The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
2023 Baseball Roster
O'Clair, Tyler

Jersey Number 36
Tyler O'Clair
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Calera, Ala.
- High School:
- Calera
Bio
SENIOR SEASON (2023)
- Appeared in 14 games, making one start
- Recorded 22 strikeouts in 20.1 innings
- Allowed a team-best .192 opponent's batting average
- Picked up the win after throwing two scoreless innings and striking out two in a 3-2 victory over Murray State on February 26
JUNIOR SEASON (2022)
- Appeared in 16 games, making 10 starts
- Pitched 51.2 innings and struck out 49 batters
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2021)
- Appeared and started in 13 games
- Tossed a team-high 78 innings with 64 strikeouts and a 4.04 ERA
- Posted a 5-4 record, lead the team with five wins
- Threw a complete game shutout at Marshall on May 15, allowing only three hits with 10 strikeouts
- Had five games where he went seven innings
- Had two 10 strikeout contests versus Florida Atlantic on April 17 and at Marshall on May 15
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2020)
- Season cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Appeared in five games, making four starts with a 5.21 ERA
- Posted a 1-1 record
- Tossed 19 innings with 10 strikeouts
- Pitched a season-high 5.1 innings versus UNC Asheville on Feb. 23, allowing no runs on five hits
FRESHMAN SEASON (2019)
- Appeared in nine games, starting in three of them
- Picked up one win and one save on the year
- Tallied 11 strikeouts in 14 1/3 innings of work on the season
- Earned a win in his first collegiate appearance, tossing a career-high three strikeouts in two innings in a 13-5 season-opening win over SIUE (2/16)
- Closed out his first save shortly after to down Radford (3/2), adding a strikeout in three innings pitched for the 5-1 win
- Pitched a career-high four scoreless innings in his second career game against Jacksonville State (2/26), sitting down a pair of batters
- Named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll
HIGH SCHOOL
- Played at Calera High School under head coach Trey Simpson
- Threw a no-hitter in the State Playoffs as a senior
- Named First Team All-State and All-County in 2018
- As a junior he batted .372 with a .92 ERA, while holding hitters to a .153 batting average
- Earned 2017 First-Team All-Shelby County Honors and Second-Team All-State Honors
- Played basketball as a freshman
- Off the field he received the Character in Action Award
- Carried a 3.75 GPA was an Honor Student and was a member of the National Honor Society
PERSONAL
- Born on Sept. 14 in Calera, Ala.
- Son of Jina, and late father James, O'Clair
- Has one sister, Molly
- Majoring in Kinesiology
- Appeared in 14 games, making one start
- Recorded 22 strikeouts in 20.1 innings
- Allowed a team-best .192 opponent's batting average
- Picked up the win after throwing two scoreless innings and striking out two in a 3-2 victory over Murray State on February 26
JUNIOR SEASON (2022)
- Appeared in 16 games, making 10 starts
- Pitched 51.2 innings and struck out 49 batters
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2021)
- Appeared and started in 13 games
- Tossed a team-high 78 innings with 64 strikeouts and a 4.04 ERA
- Posted a 5-4 record, lead the team with five wins
- Threw a complete game shutout at Marshall on May 15, allowing only three hits with 10 strikeouts
- Had five games where he went seven innings
- Had two 10 strikeout contests versus Florida Atlantic on April 17 and at Marshall on May 15
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2020)
- Season cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Appeared in five games, making four starts with a 5.21 ERA
- Posted a 1-1 record
- Tossed 19 innings with 10 strikeouts
- Pitched a season-high 5.1 innings versus UNC Asheville on Feb. 23, allowing no runs on five hits
FRESHMAN SEASON (2019)
- Appeared in nine games, starting in three of them
- Picked up one win and one save on the year
- Tallied 11 strikeouts in 14 1/3 innings of work on the season
- Earned a win in his first collegiate appearance, tossing a career-high three strikeouts in two innings in a 13-5 season-opening win over SIUE (2/16)
- Closed out his first save shortly after to down Radford (3/2), adding a strikeout in three innings pitched for the 5-1 win
- Pitched a career-high four scoreless innings in his second career game against Jacksonville State (2/26), sitting down a pair of batters
- Named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll
HIGH SCHOOL
- Played at Calera High School under head coach Trey Simpson
- Threw a no-hitter in the State Playoffs as a senior
- Named First Team All-State and All-County in 2018
- As a junior he batted .372 with a .92 ERA, while holding hitters to a .153 batting average
- Earned 2017 First-Team All-Shelby County Honors and Second-Team All-State Honors
- Played basketball as a freshman
- Off the field he received the Character in Action Award
- Carried a 3.75 GPA was an Honor Student and was a member of the National Honor Society
PERSONAL
- Born on Sept. 14 in Calera, Ala.
- Son of Jina, and late father James, O'Clair
- Has one sister, Molly
- Majoring in Kinesiology
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