2024 Baseball Roster
Roster
Klann, Robert
Jersey Number 25
Robert Klann
- Position:
- RHP
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Livonia, Mich.
- High School:
- Brother Rice
Bio
CAREER NOTES: An Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
2024 (SOPHOMORE): Earned Academic All-Big Ten accolades ... Made four appearances in relief in official action and also appeared in one exhibition contest ... Fired four strikeouts, with five hits, four walks and seven runs allowed in 3.1 IP ... Made season debut vs. Seton Hall (Feb. 17), going 2.0 IP with career-high three strikeouts, including back-to-back punchouts in consecutive batters faced ... Added one K at Purdue (April 13) ... Saw action in Crosstown Showdown exhibition game (April 4) vs. Lansing Lugnuts.
2023 SUMMER: Named to Great Lakes All-Star Game with the Michigan Monarchs.
2023 (FRESHMAN): Had three outings with one start, with one strikeout, five walks and four hits in 2.1 IP ... Made Spartan debut on March 5 at Charleston, going 1.0 IP with two hits and no earned runs ... Registered first strikeout as a Spartan on March 8 vs. Wofford, going 1.0 IP with no hits and one run ... Made first start of collegiate career on April 25 in home game vs. Notre Dame.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a three-year letterwinner at Birmingham Brother Rice High School for coach Bob Riker ... Earned honorable mention 2022 Baseball Dream Team accolades ... Also collected All-Catholic League honors ... Fired a complete-game three-hitter in leading the Warriors to a 5-1 win over top-ranked Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett in the CHSL Bishop Division semifinals at Comerica Park, taking a no-hitter into the fifth ... Rang up six punchouts with just three hits in 5.1 IP in the district semifinal win over North Farmington ... Rated as the No. 15 RHP/OF in the state of Michigan and the No. 40 overall player in the state by Prep Baseball Report ... Played summer league for the Michigan Monarchs ... Chose MSU over Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan and Ball State.
PERSONAL: Son of Carol and Robert Klann ... Majoring in business at MSU ... Lists parents as biggest baseball influence because they got him into baseball and haven’t stopped supporting him throughout his baseball career ... Lists greatest athletic experience as playing at Comerica Park because of the scenery and the history that it holds.
2024 (SOPHOMORE): Earned Academic All-Big Ten accolades ... Made four appearances in relief in official action and also appeared in one exhibition contest ... Fired four strikeouts, with five hits, four walks and seven runs allowed in 3.1 IP ... Made season debut vs. Seton Hall (Feb. 17), going 2.0 IP with career-high three strikeouts, including back-to-back punchouts in consecutive batters faced ... Added one K at Purdue (April 13) ... Saw action in Crosstown Showdown exhibition game (April 4) vs. Lansing Lugnuts.
2023 SUMMER: Named to Great Lakes All-Star Game with the Michigan Monarchs.
2023 (FRESHMAN): Had three outings with one start, with one strikeout, five walks and four hits in 2.1 IP ... Made Spartan debut on March 5 at Charleston, going 1.0 IP with two hits and no earned runs ... Registered first strikeout as a Spartan on March 8 vs. Wofford, going 1.0 IP with no hits and one run ... Made first start of collegiate career on April 25 in home game vs. Notre Dame.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a three-year letterwinner at Birmingham Brother Rice High School for coach Bob Riker ... Earned honorable mention 2022 Baseball Dream Team accolades ... Also collected All-Catholic League honors ... Fired a complete-game three-hitter in leading the Warriors to a 5-1 win over top-ranked Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett in the CHSL Bishop Division semifinals at Comerica Park, taking a no-hitter into the fifth ... Rang up six punchouts with just three hits in 5.1 IP in the district semifinal win over North Farmington ... Rated as the No. 15 RHP/OF in the state of Michigan and the No. 40 overall player in the state by Prep Baseball Report ... Played summer league for the Michigan Monarchs ... Chose MSU over Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan and Ball State.
PERSONAL: Son of Carol and Robert Klann ... Majoring in business at MSU ... Lists parents as biggest baseball influence because they got him into baseball and haven’t stopped supporting him throughout his baseball career ... Lists greatest athletic experience as playing at Comerica Park because of the scenery and the history that it holds.
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