UCLA 2015 Baseball World Series Capsule

UCLA Bruins
Pac-12 (42-14, 22-8)

 

Big Wins: 2/22 vs North Carolina (12-4), 4/10 at USC (9-3), 5/8 at Arizona State (9-0)
Bad Losses: 3/14 Washington (1-8), 4/24 at Stanford (1-6), 5/2 Gonzaga (1-6)
Coach: John Savage

Key Field Players:
Ty Moore, Junior, OF, .335 BA, 5 HR, 47 RBI
Kevin Kramer, Junior, IF, .328 BA, 6 HR, 31 RBI
Brett Stephens, Sophomore, OF, .320 BA, 22 RBI, 11 SB
Chris Keck, Senior, IF, .306 BA, 7 HR, 45 RBI
Luke Persico, Sophomore, IF, .291 BA, 39 RBI, 10 SB

Key Pitchers:
James Kaprielian, Junior, P, 1.94 ERA, 9-4 W/L, 97.2 IP, 107 SO
Grant Watson, Senior, P, 2.08 ERA, 8-4 W/L, 91.0 IP, 60 SO
David Berg, Senior, P, 0.73 ERA, 7-1 W/L, 61.2 IP, 56 SO

By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .289 (71st in nation, 4th in conference)
Double Plays per Game: 0.71 (192, 10)
Doubles per Game: 2.21 (19, 1)
Earned Run Average: 2.07 (1, 1)
Fielding Percentage: .975 (36, 4)
Home Runs per Game: 0.54 (141, 6)
Scoring Offense: 6.1 (76, 3)
Slugging Percentage: .417 (59, 3)
Stolen Bases per Game: 1.10 (119, 5)
Triples per Game: 0.31 (56, 5)

Recent Postseason Appearances:
2013    Regional    defeated San Diego State, defeated Cal Poly, defeated San Diego
2013    Super Regional    defeated Cal State Fullerton, defeated Cal State Fullerton
2013    CWS    defeated LSU, defeated North Carolina State, defeated North Carolina, defeated Mississippi State, defeated Mississippi State
2012    Regional    defeated Creighton, defeated New Mexico, defeated Creighton
2012    Super Regional    defeated TCU, defeated TCU
2012    CWS    defeated Stony Brook, lost to Arizona, lost to Florida State
2011    Regional    lost to San Francisco, defeated Fresno State, defeated San Francisco, eliminated by UC Irvine
2010    Regional    defeated Kent State, defeated LSU, defeated UC Irvine
2010    Super Regional    eliminated by Cal State Fullerton
2008    Regional    defeated Virginia, defeated Cal State Fullerton, lost to Cal State Fullerton, eliminated by Cal State Fullerton
2007    Regional    defeated Pepperdine, defeated Illinois Chicago, defeated Long Beach State
2007    Super Regional    eliminated by Cal State Fullerton
2006    Regional    defeated UC Irvine, lost to Pepperdine, eliminated by Missouri

*all team stats through 5/17

 

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