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OFFENSE:
2014 SEASON STATISTICS - OVERALL | ||||||||||||
TEAM | GP | SB % | K% | BB% | Rsco% | R/G | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | BABIP | IsoP |
Alabama | 56 | 71.1% | 16.8% | 7.5% | 34.3% | 5.1 | 0.278 | 0.350 | 0.390 | 0.740 | 0.321 | 0.112 |
Kennesaw State | 58 | 74.0% | 13.4% | 7.5% | 40.6% | 6.2 | 0.301 | 0.362 | 0.403 | 0.766 | 0.340 | 0.103 |
as of 5/29/14 |
Outside of some power, second to only Kentucky in homeruns within the SEC, there is not much that Alabama does well. They struggled to score last season and that has continued in 2014 with an unimpressive on-base percentage and the fact that they strike out more than twice as much than they walk. The offensive leaders for the Tide are All SEC Team members Ben Moore (.305/.363/.486) and Wade Wass (.305/.398/.468), the right fielder Moore leads the team with 9 homeruns while Wass, the designated hitter is more free swinging.
There is no questioning the Owls Max Pentacost (.423/.477/.634), a talented, probable first round draft pick that is a huge threat in the middle of the lineup. Hitting cleanup for Kennesaw State is center fielder Bo Way (.364/.414/.481) who is also a threat on the base paths, he has been successful in 10 of 13 attempts. Every other starter in the lineup has struck out more than they have walked and all possess an on-base percentage of .350 or lower.
2014 SEASON STATISTICS - ALABAMA | ||||||||||||||
TEAM | GP | GS | PA | SB % | K% | BB% | Rsco% | R/G | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | BABIP | IsoP |
Mikey White | 56 | 56 | 262 | 60.0% | 14.9% | 8.8% | 39.6% | 0.8 | 0.303 | 0.397 | 0.440 | 0.837 | 0.341 | 0.138 |
Georgie Salem | 56 | 56 | 261 | 66.7% | 11.9% | 3.8% | 34.1% | 0.5 | 0.288 | 0.329 | 0.358 | 0.688 | 0.324 | 0.071 |
Ben Moore | 56 | 56 | 251 | 80.0% | 6.4% | 6.4% | 40.7% | 0.8 | 0.305 | 0.363 | 0.486 | 0.849 | 0.290 | 0.182 |
Wade Wass | 56 | 55 | 236 | 100.0% | 19.1% | 9.3% | 26.7% | 0.5 | 0.305 | 0.398 | 0.468 | 0.866 | 0.374 | 0.163 |
Kyle Overstreet | 55 | 55 | 234 | 0.0% | 12.0% | 7.7% | 42.5% | 0.6 | 0.278 | 0.339 | 0.376 | 0.715 | 0.303 | 0.098 |
Austen Smith | 52 | 52 | 216 | 83.3% | 16.7% | 12.5% | 23.3% | 0.5 | 0.316 | 0.426 | 0.480 | 0.905 | 0.353 | 0.164 |
Chance Vincent | 51 | 48 | 187 | 100.0% | 11.2% | 6.4% | 33.3% | 0.4 | 0.253 | 0.301 | 0.301 | 0.602 | 0.277 | 0.048 |
Casey Hughston | 47 | 42 | 165 | 0.0% | 29.1% | 3.0% | 27.7% | 0.4 | 0.282 | 0.313 | 0.423 | 0.736 | 0.385 | 0.141 |
Will Haynie | 35 | 32 | 123 | #DIV/0! | 41.5% | 5.7% | 48.0% | 0.4 | 0.177 | 0.231 | 0.274 | 0.506 | 0.288 | 0.097 |
Hunter Webb | 39 | 24 | 101 | 83.3% | 12.9% | 6.9% | 29.4% | 0.3 | 0.265 | 0.358 | 0.301 | 0.659 | 0.314 | 0.036 |
Daniel Cucjen | 31 | 15 | 63 | 66.7% | 19.0% | 15.9% | 37.5% | 0.3 | 0.288 | 0.397 | 0.346 | 0.743 | 0.350 | 0.058 |
Mathew Goodson | 12 | 3 | 23 | #DIV/0! | 30.4% | 8.7% | 20.0% | 0.1 | 0.158 | 0.217 | 0.158 | 0.375 | 0.214 | 0.000 |
William Elliott | 10 | 3 | 18 | #DIV/0! | 44.4% | 0.0% | 50.0% | 0.1 | 0.111 | 0.111 | 0.111 | 0.222 | 0.200 | 0.000 |
J.C. Wilhite | 8 | 2 | 14 | #DIV/0! | 7.1% | 7.1% | 50.0% | 0.3 | 0.100 | 0.286 | 0.100 | 0.386 | 0.100 | 0.000 |
Ryan Blanchard | 7 | 3 | 13 | #DIV/0! | 23.1% | 7.7% | 25.0% | 0.1 | 0.250 | 0.308 | 0.250 | 0.558 | 0.333 | 0.000 |
Taylor Poe | 10 | 1 | 10 | #DIV/0! | 40.0% | 10.0% | 66.7% | 0.2 | 0.222 | 0.300 | 0.222 | 0.522 | 0.400 | 0.000 |
Steven Cole | 8 | 0 | 9 | #DIV/0! | 11.1% | 11.1% | 33.3% | 0.1 | 0.250 | 0.333 | 0.250 | 0.583 | 0.286 | 0.000 |
Mitch Greer | 6 | 1 | 9 | #DIV/0! | 33.3% | 11.1% | 0.0% | 0.0 | 0.000 | 0.111 | 0.000 | 0.111 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Riley Colburn | 8 | 0 | 5 | #DIV/0! | 40.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 | 0.333 | 0.600 | 0.333 | 0.933 | 1.000 | 0.000 |
Colton Freeman | 2 | 0 | 0 | #DIV/0! | ##### | ##### | ##### | 1.0 | ##### | ##### | ##### | ##### | ##### | ##### |
TOTALS | 56 | 56 | 2200 | 80.0% | 16.8% | 7.5% | 34.3% | 5.1 | 0.278 | 0.350 | 0.390 | 0.740 | 0.321 | 0.112 |
as of 5/29/14 | ||||||||||||||
KENNESAW STATE | ||||||||||||||
TEAM | GP | GS | PA | SB % | K% | BB% | Rsco% | R/G | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | BABIP | IsoP |
Simmons, Kal | 56 | 56 | 279 | 75.0% | 10.0% | 7.5% | 44.0% | 0.7 | 0.272 | 0.336 | 0.313 | 0.649 | 0.300 | 0.041 |
Pentecost, Max | 58 | 58 | 278 | 88.9% | 8.6% | 8.6% | 39.0% | 1.0 | 0.423 | 0.477 | 0.634 | 1.111 | 0.440 | 0.211 |
Bruce, Jacob | 57 | 56 | 268 | 62.5% | 10.4% | 5.2% | 59.3% | 0.9 | 0.286 | 0.336 | 0.374 | 0.710 | 0.318 | 0.088 |
Way, Bo | 54 | 53 | 242 | 76.9% | 7.4% | 6.6% | 38.5% | 0.7 | 0.364 | 0.414 | 0.481 | 0.895 | 0.386 | 0.117 |
McGowan, Chris | 56 | 53 | 231 | 66.7% | 16.0% | 7.8% | 32.9% | 0.5 | 0.281 | 0.339 | 0.394 | 0.733 | 0.319 | 0.113 |
Morgan, Brennan | 51 | 48 | 215 | 66.7% | 13.0% | 7.4% | 47.9% | 0.7 | 0.279 | 0.350 | 0.395 | 0.745 | 0.306 | 0.116 |
Liquori, Alex | 47 | 45 | 191 | 63.6% | 18.8% | 8.4% | 43.6% | 0.7 | 0.363 | 0.422 | 0.518 | 0.940 | 0.455 | 0.155 |
Bahnick, Matt | 44 | 41 | 159 | 100.0% | 18.2% | 5.0% | 22.2% | 0.3 | 0.271 | 0.303 | 0.354 | 0.657 | 0.319 | 0.083 |
Nixon, Cornell | 42 | 33 | 133 | 75.0% | 18.8% | 6.8% | 35.1% | 0.3 | 0.216 | 0.289 | 0.234 | 0.523 | 0.267 | 0.018 |
Ivey, Dylan | 31 | 24 | 95 | 100.0% | 22.1% | 6.3% | 38.1% | 0.3 | 0.167 | 0.228 | 0.167 | 0.395 | 0.219 | 0.000 |
Howell, Jeremy | 42 | 18 | 82 | #DIV/0! | 15.9% | 12.2% | 14.3% | 0.1 | 0.152 | 0.273 | 0.152 | 0.424 | 0.189 | 0.000 |
Bennett, Colin | 22 | 13 | 69 | 100.0% | 18.8% | 18.8% | 23.3% | 0.4 | 0.315 | 0.464 | 0.426 | 0.890 | 0.385 | 0.111 |
Motley, Justin | 34 | 11 | 67 | 50.0% | 14.9% | 3.0% | 45.5% | 0.3 | 0.288 | 0.343 | 0.441 | 0.784 | 0.320 | 0.153 |
Wynn, Clint | 13 | 7 | 34 | #DIV/0! | 14.7% | 5.9% | 72.7% | 0.6 | 0.281 | 0.324 | 0.344 | 0.667 | 0.333 | 0.063 |
Erwin, Chris | 22 | 14 | 24 | #DIV/0! | 8.3% | 4.2% | 22.2% | 0.1 | 0.333 | 0.391 | 0.476 | 0.867 | 0.368 | 0.143 |
Britt, Eric | 6 | 0 | 2 | #DIV/0! | 0.0% | 50.0% | ##### | 0.2 | 0.000 | 0.500 | 0.000 | 0.500 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Banks, jonathan | 1 | 0 | 1 | #DIV/0! | ##### | 0.0% | ##### | 0.0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | ##### | 0.000 |
Hawkins, Kendall | 8 | 3 | 0 | #DIV/0! | ##### | ##### | ##### | 0.1 | ##### | ##### | ##### | ##### | ##### | ##### |
TOTALS | 58 | 58 | 2370 | 74.0% | 13.4% | 7.5% | 40.6% | 6.2 | 0.301 | 0.362 | 0.403 | 0.766 | 0.340 | 0.103 |
as of 5/29/14 |
PITCHING:
2014 SEASON STATISTICS - OVERALL | |||||||||||||
TEAM | G | IP | ERA | WHIP | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | K:BB | FIP | xERA | BABIP | BAA | OPSa |
Alabama | 56 | 501.3 | 3.29 | 1.25 | 7.38 | 6.89 | 3.86 | 1.79 | 4.03 | 2.91 | 0.276 | 0.228 | 0.626 |
Kennesaw State | 58 | 532.0 | 3.54 | 1.39 | 9.14 | 7.36 | 3.37 | 2.19 | 3.62 | 3.68 | 0.325 | 0.264 | 0.672 |
as of 5/29/14 |
As a staff Alabama is not great, their strikeouts per nine is not strong (they do have groundball pitchers) but a walks per nine approaching four is bad for business especially when you have three teams in your region with strong offenses. The Tide are led by Spencer Turnbilll (87 IP/1.16 WHIP/6.10 K/9) who allows very few hits but walks an extremely large number of batters while All ACC honors were awarded to freshman reliever Thomas Burrows (33.1 IP/0.87 WHIP/8.64 K/9) .
Kennesaw State pitchers have been on the bad end of some horrid defense behind them, you are able to tell that from their poor fielding percentage and the fact that their pitchers have a high BABIP (batting average on balls in play). The do have some fantastic bullpen arms in James Connell (42.2/1.28 WHIP/8.53 K/9) and Justin McCalvin (56.1 IP/1.02 WHIP/8.98 K/9) , it will be very interesting to see how they are used if their starting pitchers find themselves in trouble early.
PROBABLES:
PITCHING PROBABLES - GAME 1 - Alabama vs. Kennesaw State | ||||||||||||||
TEAM | G | GS | IP | ERA | WHIP | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | K:BB | HR/9 | FIP | BABIP | BAA | OPSa |
Jordan Hillyer - KSU | 15 | 15 | 93.2 | 3.38 | 1.33 | 9.08 | 6.86 | 2.90 | 2.37 | 0.00 | 3.22 | 0.319 | 0.260 | 0.647 |
Spencer Turnbull - UA | 14 | 14 | 87.0 | 2.28 | 1.16 | 6.00 | 6.10 | 4.45 | 1.37 | 0.31 | 4.44 | 0.230 | 0.193 | 0.576 |
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2014 SEASON STATISTICS - ALABAMA | ||||||||||||||
TEAM | G | GS | IP | ERA | WHIP | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | K:BB | HR/9 | FIP | BABIP | BAA | OPSa |
Spencer Turnbull | 14 | 14 | 87.0 | 2.28 | 1.16 | 6.00 | 6.10 | 4.45 | 1.37 | 0.31 | 4.44 | 0.230 | 0.193 | 0.576 |
Justin Kamplain | 14 | 14 | 82.0 | 3.07 | 1.06 | 6.59 | 7.24 | 2.96 | 2.44 | 0.55 | 3.99 | 0.244 | 0.206 | 0.582 |
Jon Keller | 13 | 8 | 66.7 | 2.57 | 1.13 | 7.70 | 6.48 | 2.43 | 2.67 | 0.14 | 3.25 | 0.296 | 0.241 | 0.621 |
Nick Eicholtz | 20 | 9 | 51.0 | 3.35 | 1.33 | 6.18 | 7.06 | 5.82 | 1.21 | 0.35 | 5.01 | 0.239 | 0.197 | 0.614 |
Geoffrey Bramblett | 16 | 4 | 38.7 | 4.19 | 1.24 | 7.22 | 9.78 | 3.96 | 2.47 | 0.23 | 3.21 | 0.306 | 0.221 | 0.585 |
Tucker Hawley | 13 | 3 | 37.3 | 1.93 | 1.04 | 7.23 | 5.79 | 2.17 | 2.67 | 0.00 | 2.86 | 0.273 | 0.226 | 0.551 |
Ray Castillo | 17 | 3 | 35.3 | 5.09 | 1.67 | 9.93 | 6.62 | 5.09 | 1.30 | 1.02 | 5.54 | 0.324 | 0.285 | 0.801 |
Jay Shaw | 21 | 0 | 34.0 | 3.97 | 1.44 | 8.74 | 4.50 | 4.24 | 1.06 | 0.00 | 3.83 | 0.295 | 0.258 | 0.619 |
Thomas Burrows | 22 | 0 | 33.3 | 1.62 | 0.87 | 5.13 | 8.64 | 2.70 | 3.20 | 0.27 | 3.06 | 0.225 | 0.173 | 0.472 |
Taylor Guilbeau | 14 | 0 | 15.7 | 5.17 | 2.17 | 13.21 | 8.04 | 6.32 | 1.27 | 0.00 | 4.31 | 0.442 | 0.348 | 0.856 |
Mitch Greer | 11 | 0 | 10.7 | 6.75 | 1.69 | 11.81 | 6.75 | 3.38 | 2.00 | 1.69 | 5.48 | 0.364 | 0.341 | 0.920 |
Jake Hubbard | 5 | 1 | 5.0 | 7.20 | 1.80 | 10.80 | 7.20 | 5.40 | 1.33 | 1.80 | 6.22 | 0.313 | 0.300 | 0.875 |
Colton Freeman | 3 | 0 | 2.3 | 19.29 | 2.14 | 7.72 | 11.57 | 11.57 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 4.71 | 0.333 | 0.222 | 0.861 |
Kyle Overstreet | 2 | 0 | 1.3 | 13.50 | 3.00 | 20.26 | 6.75 | 6.75 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 4.17 | 0.500 | 0.429 | 1.214 |
Cary Baxter | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ##### | 0.00 | 3.42 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 |
TOTALS | 56 | 56 | 501.3 | 3.29 | 1.25 | 7.38 | 6.89 | 3.86 | 1.79 | 0.36 | 4.03 | 0.276 | 0.228 | 0.626 |
as of 5/29/14 |
2014 SEASON STATISTICS - KENNESAW STATE | ||||||||||||||
TEAM | G | GS | IP | ERA | WHIP | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | K:BB | HR/9 | FIP | BABIP | BAA | OPSa |
Hillyer, Jordan | 15 | 15 | 93.2 | 3.38 | 1.33 | 9.08 | 6.86 | 2.90 | 2.37 | 0.00 | 3.22 | 0.319 | 0.260 | 0.647 |
Bergen, Travis | 14 | 14 | 82.0 | 2.74 | 1.22 | 9.66 | 7.68 | 1.32 | 5.83 | 0.11 | 2.53 | 0.344 | 0.272 | 0.625 |
Friese, Gabe | 16 | 7 | 65.2 | 3.31 | 1.26 | 9.25 | 5.25 | 2.07 | 2.53 | 0.41 | 3.82 | 0.292 | 0.261 | 0.640 |
McCalvin, Justin | 35 | 0 | 56.1 | 2.25 | 1.02 | 6.26 | 8.98 | 2.89 | 3.11 | 0.32 | 3.01 | 0.266 | 0.202 | 0.534 |
Harsh, Nathan | 15 | 8 | 48.1 | 5.24 | 1.58 | 9.73 | 7.30 | 4.49 | 1.63 | 0.19 | 4.13 | 0.345 | 0.280 | 0.718 |
Erwin, Chris | 15 | 8 | 42.2 | 3.20 | 1.61 | 9.38 | 7.04 | 5.12 | 1.38 | 0.21 | 4.44 | 0.328 | 0.268 | 0.703 |
Connell, James | 33 | 0 | 42.2 | 2.13 | 1.28 | 8.53 | 12.58 | 2.99 | 4.21 | 0.21 | 2.50 | 0.371 | 0.242 | 0.622 |
McArthur, Cole | 14 | 1 | 28.2 | 5.11 | 1.88 | 12.13 | 4.79 | 4.79 | 1.00 | 1.60 | 6.36 | 0.355 | 0.342 | 0.959 |
Solomon, Will | 16 | 1 | 24.0 | 5.25 | 1.50 | 10.13 | 7.50 | 3.38 | 2.22 | 0.38 | 3.67 | 0.329 | 0.278 | 0.724 |
Austin, Andrew | 13 | 0 | 13.2 | 7.50 | 2.12 | 12.27 | 4.09 | 6.82 | 0.60 | 0.00 | 5.47 | 0.367 | 0.333 | 0.845 |
Hawkins, Kendall | 6 | 3 | 13.1 | 2.75 | 1.91 | 11.68 | 5.50 | 5.50 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 4.72 | 0.354 | 0.309 | 0.800 |
Ward, Mason | 10 | 0 | 10.1 | 4.46 | 1.58 | 6.24 | 7.13 | 8.02 | 0.89 | 0.00 | 4.81 | 0.226 | 0.189 | 0.563 |
Lowman, Will | 10 | 1 | 8.2 | 5.49 | 1.95 | 6.59 | 9.88 | 10.98 | 0.90 | 0.00 | 4.88 | 0.300 | 0.207 | 0.652 |
Bancroft, Benjamin | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 13.50 | 2.00 | 13.50 | 13.50 | 4.50 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 1.92 | 0.500 | 0.333 | 0.733 |
TOTALS | 58 | 58 | 527.8 | 3.56 | 1.40 | 9.21 | 7.42 | 3.39 | 2.19 | 0.26 | 3.62 | 0.325 | 0.264 | 0.672 |
as of 5/29/14 |
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