2023 Baseball Roster

Luke Richard/ULM Athletics

19 Chris Kean

  • Position Catcher / Right-Handed Pitcher
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 200
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Austin, Texas
  • Highschool Vandegrift HS

Biography

2023 (JUNIOR)
Made four appearances on the mound, going 1-0 with a 1.93 ERA over 4 2/3 innings, allowing one run on three hits with no walks and seven strikeouts … Missed the first six weeks of the season due to a foot injury, and then missed the final five weeks of the season with an arm injury … Pitched a season-high 1 2/3 innings, with no runs on one hit and three strikeouts vs. South Alabama (4/16/23) … Threw a scoreless inning with one strikeout at Louisiana Tech (4/12/23) … Made his ULM debut as the opener at Central Arkansas, throwing a scoreless inning with one hit and two strikeouts (3/29/23).

RANGER COLLEGE
Played two seasons at Ranger College, helping the Rangers to the most wins in school history in 2022, both overall and in conference, going 37-22 to qualify for the postseason for the first time since 1983 … Played in 49 games as a sophomore in 2022, slashing .296/.382/.459 with 40 hits, eight doubles, one triple, four home runs, 24 RBIs, 22 runs scored and 17 walks … Also made three appearances on the mound, picking up three saves over 2 1/3 innings, allowing no runs on one hit with four strikeouts … Had seven multi-hit games with five multi-RBI games … Picked up two hits, with a triple, and two RBIs at Cisco-1 (4/15/22) … Hit a 3-run home run at North Central Texas-1 (4/2/22) … Collected two hits, including a home run, with two RBIs, two runs scored and a walk vs. DFW Post Grad-1 (3/5/22) … Walked four times at Clarendon-2 (3/2/22) … Three-hit game to open a doubleheader at Clarendon-1 (3/2/22) … Finished 4-for-4 at the plate with a double, home run, six RBIs and three runs scored vs. Galveston (2/5/22) … Earned his third save of the season, pitching a scoreless inning with one hit and two strikeouts at Weatherford-1 (3/16/22) … Picked up the final out for the save at McLennan-2 (3/9/22) … Notched his first save of the season with a scoreless inning and two strikeouts vs. Midland-2 (2/12/22) … As a freshman in 2021, played in 17 games, slashing .200/.292/.300 with four hits, two doubles, one RBI, three runs scored and three walks … Also made seven appearances on the mound, going 0-1 with a save over 9 1/3 innings with 13 strikeouts … Went 2-for-3 at the plate with an RBI and a run scored vs. Temple-2 (4/24/21) … Earned his first career save by allowing no runs and one hit with two strikeouts over 1 1/3 innings at Midland-1 (2/6/21) … Also threw a scoreless inning with a strikeout at Temple-1 (4/21/21).
 
VANDEGRIFT HS
Varsity letterwinner for Vandegrift Vipers, graduating in 2020.
 
PERSONAL
Born June 12, 2002, in Harlingen, Texas … Son of Jeff and Pam Kean … Has one sister, Elizabeth … Enjoys cooking and playing video games … Majoring in kinesiology.

CAREER SINGLE-GAME HIGHS
Innings Pitched: 1 2/3, vs. South Alabama (4/16/23)
Walks Allowed: None
Strikeouts: 3, vs. South Alabama (4/16/23)
Batters Faced: 6, vs. South Alabama (4/16/23)
Putouts: None
Assists: None

CAREER STATS

Year G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR
2023 4 1 4.2 3 1 1 0 7 0 0 1
Career 4 1 4.2 3 1 1 0 7 0 0 1
Year WP BK HBP IBB W-L SV ERA
2023 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 1.93
Career 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 1.93

Statistics

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