Kentucky Baseball 2024 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 
Kentucky Wildcats
 
SEC (40-14, 22-8)
 
 
Coach: Nick Mingione
 
Key Field Players:
Nick Lopez, Senior, IF, .369 BA, 6 HR, 49 RBI
Ryan Waldschmidt, Junior, OF, .357 BA, 13 HR, 42 RBI, 23 SB
Emilien Pitre, Junior, IF, .308 BA, 8 HR, 50 RBI, 24 SB
Mitchell Daly, Senior, IF, .294 BA, 6 HR, 41 RBI
Ryan Nicholson, Senior, IF, .291 BA, 18 HR, 54 RBI
Nolan McCarthy, Junior, OF, .282 BA, 7 HR, 36 RBI
 
Key Pitchers:
Mason Moore, Junior, P, 5.40 ERA, 8-3 W/L, 78.1 IP, 70 SO
Trey Pooser, Senior, P, 4.02 ERA, 5-1 W/L, 69.1 IP, 64 SO, 2 SV
Dominic Niman, Senior, P, 5.94 ERA, 8-4 W/L, 66.2 IP, 62 SO
Johnny Hummel, Senior, P, 3.54 ERA, 3-0 W/L, 28.0 IP, 37 SO, 6 SV
 
By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .294 (70th in nation, 5th in conference)
Double Plays per Game: 0.67 (137, 3)
Doubles per Game: 2.18 (36, 2)
Earned Run Average: 5.06 (65, 7)
Fielding Percentage: .978 (26, 5)
Home Runs per Game: 1.47 (67, 9)
Scoring Offense: 8.3 (41, 4)
Slugging Percentage: .507 (49, 6)
Stolen Bases per Game: 2.04 (19, 1)
Triples per Game: 0.18 (170, 7)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2023Regionaldefeated Ball State, lost to Indiana, defeated Indiana, defeated Indiana
2023Super Regionaleliminated by LSU
2017Regionaldefeated Ohio, lost to NC State, defeated Indiana, defeated NC State, defeated NC State
2017Super Regionaleliminated by Louisville
2014Regionallost to Kansas, defeated Kent State, defeated Kansas, eliminated by Louisville
2012Regionallost to Kent State, defeated Valparaiso, defeated Purdue, eliminated by Kent State
2008Regionallost to Michigan, defeated Eastern Michigan, defeated Michigan, eliminated by Arizona
2006Regionallost to Ball State, defeated Notre Dame, defeated Ball State, eliminated by Charleston
1993Regionallost to USC, eliminated by Texas 
1988Regionaldefeated Rutgers, defeated St. John's, lost to Stanford, eliminated by Stanford
 
*all team stats through 5/19