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Cody Greenhill Season 2020

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Cody Greenhill Season 2020

PositionRHP
Weight216 lbs
Height6-4
ClassJunior
HometownRussellville, Ala.
Previous SchoolR/R

2021 – SENIOR YEAR
Made 13 appearances, including eight starts ... began the season as a starter before suffering an injury and transitioning back to the bullpen ... posted a perfect 3-0 record and led the team with a 3.28 ERA ... finished the season with a 2.78 career ERA, ranked just outside the top 10 in program history ... tied for second on the team with 43 strikeouts and issued just 14 walks in 49.1 innings of work … held opponents to a .221 average against him … named the starting pitcher for the season opener vs. Presbyterian and earned the win, matching a career high with six strikeouts in 5.0 innings (Feb. 19) … pitched 5.0 scoreless innings and struck out five while earning his second win of the season vs. Little Rock (Mar. 12) … pitched a career high of 7.0 scoreless inning at Ole Miss (Mar. 19) … matched his season and career high with 7.0 innings in a series-opening win at Arkansas (Apr. 1) ... allowed just one run on three hits with five strikeouts and no walks against the Razorbacks ... went 2-0 with a 1.50 ERA and held opponents to a .173 average against in a span of five starts from Mar. 12-Apr. 9 ... made his first relief appearance of the season and earned his 20th career save against Samford (Apr. 20) ... finished the season with a scoreless inning and a strikeout vs. Ole Miss in the SEC Tournament (May 25) … named to the 2021 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll.

2020 – JUNIOR YEAR
Named Second Team Preseason All-SEC, Second Team Preseason All-America by NCBWA and to the NCBWA Stopper of the Year watch list for the second straight season ... rated by Baseball America as the No. 128 player in college baseball entering the season ... made four appearances and didn’t allow a run in 12.2 innings … made a pair of saves … struck out 17 batters and issued one walk while allowing just five hits, good for a 0.47 WHIP … help opponents to a .122 average against … pitched a season-high 4.0 innings and struck out a career high six batters in his season debut vs. Illinois-Chicago (Feb. 14) … tossed 3.2 scoreless innings vs. UCF (Feb. 21) … struck out five batters in 3.0 scoreless innings vs. Wright State (Feb. 28) … pitched 2.0 perfect innings with three strikeouts in a shutout vs. Chicago State (Mar. 6) … finished the season sixth in program history with 19 career saves ... named to the 2020 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll. 

2019 – SOPHOMORE YEAR
Led the team with 12 saves over 28 relief appearances … his 12 saves were tied for the most by an Auburn player since 2005 and tied for second in the SEC … eight of his saves came on the road or in a neutral site game … posted a 2-3 record with a 3.45 ERA over 57.1 innings … threw 2.2 innings vs. Georgia Southern in his first appearance of the season (Feb. 16) … earned his first save of the year at UCF (Feb. 22), throwing 1.1 scoreless innings in the series opener … earned the save by throwing 2.0 scoreless innings vs. Cincinnati (Mar. 2) …pitched 2.0 scoreless innings and struck out four batters en route to the save in the series and SEC opener vs. Tennessee (Mar. 15) … earned a pair of saves in scoreless outings in the series opener (Mar. 29) and finale (Mar. 31) at South Carolina … earned his third straight save in the series opener vs. Arkansas (Apr. 5) ... made his second appearance of the day and tossed 3.0 scoreless in the nightcap against the Razorbacks … earned his eighth save of the season in the middle game at Texas A&M (Apr. 13) … pitched 2.0 scoreless inning and struck out three in the series opener vs. Ole Miss (Apr. 18) … did not allow a run over six straight appearances and 10.2 innings from Mar.29 – Apr. 18, notching five saves during the stretch … earned the win in the series finale against the Rebels (Apr. 20) … matched a career-high with five strikeouts in 4.0 scoreless innings and the win vs. Georgia (May 11) … tossed a career-high 5.1 innings in the regular season finale at LSU (May 18) … closed the final 3.0 innings of the Atlanta Regional Final vs. Georgia Tech (Jun. 2), striking out four … collected his final save of the season in the opening win of the Chapel Hill Super Regional against North Carolina (Jun. 8) … recorded the final five outs in the decisive game three against the Tar Heels (Jun. 10), sending Auburn to its first College World Series since 1997. 

2018 – FRESHMAN YEAR
Led the team with a 2.30 ERA and posted a 6-3 record in 21 relief appearances … turned in five saves and struck out 55 batters in 58.2 innings pitched … held opponents to a .242 batting average … was named SEC All-Freshman and a Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball, D1 Baseball, NCBWA and Perfect Game/Rawlings … held a 0.49 ERA through his first seven appearances and 18.1 innings pitched … made his Auburn debut and turned in a scoreless inning vs. Longwood in the season opener (Feb. 16) … picked up his first collegiate win in his next outing vs. Georgia State (Feb. 20), throwing 3.1 hitless innings and striking out four … notched his first collegiate save in 2.0 scoreless inning at South Alabama (Feb. 27), starting a stretch of three straight saves from Feb. 27-Mar. 6 … pitched 4.2 scoreless innings and struck out four vs. Northeastern (Mar. 10) before being sidelined for nearly a month with a sickness … earned his first SEC win and struck out a season-high five batters in 4.1 innings of relief vs. Mississippi State (Apr. 15) … pitched 5.0 innings of relief and earned his second conference win at top-ranked Florida (Apr. 27) … recorded the final 10 outs vs. Vanderbilt (May 5) in scoreless fashion and earned his first SEC save … pitched 3.0 scoreless innings vs. LSU (May 17) to pick up his second conference save and fifth of the season … earned the win after throwing 3.0 hitless innings and striking out a pair in the SEC Tournament opener vs. Kentucky (May 22) … matched a season-high with five strikeouts and earned the win in Auburn’s NCAA regional championship win vs. N.C. State (June 3) … picked up the win in the program’s first ever super regional win vs. Florida (June 10).

HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterwinner and three-time 5A state champion for Chris Heaps at Russellville High School … rated the eighth best player and fourth best right-handed pitcher in Alabama by Perfect Game … also ranked a top 160 player nationally … hit .336 with 16 home runs his senior year … posted a 12-2 record with a 0.74 ERA on the mound … led the state with 144 strikeouts and issued only 18 walks … went 13-3 as a junior with a 1.14 ERA ... struck out 118 in 92.1 innings pitched ... posted a 4-0 record as a sophomore with 33 strikeouts in 35.1 innings ... pitched in six games as a freshman … named the 2017 5A Player of the Year, Times Daily Pitcher of the Year and a Collegiate Baseball First Team All-American … also earned 2017 Rawlings/Perfect Game Third Team All-American honors … member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONAL
Son of Kevin and Melissa Greenhill … has one sister, Kyra … Forestry and Wildlife Management major.

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Freshman
2018

RHP
6-4 / 216 lbs
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Sophomore
2019

RHP
6-4 / 216 lbs
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Senior
2021

RHP
6-4 / 216 lbs