2023 USC Baseball Roster
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Jersey Number 18
Josh Blum
- Position:
- Pitcher
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 195
- Hometown:
- Bellaire, Texas
- High School:
- Emery Weiner School
- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
Bio
2024/JUNIOR:
2023/SOPHOMORE:
2022/FRESHMAN:
HIGH SCHOOL
- Drafted in the 16th round by the New York Mets (signed)
- All-Region Honors
- All-Pac-12 First Team
- Made 27 appearances on the mound
- His season-10 saves ranked 3rd in the Pac-12 and 14th nationally, and is the most by a Trojan reliever since 2007
- Ranked 3rd in the Pac-12 with 27 pitching appearances
- Posted career-low 1.87 ERA and opponents hit .154 against him
- Struck out 45 batters and walked 11 in 32.2 innings
- Threw scoreless eighth and ninth innings in Pac-12 Semifinal
2023/SOPHOMORE:
- Appeared in 30 games out of the bullpen which was 3rd most by any USC pitcher
- Had 3.34 in 32.1 innings pitched
- Set career high in ERA (3.34) and strike outs (40)
- Had a 7 outing scoreless streak that lasted 11 innings (2/26-3/11)
- Had 11 multi-strike out games
- Threw in both games of the double-header against Stanford delivering 3 scoreless innings between the two games, without allowing a hit and striking out 5 (3/11)
2022/FRESHMAN:
- Appeared in 11 games for the Trojans and pitched 9.2 innings during the 2022 season
- Provided support in the strikeout department with 12 making his strikeouts per nine innings 11.74
- Struck out the side (three strikeouts in one inning) for the first time against Arizona (May 7)
- Made his debut against Connecticut (March 15), where he allowed two runs in two innings of work and posted three strikeouts
HIGH SCHOOL
- Played four varsity seasons at Emery Weiner School
- For his prep career, tossed 92 innings, posting 166 Strikeouts and a 0.75 ERA
- Was named team MVP as a sophomore and junior, earning All-District honors all 4 years
- Also named a Preseason All-American in 2021 and a Preseason Underclass All-American in 2020
- Helped the Jaguars to a 5A Area Championship in 2021
- Also played football for four years, earning All-District recognition each season
- Born May 1, 2003
- Parents are Marvin and Michelle, sisters are Jennifer and Jordan, brother is Jonathan
- Majoring in Real Estate Development at USC
- Favorites: Benchwarmers (movie), The Office (tv show), chicken sandwich (food)
- Chose USC for the… “challenging academic program and the spirit of the school.”
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Monday, June 02
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