Checking In On the UTSA Baseball Record Book

For a second consecutive season, the Roadrunners’ Baseball team has gone through the lone portal offseason window with almost zero attrition of key contributors.

I say “almost” because in talking with various individuals, some made a case that now former Roadrunner Kendall Dove could be considered a key contributor. While I am not sure I would designate him as one, mostly because I tend to look towards what their role would be the following season, and I’m not sure the role Dove would have played, I would certainly entertain a discussion on the matter. 

Why this matters is it was another banner year (pun intended) for the Roadrunners. Multiple individuals both from the mound and at the plate have cemented their legacy (for the time being) among UTSA Baseball’s Top 10 Single Season and Career records list. The consistency of Pat Hallmark’s squads continues as current Roadrunners are already among career contenders in certain categories. 

Last year, I briefly mentioned the record breakers on the back half of a podcast. This year, I decided a blog may be easier to compare, track, and refer to in future seasons. I utilized the 2026 UTSA Baseball Record Book for my research and am only referencing records that the program tracks. 

First things first, let’s look at the new records that were broken. While 2025 may have had more individual and team records broken, there was one individual record broken and even a few career records broken in 2026. Let’s start with UTSA’s lone single season record that was broken this year.

Guti not only breaks the Freshman appearance record, but he also takes the overall crown by three appearances. Fans grew accustomed to Gutierrez being called upon for situations, almost always the L/L matchup. While he hit a bit of a rough patch around the ½ – 2/3 point of the season he rebounded nicely with a few appearances to finish out the season. 

I mentioned this on our end of the season wrap up episode, but Caden Miller is the type of hitter where you always felt like would draw a count full. It will be interesting to see if he can hold on to the OBP record next season. Fans should also keep an eye on the OBP Freshman and overall leader, Jordan Ballin as he most assuredly will hit the minimum plate appearances next season. JB currently sits at 275 Abs and a .511 OBP.

I feel like Silva really snuck this one in. A newcomer to UTSA he is already leaving his mark. It appears that Silva is the one tagged to take over for fan favorite Andrew Stucky in 2027 who will also be listed later. 

This also won’t be the last we will see Connor Kelley’s name. That .203 career OBA may stick for a while.

That takes us to the single season Top 10 lists for positional players. You’ll see as the tables present themselves, but two individuals were VERY close to breaking multiple records. If only for a few more games or a couple fewer cold streaks and the above table is likely much longer. 

Of note; BA and OBP have a 100 minimum at bats requirement. 

Spoiler alert! We’re not done talking about Caden Miller or Drew Detlefsen. The production met the accolades with Drew Detlefsen taking home the American Conference POTY and NCBWA 3^rd team All-American while Miller took home 1^stteam All-Conference awards. 

I’m certain that Michael Rockett’s single season hit record will be broken at some point, I just don’t know when. I felt good about both Lytle last year and Det this year surpassing it. Maybe one day. 

I really try to never be one for “moral victories.” But I can’t help but want to give one to Miller for the walks single season record. On top of the 53 base on balls, he was hit by pitch 14 times. Several of those would have been ball four. Not to mention how pure of a hitter Miller is. As a sneak peak, this won’t be the only time we bring up Miller and walks. 

And for Det, his two seasons at UTSA will certainly go down amongst the best two season offensive output all time. His ability to hit for power is right up there with Trent Lockwood and his consistency matches the ability of Michael Rockett. 

While pitching may not have had the same splash as action at the plate this season, there were multiple individuals for a few different categories that were good enough to move into the Top Ten. 

It is also important to note, that unlike appearances the records below (minus wins) have a minimum requirement of 50 innings pitched. 

These names became synonymous with Roadrunner pitching in 2026, so it’s no surprise that they appeared on multiple Top Ten lists. Sam Simmons was less than 12 innings pitched shy of qualifying for career records and we will see Kelley’s name again.

In an effort of transparency, I feel like we must mention the two negative team records that the Roadrunners broke in 2026. If you watched the season closely, you likely are not surprised by these two. Consider it something to work on for 2027. 

If UTSA wants to have a season like 2025 and an opportunity at another special run, both categories NEED to get cleaned up. The past two seasons, the Roadrunners have combined for 116 errors. That weight certainly looms despite a traditionally potent offense. 

Coach Hallmark spoke often on in-game goals and one of those was no more than one free pass a game. If you include passed balls and wild pitches into the errors category, the Roadrunners almost doubled that, averaging 1.98 free passes a game. 

Okay, glad we got that out of the way. This is meant to be a positive blog. 

One individual did shine in the fielding percentage category though, and that is Jacob Silva. Silva was the only Roadrunner who had a 1.000 fielding percentage AND met the minimum 50 chances requirement. Silva, who had 146 chances, joins 14 other Roadrunners with the perfect fielding percentage in a season. 

And now on to the career leaders. This is a tough list to crack. Especially when you have several placeholders who spent four years at UTSA. The averages are somewhat more doable to sneak in as they have a minimum at-bats of 300 for hitting and 100 innings pitched for pitchers. Anyone who is putting up career record numbers will easily surpass those numbers. 

Moving on to the pitching side of things. Connor Kelley went from not throwing a pitch of record in his first season at UTSA to being a dominate force on the mound. Despite an early season blip, he rebounded not only quickly but came back maybe even more dominating with his K/9 ratio. Kelley JUST meets the minimum innings pitched with 102.2. 

The UTSA Baseball Record Book does track five stats when it comes to fielding. I mentioned Silva above for his 1.000 Fielding percentage both single season and career. Fielding percentage is the only fielding category tracked that has a minimum number of chances. 

Finally, how did the team do overall? I mentioned that unfortunately, UTSA broke the grounded into double plays and the errors record. They did however churn out another potent offensive season, and not all in the field was bad with plenty of web-gem type plays. 

When it comes to team records, the UTSA record book does not track a Top Ten list. As a result, I decided to list some “honorable mentions” for some different categories that the Roadrunners were not far off from breaking. 

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