Illinois-Chicago 2017 Baseball World Series Capsule

 

Illinois-Chicago Flames

Horizon (39-15, 22-8)

 
 
Big Wins: 2/26 at Vanderbilt (5-2), 4/28 Georgia Tech (1-0), 5/27 Wright State (4-1)
Bad Losses: 2/17 vs Prairie View A&M (4-5), 5/5 Oakland (3-7), 5/6 Milwaukee (1-3)
Coach: Mike Dee
 
Key Field Players:
Rob Calabrese, Junior, C, .357 BA, 7 HR, 48 RBI
David Cronin, Junior, IF, .320 BA, 6 HR, 31 RBI, 14 SB
Cody Bohanek, Senior, IF, .302 BA, 7 HR, 46 RBI
Ricardo Ramirez, Senior, IF, .290 BA, 9 HR, 40 RBI
Scott Ota, Sophomore, IF/OF, .279 BA, 42 RBI
 
Key Pitchers:
Jake Dahlberg, Senior, P, 2.09 ERA, 10-2 W/L, 99.0 IP, 75 SO
Reid Birlingmair, Sophomore, P, 2.75 ERA, 7-4 W/L, 88.1 IP, 74 SO
Jack Anderson, Senior, P, 3.30 ERA, 5-2 W/L, 71.0 IP, 51 SO
Alex Padilla, Sophomore, P, 0.49 ERA, 2-1 W/L, 37.0 IP, 32 SO, 10 SV
 
By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .287 (73rd in nation, 1st in conference)
Double Plays per Game: 0.90 (50, 1)
Doubles per Game: 1.78 (115, 4)
Earned Run Average: 2.67 (2, 1)
Fielding Percentage: .984 (1, 1)
Home Runs per Game: 0.76 (124, 4)
Scoring Offense: 6.1 (91, 2)
Slugging Percentage: .413 (113, 2)
Stolen Bases per Game: 1.02 (112, 3)
Triples per Game: 0.08 (281, 6)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2008    Regional          lost to Texas A&M, defeated Dallas Baptist, eliminated by Houston
2007    Regional          defeated Long Beach State, lost to UCLA, eliminated by Long Beach State
2005    Regional          lost to Nebraska, eliminated by North Carolina State
2003    Regional          lost to Stanford, eliminated by Richmond
 
*all team stats through 5/21