Billy Layne, Jr.

Height:
6-4
Weight:
180
B/T:
R/R
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Cliffwood Beach, N.J.

** 2018 ALL-BIG EAST SECOND TEAM **

2018: Selected in the 11th round (329 overall) by the Texas Rangers of the 2018 MLB First-Year Player Draft...Named to the 2018 All-BIG EAST Second Team... Appeared in 15 games, making 10 starts... Pitched to a 5-1 record with a 3.09 ERA and 63 strikeouts with only 12 walks in 55.1 innings pitched... Tied for the second-most wins on the team... Had the third-most strikeouts on the team... Opponents batted just .243 against him... Tossed six shutout innings with nine strikeouts and only two walks vs. Butler in the BIG EAST Championship on May 26... Gave up just one run over four innings with four walks and one walk at Georgetown in game two of a doubleheader on May 19... Allowed two runs over five innings with five strikeouts and no walks vs. St. John’s in game two of a doubleheader on May 12... Named BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week on May 7... Pitched a career-high 8.1 scoreless innings, scattering just two hits and striking out a career-high 11 batters at Creighton on May 6... Allowed only two runs on two hits, a two-run home run, in six innings with a career-high nine strikeouts and only one walk in a victory over Villanova on April 29... Allowed two earned runs over four innings with five strikeouts and only one walk in a no decision at Butler on April 22... Allowed two runs over a career-high six innings with a career-best six strikeouts and no walks in a victory over Fairleigh Dickinson in game one of a doubleheader on April 8... Gave up only one unearned run over five innings, scattering just three hits at Hawaii on March 24... Made his first start of the season, allowing just one run over four innings at Oklahoma State on March 18... Turned in one of his career-best performances with two scoreless innings with no hits, four strikeouts and no walks at Florida Atlantic on March 9... Pitched two scoreless innings with a strikeout against Central Michigan on March 6... Tossed a scoreless inning with a strikeout vs. Youngstown State on March 4.

2017: Appeared in 12 games, making two starts... Pitched to a 3-1 record with a 4.43 ERA, 16 strikeouts and seven walks in 20.1 innings pitched... Tossed two perfect innings at Rider on May 10... Pitched two perfect innings vs. Saint Peter’s on April 26... Tossed a scoreless eighth inning vs. Georgetown on April 21... Picked up the win with 2.1 hitless innings of relief vs. Wagner on April 5... Earned the victory with one unearned run over three innings of relief with four strikeouts and no walks vs. Princeton on March 29... Made his first collegiate start at Stetson on March 7 with five scoreless innings, allowing just four hits, while striking out four with no walks for the victory... Made his collegiate debut vs. Michigan in game two of a doubleheader on Feb. 18.

2016: Did not see game action.

High School/Personal: Attended Old Bridge High School in Matawan, New Jersey... Four-year letter-winner in baseball as a right-handed pitcher... Helped lead Old Bridge to a berth in the NJSIAA Central Group 4 baseball state semifinals as a senior... Went 4-0 with a 1.96 earned run average and 35 strikeouts in 32.1 innings in 2015... Led his team to the state quarterfinals in 2014... Selected in the 37th round of the 2015 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft by the Texas Rangers... Named to the 2015 Perfect Game All-Northeast Region Second Team... Named to the All-USA New Jersey Baseball Second Team in 2015... Participant in the Greater Middlesex County Conference All-Star Game and the East Memorial Day Classic in 2015... Born Dec. 19, 1996.