Kansas Batting Update - End of Regular Season

by James Quinn on May 19, 2009 1:40 PM CDT in Kansas Jayhawk Baseball

Player	Yr/Pos	At Bats	BA	OB%	Slug	OPS	HR	RBIs	SB/CS	BB/K
Tony Thompson	So/3B	218	.362	.420	.711	1.131	18	74	1/0	19/34
David Narodowski	Jr/SS	213	.357	.431	.498	.929	3	36	6/4	27/43
Buck Afenir	Sr/C	191	.351	.397	.560	.957	9	59		17/41
Brian Heere	So/RF	182	.363	.463	.538	1.001	5	37	7/2	36/25
Robby Price	Jr/2B	179	.302	.457	.475	.932	5	29	3/1	38/14
Preston Land	Sr/1B	149	.228	.343	.356	.699	3	21	1/0	21/64
Casey Lytle	So/OF-DH	147	.293	.379	.388	.767	2	23	11/1	20/29
Jason Brunansky	Fr/OF	119	.286	.390	.396	.786	2	12	6/3	24/42
Nick Faunce	Sr/OF	119	.286	.321	.403	.724	2	26	2/3	6/26
Jimmy Waters	So/OF-DH	112	.214	.321	.268	.589		13	2/0	12/22
Zac Elgie	Fr/1B-OF-DH	91	.308	.363	.440	.803	2	21		7/22
Joe Lincoln	So/C-DH	47	.234	.280	.298	.578		8		3/5
James Stanfield	Fr/SS-2B-3B	43	.279	.333	.302	.635		9		3/6
Jake Marasco	Fr/OF	36	.167	.225	.222	.447		4	2/0	1/10
Greg Herbst	So/3B-DH	30	.267	.389	.367	.756		2		4/5
Brett Lisher	Jr/1B	25	.280	.455	.320	.775		2		5/6
Chris Manship	Fr/C	14	.071	.278	.071	.349		1		3/6
Team		1935	.304	.393	.459	.852	51	377	41/14	246/400

The KU bats really came alive the last month of the season. The team OPS rose from .814 (on April 16th) to .852. David Narodowski and Robby Price caught fire during the last four weeks. Narodowski's OPS jumped from .796 to .929. I guess it just took him a little time to make the adjustment from Juco to D-I pitching. Price seemed the toughest man in the nation to get out during the last four weeks. His 38/14 BB/K ratio is tremendous.

Tony Thompson, Buck Afenir and Brian Heere never cooled off and all ended the year with OPS' above .950. These three established a strong 3,4,5 core in the batting order. Preston Land rediscovered some of his power during these week. Land collected 15 RBIs in his last 66 at-bats.

Casey Lytle, Jason Brunansky and Zac Elgie more or less maintained at the same level. Lytle led the team in stolen bases with 11 and has shown improvement in the outfield. The only two batters who took a step back late in the year were James Stanfield and Jimmy Waters. In terms of offensive production, the team seems to be peaking just as they enter post-season play.

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