2009 Texas Longhorns baseball team


The 2009 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at UFCU Disch–Falk Field. Texas finished the regular season as the #1 team in the Big 12 Conference and the #5 team nationally. The Longhorns won the 2009 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament to earn an automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, defeating the Missouri Tigers 12–7 in the final. Texas was selected as the #1 seed in the Austin Super Regional, and as the #1 National Seed overall. Texas went 5–1 in the Regionals, with their one loss coming to TCU in the Super Regional. They defeated the Horned Frogs in the regional final to advance to the College World Series, marking their 32nd appearance all-time, and first since 2005.
The Longhorns defeated Southern Miss and Arizona State, beating the Sun Devils twice, to advance to the finals of the College World Series, where they faced the LSU Tigers. The Tigers were 8–0 at that point in the tournament, going 5–0 in the Baton Rouge Super Regional, and defeating Virginia and Arkansas to advance to the final. The Tigers became National Champions after defeating the Longhorns 11–4 in a decisive Game 3.

Previous Season

In 2008, Texas finished the season ranked at #25 nationally with a record of 37–24, going 15–12 in Big 12 play to claim sole possession of fifth place in the Big 12 Conference. The Longhorns were invited to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament as an at-large bid, and were placed in the Houston Super Regional as the #2 seed in the Houston Regional. Texas defeated Sam Houston State and St. John's in the first two rounds, but were ousted by Super Regional host Rice in the Regional Final.

Roster

Schedule

2009 Texas Longhorns Baseball Schedule http://www.texassports.com/sports/m-basebl/archive/tex-m-basebl-sched-2008.html

Rankings

PollPre-
season
Feb.
23
Mar.
2
Mar.
9
Mar.
16
Mar.
23
Mar.
30
Apr.
6
Apr.
13
Apr.
20
Apr.
27
May
4
May
11
May
18
May
25
June
2
June
8
Final
Poll
USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll *-----------------2
Baseball America 442119999588655442
Collegiate Baseball ^108442171414116168665452
NCBWA 8743299962108765452

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
* Only the final Coaches' poll from the 2009 season is currently available.

Statistics

Below are the player statistics for the 2009 Texas Longhorns baseball team.

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; OBP = On-base percentage; SLG = Slugging percentage; BB = walks; K = Strikeouts; HBP = Hit by pitches
PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGOBPSLGBBKHBP
632354776173843.323.425.52340375
652134665171946.305.405.52131556
632453673112533.298.356.42021274
652665279122330.297.385.391263112
6321646631301146.292.387.50531533
67233346781030.288.369.33027286
521612445130327.280.365.41620304
63195335472840.277.330.45614453
551502739132221.260.362.41319306
110100001.0001.0001.000000
1942131340011.310.491.4051550
3699102700012.273.327.273990
1415640002.267.313.267140
4484102250414.262.406.46417134
59311160004.194.342.1941106
5447782003.170.278.2136151
130300000.0001.000.000100

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGOBPSLGBBKHBP
Totals6722334056421221353362.288.377.42527939261
Opponents672258249512651646221.227.300.33118955653

Pitching

Note: W–L = Wins–Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games played; GS = Games started; CG = Complete games; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; HR = Home runs allowed; BAA = Batting average against
PlayerW–LERAGGSCGSVIPHRERBBSOHRBAA
11–32.0025101094.2652721351011.193
6–12.6141001586.168282518743.219
10–23.32251832124.210957462511515.230
5–33.34212010110.1984541348512.241
3–53.4820131075.058382928827.210
4–02.111210021.123956130.291
8–22.282650159.140191528591.189
1–02.531300010.21573223.357
1–03.521000015.117760122.293
1–05.681100012.217987122.321
0–010.1230002.2233610.222

PlayerW-LERAGGSCGSVIPHRERBBSOHRBAA
Totals50–162.956767618613.051224920118955646.227
Opponents16–505.20676748589.264240534127939253.288

Fielding

Note: PO = Putouts; A = Assists; E = Errors; FLD% = Fielding percentage; DPs = Double plays; SBA = Stolen bases attempted; CS = Caught stealing; CS% = Caught stealing percentage; PB = Passed balls; CI = Catcher's interference
PlayerPOAEFLD%DPsSBACSCS%PBCI
46001.000000---00
25001.000000---00
71701.000261.85700
41401.000094.69200
4901.000100---00
2601.000032.60000
8001.000000---00
2401.000200---00
1201.000000---00
0101.000000---00
197132.9918164.80010
569367.9895100---00
443336.98842712.692111
12842.985300---00
8722.978000---00
1101848.9744800---00
7211.966263.66700
8618210.9643900---00
7131.952013.25000
5803.951000---00
12957.939800---00
1262.931183.72700
381.917272.77800
30498.908700---00
181.900000---00
151.857031.75000
000.000000---00

PlayerPOAEFLD%DPsSBACSCS%PBCI
Totals183973262.976654319.694121
Opponents176976979.970617425.74794

MLB Draft

The following members of the 2009 Texas Longhorns baseball team were eventually selected in the Major League Baseball Draft.