Charting Tiger Baseball

From previous posts my readers understand how important I believe pitching and defense is to winning in baseball. The apparent dearth of baseball statistics from the NCAA early in the season makes it tough to get an idea of where your team stands relative to others. We can however, look to history to find out what the marks to hit were over the last 7 years and compare them to where the Tigers are at a given point in the season.

As illustrated in the table below the average fielding percentage for teams ranked 17th or better in this category over the last 7 years is .972. The average ERA for teams ranked 22nd or better in the last 7 years is 3.74.

These are good barometers early in the season to get a general idea of how your team is faring and to see where (or if) they fit in the national picture.

It’s important to note that your team needs to meet both of these criteria to be considered a contender. One or the other doesn’t cut it.

	7 Year Average	2009 Clemson
Fielding %	.972	.979
Earned Run Average	3.74	2.43