Tony Bucciferro Class: Senior Hometown: Joliet, Ill. High School: Minooka Community Height / Weight: 6-3 / 200 Position: RHP Experience: 3L B/T: R/R

Career Stats | Game-by-Game Statistics: 2009 | 2010 | 2011

Senior enters his third season in the conference starting rotation . . . voted a co-captain by his teammates for the 2102 season . . . ranks among MSU's career leaders in innings pitched (fifth with 261.0), strikeouts (seventh with 179) and wins (tied for seventh with 20) . . . has only walked 45 batters in 261.0 innings pitched . . . has thrown six complete games and three complete game shutouts . . . listed at No. 34 in College Baseball Daily's 2012 Top 100 Player Countdown . . . named one of the top three starting pitchers in the Big Ten Conference in a coaches survey conducted by College Baseball Insider.

SUMMER 2011: Named to the 25-man Cape Cod All-League Team after an impressive summer season pitching for the Brewster Whitecaps . . . ranked fourth in the Cape Cod League with a 1.90 ERA, tied for eighth with 37 strikeouts, and only walked eight in 47.1 innings pitched . . . also named to the all-star team and pitched a scoreless inning during the all-star game on July 29 at Fenway Park.

2011 (JUNIOR): First-team All-Big Ten selection as the No. 2 starter in the rotation . . . collected an 8-3 record with a 3.38 ERA . . . ranked among the Big Ten leaders in wins (tied for second with 8), strikeouts (third with 66), starts (tied for third with 15), innings pitched (fourth with 101.1) and opposing batting average (seventh at .258) . . . his 101.1 innings pitched were the second most in a MSU season . . . led the team with three complete games and had seven quality starts (six or more innings; three earned runs or less) . . . tied career high with nine strikeouts in throwing a three-hit, complete-game shutout over Northwestern (5/20); the win clinched a share of the Big Ten regular-season championship for MSU . . . scattered seven hits and allowed just two runs in 6.1 innings in victory over Purdue (5/7) . . . tied his career high with nine strikeouts in seven innings in no decision vs. Penn State (4/30) . . . named Big Ten Pitcher of the Week after throwing his third career complete game shutout in the win over Minnesota (4/9); scattered five hits and had no walks . . . nearly pitched a complete game in win at Iowa (4/2), tossing 8.2 innings and allowing just one run while striking out five . . . earned his fourth win of the season after striking out six and surrendering three runs in 6.0 innings at Michigan (3/27) . . . suffered the loss at Evansville (3/19) although he pitched his fourth career complete game and allowed just three hits and two runs in 8.0 innings . . . improved to 3-0 after striking out six in 7.0 innings against Akron (3/12) . . . picked up victory by surrendering just one run on five hits in 6.0 innings vs. SIU-Edwardsville (3/4) . . . earned his first win of the season by allowing three runs in 7.1 innings of work against Furman (2/26).

SUMMER 2010: Pitching for the Newport Gulls of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, was named first-team all-league for his 4-1 record and impressive 0.82 ERA over 44.0 innings pitched . . . produced 42 strikeouts against just eight walks.

2010 (SOPHOMORE): As the No. 3 starter in the rotation, compiled a 7-5 record, including a team-best two shutouts . . . second on the team and 10th in the conference with 88.2 innings pitched, which also ranked 10th most in an MSU single-season . . . appeared in 14 games, starting in 13 . . . only walked 17 batters against 52 strikeouts . . . struck out a season-high seven batters in a nine-hit shutout win over Southeast Missouri (3/7) in Starkville, Miss. . . . threw his second complete game shutout of the season at Notre Dame, allowing just three hits and one walk while fanning five in MSU's 3-0 victory over the Irish in South Bend (3/21).

2009 (FRESHMAN): Named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team . . . went 5-2 (2-1 in the Big Ten) with a staff-low 3.55 ERA . . . made 11 starts in 14 appearances . . . struck out a team-high 61 while walking just 12 . . . picked up his first-career collegiate win by going 7.0 innings and striking out five in a 14-5 win over Eastern Michigan (3/18) . . . struck out a season-high nine batters in MSU's 3-1 win over Western Michigan (4/15) . . . won his first Big Ten game in his first league start by giving up three earned runs, including four strikeouts in 7.1 innings, as the Spartans defeated Iowa, 14-5 (4/26) . . . also struck out nine in his last start of the season at Indiana (5/16) as he earned the win in a 7-3 Spartan victory.

HIGH SCHOOL: All-state selection as a senior . . . three year all-conference and all-area honoree . . . three-year letterwinner . . . went 21-1 with an ERA of 1.50 in two years on the varsity squad . . . rated the No. 21 prospect overall in Illinois by Prep Baseball Report . . . played for coach Jeff Petrovic at Minooka Community . . . went 13-0 on the mound as a sophomore.

PERSONAL: Born Dec. 27, 1989 . . . lists Chipper Jones as his favorite athlete and Greg Maddux as his favorite pitcher . . . son of Jim and Judy Bucciferro.

BUCCIFERRO'S CAREER STATS

Year       Avg  GP-GS    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   TB  SLG%  BB HBP  SO GDP   OB%  SF  SH  SB-ATT   PO   A   E  FLD%
2009....  .000   0-0      0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0  .000   0   0   0   0  .000   0   0   0-0      3  10   0 1.000
2010....  .000   0-0      0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0  .000   0   0   0   0  .000   0   0   0-0      6  16   0 1.000
2011....  .000   0-0      0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0  .000   0   0   0   0  .000   0   0   0-0      6  19   0 1.000
TOTAL...  .000   0-0      0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0  .000   0   0   0   0  .000   0   0   0-0     15  45   0 1.000

Year       ERA   W-L   App  GS  CG SHO/CBO  SV     IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO  2B  3B  HR    BF  B/Avg  WP HBP  BK SFA SHA
2009....  3.55   5-2    14  11   0   0/1     0   71.0   92   39   28   12   61  15   1   7   314   .315   0   7   0   0  3
2010....  5.08   7-5    14  13   3   2/0     0   88.2  105   56   50   17   52  15   0  10   384   .296   3   7   0   2  3
2011....  3.38   8-3    15  15   3   1/0     0  101.1   99   42   38   16   66  18   1   3   418   .258   2   6   1   4  9
TOTAL...  4.00  20-10   43  39   6   3/1     0  261.0  296  137  116   45  179  48   2  20  1116   .287   5  20   1   6 15