2018 Baseball Roster
Reimer, JR
Jersey Number 16
JR Reimer
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 195
- Position:
- RHP
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Lake Forest, Ill.
- High School:
- Lake Forest
Bio
2018: Appeared in nine games as a reliever...struck out nine batters in 5.2 innings...recorded his season-high for strikeouts with three in 1.1 innings at Indiana (4/15)…Academic All-Big Ten.
2017: Made 16 relief appearances this season … Struck out 15 batters in 18.2 innings pitched … Tied for second on the team with two saves … Closed the door and earned Northwestern wins at Santa Clara (March 5) and at Portland (March 10) … Went a career-long 3.0 innings at Portland with a season-best three strikeouts … Matched his season-high in strikeouts (3) on April 7 against Iowa … Academic All-Big Ten.
2016: Appeared in 18 games and made 4 pitching appearances ... Registered a .341 OBP ... Picked up a hit in his first game of the season against Nevada (2/20) ... Scored two runs and earned a hit against Butler (3/5) ... Went 2/2 and scored a run against Cincinatti (3/21) ... Hit a two-run home run against Michigan (4/1) ... Had an RBI double and two runs at Chicago State (4/19) ... Struck out two Cal batters in 2.1 innings pitched (5/15).
2015: The infielder/pitcher played in 32 games and started 17 games in the field while making 5 appearances out of the bullpen, going 1-0 … Among Wildcat batters, he ranked second for fewest times striking out with 13 … Recorded a 9.72 ERA in 8.1 innings pitched … Collected a base hit and scored in a one run win over Maryland (5/15) … Only gave up one hit and one run while striking out one over two innings pitched against Kansas (5/6) … Drove in a run against Chicago State (4/29) … Hit his first career home run and drove in two runs against the Gophers (3/27) … Picked up his first career win on the mound against UNLV (3/21) … Reached base four times, drove in two runs and scored twice in a win over Ball State (3/6) … Drove in two runs against Notre Dame (2/21).
2017: Made 16 relief appearances this season … Struck out 15 batters in 18.2 innings pitched … Tied for second on the team with two saves … Closed the door and earned Northwestern wins at Santa Clara (March 5) and at Portland (March 10) … Went a career-long 3.0 innings at Portland with a season-best three strikeouts … Matched his season-high in strikeouts (3) on April 7 against Iowa … Academic All-Big Ten.
2016: Appeared in 18 games and made 4 pitching appearances ... Registered a .341 OBP ... Picked up a hit in his first game of the season against Nevada (2/20) ... Scored two runs and earned a hit against Butler (3/5) ... Went 2/2 and scored a run against Cincinatti (3/21) ... Hit a two-run home run against Michigan (4/1) ... Had an RBI double and two runs at Chicago State (4/19) ... Struck out two Cal batters in 2.1 innings pitched (5/15).
2015: The infielder/pitcher played in 32 games and started 17 games in the field while making 5 appearances out of the bullpen, going 1-0 … Among Wildcat batters, he ranked second for fewest times striking out with 13 … Recorded a 9.72 ERA in 8.1 innings pitched … Collected a base hit and scored in a one run win over Maryland (5/15) … Only gave up one hit and one run while striking out one over two innings pitched against Kansas (5/6) … Drove in a run against Chicago State (4/29) … Hit his first career home run and drove in two runs against the Gophers (3/27) … Picked up his first career win on the mound against UNLV (3/21) … Reached base four times, drove in two runs and scored twice in a win over Ball State (3/6) … Drove in two runs against Notre Dame (2/21).
High School: Three-year letterwinner at Lake Forest H.S. ... Served as team captain ... All-North Suburban Conference honoree ... Batted .425 with three home runs, 11 doubles and 36 RBI in 34 games for the Scouts in 2014 ... Struck out 51 batters in 62 IP ... Named team MVP ... Made varsity debut as a sophomore at Lake Forest ... Honor Roll student.
Personal: Born Jonathan Richard Reimer on 9/7/95 ... Son of Steve and Deborahanne Reimer ... Grandfather played shortstop for the New York Giants and uncle pitched for the Brooklyn Dodgers ... Played on the Illinois Longshots with fellow Wildcat Tommy Bordignon ... Chose NU over Brown and Johns Hopkins ... Majoring in Learning and Organizational Change.
Baseball - 'Cats Take Down No. 14 UCLA, 9-4 (5/15/25)
Friday, May 16
Baseball - Wildcats Top Beacons, 12-4 (5/13/25)
Wednesday, May 14
Baseball - Northwestern Run-Rules Ohio State to Secure Series (5/11/25)
Sunday, May 11
Baseball - Wildcats Run-Rule Buckeyes at Wrigley Field (5/9/25)
Saturday, May 10
