Wichita State Baseball 2013 World Series Capsule

Wichita State Shockers
Missouri Valley (39-26, 15-6)

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Big Wins: 3/22 at Hawaii (6-2), 3/30 Illinois State (12-2), 5/25 vs Illinois State (5-2)
Bad Losses: 3/8 Texas-Pan American (5-7), 4/7 Indiana State (5-7), 4/26 Southern Illinois (4-5)
Coach: Gene Stephenson

Key Field Players:
Garrett Bayliff, Junior, OF, .389 BA, 39 RBI, 11 SB
Tyler Baker, Sophomore, UT, .332 BA, 46 RBI
Casey Gillaspie, Sophomore, 1B, .300 BA, 10 HR, 42 RBI
Tanner Dearman, Freshman, IF, .306 BA, 22 RBI, 11 SB
Erik Harbutz, Junior, IF, .280 BA, 32 RBI, 13 SB

Key Pitchers:
Cale Elam, Junior, P, 2.60 ERA, 7-4 W/L, 93.1 IP, 74 SO
A.J. Ladwig, Sophomore, P, 4.65 ERA, 5-5 W/L, 79.1 IP, 63 SO
Brandon Peterson, Junior, P, 1.15 ERA, 3-1 W/L, 39.0 IP, 40 SO, 10 SV

By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .289 (61st in nation, 3rd in conference)
Earned Run Average: 3.39 (44, 2)
Fielding Percentage: .975 (33, 2)
Scoring Offense: 5.50 (110, 4)
Home Runs per Game: 0.34 (170, 5)
Doubles per Game: 1.44 (207, 5)
Triples per Game: 0.25 (112, 4)
Stolen Bases per Game: 1.41 (63, 1)
Slugging Percentage: .375 (132, 3)
Double Plays per Game: 0.66 (219, 8)

Recent Postseason Appearances:

2009Regionallost to Oklahoma, eliminated by Washington State
2008Regionaldefeated TCU, defeated Oklahoma State, defeated Oklahoma State
2008Super Regionaleliminated by Florida State
2007Regionallost to New Orleans, defeated Oral Roberts, defeated New Orleans, defeated Arizona, defeated Arizona
2007Super Regionaleliminated by UC Irvine
2006Regionaldefeated Houston, defeated TCU, lost to Oklahoma, eliminated by Oklahoma
2005Regionallost to Winthrop, defeated Austin Peay, defeated Winthrop, eliminated by Tennessee


*all team stats through 5/19

 

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