ACC Tournament Overview
By: clemson May 20, 2015

By Trey McCurry.

DURHAM, NC – Clemson begins play Wednesday at 11 in this year’s ACC Baseball Tournament.  TCI gives an overview of  the ACC Tournament.

 

 

 

The ACC Baseball Championship

Tournaments:             41 (first held in 1973 & held ever year but one, 1979, since then)

Tournaments in NC:    18 (including the 2015 ACC Tournament)

In Durham:                  9 (including the 2015 ACC Tournament)

 

ACC Baseball Championship in Durham

1984:       Location: Durham Athletic Park

              Championship: North Carolina 9, Georgia Tech 4

              Clemson: 2-2 (Duke – L, Virginia – W, Maryland – W, North Carolina – L)

1986:       Location: Durham Athletic Park

              Championship: Georgia Tech 9, NC State 6

              Clemson: 2-2 (Wake Forest – W, Georgia Tech – L, Maryland – W, NC State – L)

1996:       Location: Durham Bulls Athletic Park

              Championship: Virginia 12, Florida State 1

              Clemson: 2-2 * (Duke – W, Georgia Tech – W, Virginia – L, Florida State – L)

1998:       Location: Durham Bulls Athletic Park

              Championship: Wake Forest 6, Florida State 3

              Clemson: 0-2 (North Carolina – L, Georgia Tech – L)

1999:       Location: Durham Bulls Athletic Park

              Championship: Wake Forest 8, Clemson 4

              Clemson: 3-2 (NC State – W, Wake Forest – L, Maryland – W, Florida State – W, Wake Forest – L)

2009:       Location: Durham Bulls Athletic Park

              Championship: Virginia 6, Florida State 3

              Clemson: 1-2 (Virginia – L, Duke – L, North Carolina – W)

2011:       Location: Durham Bulls Athletic Park

              Championship: Virginia 7, Florida State 2

              Clemson: 2-1 (Georgia Tech – W, Florida State – L, NC State – W)

2013:       Location: Durham Bulls Athletic Park

              Championship: North Carolina 4, Virginia Tech 1

              Clemson: 0-3 (NC State – L, North Carolina – L, Miami (FL) – L)

* – First two games were played at Boshamer Stadium in Chapel Hill due to rain.

 

Clemson in the ACC Baseball Championship

Clemson Record:         105-66 in 41 previous tournaments

Record at Durham:      10-16 (6-12 at Durham Bulls Athletic Park)

Clemson record in NC: 38-32 (2 titles)

Leggett in ACCT:         41-38 (2 titles, 7 title game appearances)

Leggett in Durham:     8-12 (1 title game appearance)

 

Worth Noting

  • Clemson and Virginia are the only two schools to appear in every single ACC Tournament.
  • The Tigers nine titles are tied, with Georgia Tech, for the most all-time as they have been to the finals in 21 of the previous 41 tournaments.
  • In the 18 previous tournaments held in the state of North Carolina, Clemson is 10-16 in eight tournaments in Durham, 17-9 in five tournaments in Chapel Hill (with one title), 4-5 in three tournaments in Greensboro, and 7-2 in two tournaments in Raleigh (with one title).
  • Jack Leggett is the only coach in ACC history to have won a tournament championship as a first-year coach (1994).

 

Clemson vs. Pool Opponents in Tournament Play

Florida State:              9-11 (6-10 under Leggett/1-2 in Durham, 1-2 at DBAP)

Louisville:                   0-0 (First season in ACC)

North Carolina:           16-12 (4-4 under Leggett/1-3 in Durham, 1-2 at DBAP)

Virginia Tech:             0-1 (0-1 under Leggett/Never faced in Durham)

 

Team Overviews

Category                     Lville       FSU          CU         UNC         VT

Overall Record             42-14       37-19       31-25       32-22       27-26

ACC Record                  25-5        17-13       16-13       13-16       13-16

Batting:

Average                        .275        .258        .289        .265        .266

Runs/Game                   5.5          6.9          6.5          5.5          5.7

Home Runs                    29           53           35           33           35

Triples                           12            5            12           11           14

Doubles                        101          99          105          81           92

Walks                            235          338          257          280          223

HBPs                              57           81           43           47           49

Strikeouts                     369          477          393          337          403

Stolen Bases               117-153     50-66       59-81       76-99       27-37

Pitching:

ERA                              2.65        3.95        3.99        3.54        5.21

Opp. BA                        .208        .260        .253        .246        .276

Strikeouts                     509          500          455          457          388

Walks                            212          191          181          199          220

Fielding:

Errors                            74           81           86           58           62

Fielding %                     .966        .963        .960        .970        .969

 

Tiger Career Stats in the ACC Tournament

Player                             AVG   G-S     AB      R        H       RBI     BB      K        Other

Mike Triller            .400    3-2     5        0        2        2        0        1        SH, 1-1 SB

Maleeke Gibson      .333    3-3     15      2        5        1        0        1        HBP, 1-2 SB

Chris Okey             .300    3-3     10      2        3        0        2        1        1-1 SB

Steven Duggar        .296    6-6     27      2        8        4        1        10      2B, 3B

Tyler Slaton           .167    7-4     12      1        2        0        4        3        HBP, SH, 0-1 SB

Tyler Krieger          .136    6-6     22      0        3        3        5        5        2B, SH, 3-3 SB

Weston Wilson       .111    3-3     9        2        1        0        1        3

Andrew Cox           .000    2-0     1        0        0        0        0        0

 

Player                             ERA    G-S     W-L    IP       H       R        ER      BB      SO      OBA

Patrick Andrews     0.00    3-0     1-0     5.0     4        0        0        2        6        .211

Clay Bates              0.00    1-0     0-0     0.1     1        0        0        0        0        .500

Matthew Crownover   2.35    1-1     1-0     7.2     5        2        2        1        9        .185

Zack Erwin             3.38    2-1     0-0     5.1     5        2        2        3        3        .238

Clate Schmidt        4.66    2-2     0-2     9.2     11      5        5        3        6        .282

Drew Moyer           6.75    2-0     1-0     1.1     0        1        1        2        0        .000

Kevin Pohle            18.00  1-1     0-1     2.0     6        4        4        0        1        .545