Tom Mueller

Position:
Left Handed Pitcher
Height:
6-4
Weight:
225
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Westfield, Ind.
High School:
Westfield

Tom Mueller's Career & Game-By-Game Statistics (PDF)

2009 (Senior)
Team captain ... Appeared in 29 games as the Cardinals’ top reliever to earn his third letter ... His 29 relief appearances are tied for the most in a single season in Ball?State history ... Led the Cardinals with a 1.46 ERA in 37.0 innings as he only allowed six earned runs on year ... His 1.46 ERA is the fifth lowest in Ball State history for a single season ... Tallied a 2-2 record on the year with one save as he struck out 25 batters ... Opened the season only allowing one run in his first 15.1 innings of relief, a stretch of 14 appearances ... Recorded his first win of the year at Ohio State (April 22) in relief ... Notched the victory in relief against Toledo?(May 15) as the Cardinals clinched the Mid-American Conference West Division championship as he tossed 2.2 innings and did not allow an earned run.

2008 (Junior)
Appeared in a 30 games, including one start, to earn his second letter ... His 30 appearances were a team-high and are the second most in a single season in Ball State history ... His 29 relief appearances are tied for the Ball State single season record ... Posted a 5-0 record on the season with a 4.37 ERA ... Worked 35.0 innings and tallied 25 strikeouts ... Only walked 11 batters ... Picked up his first career start against Dayton (April 2) ... Tallied wins against Anderson (March 26), Kent State (March 30), Western Michigan (April 27), Eastern Michigan (May 2) and Toledo (May 17) all in relief ... Posted 3.0 scoreless innings against Toledo in the victory on May 17 after working 2.2 scoreless innings against the Rockets in the first game of the series May 15 ... Notched 2.0 scoreless innings of relief at Coastal Carolina (March 14).

2007 (Sophomore)
Appeared in nine games out of the bullpen to earn his first letter ... Logged 13.2 innings with eights strikeouts and a 3.95 ERA ... Made his first collegiate appearance against Purdue (March 28) and held the Boilermakers without an earned run over 2.0 innings ... Pitched two scoreless innings at Indiana State (May 8) ... Also threw scoreless innings versus Kent State (April 13), Ohio State (April 18) and Central Michigan (May 18) ... pitched a season-high 2.2 innings at Western Michigan (April 27) ... Struck out a season-best two batters on three occasions.

2006 (Redshirt Freshman)
Did not see game action.

2005 (Freshman)
Redshirted at Ball State.

High School
Earned four letters for coach Ryan Bunnell ... All-Hoosier Crossroads Conference Honorable Mention as a junior and senior ... Team captain as a senior ... Saw limited action, posting a 1-3 record and a .230 batting average his senior season due to injury ... He finished his senior season with a 3.27 ERA over 18 innings of work ... In 55 at bats his senior year, he hit four doubles, two triples and two home runs, while posting nine RBI and seven runs scored ... Also earned one letter in football and two in wrestling.

Personal
Majoring in sport administration and marketing ... Born Jan. 25, 1986, in Carmel, Ind. ... Son of Dave and Mary Beth Mueller ... Has one sister and one brother ... Full name is Thomas Zimmer Mueller.