Valparaiso Baseball 2013 World Series Capsule

Valparaiso Crusaders
Horizon (31-26, 13-11)

 

Big Wins: 3/9 at USF (5-2), 4/21 at Arizona State (8-6), 5/25 vs Milwaukee (6-4)
Bad Losses: 3/4 vs Georgetown (3-4), 4/14 at Youngstown State (3-4), 5/11 at Illinois-Chicago (5-12)
Coach: Tracy Woodson

Key Field Players:
Tanner Vavra, Senior, IF, .333 BA, 17 RBI, 11 SB
Chris Manning, Junior, OF, .320 BA, 32 RBI, 12 SB
Andrew Bain, Senior, IF/OF, .306 BA, 23 RBI
John Loeffler, Senior, IF, .288 BA, 38 RBI
Billy Cribbs, Senior, C, .276 BA, 20 RBI

Key Pitchers:
Cole Webb, Junior, P, 3.59 ERA, 5-7 W/L, 90.1 IP, 54 SO
Dalton Lundeen, Freshman, P, 3.90 ERA, 5-1 W/L, 64.2 IP, 45 SO
Karch Kowalczyk, Junior, P, 0.36 ERA, 1-0 W/L, 25.0 IP, 17 SO, 12 SV

By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .277 (130th in nation, 3rd in conference)
Earned Run Average: 3.70 (76, 1)
Fielding Percentage: .965 (159, 3)
Scoring Offense: 4.80 (207, 4)
Home Runs per Game: 0.15 (275, 5)
Doubles per Game: 1.33 247, 5)
Triples per Game: 0.20 (163, 4)
Stolen Bases per Game:  1.02 (151, 3)
Slugging Percentage: .343 (219, 4)
Double Plays per Game: 0.80 (127, 2)

Recent Postseason Appearances:

2012Regionallost to Purdue, eliminated by Kentucky


*all team stats through 5/19

 

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