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Zach Root
Arkansas Razorbacks – No. 33
Pitcher
Born: (2004-02-06) February 6, 2004 (age 21)
Fort Myers, Florida, U.S.
Bats: Left
Throws: Left

Zachary Bishop Root (born February 6, 2004) is an American college baseball pitcher for the Arkansas Razorbacks.

Career

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Root attended Fort Myers High School in Fort Myers, Florida. As a senior in 2022, he went 6-2 with a 1.50 ERA alongside hitting .346.[1] He participated in the 2022 MLB Draft Combine, but went unselected in the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.[2] He enrolled at East Carolina University to play college baseball.

As a freshman at East Carolina in 2023, Root appeared in twenty games (making 13 starts) in which he went 3-3 with a 5.53 ERA over 53+2⁄3 innings.[3] That summer, he played in the Valley Baseball League for the Charlottesville Tom Sox.[4] As a sophomore in 2024, Root started 12 games and pitched to a 6-2 record, a 3.56 ERA, and 76 strikeouts over 68+1⁄3 innings.[5] After the season, he transferred to the University of Arkansas to play for the [[Arkansas Razorbacks baseball|Razorbacks.[6] Root made 19 starts for Arkansas and went 9-6 with a 3.62 ERA and 126 strikeouts over 99+1⁄3 innings.[7]

References

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  1. ^ https://www.news-press.com/story/sports/high-school/all-area/2022/05/22/news-press-2022-baseball-all-area-team/9700760002/
  2. ^ https://www.news-press.com/story/sports/high-school/2022/06/15/mlb-draft-combine-2022-participants-include-zach-root-carson-palmquist-fort-myers-florida/7603584001/
  3. ^ https://www.news-press.com/story/sports/high-school/2024/04/13/clemsons-aidan-knaak-east-carolinas-zach-root-becoming-ace-pitchers-for-programs/73274580007/
  4. ^ https://247sports.com/college/arkansas/article/zach-root-transfers-to-arkansas-from-east-carolina-233437705/
  5. ^ https://www.reflector.com/sports/college/ecu-baseball-changing-landscape-means-ecu-will-have-to-get-creative/article_e9c1ba08-24bd-11ef-8c36-8f12fd22647f.html
  6. ^ https://www.swtimes.com/story/sports/college/sec/2024/07/01/arkansas-baseball-adds-to-pitching-depth-with-highly-ranked-transfer-from-ecu/74275095007/
  7. ^ https://www.houmatoday.com/story/sports/college/lsu/2025/06/18/lsu-baseball-arkansas-prediction-college-world-series-semifinals/84258817007/
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