Indiana University Athletics
Perkins Picked By Oakland on Day Two of MLB Draft
7/18/2022 3:00:00 PM | Baseball
Perkins goes in the sixth round to the Oakland Athletics in the 2022 MLB Draft
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana baseball program heard its first name called in the 2022 Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft, as right-handed pitcher Jack Perkins came off the board in the sixth-round pick of the Oakland Athletics.
Indiana has seen nine pitchers drafted under head coach Jeff Mercer, with seven of those being picked in the top 10 rounds. Perkins is the 101st Hoosier drafted all-time for a total of 112 total draft picks. He is the 30th right-handed pitcher picked (34 overall selections) and the fifth Hoosier picked by the Oakland Athletics organization. The last IU pitcher selected by the A's was Don Lohse with the first overall pick in the January Phase of the 1966 draft.
Perkins began the season as the No. 2 starter in the rotation, but when the calendar turned to Big Ten play, he had pushed himself into the top spot in the rotation. The right-hander led the team with 83 innings of work and became the 11th pitcher in Indiana history to reach the 90-strikeout mark, which finished No. 10 on the IU single season charts with 91 strikeouts. He led qualifying IU pitchers in ERA (5.10), batting average against (.240), innings pitched (83.0), strikeouts (91) and games started (15).
After making his IU debut in the second game of the 2022 season, Perkins appeared in 16 games with 15 starts on the mound. Perkins picked up his first of three wins – and first as a Hoosier – versus Louisiana-Lafayette (2/26) at the Round Rock Classic and owned six quality starts. He held opponents to three-or-fewer earned runs in 10 of 15 starts and struck out seven-plus batters in seven outings.
Indiana has seen nine pitchers drafted under head coach Jeff Mercer, with seven of those being picked in the top 10 rounds. Perkins is the 101st Hoosier drafted all-time for a total of 112 total draft picks. He is the 30th right-handed pitcher picked (34 overall selections) and the fifth Hoosier picked by the Oakland Athletics organization. The last IU pitcher selected by the A's was Don Lohse with the first overall pick in the January Phase of the 1966 draft.
Perkins began the season as the No. 2 starter in the rotation, but when the calendar turned to Big Ten play, he had pushed himself into the top spot in the rotation. The right-hander led the team with 83 innings of work and became the 11th pitcher in Indiana history to reach the 90-strikeout mark, which finished No. 10 on the IU single season charts with 91 strikeouts. He led qualifying IU pitchers in ERA (5.10), batting average against (.240), innings pitched (83.0), strikeouts (91) and games started (15).
After making his IU debut in the second game of the 2022 season, Perkins appeared in 16 games with 15 starts on the mound. Perkins picked up his first of three wins – and first as a Hoosier – versus Louisiana-Lafayette (2/26) at the Round Rock Classic and owned six quality starts. He held opponents to three-or-fewer earned runs in 10 of 15 starts and struck out seven-plus batters in seven outings.
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