California 2015 Baseball World Series Capsule

California Golden Bears
Pac-12 (34-19, 18-12)

 

Big Wins: 3/13 Oregon (9-3), 4/16 at UCLA (2-0), 5/3 Arizona State (8-6)
Bad Losses: 3/17 at San Francisco (1-3), 3/29 at Utah (2-3), 4/3 Washington State (0-4)
Coach: David Esquer

Key Field Players:
Devin Pearson, Junior, OF, .350 BA, 21 RBI
Chris Paul, Senior, IF/OF, .326 BA, 8 HR, 42 RBI
Lucas Erceg, Sophomore, P/UTL, .316 BA, 11 HR, 40 RBI
Aaron Knapp, Sophomore, OF, .315 BA, 22 RBI, 11 SB
Brian Celsi, Junior, OF, .288 BA, 30 RBI

Key Pitchers:
Matt Ladrech, Freshman, P, 2.72 ERA, 7-4 W/L, 82.2 IP, 27 SO
Daulton Jefferies, Sophomore, P, 3.12 ERA, 5-5 W/L, 72.0 IP, 67 SO
Ryan Mason, Junior, P, 3.18 ERA, 6-3 W/L, 90.2 IP, 38 SO

By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .278 (120th in nation, 6th in conference)
Double Plays per Game: 1.04 (15, 1)
Doubles per Game: 1.49 (204, 7)
Earned Run Average: 3.09 (25, 3)
Fielding Percentage: .970 (92, 7)
Home Runs per Game: 0.84 (40, 1)
Scoring Offense: 5.7 (111, 5)
Slugging Percentage: .414 (67, 4)
Stolen Bases per Game: 0.73 (220, 8)
Triples per Game: 0.31 (59, 6)

Recent Postseason Appearances:
2011    Regional    lost to Baylor, defeated Alcorn State, defeated Rice, defeated Baylor, defeated Baylor
2011    Super Regional    defeated Dallas Baptist
2011    CWS    lost to Virginia, defeated Texas A&M, eliminated by Virginia
2010    Regional    lost to North Carolina, eliminated by Oral Roberts
2008    Regional    lost to San Diego, eliminated by Long Beach State
2001    Regional    lost to VCU, defeated Minnesota, eliminated by VCU
1995    Regional    defeated Georgia Tech, lost to Oklahoma State, eliminated by Pittsburgh

*all team stats through 5/17

 

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