Dabblin' With the Cockspur: Collective Domination
posted by Roger Olivieri, 2/23/2010 12:16:00 PM
The last two days I bored you with individual stats diced up in ways you’d probably never wanted to see them again. For those sick people (like me) who actually enjoyed it, let’s look at the collective stats.
Offense
The team hit .330 for the series, scored 28 runs (9.33 per game) and rang up 34 hits (11.33 per game). Is this what we should expect all season? No way. If they kept up these numbers just make your plane reservation for June 30 – the final day of the College World Series.
Considering the opponent, the Cocks did what the pollsters expected. They dominated.
There were no steals in the series though and only one attempt (Robert Beary).
Ten extra base hits (six bombs and four doubles) from five different players, four of which are regulars and the other (Brady Thomas) will see plenty of action, hints at potential.
The On Base Percentage was .373, while the Slugging Percentage was .534. They produced a run with every .272 plate appearance.
With a hit rate and contact rate of .326 and .874 respectively, their production was average – neither lucky nor unlucky. In other words, they earned every run scored.
Pitching
In 27 innings pitched, the staff allowed only 21 hits and walked 10. This calculates to a base runner per inning number of 1.15. In college baseball, that’s just plain ol’ dominant.
Adding to the dominance, the Yardcocks whiffed 39 Duquesne Dukes over the weekend. An average of 13 K’s per game is also scary good.
There were two wild pitches (Belcher and Sullivan) and one hit batsman (Taylor). Basically it tells us they were efficient and in control. Sure there were ten walks issued over the weekend but even that number is acceptable. Speaking of control, the staff averaged 15.6 pitches per inning. Worth noting, Steven Neff averaged 7.8 pitches per inning – awesome.
Somewhat falling under the control category, the staff threw strikes 64.4% of the time. Why is that number good? You never want to throw strikes 100% of the time. Think about it – keep laying it in there and you are going to get hit hard and yanked quickly.
They allowed 7.01 hits per nine innings, struck out 3.9 for every one walked, and allowed Duquesne a .216 batting average.
See ya’ in East Carolina.
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The last two days I bored you with individual stats diced up in ways you’d probably never wanted to see them again. For those sick people (like me) who actually enjoyed it, let’s look at the collective stats.
Offense
The team hit .330 for the series, scored 28 runs (9.33 per game) and rang up 34 hits (11.33 per game). Is this what we should expect all season? No way. If they kept up these numbers just make your plane reservation for June 30 – the final day of the College World Series.
Considering the opponent, the Cocks did what the pollsters expected. They dominated.
There were no steals in the series though and only one attempt (Robert Beary).
Ten extra base hits (six bombs and four doubles) from five different players, four of which are regulars and the other (Brady Thomas) will see plenty of action, hints at potential.
The On Base Percentage was .373, while the Slugging Percentage was .534. They produced a run with every .272 plate appearance.
With a hit rate and contact rate of .326 and .874 respectively, their production was average – neither lucky nor unlucky. In other words, they earned every run scored.
Pitching
In 27 innings pitched, the staff allowed only 21 hits and walked 10. This calculates to a base runner per inning number of 1.15. In college baseball, that’s just plain ol’ dominant.
Adding to the dominance, the Yardcocks whiffed 39 Duquesne Dukes over the weekend. An average of 13 K’s per game is also scary good.
There were two wild pitches (Belcher and Sullivan) and one hit batsman (Taylor). Basically it tells us they were efficient and in control. Sure there were ten walks issued over the weekend but even that number is acceptable. Speaking of control, the staff averaged 15.6 pitches per inning. Worth noting, Steven Neff averaged 7.8 pitches per inning – awesome.
Somewhat falling under the control category, the staff threw strikes 64.4% of the time. Why is that number good? You never want to throw strikes 100% of the time. Think about it – keep laying it in there and you are going to get hit hard and yanked quickly.
They allowed 7.01 hits per nine innings, struck out 3.9 for every one walked, and allowed Duquesne a .216 batting average.
See ya’ in East Carolina.
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