Clemson, ACC Baseball Championship Overview
By: trey-mccurry May 22, 2017

Here is a look at the ACC Tournament, Clemson’s history in the event and a preview of the three teams the Tigers will play this week.

Clemson, the No. 5 seed, will play No. 9 Duke on Tuesday at 7 p.m., at Louisville Slugger Field in Louisville, Ky.

 

 

 

The ACC Baseball Championship

Total Tournaments:     43 (first held in 1973 & held ever year but one, 1979, since then)

Tournaments in KY:     0

Tournaments in GA:    1

Tournaments in VA:     2

Tournaments in FL:     6

Tournaments in SC:     14

Tournaments in NC:     20

 

Clemson in the ACC Baseball Championship

Clemson Record:         110-68 in 43 previous tournaments

Record in GA:             3-2 (0 titles)

Record in VA:              2-4 (0 titles)

Record in FL:              15-10 (1 title)

Record in SC:              47-18 (6 titles)

Record in NC:              43-34 (3 titles)

 

ACC Baseball Championship Clemson Pool Play Results

2007:       Jacksonville, FL

#4 Clemson: 2-1 (#5 Miami (FL) – W, #8 Wake Forest – L, #1 Florida State – W)

2008:       Jacksonville, FL

#8 Clemson: 1-2 (#1 Miami (FL) – L, #4 NC State – L, #5 Georgia Tech – W)

2009:       Durham, NC

#3 Clemson: 1-2 (#6 Virginia – L, #7 Duke – L, #2 North Carolina – W)

2010:       Greensboro, NC

#2 Clemson: 1-2 (#7 NC State – L, #6 Virginia Tech – L, #3 Georgia Tech – W)

2011:       Durham, NC

#6 Clemson: 2-1 (#3 Georgia Tech – W, #2 Florida State – L, #7 NC State – W)

2012:       Greensboro, NC

#5 Clemson: 1-2 (#4 Virginia – L, #1 Florida State – W, #8 Georgia Tech – L)

2013:       Durham, NC

#5 Clemson: 0-3 (#4 NC State – L, #1 North Carolina – L, #8 Miami (FL) – L)

2014:       Greensboro, NC

#5 Clemson: 2-1 (#4 Duke – W, #1 Miami (FL) – W, #9 Georgia Tech – L)

2015:       Durham, NC

#5 Clemson: 1-2 (#4 Florida State – L, #1 Louisville – W, #8 North Carolina – L)

2016:       Durham, NC

#6 Clemson: 3-0 (#3 Virginia – W, #2 Louisville – W, #10 Wake Forest – W)

Championship Game: #6 Clemson 18, #4 Florida State 13

 

Worth Noting

  • Clemson and Virginia are the only two schools to appear in every single ACC Baseball Championship.
  • The Tigers 10 titles are the most all-time as they have been to the finals in 22 of the previous 43 tournaments.
  • Clemson has been the #5 seed four times in the ACC Baseball Championship, all since 2012. The Tigers are 9-9 all-time as the #5 seed.

 

Clemson vs. Pool Opponents in Tournament Play

Virginia:                      11-8 (1-2 in Pool Play)

Duke:                         9-4 (1-1 in Pool Play)

 

Team Overviews

Category                      UVA         CU         Duke

Overall Record             41-13       39-17       28-27

ACC Record                  18-12       17-13       12-18

Batting:

Average                        .325        .289        .273

Runs/Game                    8.0          6.4          6.3

Home Runs                     59           65           38

Triples                           18            6            11

Doubles                          92          109          117

Walks                            239          280          220

HBPs                              59           57           60

Strikeouts                      203          385          384

Stolen Bases                 75-89       48-66       68-86

Pitching:

ERA                              4.11        3.44        4.90

Opp. BA                        .234        .252        .253

Strikeouts                      451          518          420

Walks                            215          132          203

Fielding:

Errors                            51           63           56

Fielding %                     .975         .70         .973

 

Tiger Career Stats in the ACC Tournament

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

KJ Bryant               .667    2-1     3        2        2        0        1        1        0        2B

Reed Rohlman         .370    7-7     27      4        10      6        4        4        2        2B

Seth Beer               .273    4-4     11      3        3        3        5        3        1        3 HBP

Robert Jolly            .250    4-3     12      0        3        1        1        2        0

Chase Pinder          .188    4-4     16      4        3        7        2        3        1        3B, 2 SF

Chris Williams         .143    4-4     14      5        2        2        2        5        0        2B, 2 HBP

Andrew Cox            .000    8-4     14      1        0        0        2        3        0        SH

Jordan Greene        .000    3-2     6        2        0        0        2        3        0        SH

Adam Renwick        N/A    1-0     0        0        0        0        0        0        0

 

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

Patrick Andrews      0.00    4-0     1-0     8.1     6        0        0        3        7        .194

Pat Krall ^              1.17    6-0     2-0     7.2     5        2        1        0        4        .179

Charlie Barnes        3.00    2-1     0-0     9.0     8        4        3        3        9        .235

Alex Eubanks           7.71    2-1     0-0     4.2     6        4        4        1        5        .316

Brooks Crawford     15.00  1-1     0-0     3.0     4        5        5        3        1        .364

Paul Campbell         27.00  1-0     0-0     0.1     1        1        1        0        1        .500

Alex Schnell            40.50  1-0     0-0     0.2     2        3        3        1        0        .500

Ryley Gilliam          N/A    1-0     0-0     0.0     2        4        4        2        0        1.000

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