Taylor Rabe

Baseball practice on Friday, October 20, 2023 at Swayze Field in Oxford, MS.

Photo by Hannah Morgan White/Ole Miss Athletics

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Class:
Sophomore
Position:
RHP
Ht./Wt.:
6-6 / 220
Experience:
1L
Hometown:
Greenville, S.C.
High School:
Greenville Senior
Major:
Multi-Disciplinary Studies

2026 (Sophomore): Appeared in 17 games, making 11 starts … Enjoyed a breakout campaign during the second half of the season, ultimately becoming Ole Miss’ Sunday starter … Finished the year with a 5-3 record on top of a team-leading 3.55 ERA … His ERA was seventh in the SEC … Struck out 105 batters, making him and teammate Hunter Elliott the first Rebel duo to each have at least 100 strikeouts each since Elliott and Dylan DeLucia in 2022 … Led the team among qualified pitchers in opposing batters average (.221) while having the fewest wild pitches (2) and allowing the fewest walks (15) … His strikeout-to-walk ratio of 7.00 led the SEC and was fourth in the country … Made season debut versus Nevada (2/14), working 3.1 innings with three strikeouts to earn the win … Got a win in his next outing versus Missouri State (2/21) with an identical stat line … Picked up a save after working 4.0 innings to close out Ohio State (2/28) at the BRUCE BOLT Classic, adding seven strikeouts and no walks or runs allowed … Got first start of the season at Southern Miss, working 2.2 hitless innings … Was the winning pitcher in Ole Miss’ upset over No. 2 Texas (3/13), working 2.0 innings and fanning five batters with no walks … Got a save against Kentucky (3/19), closing out the final 2.2 innings without allowing a hit and punching out five … Got first SEC start at Florida (4/2), working 4.2 innings with six K’s … Earned his first career quality start versus LSU (4/12), working 6.0 innings with five strikeouts to two earned runs … Picked up his second quality start despite a loss to Georgia (4/26), going 6.0 innings with six punchouts to three runs … Exploded for two 10-plus strikeout games to close the regular season … Had a career-high 14 strikeouts with no walks in 6.0 innings versus Texas A&M (5/9), the most Ks by a Rebel since 2021 … Followed that effort with 13 strikeouts in 6.0 innings against Alabama (5/15) for a quality start victory, in which he paired with teammate JP Robertson for a 2-hit shutout over the Crimson Tide … Threw nine strikeouts after that stretch in game two of the Lincoln Regional at Nebraska (5/30), earning his second quality start in a row and fourth of the season … Was named to the Lincoln Regional All-Tournament Team for his efforts … Had 104 pitches in 7.0 innings, striking out eight batters to one walk, in his final quality start of the season in game two of the Auburn Super Regional (6/6) to help send the Rebels to the Men’s College World Series … Got the start in game one of the MCWS versus North Carolina (6/12), keeping the game close with one earned run, seven strikeouts in 5.2 innings

2025 (Redshirt Freshman): Made 15 appearances, starting in two of them ... Worked 16.1 innings in his return from elbow injury ... Made his first collegiate appearance on March 5 against Murray State, working two innings and allowing just two hits ... Struck out two batters over a clean inning of relief against Southern Miss (3/18) ... Worked a clean inning against Jackson State (4/1) ... Worked 1.1 scoreless innings against Mississippi State (4/22) ... Gave up just one run over two innings against Vanderbilt in the SEC Tournament Championship game (5/25) ... Gave up just one run over two innings against Western Kentucky at the Oxford Regional (5/31)

2024 (Freshman): Did not appear due to injury.

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterwinner at Greenville Senior High School … Earned 2023 South Carolina Coaches Association Player of the Year and 2023 South Carolina Gatorade Player of the Year … Named All-State and Team MVP his senior year … Voted Team Captain in 2022 and 2023 … Had a standout senior season with an 8-0 record, pitching 53 innings and posting 101 strikeouts, 14 batters walked and a 1.19 ERA … Played on the Orlando Scorpions Giants Scout Team … National Honors Society Member … Coached by Joey Golinski.

PERSONAL: Full name is Taylor David Rabe … Son of Phil and Katie Rabe … Born on August 27, 2004 … Majoring in multi-disciplinary studies.