Texas 2012 Baseball Capsule

Texas Longhorns
Big 12 (30-20, 14-10)


 
Big Wins: 3/2 vs Rice (11-8), 3/18 at Oklahoma (9-4), 5/19 Baylor (2-1)
Bad Losses: 2/19 Duke (2-5), 3/11 Loyola Marymount (0-1), 4/6 at Texas Tech (6-7)
Coach: Augie Garrido (16 seasons at Texas)

Key Field Players:
Erich Weiss, Sophomore, IF, .349 BA, 37 RBI, 10 SB
Mark Payton, Sophomore, OF, .330 BA, 29 RBI
Jonathan Walsh, Junior, C/OF, .291 BA, 6 HR, 31 RBI, 11 SB
Jacob Felts, Sophomore, C, .289 BA, 21 RBI
Alex Silver, Sophomore, IF, .269 BA, 19 RBI

Key Pitchers:
Nathan Thornhill, Sophomore, RHP, 4.10 ERA, 4-5 W/L, 79.0 IP, 63 SO
Parker French, Freshman, RHP, 2.84 ERA, 6-2 W/L, 66.2 IP, 30 SO
Corey Knebel, Sophomore, RHP, 1.56 ERA, 4-4 W/L, 69.1 IP, 67 SO, 9 SV

By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .265 (212th in nation, 8th in conference)
Scoring Offense: 5.0 (189, 8)
Doubles per Game: 1.64 (145, 4)
Triples per Game: 0.40 (17, 2)
Home Runs per Game: 0.42 (154, 8)
Slugging Percentage: .377 (157, 6)
Stolen Bases per Game: 1.12 (112, 6)
Earned Run Average: 3.38 (51, 4)
Fielding Percentage: .966 (150, 9)
Double Plays per Game: 0.78 (138, 4)

Recent Postseason Appearances:

2011Regionaldefeated Princeton, lost to Kent State, defeated Texas State, defeated Kent State, defeated Kent State
2011Super Regionaldefeated Arizona State
2011CWSlost to Florida, eliminated by North Carolina
2010Regionaldefeated Rider, defeated Louisiana, defeated Rice
2010Super Regionaleliminated by TCU
2009Regionaldefeated Army, defeated Boston College, defeated Army
2009Super Regionaldefeated TCU
2009CWSdefeated Southern Miss, defeated Arizona State, defeated Arizona State
2009Championshipeliminated by LSU
2008Regionallost to St. John's, defeated Sam Houston State, defeated St. John's, eliminated by Rice
2007Regionaldefeated Brown, lost to UC Irvine, defeated Wake Forest, eliminated by UC Irvine

*all team stats through 5/20


 
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