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#40 Riggs Threadgill Season 2024

Position
Right-handed Pitcher
Height
6'4
Weight
225
Class
Freshman
Hometown
Fredericksburg, Texas
B/T
R
High School
Fredericksburg HS

Pitched during the 2019 season for LSU before electing to transfer to another school … a power pitcher that uses his strong lower half to generate a low-to-mid-90s fastball … works on a good downhill plane and will get a lot of swing-and-misses in the strike zone.

2019 Season
Made 11 relief appearances, recording no decisions and a 7.24 ERA in 13.2 innings with 10 walks and 12 strikeouts … worked 2.1 shutout innings versus Vanderbilt (May 25) in the SEC Tournament, allowing two hits with no walks and two strikeouts … pitched 1.2 innings versus Ole Miss (May 4), allowing one unearned run on two hits with no walks and three strikeouts.

Prior to LSU
Received 2018 All-America recognition from Perfect Game … posted an 11-2 record in 2018 at Fredericksburg High School with a 1.82 ERA and 99 strikeouts … also batted .374 with three homers … selected in 2018 for the Texas High School Coaches Association All-Star Game … named 2018 district MVP and was a three-year first-team all-district pitcher … earned all-state honors as an outfielder in 2017 … a four-time recipient of Academic All-District honors … also played quarterback for his high school football team.

Personal
Full name is Rainey Riggs Threadgill … parents are Rainey and Dede Threadgill … Rainey Threadgill was a punter at the University of Texas … has one older sibling, Blake, and two younger siblings, Della and Drake … a cousin, Brett Lewis, played baseball at Texas as a catcher and second baseman … on his decision to attend LSU: “I knew LSU was the cream of the crop in all aspects of baseball; from the moment I made conversation with the coaches, I knew that I would be playing here, and there was nothing that could influence me otherwise” … majoring in interdisciplinary studies at LSU … born September 14, 1999, in Dallas, Texas.

Threadgill’s LSU Career Highs
Innings: 2.1 vs. Vanderbilt (5/25/19)
Strikeouts: 3 vs. Ole Miss (5/4/19)
Hits Allowed: 4 at Arkansas (5/9/19)
Runs: 6 at Arkansas (5/9/19)
Earned Runs: 6 at Arkansas (5/9/19)
Walks: 3 at Arkansas (5/9/19)

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