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Senior
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| Hometown:
Norman, OK
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| Last College:
Grayson CC
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| Height / Weight:
6-2 / 195
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| Position:
RHP
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 Daniel McCutchenAction Photos
SUMMER 2005:
Pitched for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod League for the second consecutive season ... Played alongside fellow Sooner teammates Kody Kaiser and Jackson Williams ... Started nine games with a 3-6 record and a 3.43 ERA ... Led the team in strikeouts and ranked in the top 10 of the league ... Struck out 63 batters in 60.1 innings pitched and walked 12.
2005 [JUNIOR]:
Drafted in the 12th round of the MLB Amateur Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals ... Became OU's No. 1 starter after serving a majority of the season in the bullpen ... All-Big 12 Honorable Mention with a 4-5 record and two saves ... Made 24 appearances, nine starts ... Struck out a team-high 84 batters in 84 innings worked ... Struck out 48 batters in six regular season starts against Big 12 competition ... Held down a team-best 3.7 strikeout to walk ratio ... Started the Sooners' second game of the year against Arizona State and recorded a no-decision after five innings pitched ... Appeared in three consecutive games (Eastern Illinois on 2/21 and Western Illinois on 2/26 and 28) out of the bullpen ... Recorded zero earned runs, while striking out five batters in 2.2 innings ... Earned his first save of the year against Western Illinois (2/26) ... Pitched an inning of spotless relief with two strikeouts versus Arkansas-Pine Bluff (3/9) and combined with five other OU pitchers to record the school's first combined no-hitter (seventh no-hitter in OU history) ... Pitched 4.1 innings of relief in two games against Northwestern State (3/11-13) and allowed one run (earned) while striking out three to record a victory ... Nailed down his second save of the year against TCU (3/22) ... Allowed one earned run in two innings of relief against No. 15 Baylor (4/2) ... Made two relief appearances against Kansas (4/9-10) and surrendered one run (earned) on three hits in and struck out nine in 6.1 innings of relief ... Started his second game of the year against No. 1 Texas (4/15) and recorded a no-decision after nine solid innings of work that included a season-high 10 strikeouts ... Struck out seven in 5.1 innings against No. 17 Missouri (4/22) which resulted in a no-decision ... Recorded his second win of the year against No. 5 Nebraska (4/28), pitching one of two complete games by OU pitchers in 2005 ... Allowed one earned run against the Huskers on six hits and he struck out nine ... Sat down nine batters for his third win of the season against Texas Tech (5/20) ... Led OU to its first opening win in a NCAA regional since 2000. Lasted 7.1 innings against the No. 2 seed Southern Mississippi in the Oxford Regional ... Allowed three runs, two earned, on eight hits for the victory ... Was a member of the 2005 Spring Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll with a perfect 4.0 GPA.
SUMMER 2004:
Pitched for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod League ... Played alongside fellow Sooner teammate Ryan Rohlinger ... Helped lead his team to the league title ... Tossed six scoreless frames to pick up the win in the first game of the divisional series against the Brewster Whitecaps ... Ended the regular season tied for the team lead in wins with a 5-1 record ... Posted a 1.58 ERA and allowed only 32 hits in 45.2 innings of work ... Averaged nearly a strikeout per inning.
2004 [SOPHOMORE]:
Drafted in the 28th round of the MLB Amateur Draft by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays ... One of OU's top relievers ... Occasionally used in a closer's role ... Earned honorable mention All-Big 12 Conference honors by the league coaches ... Tied for fourth in the Big 12 in appearances and saves ... Finished the conference season tied for third in appearances and saves, seventh in ERA and eighth in opponent batting average ... Earned his first save in his first career outing versus Southeast Missouri State (2/21) ... Struck out seven batters in his outing ... Settled in to retire five of the last seven batters of the game against USC (2/28) ... Received his first career start at UTA (3/2) ... Pitched the first three innings against the Mavericks and gave up three runs on four hits ... Tossed two scoreless frames of relief against UC-Riverside (3/7) ... Worked a scoreless inning of relief at TCU (3/16), versus No. 1 Texas (3/19) and at Oral Roberts (3/23) ... Held Baylor (3/27) scoreless over 2.2 innings ... Pitched two scoreless innings versus ORU (3/31) to earn the win in OU's come-from-behind victory ... Pitched one inning in each of the first two games of the Kansas series (4/2-4) ... Struck out two of the three batters he faced against Dallas Baptist (4/6) ... Earned two of the wins during the Missouri series (4/9-11) ... Was the pitcher of record when Oklahoma came from behind in the bottom of the ninth to defeat the Tigers in the finale ... Tossed four scoreless innings in the game ... Added two more scoreless innings against Western Illinois (4/14) ... Started at Texas A&M (4/18) ... Made a pair of relief appearances during the Texas Tech series (4/23-25) ... Tossed two scoreless frames in the opener and suffered the loss in the finale ... Made a relief outing in each game against Oklahoma State (4/29-5/1) ... Gave up only one earned run in seven innings pitched during the series ... Suffered the game one loss of the doubleheader ... Rebounded to close out the second game for his second save of the season ... Gave up only one run on two hits in two frames in the Kansas State series finale (5/9) ... Picked up the win against No. 24 Wichita State (5/11) ... Came on in relief and held the Shockers scoreless on two hits over the final 4.1 innings ... Picked up a save in the Texas-Pan American series finale (5/16) ... Credited with saves in both of Oklahoma's wins at Nebraska (5/21-23) ... Held the Cornhuskers to one run on three hits in the series finale ... Made a pair of relief appearances in the NCAA Oklahoma City Regional (6/4-5) ... Achieved Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll and Sooner Scholar status for the academic year.
JUNIOR COLLEGE:
Played one season for head coach Tim Tadlock at Grayson CC ... Pitched only two innings and struck out four batters and picked up the win in his only appearance ... Received a medical redshirt for the remainder of the year ... Team advanced to the Junior College World Series semifinals and finished the season ranked No. 3 with a 56-14 record ... Achieved honor roll status. Compiled a 4-0 record, 2.76 ERA and three saves in his only season at Central Oklahoma ... Struck out 38 batters in 28 innings of work spanning 19 appearances ... Helped lead team to a Lone Star Conference championship and a regional tournament appearance ... Team finished the year with a 46-10 record ... Coached by Windle Simmons ... A member of the Dean's List.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Played three seasons for head coach Rob Clark at Norman High School ... Competed on the left side of the infield and also pitched ... Named to the 2001 The Oklahoman Big All-City team as a senior ... Posted a 4-1 mark with a 2.08 ERA on the mound ... Fanned 27 batters in 18 innings ... Recorded a .357 batting average and .407 on base percentage ... Added two home runs and 17 stolen bases ... Also competed on the football team for three years.
PERSONAL:
Full name is Daniel Thomas McCutchen ... Born Sept. 26, 1982, in McKinney, Texas ... Parents are Thomas and Tammy McCutchen ... Has two older sisters, Leah and Cara, and a younger brother, Joel ... Majoring in finance ... Drafted in the 27th round by the New York Yankees in the 2003 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.
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