2020: ASUN Honor Roll ...
Summer 2019: Pitched in five games in relief for the Keene Swamp Bats in the New England Collegiate Baseball League … Recorded eight strikeouts in three innings of work … Was teammate of fellow Hatters Michael Bacica, Kyle Ball and Andrew MacNeil.
2019: Appeared in nine games on the mound for Tulane with three starts … Was named to the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll (2/25) … Posted a 3-0 record with a 2.89 ERA in 18.2 innings of work … Allowed seven runs, six earned, on six hits with 20 strikeouts and 17 walks … Earned a victory by allowing just one hit and one run over seven innings against Lamar … Struck out seven and walked two … Hurled five innings at Nicholls in a win, allowing three hits with six strikeouts and four walks … Worked 2.1 innings in relief at New Orleans with a pair of strikeouts … Earned a win in relief at Houston by allowing just two runs on one hit with a pair of strikeouts.
2018: Appeared in 16 games, with 10 starts … Posted a 2-2 record with a 5.24 ERA in 46.1 innings … Struck out 34 … Made his collegiate debut against Wright State, allowing no hits with two strikeouts … Worked 5.0 innings in his first career start, vs. Lamar … Recorded eight strikeouts in 4.0 innings at UNO … Worked a career-long 6.0 innings vs. ULL … Threw 15 consecutive strikes to begin his start vs. UNO and pitched three scoreless frames … Struck out a career-high nine batters in 6.1 innings vs. Houston … Allowed one run over 5.0 IP with four strikeouts vs. ETSU.
High School: Was a three-year letter winner at Bishop Moore for coach Tony Mehlich … Pitched and played outfield for the Hornets … Was a team captain his senior season … Earned team Cy Young award his junior and senior seasons and team MVP as a senior … Earned second team All-County honors as a junior and first team honors as a senior … Helped his team to a 5A state runner-up finish as a senior, going 9-1 with a 1.21 ERA and 112 strikeouts in 70 innings … Threw a one-hitter in the state semi-final game, his final high school appearance … Struck out a school-record 16 batters in a game during his senior season, and tossed back-to-back no-hitters during his junior campaign … Played summer ball for Chet Lemon’s Juice … Was named 2017 Rawlings Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American.
Personal: Full name is Joshua James Bates … Was born on February 24, 1999, in Orlando … Is the son of James Bates and Lydia Battung … His step-father is Randy Burkholder … Has one brother, Gregory Countryman (32), and one sister, Melina Countryman (28) … Chose Stetson over UCF, Rollins and Tampa … Enjoys fishing in his spare time … Is a Business Management major.
Year-By-Year Statistics
| Year |
ERA |
WHIP |
W-L |
G-GS |
CG |
SHO |
SV |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
2B |
3B |
HR |
AB |
B/AVG |
WP |
HP |
BK |
SFA |
SHA |
| 2018 |
4.67 |
1.75 |
0-2 |
6-4 |
0 |
0-0 |
0 |
17.1 |
22 |
13 |
9 |
8 |
15 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
70 |
.314 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
| 2019 |
2.89 |
1.26 |
3-0 |
9-3 |
0 |
0-0 |
0 |
18.2 |
6 |
7 |
6 |
17 |
20 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
57 |
.105 |
6 |
7 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
| Total |
3.75 |
1.47 |
3-2 |
15-7 |
0 |
0-0 |
0 |
36.0 |
28 |
20 |
15 |
25 |
35 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
127 |
.220 |
7 |
10 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
|
