Wichita State Shockers
Missouri Valley (39-26, 15-6)
Big Wins: 3/22 at Hawaii (6-2), 3/30 Illinois State (12-2), 5/25 vs Illinois State (5-2)
Bad Losses: 3/8 Texas-Pan American (5-7), 4/7 Indiana State (5-7), 4/26 Southern Illinois (4-5)
Coach: Gene Stephenson
Key Field Players:
Garrett Bayliff, Junior, OF, .389 BA, 39 RBI, 11 SB
Tyler Baker, Sophomore, UT, .332 BA, 46 RBI
Casey Gillaspie, Sophomore, 1B, .300 BA, 10 HR, 42 RBI
Tanner Dearman, Freshman, IF, .306 BA, 22 RBI, 11 SB
Erik Harbutz, Junior, IF, .280 BA, 32 RBI, 13 SB
Key Pitchers:
Cale Elam, Junior, P, 2.60 ERA, 7-4 W/L, 93.1 IP, 74 SO
A.J. Ladwig, Sophomore, P, 4.65 ERA, 5-5 W/L, 79.1 IP, 63 SO
Brandon Peterson, Junior, P, 1.15 ERA, 3-1 W/L, 39.0 IP, 40 SO, 10 SV
By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .289 (61st in nation, 3rd in conference)
Earned Run Average: 3.39 (44, 2)
Fielding Percentage: .975 (33, 2)
Scoring Offense: 5.50 (110, 4)
Home Runs per Game: 0.34 (170, 5)
Doubles per Game: 1.44 (207, 5)
Triples per Game: 0.25 (112, 4)
Stolen Bases per Game: 1.41 (63, 1)
Slugging Percentage: .375 (132, 3)
Double Plays per Game: 0.66 (219, 8)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
2009 | Regional | lost to Oklahoma, eliminated by Washington State |
2008 | Regional | defeated TCU, defeated Oklahoma State, defeated Oklahoma State |
2008 | Super Regional | eliminated by Florida State |
2007 | Regional | lost to New Orleans, defeated Oral Roberts, defeated New Orleans, defeated Arizona, defeated Arizona |
2007 | Super Regional | eliminated by UC Irvine |
2006 | Regional | defeated Houston, defeated TCU, lost to Oklahoma, eliminated by Oklahoma |
2005 | Regional | lost to Winthrop, defeated Austin Peay, defeated Winthrop, eliminated by Tennessee |
*all team stats through 5/19
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