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13 Ryan Slater

  • Height 6-3
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • B/T R/R
  • Hometown Palm Harbor, Fla.
  • High School East Lake

Biography

2024 18h Round MLB Draft Pick (538th Overall, San Francisco Giants)
2024 University of Florida Graduate (Spring)
2024 SEC Academic Honor Roll


Career:
  • Selected by the San Francisco Giants with the 538th overall pick in the 18th round of the 2024 MLB Draft
  • Made 83 appearances including 9 starts in three seasons for UF
  • First Gator to eclipse the illustrious 20-win threshold in three seasons
  • Compiled a 21-7 record, 5.35 ERA and .260 batting average against
  • Struck out 140 batters in 166 2/3 career frames
  • Concluded with a 1.000 fielding percentage across 27 defensive chances

2024 (Redshirt Junior):
  • Pitched in 30 games including three starts in his third season in Orange & Blue
  • Went 5-2 with one save and a 6.70 ERA
  • Totaled 49 2/3 innings with 44 strikeouts against 17 walks
  • Contributed 3 1/3 frames of one-run relief on four hits, two walks and four strikeouts in the season opener against St. John’s on Feb. 16
  • Strung together four-straight scoreless outings from Feb. 21 vs. UNF through March 1 at Miami, totaling 10 shutout frames, two hits allowed, two walks and 13 strikeouts
  • Fired 3 1/3 no-hit innings, allowing just one walk and fanning four to earn the win over Miami in the series opener on March 1
  • Threw a pair of scoreless, two-inning relief appearances vs. Saint Mary’s on March 8 and March 10, surrendering just three hits and one walk while striking out two
  • Combined for three scoreless frames over two relief appearances at LSU from March 22-23, finishing with two hits allowed, one walk and two strikeouts while earning the win in game two
  • Chucked 2 2/3 shutout innings on two hits and five strikeouts at Missouri on April 7
  • Blanked Vanderbilt over 1 2/3 relief frames on April 19, striking out three and walking zero
  • Earned his 20th career victory with 2 2/3 innings of relief vs. Florida Atlantic on April 30
  • Churned out a scoreless inning of relief against Tennessee on May 3
  • Held Kentucky scoreless across three perfect relief frames with one strikeout to earn the save on May 11
  • Twirled one scoreless inning in back-to-back games of the Stillwater Regional against Oklahoma State on June 1 and Nebraska on June 2

2023 (Redshirt Sophomore):
  • Made 27 appearances featuring three starts on the hill as a redshirt sophomore
  • Tied for the team high with 10 victories, going 10-1 with three saves
  • Finished with a 4.22 ERA and .240 batting average against
  • Struck out 48 batters against 19 walks in 59 2/3 innings
  • Pitched three shutout, one-hit innings of relief with four strikeouts to earn his first win of the season at South Florida on Feb. 21
  • Started and tossed four innings of one-run ball on three hits with four strikeouts at Jacksonville on Feb. 28
  • Set a career high with seven strikeouts across three scoreless innings vs Siena on March 11
  • Delivered four perfect frames of relief with four strikeouts to earn the victory against Auburn on April 2
  • Fired a quality start with three runs allowed (two earned) on five hits across six innings vs. Florida State on April 11
  • Tossed four relief frames with one run allowed on two hits and two walks while striking out five to pick up the win against Vanderbilt on May 13
  • Threw three scoreless innings on three hits with three strikeouts at Kentucky to earn the save on May 18
  • Contributed two clean frames of relief in the Regional-opening win over Florida A&M on June 2
  • Sent Florida to Super Regionals by receiving the start and providing five shutout frames on three hits and two walks while fanning one against Texas Tech in the NCAA Regional Championship on June 5
  • Blanked TCU across 1 2/3 innings of relief at the College World Series on June 21

2022 (Redshirt Freshman):
  • Pitched in 26 games for the Gators while making three starts on the hill
  • Finished with a 6-4 record, six saves and a 5.34 ERA
  • Struck out 48 batters and allowed 53 hits while throwing the fourth-most innings on the staff with 57 1/3 frames
  • Held opposing hitters to a .240 batting average
  • Recorded his first-career save in his collegiate debut with 2/3 scoreless innings and one strikeout vs. Liberty on opening night on Feb. 18
  • Threw 2 1/3 shutout innings of relief with four strikeouts to earn the save against North Florida on Feb. 23
  • Fired a career-high five shutout, one-hit innings of relief with two strikeouts to earn his first-career win over Jacksonville on March 8
  • Earned the win at Alabama on March 19 with five innings of two-run relief and a career-high six strikeouts
  • Registered his third save with 1 2/3 scoreless frames and two strikeouts at Mississippi State on May 6
  • Closed out Mississippi State on May 7 with 2 1/3 no-hit innings of relief to record his third victory of the campaign
  • Registered his fourth win of the year thanks to 1 2/3 perfect frames of relief vs. South Carolina at the SEC Tournament on May 24
  • Hurled three shutout innings with two strikeouts to earn the win over Central Michigan at the NCAA Gainesville Regional on June 5

2021 (Freshman):
  • Did not appear in any games

EAST LAKE HIGH SCHOOL:
  • 2020 Perfect Game Preseason All-Region Honorable Mention (Florida)
  • As a junior, allowed just nine earned runs across 68.2 innings pitched, while racking up 71 strikeouts and only issuing 17 walks
  • Also hit .357 with 17 RBI and 13 runs scored as a junior
MAJOR:
Received bachelor's degree in Sport Management in May 2024.
 
ERA W L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF BAVG WP HBP BK SFA SHA
2022 5.34 6 4 26 3 0 0/1 6 57.1 53 36 34 25 48 6 0 10 263 .240 4 12 0 2 3
2023 4.22 10 1 27 3 0 0/3 3 59.2 55 29 28 19 48 10 2 9 255 .240 2 5 0 1 1
Total 4.77 16 5 53 6 0 0/4 9 117.0 108 65 62 44 96 16 2 19 518 .240 6 17 0 3 4

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Innings pitched: 6.0, Florida State, April 11, 2023
Walks allowed: 4, two times, last vs. Cincinnati, Feb. 24, 2023
Runs allowed: 8, No. 1 Tennessee, April 22, 2022
Strikeouts: 7, Siena, March 11, 2023
Putouts: 2, No. 2 Arkansas, April 9, 2022
Assists: 2, No. 2 Arkansas, April 9, 2022

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2021Freshman

    RHP
    6'3" 185 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2022Redshirt Freshman

    RHP
    6'3" 185 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2023Redshirt Sophomore

    RHP
    6'3" 190 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2024Redshirt Junior

    RHP
    6'3" 205 lbs
    13