The Alabama-native Dutton brothers Andrew and Samuel are both transferring to Auburn baseball from Birmingham Southern and LSU respectively, they both announced on social media Friday.

Andrew Dutton was one of the most productive hitters on the magical Birmingham-Southern team that made a run to the Division III College World Series even after the school permanently closed its doors due to significant financial hardship.

Birmingham-Southern shut down for good on May 31. Its baseball team kept playing until June 2 in a postseason run that drew national attention due to the circumstances of the school they represented.

Auburn baseball head coach Butch Thompson played at, graduated from and coached at Birmingham-Southern during the 1990s. On the day news broke that Birmingham-Southern would be closing, Thompson expressed his concern over what would happen to the players at his alma mater.

“Where are they gonna go,” Thompson said. “Where are they gonna transfer? What are they gonna do? How are these kids going to get their degrees?”

“Hopefully, all the adults in the room, if this gavel has landed to end that school, which hasn’t hit me yet, the proper response is going take care of those kids that are there now and what’s right. It’s pretty unbelievable.”

Andrew Dutton led Birmingham-Southern with a .340 batting average. He also had seven home runs and 42 RBIs. He started 49 games as a middle infielder. He will be coming to Auburn for his fifth year.

His younger brother Samuel is coming with him as a rising senior. Samuel Dutton pitched primarily out of the bullpen at LSU.

Samuel Dutton comes from the highest-profile program of Auburn’s now five incoming transfers this offseason. He has 57 career appearances and 15 starts. Samuel Dutton has a 6.02 career ERA. He faced Auburn for one inning this season and struck out the side.

He joins Cal Baptist transfer Ryan Hetzler as the first two pitchers in Auburn’s transfer class that looks to re-tool the staff which had a league-worst team ERA in SEC games last season.

Both Dutton and Hetzler were primarily bullpen pitchers at their previous schools.

The Dutton brothers are both from Southside, Alabama and went to Westbrook Christian. Andrew Dutton was the 2A Hitter of the Year in 2019. Samuel Dutton led Westbrook Christian to its first 2A state title, winning the crown in 2021. He had a 9-0 record as a senior, threw a perfect game, was the 2021 2A Player of the Year and was a first-team All-American.

Matt Cohen covers Auburn sports for AL.com. You can follow him on X at @Matt_Cohen_ or email him at [email protected]