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Saint Mary's College Athletics Gaels

2025 Baseball Roster

21 Connor Kinney

  • Position Right Handed Pitcher
  • Height 6-4
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
  • High School La Costa Canyon HS
  • Prev School Tufts University
  • Major Professional MBA

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
  • American Baseball Coaches Association All-Region Third Team
  • All-NESCAC Second Team
AS A GRADUATE STUDENT (2024): As a graduate transfer in his first season with the Gaels, Kinney made 7 relief appearances and one start... In seven innings of work, he struckout three batters and finished with a 9.00 ERA... His season high came in a 10-8 defeat to San Jose State when Kinney came in to pitch the top of the 9th and struckout two of the three batters he faced (3/5).

PRIOR TO SAINT MARY’S:

2023 (Senior): Pitcher for the Tufts University baseball team...Started 10 games in 10 appearances with 5-1 record...Led the team in total innings pitched with 88.1 and only walked 15 batters with a .248 batting average against...Ranked 3rd on the team in strikeouts with 41 and pitched 2 complete games and 1 shutout...Had 5 strikeouts facing Pamona-Pitzer over 6 innings (March 18)...Threw 9 innings allowing no runs and punching out 6 batters against Chapman (March 24)...Went for 6 innings helping defeat conference opponent Trinity with 4 strikeouts (April 21)...Tossed a complete game facing Colby only allowing 3 hits, 1 run and punching out 8 (April 28)...Went 6 innings in the NESCAC Tournament playing Bowdoin striking out 4 batters (May 12)...Struck out 6 in the NCAA Tournament against Husson (May 21)...Tufts finished 31-11 on the season, earning the 2023 NESCAC title and advancing to the NCAA Tournament. 

2022 (Junior): Appeared in eight games and started three...finished the season 3-0 with 2.10 era while striking out 16 batters...pitched season high six innings and struck out five in win against UMASS-Darthmouth...pitched five innings and struck out three batters in loss at Endicott.

2021 (Sophomore): Named to 2021 NESCAC Spring All-Academic Team…made one appearance and one start for the Jumbos in 2021.

2020 (Freshman): Season canceled due to COVID-19.

Before Tufts: Was on the baseball team at La Costa Canyon High School...was named the Pitcher of the Year his senior year...named an All-League Second Team selection his senior year...earned All-Academic Team honors all four years of high school. 

Personal: Son of Shannon and Patrick...has one sibling, Gavin (23)...Gavin played baseball at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and now plays at Palomar College...Shannon played basketball at Mira Costa College and Patrick rowed at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. 

Statistics

Season:
2025

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Historical Player Information

  • 21

    2024Graduate Student

    Right Handed Pitcher
    6'4"
    21
  • 21

    2025Graduate Student

    Right Handed Pitcher
    6'4"
    21