Houston 2014 Baseball World Series Capsule

Houston Cougars
American (44-15, 14-9)

 

Big Wins: 2/19 at Rice (3-0), 4/1 at Texas A&M (10-8), 5/4 UCF (5-2)
Bad Losses: 3/18 Lamar (2-4), 4/18 South Florida (3-4), 5/15 at Temple (1-4)
Coach: Todd Whitting

Key Field Players:
Casey Grayson, Senior, 1B, .335 BA, 6 HR, 48 RBI
Kyle Survance, Sophomore, OF, .315 BA, 29 RBI, 30 SB
Michael Pyeatt, Junior, OF, .305 BA, 18 RBI
Justin Montemayor, Sophomore, IF, .304 BA, 30 RBI
Frankie Ratcliff, Senior, IF, .281 BA, 24 RBI, 17 SB

Key Pitchers:
Jake Lemoine, Sophomore, P, 2.35 ERA, 6-6 W/L, 95.2 IP, 82 SO
Aaron Garza, Junior, P, 2.65 ERA, 8-4 W/L, 2 CG, 98.1 IP, 56 SO
Tyler Ford, Senior, P, 1.26 ERA, 8-0 W/L, 64.1 IP, 43 SO
Chase Wellbrock, Senior, P, 1.15 ERA, 4-0 W/L, 39.0 IP, 33 SO, 12 SV

By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .274 (119th in nation, 3rd in conference)
Double Plays per Game: 0.67 (213, 8)
Doubles per Game:  1.47 (172, 5)
Earned Run Average: 2.04 (1, 1)
Fielding Percentage: .968 (129, 4)
Home Runs per Game: 0.31 (169, 4)
Scoring Offense: 5.1 (142, 5)
Slugging Percentage: .356 (167, 4)
Stolen Bases per Game: 1.38 (54, 4)
Triples per Game: 0.15 (229, 6)

Recent Postseason Appearances:
2008    Regional    defeated Dallas Baptist, lost to Texas A&M, defeated Illinois Chicago, defeated Texas A&M, eliminated by Texas A&M
2006    Regional    lost to Wichita State, eliminated by Oklahoma
2003    Regional    lost to Alabama, defeated Oral Roberts, defeated Alabama, defeated Texas A&M, defeated Texas A&M
2003    Super Regional    eliminated by Rice
2002    Regional    defeated New Mexico State, defeated Arizona State, defeated Arizona State
2002    Super Regional    eliminated by Texas
2001    Regional    lost to Baylor, eliminated by Texas Arlington

*all team stats through 5/18

 

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