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2021-22 Baseball Roster
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Charles, Joe

Jersey Number 40
Joe Charles
- Position:
- RHP
- Year:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 221
- Hometown:
- Celebration, Fla.
- High School:
- TNXL Academy
- Previous School:
- North Carolina
- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
Bio
2025 / AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR
- Academic All-ACC Team
- Helped Florida State to a second consecutive NCAA Super Regional appearance, a first since 2015-17, and a runner-up finish in the ACC, the team’s first in 11 years
- Appeared in 22 games with four saves, a 2-0 record and a 4.84 ERA
- In 35.1 innings, allowed 19 runs, all earned, on 26 hits with 49 strikeouts and 19 walks while holding opponents to a .205 batting average
- Picked up the save to clinch the NCAA Regional with 1.0 no-hit innings, striking out three, vs. Mississippi State on June 1
- Did not allow a hit in 2.0 shutout innings with three strikeouts against Mississippi State in the NCAA Regional on May 31
- Earned the save in the ACC Championships against Duke on May 23, allowing one run one one hit with three strikeouts and no walks in 3.1 innings
- Struck out three and did not allow a hit to earn the save in 1.2 innings at Cal on May 11
- Notched five strikeouts in back-to-back shutout outings, earning the win over No. 3 Clemson while allowing two hits in 2.2 innings on May 4, followed by 2.0 no-hit innings at Cal on May 9
- Collected first save at Virginia Tech on April 12, with 2.0 shutout innings with a pair of strikeouts and two hits allowed
- Did not allow a run in 2.0 innings with three strikeouts on April 4 vs. Wake Forest
- Got the win with a strikeout in 0.1 shutout innings vs. Jacksonville on April 1
- Held opponents scoreless in first three outings, with no hits in a pair of 1.0-inning affairs vs. Penn and UNF on February 22 and March 4, followed by a four-strikeout game with one hit in 2.0 innings vs. Lipscomb on March 7
2024 / AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR
- Pitched in 30 games, finishing with a 5.94 ERA
- Struck out 37 batters in 33.1 innings
- Career-high 4.1 innings pitched and five strikeouts against Tennessee in the College World Series (6/19)
- Had two strikeouts in one inning in Florida State's regional win over UCF (6/2)
- Picked up his second save of the season against Miami, pitching 2.0 innings and allowing zero runs (4/11)
- Earned his first career save against Louisville by striking out a pair before an inning-ending groundout, entering with bases loaded and no outs in the seventh (3/28)
- Threw two innings striking out three and only giving up one hit to earn his first career win (3/26)
2023 / AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE
- Named to the Dean's List in Spring of 2023
- Pitched in two games, allowing no hits in 1.2 innings
- Pitched 0.2 innings at Virginia (3/26)
- Made season debut at UCF (3/15), pitching a scoreless inning with one strikeout
- Pitched and hit for the Orlando Snappers in the Florida Collegiate Summer League over 8.0 innings and hit .301 with two doubles, two home runs, and 10 RBIs over 31 games
2022 / AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
- ACC Academic Honor Roll
- Pitched in two games before suffering a season-ending injury
- Did not allow a run or hit in 1.1 innings against James Madison and Samford
- Struck out a pair of batters opening weekend against JMU
PRIOR TO FSU / AT UNC 2020-21
2020 / AS A FRESHMAN
- ACC Academic Honor Roll
- Appeared in three games for North Carolina as a reliever before his true freshman season was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic
- Struck out two batters in 1.1 innings for the Tar Heels
- Missed the entirety of the 2021 season at UNC due to a lower-body injury
HIGH SCHOOL
- Graduated high school from TNXL Academy
- All-American, No. 12 RHP and No. 35 overall prospect by Perfect Game
- Was on the 2018 USA Baseball U-18 40-man roster and a gold medalist with the U-15 National Team in the Pan-Am Games in 2015
- Selected in the 25th round of the 2019 MLB Draft by the New York Mets and was rated No. 181 in the MLB Prospect pipeline that year
PERSONAL
- Born on April 5, 2000
- Majoring in interdisciplinary social science
- Parents are Jimmy and Blair Charles
- Has a brother, J.R., and a sister, L.E.
- Brother, J.R., played baseball at Johns Hopkins
2025 Florida State Baseball Season Recap
Friday, August 01
2024 Baseball Season Recap
Friday, August 01
FSU Baseball vs Mississippi State - Regional Final Rally
Monday, June 02
NCAA Regional Final: FSU vs Mississippi State Postgame Press Conference
Monday, June 02