KYLE BATES  •  RHP
5-11• 220 • SO • Bats: Right • Throws: Right
Lenexa, Kan./Hutchinson C.C.

Second-year player... a promising righthander who impacted the PSU staff primarily out of the bullpen in 2007... figures to play a similar role for the Gorillas this spring... made six appearances, including one start, in 2007... posted an 0-2 record with a 9.00 ERA in 9.0 innings of work... came to PSU after one season at Hutchinson Community College... In Junior College: Spent one season at Hutchinson... redshirted in his only season with the Blue Dragons in 2006... In High School: A first-team All-Sun Country performer as a senior at Shawnee Mission Northwest High School... posted an 8-1 record with a 2.60 ERA with 81 strikeouts as a senior in 2005... also earned first-team All-Sunflower League honors ...Personal: Born July 17, 1986... son of Jeff and Denise Bates... a communication major.

Bates' Career Pitching Statistics
Year   G/GS   ERA   W- L   Pct.  Sv  CG  ShO    IP  ER   H  BB  SO   AB/  BA
2007   6/ 1  9.00   0- 2  .000   0   0   0/0   9.0  9   11  5   3    34/ .265