By Trey McCurry.
TheClemsonInsider.com puts a wrap on the past week for the Clemson baseball team. Who won this week’s TCI awards?
Overall Record 18-13
ACC Record 6-9
Last Week 4-1
4/5 Tuesday Coastal Carolina W, 5-4 (10)
4/6 Wednesday Western Carolina W, 12-3
4/8 Friday Maryland W, 12-3
4/9 Saturday Maryland W, 7-0
4/10 Sunday Maryland L, 6-7
Next Week
4/12 Tuesday Presbyterian College (18-15) 6:30PM Clemson
4/15 Friday Boston College (13-16, 6-8 ACC) 2:30PM Chestnut Hill, MA
4/16 Saturday Boston College (13-16, 6-8 ACC) 1:30PM Chestnut Hill, MA
4/17 Sunday Boston College (13-16, 6-8 ACC) 12:00PM Chestnut Hill, MA
Note: Records as of Monday, April 11. Boston College travels to Dartmouth on Tuesday and Massachusetts Wednesday.
TCI Hitter-of-the Week #13 Brad Miller
The junior shortstop from Windermere, FL went 14-for-21 (.667) in five games last week. Miller had two doubles, two triples, two walks, four stolen bases, eight runs, and seven RBI. Miller was also named ACC Player of the Week as well as a National Player of the Week by Collegiate Baseball.
Other hitters of note:
Richie Shaffer 9-for-23 (.391), 3 2Bs, 1 3B, 6 runs, and 5 RBI in 5 games)
Jeff Schaus 6-for-16 (.375), 2 2Bs, 1 3B, 8 BBs, 6 runs, and 2 RBI in 5 games)
John Hinson 6-for-17 (.353), 2 2Bs, 1 HR, 5 BBs, 5 SB, 6 runs, and 4 RBI in 5 games)
TCI Pitcher-of-the-Week #29 David Haselden
The junior from Spartanburg, SC earned a win and a save in two appearances last week. In 10.0 innings, Haselden allowed only three hits, two walks, and no runs while recording six strikeouts and holding opponents’ to a .094 batting average.
Other pitchers of note:
Scott Firth 1-0 in 1 start, 6.0 IP, 2 hits, 5 strikeouts, .100 OBA
Jonathan Meyer 1-0 in 2 appearances, 4.2 IP, 2 hits, 5 strikeouts, .125 OBA
Scott Wesimann 1-0 in 2 appearances, 7.2 IP, 7 strikeouts
Weekly Rankings:
Date BA CB SW W-L
Preseason 10 4 5 0-0
2/21 11 6 NP 2-1
2/28 12 4 7 3-0
3/7 10 4 7 2-1
3/14 16 16 17 0-4
3/21 19 15 19 3-1
3/28 NR 16 23 3-2
4/4 NR NR NR 1-3
4/11 NR NR NR 4-1
NP – no poll, Rankings by Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, and Sports Weekly
Clemson in the Overall ACC stat rankings:
Team:
#2 in batting at .318
#6 in pitching at 3.78 ERA
Tied for ACC game-high 19 runs vs. Charleston Southern (2/26)
Tied for ACC game-high 3 triples vs. Maryland (4/8)
ACC game-high 5 sacrifice flies vs. Eastern Michigan (2/18)
Individual:
Scott Firth
- 14th in overall pitching (2.47 ERA)
- 4th in opponents’ batting average (.181)
David Haselden
- 6th in overall pitching (2.87 ERA)
- 10th in opponents’ batting average (.217)
John Hinson
- Tied for 4th in stolen bases (12)
Spencer Kieboom
- 8th in overall batting average (.358)
- 9th in on-base percentage (.462)
- Tied for game-high two sacrifice flies (2/18 vs. Eastern Michigan)
Will Lamb
- Tied for 2nd in triples (3)
Brad Miller
- 1st in overall batting (.423)
- Tied for 2nd in triples (3)
- 1st in on-base percentage (.545)
- 10th in slugging percentage (.564)
Phil Pohl
- 6th in overall batting average (.372)
- 8th in slugging percentage (.574)
Jeff Schaus
- 22nd in overall batting average (.330)
Richie Shaffer
- Tied for 15th in over batting average (.342)
- 3rd in runs scored (37)
- 10th in on-base percentage (.460)
Clemson in the ACC stat rankings for conference games only:
Team:
#3 in batting at .297
#6 in pitching at 4.61 ERA
ACC game-high 3 triples vs. Maryland (4/8)
ACC game-high 3 sacrifice flies vs. Duke (3/19)
Individual:
Scott Firth
- 5th in overall pitching (1.73 ERA)
- 1st in opponents’ batting average (.158)
- Tied for 6th in wins (3)
Alex Frederick
- Tied for 4th in saves (2)
Jonathan Meyer
- 1st in overall pitching (1.31 ERA)
- 2nd in opponents’ batting average (.167)
John Hinson
- Tied for 3rd in stolen bases (6)
Will Lamb
- ACC game-high 2 sac flies vs. Duke (3/19)
Brad Miller
- Tied for 1st in triples (2)
Phil Pohl
- 11th in overall batting average (.353)
Steve Wilkerson
- Tied for ACC game-high 4 walks vs. Duke (3/19(
Jeff Schaus
- 1st in overall batting average (.441)
- 3rd in hits (26)
- Tied for 1st in triples (2)
- Tied for 6th in walks (12)
- Tied for 6th in runs (16)
- Tied for 1st in doubles (8)
- 4th in total bases (38)
- 3rd in on-base percentage (.528)
- 2nd in slugging percentage (.644)
Richie Shaffer
- 5th in over batting average (.404)
- Tied for 5th in hits (23)
- Tied for 6th in total bases (33)
- 4th in on-base percentage (.493)
- 6th in slugging percentage (.579)
Weekly Notes:
Clemson went 4-1 this past week. The Tigers outscored their opponents 42-17 and hit .335 with a .535 slugging percentage and a .425 on-base percentage for the week. Clemson totaled 13 doubles, six triples, three homers, 11 stolen bases, three hit-by-pitches, and 30 walks while striking out 38 times. The Tiger pitching staff had a 3.33 ERA in 46.0 innings allowing 17 runs (all earned), 38 hits (.229 opponents’ batting average), and 19 walks against 37 strikeouts.
The Tigers sit at #13 in WarrenNolan.com’s RPI with the #4 strength of schedule in the nation.
Clemson has cumulatively outscored their opponents in eight of the nine innings this season.
Tracking Leggett Up the All-time Wins List
With a 12-3 win over Western Carolina on April 6th, Jack Leggett passed former Tiger skipper Bill Wilhelm and moved into 16th place in all-time wins by a head coach at a Division I school. TheClemsonInsider will continue to track Leggett’s wins throughout the season as he continues to move up in the rankings.
| All-Time Winningest Division I Head Coaches | ||||
| RK | Head Coach | Current/Last Team | Years | Wins |
| 1 | Gene Stephenson * | Wichita State | 34 | 1745 |
| 2 | Augie Garrido * | Texas | 40 | 1706 |
| 3 | Mike Martin * | Florida State | 32 | 1654 |
| 4 | Cliff Gustafson | Texas | 29 | 1427 |
| 5 | Mark Marquess * | Stanford | 35 | 1402 |
| 6 | Ron Polk | Mississippi State | 35 | 1373 |
| 7 | Rod Dedeaux | Southern Cal | 44 | 1342 |
| 8 | Jim Morris * | Miami (FL) | 30 | 1301 |
| 9 | Bob Bennett | Fresno State | 34 | 1300 |
| 10 | Ron Frasier | Miami (FL) | 30 | 1267 |
| 11 | Jack Stallings | Georgia Southern | 39 | 1255 |
| 12 | Larry Cochell | Oklahoma | 35 | 1235 |
| 13 | Jim Dietz | San Diego State | 31 | 1230 |
| 14 | Richard Jones | Illinois | 36 | 1214 |
| 15 | Jim Gilligan * | Lamar | 34 | 1189 |
| 16 | Jack Leggett * | Clemson | 32 | 1164 |
| 17 | Bill Wilhelm | Clemson | 36 | 1161 |
| Norm DeBriyn | Arkansas | 33 | 1161 | |
| 19 | Jack Coffey | Fordham | 47 | 1160 |
| 20 | Chuck Brayton | Washington State | 33 | 1158 |
| * – active. Records are through Sunday, April 10, 2011. | ||||
| Winningest Active Division I Head Coaches | ||||
| RK | Head Coach | Team | Years | Wins |
| 1 | Gene Stephenson | Wichita State | 34 | 1745 |
| 2 | Augie Garrido | Texas | 40 | 1706 |
| 3 | Mike Martin | Florida State | 32 | 1654 |
| 4 | Mark Marquess | Stanford | 35 | 1402 |
| 5 | Jim Morris | Miami (FL) | 30 | 1301 |
| 6 | Jim Gilligan | Lamar | 34 | 1189 |
| 7 | Jack Leggett | Clemson | 32 | 1164 |
| 8 | Pete Dunn | Stetson | 32 | 1149 |
| 9 | Ray Tanner | South Carolina | 24 | 1055 |
| 10 | John Anderson | Minnesota | 30 | 1048 |
| Records are through Sunday, April 10, 2011. | ||||
