North Carolina 2014 Baseball World Series Capsule

North Carolina Tar Heels
ACC (34-25, 15-15)

 

Big Wins: 4/20 at Virginia (4-2), 5/11 Florida State (5-4), 5/16 Miami (11-2)
Bad Losses: 2/21 Xavier (1-2), 3/9 Pittsburgh (4-6), 3/26 Winthrop (1-3)
Coach: Mike Fox

Key Field Players:
Michael Russell, Junior, IF, .345 BA, 32 RBI, 13 SB
Wood Myers, Freshman, IF, .302 BA, 29 RBI
Parks Jordan, Senior, OF, .272 BA, 29 RBI
Skye Bolt, Sophomore, OF, .256 BA, 30 RBI
Tom Zengel, Senior, OF, .255 BA, 33 RBI

Key Pitchers:
Trent Thornton, Sophomore, P, 2.24 ERA, 7-3 W/L, 92.1 IP, 80 SO
Benton Moss, Junior, P, 3.33 ERA, 4-2 W/L, 92.0 IP, 75 SO
Reilly Hovis, Sophomore, P, 2.10 ERA, 8-1 W/L, 6 SV, 60 IP, 78 SO

By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .272 (137th in nation, 6th in conference)
Double Plays per Game: 0.56 (273, 12)
Doubles per Game:  1.64 (110, 6)
Earned Run Average: 2.92 (27, 2)
Fielding Percentage: .967 (138, 8)
Home Runs per Game: 0.44 (107, 6)
Scoring Offense: 5.2 (134, 7)
Slugging Percentage: .363 (145, 7)
Stolen Bases per Game: 1.22 (87, 4)
Triples per Game: 0.07 (284, 13)

Recent Postseason Appearances:
2013    Regional    defeated Canisius, defeated Towson, lost to Florida Atlantic, defeated Florida Atlantic
2013    Super Regional    defeated South Carolina, lost to South Carolina, defeated South Carolina
2013    CWS    lost to North Carolina State, defeated LSU, defeated North Carolina State, eliminated by UCLA
2012    Regional    defeated Cornell, lost to St. John's, defeated East Carolina, eliminated by St. John's
2011    Regional    defeated Maine, defeated James Madison, defeated James Madison
2011    Super Regional    defeated Stanford
2011    CWS    lost to Vanderbilt, defeated Texas, eliminated Vanderbilt
2010    Regional    defeated California, lost to Oklahoma, defeated Oral Roberts, eliminated by Oklahoma
2009    Regional    defeated Dartmouth, defeated Coastal Carolina, defeated Kansas
2009    Super Regional    defeated East Carolina
2009    CWS    lost to Arizona State, defeated Southern Miss, eliminated by Arizona State
2008    Regional    defeated Mount St. Mary's, defeated North Carolina Wilmington, defeated North Carolina Wilmington
2008    Super Regional    defeated Coastal Carolina
2008    CWS    defeated LSU, lost to Fresno State, defeated LSU, eliminated by Fresno State
2007    Regional    defeated Jacksonville, defeated East Carolina, defeated Western Carolina
2007    Super Regional    defeated South Carolina
2007    CWS    defeated Mississippi State, lost to Rice, defeated Louisville, defeated Rice, defeated Rice
2007    Championship    eliminated by Oregon State

*all team stats through 5/18

 

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