Texas 2014 Baseball World Series Capsule

Texas Longhorns
Big 12 (38-18, 13-11)

 

Big Wins: 2/28 Rice (2-0), 3/1 Houston (3-2), 3/28 at Texas Tech (11-1)
Bad Losses: 2/14 at California (0-7), 3/8 Hawaii (1-6), 5/17 at Kansas State (4-5)
Coach: Augie Garrido

Key Field Players:
Mark Payton, Senior, OF, .319 BA, 35 RBI, 15 SB
Ben Johnson, Sophomore, OF, .279 BA, 6 HR, 31 RBI, 20 SB
Tres Barrera, Freshman, C, .273 BA, 5 HR, 32 RBI
C.J. Hinojosa, Sophomore, IF, .282 BA, 27 RBI

Key Pitchers:
Nathan Thornhill, Senior, P, 1.51 ERA, 6-2 W/L, 83.2 IP, 49 SO
Dillon Peters, Junior, P, 2.13 ERA, 7-3 W/L, 80.1 IP, 53 SO
Parker French, Junior, P, 2.61 ERA, 5-5 W/L, 82.2 IP, 53 SO

By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .265 (179th in nation, 8th in conference)
Double Plays per Game: 1.08 (12, 1)
Doubles per Game:  1.46 (177, 7)
Earned Run Average: 2.40 (10, 2)
Fielding Percentage: .975 (30, 4)
Home Runs per Game: 0.37 (142, 6)
Scoring Offense: 4.7 (182, 8)
Slugging Percentage: .360 (157, 8)
Stolen Bases per Game: 1.13 (101, 5)
Triples per Game: 0.27 (77, 3)

Recent Postseason Appearances:
2011    Regional    defeated Princeton, lost to Kent State, defeated Texas State, defeated Kent State, defeated Kent State
2011    Super Regional    defeated Arizona State
2011    CWS    lost to Florida, eliminated by North Carolina
2010    Regional    defeated Rider, defeated Louisiana, defeated Rice
2010    Super Regional    eliminated by TCU
2009    Regional    defeated Army, defeated Boston College, defeated Army
2009    Super Regional    defeated TCU
2009    CWS    defeated Southern Miss, defeated Arizona State, defeated Arizona State
2009    Championship    eliminated by LSU
2008    Regional    lost to St. John's, defeated Sam Houston State, defeated St. John's, eliminated by Rice
2007    Regional    defeated Brown, lost to UC Irvine, defeated Wake Forest, eliminated by UC Irvine

*all team stats through 5/18

 

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