The University of Mississippi Athletics
2019 Baseball Roster
Michael Fitzsimmons
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Position:
- IF
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 230
- Experience:
- 3L
- Hometown:
- Eads, Tenn.
- High School:
- Memphis University School
| CAREER HIGHLIGHTS |
| ย โข 2019 Team Captain |
2019 (RS-Senior): Voted team captain ...ย Appeared in 32 games, making five starts (three at DH, two at first base) ... Notched pinch-hit RBI single in 2019 season opener against Wright State (2/15) ... Made first start of 2019 at Tulane, drawing one walk (2/24) ... Walked and scored a run against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (3/19) ... Walked, reached on an HBP and scored two runs against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (3/20) ... Went 1-for-1 against Kentucky (4/14) ... Pinch hit and played first base at Auburn, going 1-for-2 (4/19) ... Went 1-for-1 against Texas A&M (4/25) ... Scored a run, going 1-for-1 against Mississippi State (5/12) ... Went 1-for-2 in NCAA Oxford Regional title game against Jacksonville State (6/2).
2018 (RS-Junior):ย Played in 24 games, starting one at designated hitter ... Was a key bat off the bench for the Rebels, hitting .440 with three home runs and four doubles ... Slugged .960 with a .533 on-base percentage for an OPS of 1.493 ... Crushed a pinch-hit grand slam at Texas A&M, bringing Ole Miss to within one run in a 7-6 defeat (3/23) ... Hit a pinch-hit go-ahead RBI double in the Governor's Cup against Mississippi State (4/24) ... Homered as part of a 2-for-4, two-RBI day at Arkansas State (5/15) ... Slugged a pinch-hit, two-run dagger home run in the SEC Tournament Championship game against LSU (5/27).
2017 (RS-Sophomore):ย Played in 29 games, making 10 starts (nine at designated hitter, one at first base) โฆ Led the Rebels in pinch hits (5) and pinch-hit appearances (15) โฆ Boasted a .333 batting average as a pinch hitter โฆ Tallied seven hits, four runs and four RBI throughout the season โฆ Delivered the game-winning hit with two outs in the 10th inning against Little Rock (3/28) ... Produced the game-winning pinch-hit RBI single in the bottom of the eighth in a 1-0 win over Furman (3/12) ... Belted a two-run homer to put the Rebels on the board against Furman (3/11) ... Went 2-for-2 with a double off the bench against No. 10 Texas Tech (3/4).
2016 (RS-Freshman):ย Played in 43 games, making 29 starts โฆ Split time with Holt Perdzock as the teamโs designated hitter, starting in the lineup 28 times โฆ Hit .265 with seven doubles and three home runs โฆ In a midweek win over Memphis, smacked his third home run of the year, the second of back-to-back homers in the sixth inning (4/19) ... Hit his second career homer while going 2-for-3 with two RBI against Tennessee (3/19) ... Went 2-for-2 versus SEMO, raking a double and blasting his first career home run as a pinch hitter (3/8) ... Tallied his first hit as a Rebel against Cincinnati (3/6) ... Made his Ole Miss debut against FIU after redshirting the 2015 season (2/21).
HIGH SCHOOL:ย Played at the Memphis University School, where he lettered four years and was coached by Johny Beard ... All-State as a junior and senior ... Hit .433 as a senior with five home runs, 21 RBI, 17 doubles and 19 runs scored ... Was a .413 hitter for his career with 13 home runs, 62 RBI, 39 doubles, four triples and 53 runs ... Played first base, third base and pitcher ... As a pitcher his senior year, went 7-2 with a 2.05 ERA, striking out 66 in 95 innings of action ... Also lettered four years as a football player, where he was an All-State selection as a senior in 2013.
PERSONAL:ย Son of Mike and Kim Fitzsimmons ... Born Sept. 14, 1995 ... Has one older sister, Erin Patton ... Father played football at Ole Miss ... Managerial Finance major.
