa (April 28)
• Struck out one in a scoreless inning of relief in an extra-inning victory over Penn State (April 21)
• Tossed a scoreless inning of relief in a 10-4 win over Maryland (April 13)
• Struck out three in two innings of relief to earn the win at Northwestern (April 8)
• Struck out three in two innings of relief in a win over Delaware (April 1)
• Pitched an inning of relief with two strikeouts against Michigan State (March 25)
• Threw a perfect 1-2-3 inning of relief in a win over Western Michigan (March 21)
• Tossed a career-high 5 innings and struck out five in a win over Bowling Green (March 17)
• Pitched a hitless, scoreless inning with one strikeout at San Diego State (Feb. 26) and against Central Michigan (March 28)

Prep
• 2017 All-SMAC West Conference First Team
• 2017 Rawlings-Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American Central - All Region 1st Team
• 2017 All-District First Team
• 2016 All-SMAC West Conference First Team
• 2016 Underclass 3rd Team
• 2015 All-SMAC West Conference Honorable Mention

Personal
• Jeffrey Kelley Criswell was born March 10th, 1999
• Enrolled in College of Literature, Science and the Arts and majors in Sport Management
• Son of Brian and Patti Criswell
• Has one sister, Natalie, who swims at Bowling Green State University
• Father Brian played baseball for Western Michigan University