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An All-American pitcher for the baseball Cougars in 1975, Nik Baltz was a part of four NCAA Tournament teams from 1972 to 1975. He ended his collegiate career with a record of 16-5 with four saves. With 203 innings pitched, Baltz was handed starting duties 20 times and had 18 complete games. His 1.27 earned run average in 1975 is the second best in school history and was not broken for more than 30 years. He also holds the second-lowest career earned run average at 2.00.

Career Statistics

 Year       Avg   GP-GS     AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR  RBI   BB   SO   SB-ATT 
1974....  .250   13-0       4    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0-0 
1975....  .143   13-0       7    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    1    0-0 
TOTAL...  .182   26-0      11    0    2    0    0    0    1    0    1    0-0  
Year       ERA   W-L   App  GS  CG SHO/CBO  SV    IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO 
1972....  0.00   0-0     0   0   0   0/0     2   4.0    1    0    0    2    3 
1973....  2.77   3-0     6   3   3   0/0     0  39.0   25   15   12   11   23 
1974....  2.52   6-3    10   7   7   2/0     2  75.0   74   35   21   28   47 
1975....  1.27   7-2    12  10   8   0/0     0  85.0   66   19   12   19   54 
TOTAL...  2.00  16-5    28  20  18   2/0     4 203.0  166   69   45   60  127  

ALL-TIME RANKINGS:                                     
SINGLE-SEASON RANKINGS: 
Lowest earned run avg.: 2nd (2.00)                     
Lowest earned run avg.: 2nd (1.27 in 1975)