2025 Baseball Roster
Forbes, Patrick
Jersey Number 1
Patrick Forbes
- B/T:
- R/R
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 220
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Bowling Green, Ky.
- High School:
- Bowling Green
- Prev School:
- Bowling Green HS
Bio
CAREER HONORS
• 2025 MLB Draft, 1st Round (29th overall), Arizona Diamondbacks
• 2025 Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List
• 2025 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team
• 2025 Academic All-ACC Team
• 2024 USA Collegiate National Team
• 2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team
• 2023 Academic All-ACC Team
2025: Made 15 appearances, all starts, on the mound ... Finished with a 4-2 record and 4.42 ERA ... Struck out 117 over 71.1 innings, tied for the seventh-most strikeouts in a single season in program history ... Led the ACC and finished third nationally with 14.76 strikeouts per nine innings ... Ranked second in the ACC in strikeouts ... Drew the opening night start against Texas, setting a new career high with 11 strikeouts in five innings ... Struck out nine over five shutout innings against Western Michigan on Feb. 22 to earn his first collegiate victory ... Struck out 10 and didn’t allow an earned run against St. John’s on Feb. 28 ... Fanned nine in a career-best six innings, allowing just one run for the win over UIC on March 7 ... Set a new career high with 13 strikeouts against Cal on March 28 ... Missed a pair of weeks with an injury, before returning against Notre Dame on May 2 ... Matched his career high with 13 punchouts while allowing just two hits in the NCAA Regional opener against ETSU on May 30 ... Earned the win in game one of the super regional against Miami with nine strikeouts and one run allowed in 5.2 innings ... Matched the Louisville College World Series record with 10 strikeouts against Oregon State on June 13 ... Was 2-0 in three postseason starts, posting a 3.18 ERA and striking out 32 in just 17.0 innings of work.
2024: Made 12 appearances on the mound with four starts ... Finished 0-1 with a 3.72 ERA ... Struck out 32 in 29.0 innings ... Made the first start of his career on Feb. 25 against St. Bonaventure, allowing two runs in a career long three innings of work ... Struck out a career-high six over four innings with just one run allowed against Youngstown State on March 3 ... Missed a month with a hand injury after being hit by a pitch ... Threw 1.2 scoreless innings with two strikeouts in his first outing back from injury at Miami on April 21 ... Struck out four while recording the final seven outs for the save at Boston College on May 2 ... Tossed three scoreless innings out of the bullpen at North Carolina on May 11 ... Threw a career long five innings, allowing two runs against Miami on May 21 in pool play of the ACC Championship.
2023: Played in 42 games, starting 25 (17 at DH, 7 at LF, 1 at CF) ... Finished with a .258 average, three doubles, three home runs and 19 RBIs ... Made 14 appearances on the mound, all in relief ... Held a 7.71 ERA with 10 strikeouts in 9.1 innings ... Made his collegiate debut as a pinch-hitter against Bucknell on Feb. 18 ... Recorded his first hit, RBI and run on Feb. 19 against Bucknell ... Made his debut on the mound on Feb. 25 against Bowling Green ... Went 3-for-4 and drove in two in the finale against Bowling Green on Feb. 26 ... Hit his first two collegiate home runs against EKU on Feb. 28 ... Appeared in a game as a hitter and pitcher for the first time on March 7 against Morehead State ... Tripled and drove in a career-high four in the win over Georgia Tech on March 17 ... Pitched a scoreless inning at NC State on April 1 ... Went back-to-back with Jack Payton at NC State on April 2 ... Struck out three of the four batters he faced against Lipscomb on April 4 ... Tallied multiple hits in the first and third games against Boston College ... Worked a scoreless frame at Indiana on April 18 ... Threw a scoreless inning at Duke on April 23 ... Faced the minimum in a scoreless inning at Kentucky on April 25.Saw his first action in centerfield during the Virginia series.
High School: Lettered four years in baseball at Bowling Green High School…2022 Kentucky Mr. Baseball…Rated as the No. 1 shortstop and No. 1 overall player in Kentucky and the No. 53 shortstop in the nation by Perfect Game…Perfect Game Kentucky State Player of the Year…MaxPreps First Team All-American.
Personal: Parents are Lukas and Elizabeth Forbes…Father played basketball at Army…Sister is Grace…Majoring in sport administration…Chose Louisville over Kentucky, Western Kentucky, Bellarmine, and Lipscomb…Enjoys working out and fishing in his free time…Favorite movies are Sandlot and Miracle…Favorite team is the New York Yankees.
• 2025 MLB Draft, 1st Round (29th overall), Arizona Diamondbacks
• 2025 Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List
• 2025 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team
• 2025 Academic All-ACC Team
• 2024 USA Collegiate National Team
• 2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team
• 2023 Academic All-ACC Team
2025: Made 15 appearances, all starts, on the mound ... Finished with a 4-2 record and 4.42 ERA ... Struck out 117 over 71.1 innings, tied for the seventh-most strikeouts in a single season in program history ... Led the ACC and finished third nationally with 14.76 strikeouts per nine innings ... Ranked second in the ACC in strikeouts ... Drew the opening night start against Texas, setting a new career high with 11 strikeouts in five innings ... Struck out nine over five shutout innings against Western Michigan on Feb. 22 to earn his first collegiate victory ... Struck out 10 and didn’t allow an earned run against St. John’s on Feb. 28 ... Fanned nine in a career-best six innings, allowing just one run for the win over UIC on March 7 ... Set a new career high with 13 strikeouts against Cal on March 28 ... Missed a pair of weeks with an injury, before returning against Notre Dame on May 2 ... Matched his career high with 13 punchouts while allowing just two hits in the NCAA Regional opener against ETSU on May 30 ... Earned the win in game one of the super regional against Miami with nine strikeouts and one run allowed in 5.2 innings ... Matched the Louisville College World Series record with 10 strikeouts against Oregon State on June 13 ... Was 2-0 in three postseason starts, posting a 3.18 ERA and striking out 32 in just 17.0 innings of work.
2024: Made 12 appearances on the mound with four starts ... Finished 0-1 with a 3.72 ERA ... Struck out 32 in 29.0 innings ... Made the first start of his career on Feb. 25 against St. Bonaventure, allowing two runs in a career long three innings of work ... Struck out a career-high six over four innings with just one run allowed against Youngstown State on March 3 ... Missed a month with a hand injury after being hit by a pitch ... Threw 1.2 scoreless innings with two strikeouts in his first outing back from injury at Miami on April 21 ... Struck out four while recording the final seven outs for the save at Boston College on May 2 ... Tossed three scoreless innings out of the bullpen at North Carolina on May 11 ... Threw a career long five innings, allowing two runs against Miami on May 21 in pool play of the ACC Championship.
2023: Played in 42 games, starting 25 (17 at DH, 7 at LF, 1 at CF) ... Finished with a .258 average, three doubles, three home runs and 19 RBIs ... Made 14 appearances on the mound, all in relief ... Held a 7.71 ERA with 10 strikeouts in 9.1 innings ... Made his collegiate debut as a pinch-hitter against Bucknell on Feb. 18 ... Recorded his first hit, RBI and run on Feb. 19 against Bucknell ... Made his debut on the mound on Feb. 25 against Bowling Green ... Went 3-for-4 and drove in two in the finale against Bowling Green on Feb. 26 ... Hit his first two collegiate home runs against EKU on Feb. 28 ... Appeared in a game as a hitter and pitcher for the first time on March 7 against Morehead State ... Tripled and drove in a career-high four in the win over Georgia Tech on March 17 ... Pitched a scoreless inning at NC State on April 1 ... Went back-to-back with Jack Payton at NC State on April 2 ... Struck out three of the four batters he faced against Lipscomb on April 4 ... Tallied multiple hits in the first and third games against Boston College ... Worked a scoreless frame at Indiana on April 18 ... Threw a scoreless inning at Duke on April 23 ... Faced the minimum in a scoreless inning at Kentucky on April 25.Saw his first action in centerfield during the Virginia series.
High School: Lettered four years in baseball at Bowling Green High School…2022 Kentucky Mr. Baseball…Rated as the No. 1 shortstop and No. 1 overall player in Kentucky and the No. 53 shortstop in the nation by Perfect Game…Perfect Game Kentucky State Player of the Year…MaxPreps First Team All-American.
Personal: Parents are Lukas and Elizabeth Forbes…Father played basketball at Army…Sister is Grace…Majoring in sport administration…Chose Louisville over Kentucky, Western Kentucky, Bellarmine, and Lipscomb…Enjoys working out and fishing in his free time…Favorite movies are Sandlot and Miracle…Favorite team is the New York Yankees.
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