A rare and valuable pitcher who can start, work long relief or close games, Carter Fichter has been a steady arm on the Scarlet Raptors’ pitching staff for three seasons. As he enters his final collegiate campaign, Fichter continues his climb up the career pitching charts at Rutgers-Camden. His 3.26 ERA currently ranks eighth in program history for all pitchers over 100 innings pitched. He also owns three career saves, tied for 10th place in program history, his eight wins are tied for 19th on the career list and his 107-2/3 career innings pitched rank 29th on the all-time charts.
As a freshman, Fichter was a three-time New Jersey Athletic Conference Rookie Pitcher of the Week. He also captured a berth on the New Jersey Collegiate Baseball Association’s Division II/III All-Rookie Team. During his sophomore season, he was named Rutgers-Camden’s Raptor of the Week (March 7, 2016) and his junior season saw him serve as one of the Raptors’ team captains and compile one of the finest outings in program history with nine scoreless innings in relief.
During his three seasons with the Scarlet Raptors, Fichter has appeared in 33 games (19th on the career list), starting six, and posting an 8-6 record, three saves and 89 strikeouts in his 107-2/3 innings. He has only 25 walks, while pitching to a 3.26 ERA.
A stellar student as well, Fichter was a member of Rutgers-Camden’s inaugural Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (Fall 2015 semester) and also was named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the Fall 2016 semester.
Baseball 2017: Served as one of the Scarlet Raptors’ team captains…Worked 41 innings, compiling a 1.98 ERA, two saves, a .209 opponent batting average and a 3-2 record…Walked only six, while striking out 41… His .209 opponent batting average and 1.98 ERA both rank as the ninth-best single-season marks in program history for all pitchers with a minimum of 35 innings…His two saves tied for the 14th-highest single-season mark…Had six putouts, 11 assists and one error (.944 fielding percentage)…Turned in one of the great pitching performances of the season against Montclair State University (Game 1, April 23) during a 4-2 loss to the Red Hawks: entered the game in relief with no outs and four runs home in the Montclair State first inning and hurled shutout ball the rest of the way, allowing only seven hits and no walks, while fanning four…Made his season debut with two-thirds of an inning against Mitchell College (Feb. 24), allowing one hit and striking out two batters to earn the save in a 7-5 Raptor win…Struck out six and walked only one in 2-2/3 hitless, scoreless innings against Washington University (March 12), earning his first victory of the season in a 5-4 Raptor win…Hurled 4-2/3 innings of relief – his longest outing of the year until the nine-inning relief stint against Montclair State – while allowing four hits and two runs (only one earned) to earn the victory in a 12-7 win over Wheaton College (March 17)…Struck out four and walked one in that outing…Three of his walks – half of his total for the entire year – came in a one-inning outing against Stevens Institute of Technology (March 29), when he allowed two hits and two earned runs while being tagged with his first loss of the year…Suffered a tough 2-1 loss against Rowan University (April 13) despite working four innings and allowing only two hits and one earned run, while walking one and striking out six…Earned the win in his lone start of the year against New Jersey City (April 29, Game One), working all nine innings of an 8-4 game, allowing 11 hits and four earned runs. He struck out his season high of seven batters, while issuing no walks.
Baseball 2016: Made nine appearances, starting two games…Worked 22.1 innings, allowing 31 hits and eight walks, while fanning 20…Posted a 1-2 record and a 7.25 ERA, with most of the damage done in a four-inning start during a wild 22-20 loss to defending national champion Cortland State (March 14), in which he allowed eight earned runs…Outside of that game, his ERA was 4.91 the rest of the season…Opened the year with a stellar relief effort over 4.2 scoreless, hitless innings to earn the victory in an 8-2 win against a strong College of Brockport team (March 5)…In that game, he allowed only three walks, while striking out four…The performance earned him Rutgers-Camden’s Raptor of the Week honor on March 7…Following the Cortland State game, threw three scoreless innings of one-hit ball, striking out two, during a relief appearance in the Raptors’ 4-0 loss to Stevens Institute of Technology (March 29)…Made another relief appearance and took the loss in against William Paterson University (April 2), working 1.2 innings and allowing six hits, four runs (three earned) and one walk, while fanning three…Had no decision in a start at Rowan University (April 11), allowing seven hits and two earned runs in 3.2 innings, while walking one and striking out two in the Raptors’ eventual 7-4 victory…Threw a perfect eighth inning, striking out one, at Ramapo College in the second game of an April 16 doubleheader…Worked 1.1 innings at Keystone College April 19 (three hits, one walk, one strikeout, two earned runs) and two innings against The College of New Jersey April 22 (three hits, one earned run)…In his final appearance of the season, took the loss at Moravian College (April 26), working one inning and allowing three hits, two earned runs and one walk, while striking out two.
Baseball 2015: Posted a 4-2 record and a 2.44 ERA in nine appearances, including three starts…Added one save and one complete game…Walked 11 and struck out 28, while allowing 40 hits in 44.1 innings…Defensively, had a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage with five putouts and seven assists, while also adding one double play…Earned a berth on the NJCBA Div. II/III All-Rookie Team…Named the NJAC Rookie Pitcher of the Week on April 27, May 4 and May 11…Among NJAC leaders, finished fourth in ERA, fifth in lowest batting average against right-handed hitters (.225), tied for 10th in wins, 11th in fewest walks per game (2.23), tied for 14th in saves, tied for 23rd in pickoffs (1) and 26th in strikeouts…His 2.44 ERA is the 14th-best single-season mark in Rutgers-Camden history for all pitchers with a minimum of 35 innings…Made his collegiate debut and picked up the victory in the season opener, a 5-4 victory over #23-ranked Amherst College (March 15)…Hurled 3.2 innings of four-hit shutout relief in the game, walking one and striking out four…Made his first start against Centenary College (March 19) and suffered the loss, working 5.2 innings and allowing 10 hits, three walks and five earned runs, while fanning two…The rest of the season, allowed only seven earned runs in 35 innings (1.80 ERA), beginning with a scoreless relief inning against Rutgers-Newark (April 4, Game Two), allowing one hit and getting one strikeout in his NJAC debut…Worked 2.2 hitless, scoreless innings against Ramapo College (April 11, Game One), striking out two…In his second start, worked six innings, allowing six hits, one walk and three earned runs, striking out one, but suffered the loss in a 5-3 defeat at Susquehanna University (April 21)…Turned in one of the all-time great relief appearances in program history in the nightcap of an April 25 doubleheader against Kean University: entered the game in the fourth inning and hurled nine shutout innings of four-hit ball, walking four and striking out four, getting the win as Rutgers-Camden posted a 3-2 victory in 12 innings to clinch its second straight NJAC regular-season title…That game earned Fichter his first of three straight NJAC Rookie Pitcher of the Week honors on April 27…Made his final start in a losers’ bracket game of the NJAC playoffs and hurled his first complete game as the Raptors eliminated The College of New Jersey, 7-3 (May 2)…In that game, Fichter allowed six hits, no walks and only one earned run, while striking out a career-high seven to earn his third collegiate win…Made his final appearance out of the bullpen, working 5.1 innings of six-hit long relief at York (PA) College (May 7), settling down the game and earning the victory as the Raptors won a 9-6 contest…He allowed two walks and only one run (earned), while striking out five in that outing…Rutgers-Camden went 7-2 in his nine appearances.
High School: Earned three varsity baseball letters at Haddonfield Memorial High School…JV wrestler for two years…Coached by Bob Bickel and William Heverly…Earned First Team All-Colonial Conference as a junior and a senior in 2013 and 2014…Coaches Award winner…Carpenter Cup member…Camden County All-Star.
Personal: Born July 1, 1996…Last name pronounced “FICK-ter”…Enjoys playing musical instruments…Business major at Rutgers-Camden…Plans to work an internship so “I can lock down a good job right out of college…if I don’t get drafted”…Carter is the son of Amy Hayes and Rick Fichter of Haddonfield.
