Mississippi State 2018 Baseball World Series Capsule

            

Mississippi State Bulldogs

SEC (31-25, 15-15)

 
 
Big Wins: 4/21 Arkansas (7-5), 4/24 vs Mississippi (7-6), 5/18 Florida (12-4)
Bad Losses: 2/28 at McNeese (3-6), 3/9 Utah Valley (1-2), 3/27 at Nicholls (4-7)
Coach: Andy Cannizaro
 
Key Field Players:
Jake Mangum, Junior, OF, .353 BA, 24 RBI, 14 SB
Hunter Stovall, Junior, IF, .329 BA, 35 RBI, 10 SB
Tanner Allen, Freshman, IF/OF, .305 BA, 37 RBI
Luke Alexander, Junior, IF, .207 BA, 6 HR, 41 RBI
 
Key Pitchers:
Ethan Small, Sophomore, P, 2.94 ERA, 5-3 W/L, 79.2 IP, 99 SO
Konnor Pilkington, Junior, P, 4.28 ERA, 2-6 W/L, 88.1 IP, 92 SO
Jacob Billingsley, Senior, P, 5.04 ERA, 4-3 W/L, 60.2 IP, 61 SO
 
By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .276 (102nd in nation, 9th in conference)
Double Plays per Game: 0.96 (23, 1)
Doubles per Game: 2.20 (12, 1)
Earned Run Average: 4.15 (83, 8)
Fielding Percentage: .972 (86, 11)
Home Runs per Game: 0.58 (179, 14)
Scoring Offense: 5.8 (123, 12)
Slugging Percentage: .401 (125, 11)
Stolen Bases per Game: 0.60 (255, 14)
Triples per Game: 0.24 (111, 3)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2014Regionaldefeated San Diego State, defeated Jackson State, lost to Louisiana Lafayette, eliminated by Louisiana Lafayette
2013Regionaldefeated Central Arkansas, defeated South Alabama, lost to Central Arkansas, defeated Central Arkansas
2013Super Regionaldefeated Virginia, defeated Virginia
2013CWSdefeated Oregon State, defeated Indiana, defeated Oregon State, lost to UCLA, eliminated by UCLA
2012Regionallost to Samford, defeated UAB, eliminated by Samford
2011Regionaldefeated Southern Miss, defeated Austin Peay, defeated Georgia Tech
2011Super Regionaleliminated by Florida
2007Regionaldefeated Stetson, defeated Florida State, defeated Florida State
2007Super Regionaldefeated Clemson
2007CWSlost to North Carolina, eliminated by Louisville
2006Regionallost to Elon, defeated North Carolina Asheville, defeated Elon, eliminated by Clemson
2005Regionaldefeated Florida Atlantic, lost to Miami (FL), defeated Florida Atlantic, eliminated by Miami (FL)
2004Regionallost to Texas Tech, defeated Jacksonville State, eliminated by Texas Tech
 
*all team stats through 5/20