Tulane 2012 Baseball Capsule

Tulane Green Wave
C-USA (37-18, 14-10)


 
Big Wins: ¾ Alabama (7-2), 24/6 Rice (7-2), 5/6 Southern Miss (4-3)
Bad Losses: 3/13 Louisiana-Monroe (3-5), 5/11 at Houston (4-5), 5/19 Marshall (0-10)
Coach: Rick Jones (19 seasons at Tulane)

Key Field Players:
Brennan Middleton, Junior, IF, .360 BA, 18 RBI, 14 SB
Nick Schneeberger, Senior, IF/OF, .350 BA, 46 RBI, 12 SB
Brandon Boudreaux, Junior, OF, .337 BA, 8 HR, 35 RBI, 10 SB
Jeremy Schaffer, Senior, C, .333 BA, 9 HR, 48 RBI
Sean Potkay, Junior, IF/OF, .329 BA, 29 RBI
Blake Crohan, Junior, UTL, .327 BA, 21 RBI
Garrett Cannizaro, Junior, IF, .315 BA, 40 RBI

Key Pitchers:
David Napoli, Junior, LHP, 2.87 ERA, 7-3 W/L, 84.2 IP, 55 SO
Alex Byo, Junior, RHP, 3.38 ERA, 8-4 W/L, 82.2 IP, 47 SO
D.J. Ponder, Senior, RHP, 0.57 ERA, 2-0 W/L, 47.0 IP, 34 SO, 11 SV

By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .310 (16th in nation, 1st in conference)
Scoring Offense: 6.3 (52, 2)
Doubles per Game: 2.15 (13, 1)
Triples per Game: 0.25 (110, 2)
Home Runs per Game: 0.75 (33, 1)
Slugging Percentage: .454 (14, 1)
Stolen Bases per Game: 1.07 (119, 3)
Earned Run Average: 3.39 (52, 4)
Fielding Percentage: .979 (5, 1)
Double Plays per Game: 0.87 (73, 5)

Recent Postseason Appearances:

2008Regionaldefeated Florida, defeated Bucknell, lost to Florida State, eliminated by Florida State
2006Regionallost to South Alabama, defeated Bethune-Cookman, defeated South Alabama, eliminated by Mississippi
2005Regionaldefeated Southern, defeated Alabama, defeated Alabama
2005Super Regionaldefeated Rice
2005CWSdefeated Oregon State, lost to Texas, eliminated by Baylor
2004Regionaldefeated Washington, defeated Western Kentucky, defeated Washington
2004Super Regionaleliminated by Cal State Fullerton
2003Regionaldefeated North Carolina Wilmington, lost to LSU, eliminated by North Carolina Wilmington

*all team stats through 5/20


 
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