Troy University Athletics
2022 Baseball Roster
Roster
Garrett Gainous
- Position:
- RHP
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-4 / 220
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Cairo, Ga.
- High School:
- Cairo HS
Career Accolades
• All-Sun Belt Second Team (2025)
• Perfect Game Sun Belt All-Conference Team (2022)
• Sun Belt Pitcher of the Week (Weeks 4 and 8, 2022)
• Sun Belt Freshman of the Year (2021)
• Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American Team (2021)
Senior (2025)
Named to the All-Sun Belt Second Team … Made 12 appearances with 11 starts, pitching 54.2 innings … Went 6-1 with a 3.95 ERA, 53 strikeouts, 34 walks and a .236 opponent batting average … Struck out a season high eight hitters in six innings with five hits and one run in a win over Penn on Feb. 28 … Pitched seven shutout innings with two hits and six strikeouts in a win at Old Dominion on April 4 … Finished his Troy career ranked third in program history in strikeouts (262), fourth in games started (52), tied for sixth in wins (22) and tied for eighth in innings pitched (243.1)
Redshirt Junior (2024)
Started 14 games for the Trojans, logging 48.1 innings pitched ... Earned a 5.40 ERA with 57 strikeouts ... Struck out 10.5 batters per nine innings ... Held opponents to a .274 batting average ... Struck out seven hitters against South Alabama on March 22 ... Earned a win against Louisiana on May 3, striking out five hitters in 5.0 innings ... Struck out seven hitters against James Madison on May 16 ... Went a season-high 5.2 innings in the Sun Belt Tournament against Southern Miss, striking out seven with no walks and three runs
Junior (2023)
Did not participate
Sophomore (2022)
In 12 games as the Friday night starter, his five wins were the most by a starting pitcher, and his 2.98 earned run average led the Trojans … In 57.1 innings pitched, he led all Trojans with 69 strikeouts and set a career with 12 in a game coming against ULM … Sat down 20 batters, looking ninth-most in the Sun Belt Conference … Two-time Sun Belt Pitcher of the week.
Freshman (2021)
Started 15 games and went more than five innings in 13 of them, going 9-5 with a 4.66 ERA ... Earned his first career win against Youngstown St., pitching five innings, allowing three hits, one run and striking out five ... Pitched 83.0 innings striking out 83, including striking out 10 batters twice in wins against Jacksonville and Arkansas State ... Held batters to a .248 batting average ... Logged a shutout streak of 16.1 innings last season, the longest by a Trojan since Levi Thomas in 2020 ... Went 7.1 innings against Appalachian State, which was the longest of any Troy starting pitcher of the season ... His nine victories were the most in the conference by any pitcher and most in the country by a freshman starter, while his 83 strikeouts led league freshmen and ranked seventh overall in the conference ... Sat down 29 batters looking, the second-most in the Sun Belt
Played four years at Cairo High School as a pitcher and at center field … Posted a 0.63 ERA and 52 strikeouts in 33 innings his senior season … Held opposing batters to a .087 average and registered a .758 WHIP … Recorded a .472/.588/.778 slash line at the plate … Invited to the 2019 East Coast Pro Showcase and was selected as one of Georgia's top 20 juniors to represent Team Georgia in Oklahoma's Sunbelt Baseball Classic … Tabbed the 2019 GHSA 4A Region Player of the Year and was named to the 2019 PG Preseason Underclassmen All American team
Personal
Full name is Garrett Michael Gainous … Born Aug. 17, 2001 … Son of Sherry and Barry Gainous … Majoring in sport management with a minor in educational studies
