Wichita State 2012 Baseball Capsule

Wichita State Shockers
Missouri Valley (35-23, 12-9)

 
Big Wins: 3/9 Tulane (3-2), 3/17 Purdue (8-2), 4/22 Missouri State (3-2)
Bad Losses: 3/13 Oral Roberts (1-7), 3/31 Southern Illinois (3-10), 5/17 at Creighton (3-7)
Coach: Gene Stephenson (34 seasons at Wichita State)

Key Field Players:
Johnny Coy, Junior, 1B, .352 BA, 9 HR, 62 RBI
Don Lambert, Senior, OF, .301 BA, 26 RBI, 17 SB
Dayne Parker, Sophomore, IF, .286 BA, 28 RBI
Taylor Doggett, Freshman, OF, .286 BA, 15 RBI, 17 SB
Casey Gillaspie, Freshman, 1B, .279 BA, 8 HR, 32 RBI
Kevin Hall, Senior, OF, .275 BA, 18 RBI, 17 SB
Erik Harbutz, Sophomore, IF, .270 BA, 29 RBI

Key Pitchers:
Josh Smith, Senior, LHP, 2.82 ERA, 6-3 W/L, 92.2 IP, 74 SO
Kris Gardner, Freshman, LHP, 2.05 ERA, 5-1 W/L, 70.1 IP, 44 SO
Cale Elam, Sophomore, RHP, 2.09 ERA, 6-4 W/L, 43.0 IP, 43 SO, 9 SV

By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .281 (119th in nation, 4th in conference)
Scoring Offense: 5.6 (113, 4)
Doubles per Game: 1.86 (63, 3)
Triples per Game: 0.19 (184, 6)
Home Runs per Game: 0.53 (98, 6)
Slugging Percentage: .391 (107, 6)
Stolen Bases per Game: 1.34 (62, 3)
Earned Run Average: 3.35 (49, 3)
Fielding Percentage: .975 (31, 4)
Double Plays per Game: 0.90 (61, 2)

Recent Postseason Appearances:

*all team stats through 5/20

 
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