Florida International 2015 Baseball World Series Capsule

Florida International Panthers
Conference USA (29-29, 13-17)

 

Big Wins: 3/13 at Southern Miss (9-1), 4/10 at Florida Atlantic (6-5), 5/14 at Rice (11-1)
Bad Losses: 2/28 Manhattan (3-5), 3/10 vs St. Joseph’s (5-11), 3/28 at Marshall (4-5)
Coach: Turtle Thomas

Key Field Players:
Brian Portelli, Senior, OF/1B, .350 BA, 46 RBI
Edwin Rios, Junior, IF, .314 BA, 18 HR, 56 RBI
Zack Soria, Junior, C, .293 BA, 24 RBI
Julius Gaines, Senior, IF, .287 BA, 27 RBI
JC Escarra, Sophomore, IF/C, .280 BA, 5 HR, 33 RBI
Josh Anderson, Senior, IF, .271 BA, 7 HR, 33 RBI

Key Pitchers:
Chris Mourelle, Sophomore, P, 3.30 ERA, 7-7 W/L, 95.1 IP, 44 SO
Cody Crouse, Sophomore, P, 4.02 ERA, 5-5 W/L, 85.0 IP, 52 SO
Andres Nunez, Freshman, P, 3.75 ERA, 6-5 W/L, 81.2 IP, 75 SO

By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .273 (148th in nation, 6th in conference)
Double Plays per Game: 0.80 (121, 6)
Doubles per Game: 1.33 (263, 10)
Earned Run Average: 3.96 (96, 5)
Fielding Percentage: .968 (127, 5)
Home Runs per Game: 0.76 (59, 4)
Scoring Offense: 5.8 (96, 4)
Slugging Percentage: .387 (137, 6)
Stolen Bases per Game: 0.57 (266, 10)
Triples per Game: 0.15 (236, 9)

Recent Postseason Appearances:
2011    Regional    lost to James Madison, eliminated by Maine
2010    Regional    lost to Texas A&M, eliminated by Dartmouth
2002    Regional    lost to Miami (FL), eliminated by Bethune-Cookman
2001    Regional    defeated UC Santa Barbara, defeated Notre Dame, lost to Notre Dame, defeated Notre Dame
2001    Super Regional    eliminated by USC
2000    Regional    lost to Florida Atlantic, defeated Wagner, defeated Florida Atlantic, eliminated by Miami (FL)

*all team stats through 5/17

 

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