Baylor 2017 Baseball World Series Capsule

 

Baylor Bears

Big 12 (34-21, 12-12)

 
 
Big Wins: 3/3 vs Mississippi (4-0), 4/9 at Texas Tech (10-9), 4/22 at TCU (16-5)
Bad Losses: 3/28 UTSA (9-15), 4/5 Lamar (1-11), 5/19 Kansas State (8-10)
Coach: Steve Rodriguez
 
Key Field Players:
Aaron Dodson, Senior, C/1B, .335 BA, 10 HR, 38 RBI
Shea Langeliers, Freshman, C, .324 BA, 10 HR, 38 RBI
Matt Menard, Senior, C, .307 BA, 26 RBI
Richard Cunningham, Sophomore, OF, .307 BA, 5 HR, 29 RBI
Davis Wendzel, Freshman, IF, .290 BA, 8 HR, 29 RBI
Kameron Esthay, Junior, OF/1B, .283 BA, 9 HR, 35 RBI
 
Key Pitchers:
Montana Parsons, Junior, P, 2.81 ERA, 5-3 W/L, 83.1 IP, 67 SO
Cody Bradford, Freshman, P, 4.91 ERA, 5-5 W/L, 73.1 IP, 43 SO
Troy Montemayor, Junior, P, 1.08 ERA, 3-1 W/L, 25.0 IP, 28 SO, 12 SV
 
By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .299 (37th in nation, 2nd in conference)
Double Plays per Game: 0.94 (32, 2)
Doubles per Game: 1.79 (113, 3)
Earned Run Average: 4.13 (78, 4)
Fielding Percentage: .973 (93, 7)
Home Runs per Game: 0.92 (70, 5)
Scoring Offense: 6.3 (70, 4)
Slugging Percentage: .450 (41, 2)
Stolen Bases per Game: 0.42 (283, 9)
Triples per Game: 0.26 (83, 4)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
           
2012    Regional                      lost to Oral Roberts, defeated UT-Arlington, defeated Oral Roberts, defeated Dallas Baptist, defeated Dallas Baptist
2012    Super Regional            defeated Arkansas, lost to Arkansas, eliminated by Arkansas
2011    Regional                      defeated California, defeated Rice, lost to California, eliminated by California
2010    Regional                      lost to Arizona, defeated Lamar, defeated Arizona, eliminated by TCU
2009    Regional                      defeated Minnesota, lost to LSU, eliminated by Minnesota
2007    Regional                      lost to TCU, defeated Prairie View, eliminated by TCU
2006    Regional                      defeated Arizona State, lost to Rice, defeated Arizona State, eliminated by Rice
 
*all team stats through 5/21