Kyle Hallock
Kyle Hallock is an American baseball coach and former pitcher, who is the current head baseball coach of the Bowling Green Falcons. He played college baseball and won four Mid-American Conference championships at Kent State for coach Scott Stricklin from 2008 to 2011 before advancing to the AAA level professionally with the Houston Astros during his career from 2011-2014.
Playing career
Hallock attended Perkins High School in Sandusky, Ohio, where he earned 11 varsity letters in baseball, basketball, football and golf. He was named All Ohio in both basketball and baseball during his junior and senior years. In 2018, Hallock was inducted as an inaugural member of the Perkins High School Athletic Hall of Fame. Upon graduation in 2007, Hallock was recruited to play baseball at Kent State, where he would pitch on scholarship. Hallock was drafted in the 49th round of the 2010 Major League Baseball draft by the Philadelphia Phillies, but he declined signing and returned to Kent State. As a senior in 2011, Hallock pitched himself to the Mid-American Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Year Award. Hallock was then drafted in the 10th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft by the Houston Astros.In 2011, Hallock played for the Class A Short Season Tri-City ValleyCats. He posted a 3–4 record for the Cats while holding a 2.63 earned run average over innings pitched. His played earned him NYP Mid-Season All-Star and MiLB.com Organization All-Star. In 2012, Hallock split the time between the Class A Lexington Legends and Rookie league GCL Astros. He held a combined record 1–3 over innings pitched. In 2013, Hallock started the season in Class A with the Quad City River Bandits where he would appear in just one game before being promoted to the Triple-A Oklahoma City RedHawks. For the RedHawks, Hallock had a 1–0 record in nine appearances and a 3.72 earned run average over innings pitched. Hallock would then finish the season between the Class A-Advanced Lancaster JetHawks and Class AA Corpus Christi Hooks. Over three affiliated seasons, Hallock threw innings and struck out 138 batters while holding a 9–13 record.