Rice 2016 Baseball World Series Capsule

Rice Owls
Conference USA (35-22, 19-10)
 
Big Wins: 2/21 Arizona (4-3), 4/5 Texas A&M (4-3), 4/23 at Southern Miss (4-3)
Bad Losses: 3/5 UCF (0-2), 3/19 at Texas-San Antonio (1-6), 4/29 Charlotte (0-1)
Coach: Wayne Graham
 
Key Field Players:
Charlie Warren, Junior, OF, .346 BA, 23 RBI
Ford Proctor, Freshman, IF, .343 BA, 37 RBI
Dominic DiCaprio, Freshman, C, .310 BA, 17 RBI
Connor Teykl, Senior, IF, .276 BA, 25 RBI
Ryan Chandler, Sophomore, OF/IF, .271 BA, 16 RBI
 
Key Pitchers:
Jon Duplantier, Junior, P, 3.06 ERA, 7-6 W/L, 106.0 IP, 143 SO
Blake Fox, Senior, P, 2.76 ERA, 4-7 W/L, 101.0 IP, 91 SO
Ricardo Salinas, Sophomore, P, 3.72 ERA, 8-2 W/L, 75.0 IP, 60 SO
Glenn Otto, Sophomore, P, 2.24 ERA, 8-2 W/L, 64.1 IP, 69 SO, 8 SV
 
By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .263 (195th in nation, 10th in conference)
Double Plays per Game: 0.75 (156, 10)
Doubles per Game: 1.23 (279, 11)
Earned Run Average: 3.42 (35, 2)
Fielding Percentage: .973 (62, 4)
Home Runs per Game: 0.33 (252, 11)
Scoring Offense: 4.3 (263, 12)
Slugging Percentage: .346 (243, 11)
Stolen Bases per Game: 0.62 (251, 9)
Triples per Game: 0.23 (139, 5)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2015    Regional           lost to Louisiana Lafayette, defeated Houston Baptist, defeated Houston, eliminated by Louisiana Lafayette
2014    Regional           defeated George Mason, lost to Texas, eliminated by Texas A&M
2013    Regional           defeated San Francisco, defeated Oregon, lost to Oregon, defeated Oregon
2013    Super Regional lost to North Carolina State, eliminated by North Carolina State
2012    Regional           defeated Prairie View A&M, lost to Arkansas, eliminated by Sam Houston State
2011    Regional           defeated Alcorn State, lost to Baylor, eliminated by California
2010    Regional           lost to Louisiana, defeated Rider, defeated Louisiana, eliminated by Texas
2009    Regional           defeated Sam Houston State, lost to Kansas State, defeated Xavier, defeated Kansas State, defeated Kansas State
2009    Super Regional eliminated by LSU
2008    Regional           defeated Sam Houston State, defeated St. John's, defeated Texas
2008    Super Regional defeated Texas A&M
2008    CWS   lost to Fresno State, eliminated by LSU
2007    Regional           defeated Prairie View A&M, defeated TCU, defeated TCU
2007    Super Regional defeated Texas A&M
2007    CWS   defeated Louisville, defeated North Carolina, lost to North Carolina, eliminated by North Carolina
 
*all team stats through 5/22