South Florida 2017 Baseball World Series Capsule

 

South Florida Bulls

American (41-17, 14-10)

 
 
Big Wins: 2/21 at Florida State (4-2), 5/9 at Florida (15-10), 5/18 at UCF (7-4)
Bad Losses: 3/25 Florida A&M (2-3), 4/23 at Memphis (1-5), 4/26 Stetson (0-6)
Coach: Mark Kingston
 
Key Field Players:
Kevin Merrell, Junior, IF/OF, .386 BA, 6 HR, 35 RBI
Luke Borders, Senior, OF, .338 BA, 7 HR, 53 RBI
David Villar, Sophomore, IF, .303 BA, 7 HR, 46 RBI
Coco Montes, Sophomore, IF, .292 BA, 28 RBI
Joe Genord, Sophomore, C/1B, .261 BA, 9 HR, 37 RBI
 
Key Pitchers:
Phoenix Sanders, Senior, P, 3.00 ERA, 5-2 W/L, 90.0 IP, 102 SO
Shane McClanahan, Freshman, P, 3.28 ERA, 4-2 W/L, 74.0 IP, 104 SO
Peter Strzelecki, Junior, P, 2.42 ERA, 3-4 W/L, 67.0 IP, 62 SO
 
By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .291 (59th in nation, 2nd in conference)
Double Plays per Game: 0.64 (227, 8)
Doubles per Game: 1.93 (63, 2)
Earned Run Average: 3.15 (10, 2)
Fielding Percentage: .976 (40, 2)
Home Runs per Game: 0.76 (125, 6)
Scoring Offense: 5.9 (112, 4)
Slugging Percentage: .428 (79, 4)
Stolen Bases per Game: 0.82 (179, 8)
Triples per Game: 0.25 (95, 5)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2015    Regional          defeated Florida Atlantic, lost to Florida, eliminated by Florida Atlantic
2002    Regional          lost to UCF, defeated Stetson, defeated UCF, eliminated by Florida State
2001    Regional          defeated Winthrop, lost to East Carolina, eliminated by Winthrop
1997    Regional          defeated UCF, lost to Auburn, defeated Western Carolina, eliminated by Florida State
1996    Regional          defeated North Carolina State, defeated Massachusetts, lost to Florida, eliminated by Massachusetts
1995    Regional          lost to North Carolina, eliminated by Miami (FL)
 
*all team stats through 5/21