Texas 2012 Baseball Capsule

May 25, 2012 · Joel Welser

Texas Longhorns
Big 12 (30-20, 14-10)

 
Big Wins: 3/2 vs Rice (11-8), 3/18 at Oklahoma (9-4), 5/19 Baylor (2-1)
Bad Losses: 2/19 Duke (2-5), 3/11 Loyola Marymount (0-1), 4/6 at Texas Tech (6-7)
Coach: Augie Garrido (16 seasons at Texas)

Key Field Players:
Erich Weiss, Sophomore, IF, .349 BA, 37 RBI, 10 SB
Mark Payton, Sophomore, OF, .330 BA, 29 RBI
Jonathan Walsh, Junior, C/OF, .291 BA, 6 HR, 31 RBI, 11 SB
Jacob Felts, Sophomore, C, .289 BA, 21 RBI
Alex Silver, Sophomore, IF, .269 BA, 19 RBI

Key Pitchers:
Nathan Thornhill, Sophomore, RHP, 4.10 ERA, 4-5 W/L, 79.0 IP, 63 SO
Parker French, Freshman, RHP, 2.84 ERA, 6-2 W/L, 66.2 IP, 30 SO
Corey Knebel, Sophomore, RHP, 1.56 ERA, 4-4 W/L, 69.1 IP, 67 SO, 9 SV

By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .265 (212th in nation, 8th in conference)
Scoring Offense: 5.0 (189, 8)
Doubles per Game: 1.64 (145, 4)
Triples per Game: 0.40 (17, 2)
Home Runs per Game: 0.42 (154, 8)
Slugging Percentage: .377 (157, 6)
Stolen Bases per Game: 1.12 (112, 6)
Earned Run Average: 3.38 (51, 4)
Fielding Percentage: .966 (150, 9)
Double Plays per Game: 0.78 (138, 4)

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 5/20

 
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