The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
2019 Baseball Roster

Tanner Graham
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Killen, Ala.
- High School:
- Brooks HS
JUNIOR SEASON (2018)
- Appeared in 14 games with 15 starts
- Led the team in ERA (3.86), innings pitched (88.2) and strikeouts (55)
- Ranked sixth in Conference USA in innings pitched
- 1-of-13 pitchers in the league to not allow a triple in conference play
- Threw first career complete game at Old Dominion (4/13) as he helped UAB pick up the 6-3 win
- 12 starts went at least 5.0 innings or more
- Ranked third in innings pitched (65.2) in conference action
- Named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2017)
- Battled through injury to pitch 11 games with seven starts
- Finished with a 5.87 ERA and 1-3 record
- Totaled 23 innings and 16 strikeouts
- Nine strikeouts in win versus Creighton on Feb. 19 were the most K’s by a Blazer on the year
- 0.66 ERA through his first four appearances with one run allowed over 13.2 innings pitched
- Ended his year securing two outs and no runs allowed on May 20 against Rice
- Played in the Cape Cod Summer league for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox with UAB teammate Carter Pharis
- Named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll
FRESHMAN SEASON (2016)
- Made 17 appearances on the mound, starting 13 contests
- Posted a 3-6 record with a 4.79 ERA while pitching a team-high 71.1 innings
- Made the second-most starts on the team
- Picked up 34 strikeouts
HIGH SCHOOL
- Played four seasons at Brooks High School under coach Todd Nelms
- 2015 Perfect Game Preseason Honorable Mention All-American
- Compiled a 27-7 record with over 200 strikeouts, one combined perfect game and a complete-game no-hitter over his first four seasons on the varsity team
- Member of three 4A State Championship runner-up teams
- Named to 2014 Alabama All-State team after hitting .401 as a junior with 44 RBI and an 8-2 record with a sparkling 1.13 ERA on the mound
- Was a starter since the eighth-grade
- Rated the fourth-best right-handed pitching prospect in the state of Alabama during the class of 2015 and the 10th-best prospect overall
- Played for the North Alabama Vipers 17U team
- National Honor Society Member (3.8 GPA)
PERSONAL
- Born Tanner Keith Graham on May 30, 1997
- Son of Keith and Tony Graham
- Has one sister, Darby
- Majoring in kinesiology