Florida Atlantic 2015 Baseball World Series Capsule

Florida Atlantic Owls
Conference USA (40-17, 19-10)

 

Big Wins: 2/13 Connecticut (16-5), 2/21 Ohio State (7-0), 4/18 at Southern Miss (10-5)
Bad Losses: 3/28 at UTSA (3-14), 4/10 FIU (5-6), 4/24 Old Dominion (3-15)
Coach: John McCormack

Key Field Players:
Brendon Sanger, Junior, IF/OF, .372 BA, 6 HR, 45 RBI
CJ Chatham, Sophomore, IF, .344 BA, 43 RBI
Ricky Santiago, Senior, IF, .317 BA, 8 HR, 48 RBI
Stephen Kerr, Sophomore, IF, .310 BA, 23 RBI, 14 SB
Esteban Puerta, Sophomore, 1B/OF, .308 BA, 6 HR, 32 RBI
Roman Collins, Junior, OF, .296 BA, 6 HR, 53 RBI

Key Pitchers:
Drew Jackson, Senior, P, 2.10 ERA, 6-3 W/L, 68.2 IP, 52 SO
Brandon Rhodes, Junior, P, 3.50 ERA, 4-1 W/L, 74.2 IP, 39 SO
Kyle Miller, Junior, P, 3.77 ERA, 6-3 W/L, 76.1 IP, 59 SO

By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .306 (11th in nation, 1st in conference)
Double Plays per Game: 0.66 (223, 9)
Doubles per Game: 2.09 (26, 1)
Earned Run Average: 3.54 (61, 3)
Fielding Percentage: .961 (215, 10)
Home Runs per Game: 0.72 (77, 5)
Scoring Offense: 7.3 (12, 1)
Slugging Percentage: .450 (22, 1)
Stolen Bases per Game: 0.77 (210, 9)
Triples per Game: 0.40 (16, 1)

Recent Postseason Appearances:
2013    Regional    lost to Towson, defeated Canisius, defeated Towson, defeated North Carolina, eliminated by North Carolina
2010    Regional    lost to Oregon State, defeated Bethune-Cookman, defeated Oregon State, eliminated by Florida
2005    Regional    lost to Mississippi State, defeated VCU, eliminated by Mississippi State
2004    Regional    lost to North Carolina State, defeated St. Bonaventure, defeated North Carolina State, eliminated by Miami (FL)
2003    Regional    defeated Florida, lost to Miami (FL), eliminated by Florida
2002    Regional    defeated Auburn, defeated Southeast Missouri State, lost to Alabama, defeated Alabama
2002    Super Regional    eliminated by Georgia Tech

*all team stats through 5/17

 

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