2019 Baseball Roster
Mar 29 (Fri)
6:30 PM
Michael Fitzsimmons
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Position:
- IF
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 230
- Experience:
- 3L
- Hometown:
- Eads, Tenn.
- High School:
- Memphis University School
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS |
• 2019 Team Captain |
2019 (RS-Senior): Voted team captain ... 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): 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): Played in 29 games, making 10 starts (nine at designated hitter, one at first base) … Led the Rebels in pinch hits (5) and pinch-hit appearances (15) … Boasted a .333 batting average as a pinch hitter … Tallied seven hits, four runs and four RBI throughout the season … 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): Played in 43 games, making 29 starts … Split time with Holt Perdzock as the team’s designated hitter, starting in the lineup 28 times … Hit .265 with seven doubles and three home runs … 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: 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: 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.