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John Armstrong Season 2024

#41

John Armstrong Season 2024

PositionRHP
Weight223 lbs
Height5-11
ClassJunior
HometownMarietta, Ga.

2024 – JUNIOR SEASON
Turned in a 1-2 record with a 4.01 ERA in 19 relief appearances … struck out 45 batters in 33.2 innings pitched … tied for the team lead with a pair of saves … 12 of his 19 appearances came in league play … was second on the team with 33 strikeouts in 21.0 innings in SEC play … didn’t surrender a run and allowed just one hit in his first four appearances and 8.0 innings pitched … earned a 3.0-inning save against UConn (Mar. 2) … struck out a career-best six batters in a career-long 4.0 scoreless innings against Tennessee (Apr. 5) … earned the save in the series-opening win against the Volunteers … held a 1.86 ERA through his first five appearances and 9.2 innings in SEC play … struck out three in 2.2 innings at Mississippi State (Apr. 21) … earned the win with a scoreless inning and a pair of strikeouts at LSU (Apr. 28) … matched a career high with six strikeouts in 3.2 innings vs. Ole Miss (May 4) … logged 2.0 innings at Missouri (May 10) … pitched vs. Alabama (May 17), making an appearance in all 10 SEC series ... 2024 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2023 - SOPHOMORE SEASON
Led the team with a 6-2 record and turned in a 5.40 ERA in 22 appearances, tied for third on the team … didn’t issue a run and allowed just one hit in his first three appearances and 5.0 innings … named to the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award Watch List … pitched a career high 3.1 innings on Opening Day vs. Indiana (Feb. 17) … earned a win in four straight appearances from Feb. 24-Mar. 5 … allowed one run on two hits with no walks and six strikeouts in 5.1 innings over two appearances vs. Lipscomb (Mar. 3-5) … matched a season and career best with 3.1 scoreless innings and earned a save vs. Southeastern (Mar. 10) … notched his fifth win of the season in 2.2 scoreless innings vs. Georgia (Mar. 24) … made his first career start in the middle game at Florida (Apr. 1) … struck out a career high five batters and earned his sixth win vs. Texas A&M (Apr. 7) … earned his second save by striking out a pair of batters vs. Samford (Apr. 18) … 19 of his 22 appearances came in the first 39 games of the season … pitched a scoreless inning in the team’s win vs. LSU (May 6) … made just three appearances and logged 3.1 innings in the final five weeks of the season.

2022 - FRESHMAN SEASON
Went 1-0 with a 4.26 ERA in 19 appearances … ranked tied for fifth on the team in appearances despite not pitching from Mar. 29-May 8 … struck out 21 batters in 19.0 innings … turned in a perfect inning with a strikeout in his Auburn debut and the season opener against Oklahoma in Arlington (Feb. 18) … made his second scoreless appearance in as many days against Texas Tech (Feb. 19) … didn’t allow an earned run in his first seven appearances and held a 1.26 ERA through his first 14 trips to the mound … in his first appearance in more than a month, pitched a season-high 2.2 scoreless innings with a season-high four strikeouts against Arkansas (May 8) … earned his first win in his next outing of 2.2 scoreless innings against Alabama (May 13) … followed it up with 2.1 scoreless innings against Samford (May 17) … recorded the final six outs in Auburn’s regional win vs. Florida State (June 4) … made a pair of scoreless appearances in the Corvallis Super Regional (June 11/12) and pitched an inning against Arkansas (June 21) in Omaha.

HIGH SCHOOL
Played at Harrison High School ... also competed for the 643 DP Cougars ... tabbed by Perfect Game a top-500 player nationally and the No. 15 right-hander in Georgia ... didn't allow a run in 3.1 innings and registered a save in the COVID-shortened 2020 season ... struck out six batters and was name his team's defensive player of the year ... turned in a 0.63 ERA and struck out 51 in 44.2 innings on the travel circuit in 2020 ... 2019 Perfect Game High Honorable Mention Preseason Underclass All-America ... also played ice hockey, basketball and football and competed in gymnastics. 

PERSONAL
Son of Paul and Monica Armstrong ... has one brother, Andrew ... born July 11, 2002.

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Freshman
2022

RHP
5-11 / 200 lbs
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Sophomore
2023

RHP
5-11 / 225 lbs
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Senior
2025

RHP
6-0 / 220 lbs