#6 Jared Simon - Pitcher
Career Highlights: Sixth season of professional baseball and second with the Wingnuts…lifetime 15-11 record with 49 saves and a 3.16 ERA in 181 career appearances, two of them starts…117 career games finished…has pitched 213.1 innings in career, allowing 205 hits, 57 walks, and nine home runs…has 184 career strikeouts…has averaged just 2.4 walks allowed per nine innings and 0.4 home runs…originally acquired on 3/25/11 from the Frontier League’s Evansville Otters in exchange for Joseph Spiers…played four seasons of college baseball at Wichita State University from 2004-2007…struck out 23 in 27.1 innings as a senior in 2007 with a 4.28 ERA…majored in Sport Management…began professional career in 2007 with the Frontier League’s Slippery Rock Sliders before having contract purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies for 2008…played at Valley Center High School in Valley Center, KS…also played football and basketball…serves as Pitching Coach for Maize South High School…enjoys golfing and biking
2011
Wichita (American Association/Ind.): 4-5 with a 2.93 ERA for the Wingnuts in 47 games, all in relief…worked 55.1 IP, allowing 63 hits, 21 walks, and two home runs…struck out 48…finished 12 games…tied for sixth in the American Association in appearances…pitched more than 1.0 innings on 17 different occasions…did not allow an earned run in eight consecutive appearances over 9.1 IP from 5/31-6/17…allowed just three earned runs in 19.1 innings (1.40) over 16 appearances from 6/21-7/29…struck out four batters in 1.1 scoreless innings on 5/13 at Amarillo while earning the win…struck out four during 2.1 scoreless innings on 5/20 vs. El Paso…struck out three in 1.1 scoreless innings on 7/2 vs. Kansas City…allowed one earned run in 4.1 innings (2.08) in three playoff appearances
2010
Evansville (Frontier/Ind.): 2-0 with a 1.89 ERA for the Otters in 37 games, all in relief…finished 23 games and notched seven saves…38.0 IP, allowing 29 hits, 14 walks, and one home run…struck out 34…did not allow an earned run in 30 of 37 appearances and allowed more than one earned run in an appearance just once…did not allow an earned run over final 18 games from 7/2-9/3, a span of 19.0 IP…earned a save in four consecutive appearances from 8/2-8/8…struck out the side on 7/16 vs. Florence in 1.0 perfect inning…struck out the side and earned the save during 1.0 perfect inning on 7/26 vs. Southern Illinois
2009
Lakewood (South Atlantic/A): Appeared in nine games for the Blue Claws, all in relief…member of Blue Claws’ South Atlantic League championship team…1-1 with a 5.40 ERA…worked 11.2 innings, allowing 12 hits, three walks, and no home runs…struck out 10…finished five games…pitched 2.0 scoreless innings with two strikeouts and earned the win on 7/5 at West Virginia in the second game of a double header
Clearwater (Florida State/A+): 1-1 with six saves and a 10.12 ERA for the Threshers in 11 games, all in relief…worked 10.2 IP, allowing 17 hits, five walks, and three home runs…struck out 12…finished nine games…earned a save in three straight appearances from 4/26-5/1
2008
Lakewood (South Atlantic/A): 6-3 with 30 saves and a 3.56 ERA for the Blue Claws…appeared in 55 games, all in relief…had 60.2 IP, allowing 58 hits, nine walks, and three home runs…struck out 52…finished 52 games…ranked third in the South Atlantic League in saves, second in appearances, and second in games finished…30 saves a Lakewood team record…2.20 ERA at home in 28.2 IP, 4.78 ERA on the road in 32.0 IP…earned a win in three consecutive appearances from 4/9-4/13…earned a save in five straight appearances from 5/18-5/27…earned a save in 10 straight appearances from 6/29-7/17, not allowing a run in 8.0 IP…did not allow an earned run in 20.1 IP spanning 20 appearances from 6/13-8/1…struck out the side while earning save on 8/1 vs. West Virginia
2007
Slippery Rock (Frontier/Ind.): 1-1 with six saves and a 1.46 ERA for the Sliders in 22 appearances, 20 of them in relief…worked 37.0 IP, allowing 26 hits, five walks, and no home runs…struck out 28…earned six saves and finished 16 games…pitched more than 1.0 innings in 10 appearances…made professional debut on 6/15 at Evansville, allowing one earned run in 5.0 IP during no-decision start…struck out seven in 4.0 IP in start on 6/20 vs. Evansville in the second game of a double header…earned first career win on 7/16 vs. Kalamazoo, working 1.1 scoreless relief innings…picked up first career save on 7/20 at Florence in the first game of a double header, throwing 1.0 perfect inning…allowed just two earned runs over final 20 games from 6/23-9/2, spanning 28.0 IP (0.64), and did not allow a run over final 10 games totaling 12.1 IP
Kevin Hooper on Jared: Jared will be a key part of our bullpen this upcoming season. He is very valuable to us in that he can throw multiple innings, or come in against a right-hander and get a groundball when we need it. His sidearm delivery is a different look for us down there, which I like to have. He is very durable, and we have joked all offseason about him making a run at the league’s appearance record, which is held by Dustin Pease, a former Wingnut.
