David Lucroy Selected In 20th Round By Milwaukee Brewers
June 10, 2015 | Baseball
GREENVILLE, N.C. -East Carolina redshirt junior David Lucroy was selected in the 20th round by the Milwaukee Brewers Wednesday afternoon during the third day of the 2015 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.
Lucroy, a 2013 Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-America, was taken with the 601st overall pick and is the third Pirate selected in this year's draft behind Reid Love (10th RD/Baltimore Orioles) and Luke Lowery (14th RD/Arizona Diamondbacks). With Love's selection on Tuesday, East Carolina has had at least one player taken in the last 19 MLB Draft's dating back to 1997.
Also selected in the MLB Draft were a pair of ECU Commitment's in Isaiah White (Miami Marlins, RD 3, pick 85) and Dwanya Williams-Sutton (Cincinnati Reds, RD 21, pick 775), both from Greenfield High School in Wilson, N.C.
David Lucroy - 2015 Biographical Sketch
Appeared in 16 games making 13 starts ... Posted a 3-4 record allowing 26 runs (16 earned) on 55 hits in 66.0 innings ... Sported a team second-best 2.18 ERA ... Fanned 47 batters while walking 29 ... Notched wins against St. John's (LeClair Classic) and Elon (twice) ... Stood 55th nationally in ERA ... Struck out a season-high nine batters against Memphis (Mar. 29) ... Started the 2015 American Athletic Conference Championship game working four innings where he allowed one run (earned) on four hits with a strikeout and two walks ... Worked into the sixth inning on six occasions with a season-best 7.0 innings against St. John's (Feb. 22) ... Allowed two or less earned runs 14 times ... Tossed 5.1 total innings of relief (three games) surrendering two runs (one earned) with four walks and four strikeouts ... Recorded three quality starts (St. John's, Elon and Memphis) ... Suffered losses against Memphis, Tulane, Connecticut and Liberty ... Ranked among the American Athletic Conference leaders (all games) in fewest earned runs (1st/16), fewest hits allowed (1st/55), ERA (second), sac bunts allowed (t4th/10), ground out per game (9th/10.50 pg), and opposing batting average (10th/.233) ... Worked into the fifth inning in eight of 13 starts ... Allowed four or fewer hits in six of 13 starts ... Combined on a pair of shutouts (USF and Elon).
Career Notes: Three-year starter (2013-15) that appeared in 45 games making 39 starts ... Named 2013 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America (First-Team) by Collegiate Baseball - 12th Pirate in school history ... Earned Second-Team All-Conference USA and All C-USA Freshman Team honors in 2013 ... Tossed complete game shutout against Monmouth (2013) fanning a career-best 12 Hawks on his way to earning C-USA Pitcher-of-the-Week accolades ... Struck out double-digit batters on three occasions (Monmouth/2013, Marshall/2013, FAU/2014) ... Spent 2012 summer playing for Morehead City Marlins (Coastal Plain League) posting a 2-1 record with a 2.16 ERA ... In 2013, played for the Lakeshore Chinooks (Northwoods League) ... Started three games posting a 2-0 ledger with a 3.24 ERA ... Drafted in the 29th round (pick 881) by the Milwaukee Brewers out of high school ... Brother Jonathan is the starting catcher for the Brewers and was named to the 2013 USA World Baseball Classic and 2014 National League All-Star Rosters ... Named to ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll in the Fall of 2013.
Career Numbers at ECU: 9-12, 3.01 ERA, 191.1 IP, 45 games (39 starts), 151 Hs, 86 Rs, 64 ERs, 100 BBs, 163 Ks, 1 CGs (1 SHO).
CAREER HIGHS - innings pitched: 9.0 vs. Monmouth (3/10/13); strikeouts: 12 vs. Monmouth (3/10/13); walks: 5 (2x - last at FAU 4/27/14); hits: 7 (4x - last vs. Albany 3/1/15); runs: 5 vs. UCF (5/17/13); earned runs: 4 (5x - last at Connecticut 4/18/15).
