Being retired, my life consists of my wife and I going to doctor/dentist appointments, grocery shopping, credit union and the post office.  I didn't want to pull weeds or stack firewood today so I decided I would do an in-depth look at the Ducks five playoff games.  Listed below are the infielders/outfielders who played and how many games.
Anson Aroz          5
Bryce Boettcher   5
Carter Garate       5
Maddox Malony    5
Chase Meggers    5
Mason Neville       5
Drew Smith           5
Bennett Thompson 5
Jacob Walsh         5
Justin Cassella      3
Jack Brooks           2
Ryan Cooney         1
Dominic Hellman    1
PITCHERS - games played and number of pitches
R. J. Gordon           2     219
Grayson Grinsell     2     199
Kevin Seitter           1      128
Logan Mercado       2      121
Brock Moore            2      74
Ryan Featherstone  2      64
Turner Spoljaric        2      28
Cole Stokes             1      21
Jaxson Jordan         1      19
That equals 13 infielder/outfielder players and 9 pitchers for 22 players.  In an earlier post, I mentioned that the NCAA limits roster's to 27.  So five players on the roster did not play.  How many were pitchers?  I tried searching to see what players made the final roster but didn't find anything.  Pitchers Gordon, Grinsell and Seitter are all starters, so Coach Waz went with only six relievers in five playoff games.  Hard to believe there wasn't a guy or two in the bullpen who could throw a few pitches instead of the relievers who couldn't find the plate. Ok, on to the games.
Game one   Ducks 5  San Diego 4 (11)  Ducks played 9 players and 3 pitchers. Total number of pitches thrown by Oregon was 178.  San Diego used 6 pitchers and threw 153 pitches.
Game two  Ducks 2  UCSB 1  Ducks played 11 players and 2 pitchers.  Oregon threw 150 pitches.  UCSB used 4 pitchers and they threw 135 pitches.
Game three   Ducks 3  UCSB 0  Ducks played 9 players and 1 pitcher.  Oregon threw 128 pitches.  UCSB used 3 pitchers and they threw 124 pitches.
Game four  Texas A&M 10 Oregon 6  Ducks played 9 players and 4 pitchers.  Oregon threw 195 pitches and Texas A&M threw 152 pitches.
Game five  Texas A&M 15  Oregon 9  Ducks played 13 players and 5 pitchers.  Oregon threw 212 pitches and Texas A&M threw 177 pitches.
In Oregon's five playoff games, Duck pitchers threw a whopping 863 pitches! The opposition threw 741. In the five games, Duck pitchers averaged 172.3 pitches per game.  The opposition average 148.1 per game.  Oregon's hitting and fielding were pretty good this past season, but the pitching has got a long ways to go before the Ducks can be a legitimate contender. One final note:  Dominic Hellman only played the last game.  He was the DH and these are his stats:  At bat 4 times, scored a run, had three hits, two rbi's, one walk and one strike out.  Why the heck wasn't he in the lineup every game?  Ok, time to pull some weeds and stack firewood. 

 

Last edited by bedupivi (6/13/2024 4:56 pm)