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Mercer (43-13)
SoCon | Rank #23 | SRS 2.83

Season Summary

Overall Performance
43-13
Record
15-6
SoCon Record
77%
Win %
2.83
SRS
28
RPI
Offensive Production
+3.2
Run Margin
11th in D1
9.1
BaseRuns/G
10th in D1
9.2
Runs/Game
5th in D1
0.320
Team AVG
6th in D1
0.420
Team OBP
5th in D1
0.424
Team wOBA
58th in D1
124
Home Runs
58th in D1
2.21
HR/Game
59th in D1
477
LOB
264th in D1
Pitching Performance
6.0
RA/Game
103rd in D1
4.60
Team ERA
71st in D1
3.72
Team FIP
35th in D1
1.39
Team WHIP
47th in D1
10.2
K/9
56th in D1
3.8
BB/9
71st in D1
62.9%
Strike %
56th in D1
Defense & Fielding
0.91
Errors/Game
92nd in D1
0.973
Fielding %
107th in D1
1.12
SB Allowed/G
44th in D1
0.09
PB/Game
43rd in D1

Season Pace

Recent Form

9-1 LAST 10
▲ W8
05/02
W
16-8
+8
@ Samford
05/03
L
0-5
-5
@ Samford
05/06
W
10-7
+3
@ Ga. Southern
05/08
W
13-2
+11
vs VMI
05/09
W
5-2
+3
vs VMI
05/10
W
11-1
+10
vs VMI
05/12
W
12-9
+3
@ Georgia Tech
05/14
W
9-7
+2
@ ETSU
05/15
W
9-7
+2
@ ETSU
05/16
W
11-6
+5
@ ETSU

Game Log (56 games)

Date H/A Opponent Result ERA OBP WHIP AVG OPS HR
02-13-2026 vs Troy W 4-3 3.38 0.294 1.62 0.226 0.649 1
02-14-2026 vs Troy W 17-5 4.50 0.538 1.50 0.471 1.450 4
02-14-2026 vs Troy L 3-19 18.00 0.447 2.75 0.323 0.770 0
02-18-2026 vs Georgia St. W 8-0 0.00 0.333 0.43 0.250 0.833 2
02-20-2026 vs Columbia W 14-8 6.00 0.533 2.00 0.382 1.180 2
02-21-2026 vs Columbia W 20-6 6.75 0.571 1.25 0.415 1.474 5
02-22-2026 vs Columbia W 5-4 3.38 0.314 1.88 0.226 0.669 1
02-24-2026 vs Florida A&M W 7-0 0.00 0.353 0.33 0.214 0.639 0
02-25-2026 vs Florida A&M W 5-1 0.00 0.353 0.75 0.120 0.473 0
02-27-2026 vs Penn W 5-4 2.25 0.421 0.62 0.371 0.907 0
02-28-2026 vs Penn W 5-3 3.38 0.353 1.38 0.333 0.807 1
03-01-2026 vs Penn W 10-5 5.62 0.425 1.75 0.378 1.074 2
03-04-2026 @ Florida St. L 5-22 18.00 0.444 2.75 0.355 0.961 1
03-06-2026 vs Alcorn W 16-4 5.14 0.605 1.86 0.485 1.483 3
03-07-2026 vs Alcorn W 10-5 0.00 0.444 1.00 0.342 0.892 1
03-08-2026 vs Alcorn W 25-2 2.57 0.600 0.86 0.333 1.193 2
03-10-2026 @ Georgia St. W 16-6 1.50 0.545 1.00 0.459 1.356 3
03-13-2026 @ Tennessee Tech W 14-11 10.00 0.446 2.44 0.392 1.152 4
03-14-2026 @ Tennessee Tech W 10-2 2.00 0.478 1.22 0.351 1.019 1
03-15-2026 @ Tennessee Tech L 10-16 12.86 0.395 2.57 0.316 0.948 2
03-17-2026 @ Florida A&M W 9-2 2.00 0.476 1.11 0.353 1.064 2
03-20-2026 vs The Citadel W 11-0 0.00 0.543 0.71 0.385 1.351 3
03-21-2026 vs The Citadel W 8-4 1.29 0.400 0.57 0.314 1.200 5
03-22-2026 vs The Citadel L 2-3 3.86 0.278 1.14 0.235 0.572 0
03-24-2026 @ West Ga. W 13-9 7.88 0.467 1.62 0.400 1.192 3
03-27-2026 @ Oregon St. L 5-7 7.20 0.222 2.20 0.152 0.677 3
03-28-2026 @ Oregon St. L 2-19 15.43 0.235 1.71 0.133 0.602 2
03-29-2026 @ Oregon St. L 1-3 0.00 0.265 1.14 0.194 0.458 0
03-31-2026 vs Kennesaw St. W 14-4 1.50 0.528 1.17 0.414 1.390 4
04-02-2026 @ UNC Greensboro L 4-5 3.86 0.359 1.29 0.219 0.609 0
04-03-2026 @ UNC Greensboro W 9-7 6.00 0.278 1.78 0.235 0.866 3
04-04-2026 @ UNC Greensboro W 15-4 5.14 0.525 1.43 0.424 1.404 3
04-07-2026 vs West Ga. W 12-1 1.29 0.471 0.57 0.357 1.328 3
04-10-2026 @ Western Caro. L 6-10 15.00 0.400 3.00 0.333 1.039 3
04-11-2026 @ Western Caro. L 9-17 15.00 0.333 3.00 0.294 1.098 5
04-12-2026 @ Western Caro. L 4-5 3.86 0.324 1.86 0.265 0.736 1
04-14-2026 @ Kennesaw St. L 9-12 10.50 0.395 2.83 0.333 0.831 1
04-17-2026 vs Towson W 9-1 0.00 0.415 0.62 0.333 1.137 4
04-18-2026 vs Towson W 6-4 3.60 0.444 0.90 0.265 0.944 2
04-19-2026 vs Towson W 8-6 2.25 0.450 1.12 0.290 1.127 4
04-21-2026 vs Alabama St. W 14-4 2.57 0.614 1.29 0.514 1.356 1
04-24-2026 vs Wofford W 9-8 5.00 0.319 1.56 0.273 0.842 2
04-25-2026 vs Wofford W 5-1 0.00 0.286 0.67 0.167 0.719 2
04-26-2026 vs Wofford W 13-8 5.62 0.452 1.88 0.343 1.052 2
04-29-2026 vs Ga. Southern W 10-9 5.14 0.425 1.29 0.303 0.970 2
05-01-2026 @ Samford W 6-3 3.38 0.390 1.00 0.342 0.943 1
05-02-2026 @ Samford W 16-8 6.75 0.386 1.62 0.325 1.136 5
05-03-2026 @ Samford L 0-5 6.43 0.314 1.57 0.200 0.581 0
05-06-2026 @ Ga. Southern W 10-7 1.12 0.364 0.88 0.243 0.796 1
05-08-2026 vs VMI W 13-2 2.57 0.471 0.71 0.400 1.571 6
05-09-2026 vs VMI W 5-2 2.00 0.378 1.22 0.258 0.733 1
05-10-2026 vs VMI W 11-1 1.29 0.444 1.00 0.394 1.384 5
05-12-2026 @ Georgia Tech W 12-9 2.25 0.370 1.25 0.275 0.945 3
05-14-2026 @ ETSU W 9-7 7.88 0.429 1.62 0.333 1.012 2
05-15-2026 @ ETSU W 9-7 9.00 0.371 2.14 0.333 1.038 3
05-16-2026 @ ETSU W 11-6 6.00 0.489 1.33 0.368 1.095 2

ERA/WHIP = pitching stats  |  OBP/AVG/OPS = batting stats  |  HR = home runs hit  |  SRS = schedule-adjusted run margin

Batting Roster

PLAYER ⇅ POS ⇅ G ⇅ AB ⇅ R ⇅ H ⇅ 2B ⇅ 3B ⇅ HR ⇅ RBI ⇅ BB ⇅ K ⇅ SB ⇅ AVG ⇅ OBP ⇅ OPS ⇅ WOBA ⇅
Chris Katz OF 59 220 82 85 18 1 23 74 51 26 2 0.386 0.510 1.301 0.661
Eli Stephens C 54 187 48 70 8 1 20 64 35 55 1 0.374 0.476 1.225 0.615
Braydon Kersey INF/RHP 56 206 50 67 11 0 21 67 37 62 9 0.325 0.438 1.122 0.574
Titan Kamaka INF 55 206 42 81 22 3 7 47 29 36 5 0.393 0.475 1.106 0.584
Logan Shepherd INF 59 229 70 71 13 1 18 54 47 66 0 0.310 0.449 1.060 0.537
Kaleb Huffman 1B/OF 30 41 9 10 4 0 2 9 12 17 0 0.244 0.475 0.963 0.492
Brant Baughcum 3B 58 220 55 70 14 0 11 52 22 28 7 0.318 0.414 0.946 0.479
Dylan LaPointe C 58 193 47 52 8 1 14 43 19 54 0 0.269 0.389 0.928 0.462
Gabe Gonzalez C 22 17 3 5 2 0 0 4 7 4 0 0.294 0.500 0.912 0.491
Drew Johnson OF 31 50 7 15 3 0 1 6 17 20 1 0.300 0.478 0.898 0.459
Michael Graziano OF 52 189 55 55 17 0 7 34 27 46 3 0.291 0.387 0.879 0.472
Nathan Rowland C/OF 46 33 15 9 2 0 1 6 4 18 4 0.273 0.447 0.871 0.409
Devyn McEachron INF 35 99 23 25 2 0 3 17 16 24 3 0.253 0.370 0.734 0.361
Parker Dastou INF 18 15 6 4 0 0 0 6 3 2 2 0.267 0.389 0.656 0.312
Ethan Buffone INF 35 80 13 18 2 0 2 13 9 26 0 0.225 0.300 0.625 0.320
Greyson Gegg OF 20 16 3 4 0 0 0 4 2 8 0 0.250 0.368 0.618 0.273
Luca Perriello C 8 7 4 1 0 0 0 2 3 3 0 0.143 0.455 0.598 0.298
Collin Ewaldsen RHP/OF 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0.000 0.500 0.500 0.350

Pitching Staff

PLAYER ⇅ APP ⇅ GS ⇅ W-L ⇅ SV ⇅ SHO ⇅ QS ⇅ IP ⇅ H ⇅ ER ⇅ BB ⇅ K ⇅ ERA ⇅ WHIP ⇅ K/9 ⇅ BAA ⇅
Cooper Culberson 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 1 1 0.00 3.00 90.0 0.000
Wyatt Mummert 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.00 9.0 0.000
Caden Alvey 8 0 0-0 0 0 0 4.2 6 1 1 6 1.93 1.50 12.9 0.300
Jess Ackerman 24 3 3-2 2 0 0 53.1 40 21 31 83 3.54 1.33 14.1 0.211
Collin Ewaldsen 23 3 4-1 1 0 0 24.2 30 11 14 28 4.01 1.78 10.4 0.291
Lawson Cole 20 0 2-0 0 0 0 28.0 29 13 9 18 4.18 1.36 5.8 0.261
Garrett Lambert 15 15 5-1 0 0 1 71.0 58 34 29 90 4.31 1.23 11.4 0.217
Andrew Garnett 26 0 4-0 1 0 0 35.0 29 19 14 44 4.89 1.23 11.3 0.228
Braydon Kersey 20 3 2-0 6 0 0 20.0 20 11 5 26 4.95 1.25 11.7 0.260
Reid Fagerstrom 27 2 5-1 1 0 0 26.1 28 15 18 31 5.13 1.75 10.7 0.259
Kai Decker 14 3 2-1 0 0 0 18.2 18 12 15 21 5.79 1.77 10.4 0.250
Jeb Johnson 18 10 3-4 0 0 0 51.1 63 35 24 42 6.14 1.69 7.4 0.306
Miguel Hugas 16 15 9-2 0 0 3 77.1 86 53 24 52 6.17 1.42 6.1 0.286
Aidan Hayse 15 0 1-1 0 0 0 10.0 7 8 13 16 7.20 2.00 14.4 0.189
Ismael Borrero 10 0 1-0 0 0 0 13.2 19 11 7 18 7.24 1.90 12.3 0.317
Michael Strickland 3 0 0-0 0 0 0 2.1 1 2 3 3 7.71 1.71 12.9 0.100
Jackson Gaspard 17 2 0-1 0 0 0 19.0 25 17 9 14 8.05 1.79 6.6 0.305
Caleb Hughes 14 3 3-1 0 0 0 19.1 22 18 5 22 8.38 1.40 10.4 0.278
Riley Cruce 9 0 0-0 0 0 0 8.1 15 8 1 11 8.64 1.92 12.2 0.366
Dalton Biggs 8 0 0-0 0 0 0 8.0 17 8 4 5 9.00 2.63 5.6 0.425
Nick Staszak 9 0 0-0 0 0 0 5.2 14 16 5 6 25.41 3.35 10.4 0.467
Mercer D1 Average Below Avg
Offensive Production
AVG 0.320avg 0.269
OBP 0.420avg 0.352
SLG 0.575avg 0.420
OPS 0.995avg 0.772
HR/Game 2.21avg 1.00
Runs/Game 9.2avg 6.3
Pitching & Defense
ERA 4.60avg 6.13
WHIP 1.39avg 1.70
K/9 10.2avg 9.6
BB/9 3.8avg 4.6
Strike % 62.9%avg 59.0%
Err/Game 0.91avg 1.04
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