Texas 2015 Baseball World Series Capsule

Texas Longhorns
Big 12 (30-25, 11-13)

 

Big Wins: 2/13 at Rice (3-1), 5/1 Texas Tech (3-0), 5/24 vs Oklahoma State (6-3)
Bad Losses: 3/31 Texas A&M-CC (4-6), 4/14 Sam Houston State (0-5), 4/18 at Kansas (4-5)
Coach: Augie Garrido

Key Field Players:
Ben Johnson, Junior, OF, .339 BA, 5 HR, 31 RB, 16 SB
Tres Barrera, Sophomore, C, .288 BA, 9 HR, 32 RBI
Zane Gurwitz, Sophomore, OF, .265 BA, 24 RBI
Michael Cantu, Freshman, C, .253 BA, 20 RBI
Brooks Marlow, Senior, IF, .250 BA, 5 HR, 22 RBI

Key Pitchers:
Connor Mayes, Freshman, P, 2.29 ERA, 2-4 W/L, 63.0 IP, 53 SO
Parker French, Senior, P, 2.33 ERA, 5-3 W/L, 85.0 IP, 54 SO
Josh Sawyer, Sophomore, P, 4.82 ERA, 3-3 W/L, 46.2 IP, 32 SO

By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .260 (226th in nation, 9th in conference)
Double Plays per Game: 0.96 (45, 2)
Doubles per Game: 1.59 (170, 5)
Earned Run Average: 3.26 (35, 3)
Fielding Percentage: .976 (31, 3)
Home Runs per Game: 0.76 (55, 2)
Scoring Offense: 4.8 (218, 8)
Slugging Percentage: .393 (119, 6)
Stolen Bases per Game: 0.78 (206, 7)
Triples per Game: 0.35 (34, 2)

Recent Postseason Appearances:
2014    Regional    defeated Texas A&M, defeated Rice, lost to Texas A&M, defeated Texas A&M
2014    Super Regional    defeated Houston, defeated Houston
2014    CWS    lost to UC Irvine, defeated Louisville, defeated UC Irvine, defeated Vanderbilt, eliminated by Vanderbilt
2011    Regional    defeated Princeton, lost to Kent State, defeated Texas State, defeated Kent State, defeated Kent State
2011    Super Regional    defeated Arizona State
2011    CWS    lost to Florida, eliminated by North Carolina
2010    Regional    defeated Rider, defeated Louisiana, defeated Rice
2010    Super Regional    eliminated by TCU
2009    Regional    defeated Army, defeated Boston College, defeated Army
2009    Super Regional    defeated TCU
2009    CWS    defeated Southern Miss, defeated Arizona State, defeated Arizona State
2009    Championship    eliminated by LSU
2008    Regional    lost to St. John's, defeated Sam Houston State, defeated St. John's, eliminated by Rice
2007    Regional    defeated Brown, lost to UC Irvine, defeated Wake Forest, eliminated by UC Irvine

*all team stats through 5/17

 

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