Black College Nines takes a look at HBCU baseball’s national statistical leaders to see which teams and individuals are performing well. We researched every aspect of data from a huge collection of information to statistically see the leaders in our HBCU large school programs.
We’ve narrowed it down to ranking just the top 20 in HBCU collegiate baseball category so that you can explore the teams and breakdown of offense, fielding and pitching.
The stats coverage are complete through April 20, 2017 and we will do a final look at the end of the regular season. This coverage is focused on HBCU large schools.
TEAM (Offensively):
Overall WL PCT. Rank 18th Jackson State, 29-11 .725
Batting Average Rank 5th Jackson State, (.327)
Base On Balls(Walks) Rank 16th Grambling State, (196) 18th Jackson State (195) Hits Rank 9th Jackson State (425)
Sacrifice Bunts Rank 2nd Jackson State (50) and 15th Norfolk State (33)
Sacrifice Flies Rank 1st Jackson State (26) and 4th Bethune Cookmen (24)
Doubles Rank 19th Jackson State (80)
Triples 13th Bethune Cookmen and Jackson State, (15)
Triples Per Game Rank 17th Norfolk State (0.41)
Hit Batters Rank 4th Prairie View (54) 6th Florida A&M (53) Tied 8th Alabama State and Bethune Cookmen (52) 14th Texas Southern (49) 17th Jackson State (48) 19th Arkansas-Pine Bluff
On Base Percentage Rank 2nd Jackson State (.430)
Runs Rank 3rd Jackson State (338)
Scoring Rank 5th Jackson State(8.5)
Stolen Bases Per Game Rank 3rd Jackson State, (2.38)
Stolen Bases Rank 1st Jackson State (95) 5th Texas Southern (80) 6th Grambling State (72) 8th Norfolk State (71)
Hit By Pitch Rank 8th Jackson State (60) 18th Bethune Cookmen and Grambling State (51)
TEAM FIELDING:
Double Plays Rank 9th Prairie View (39)
Double Plays Per Game Rank 18th Texas Southern (1.03)
INDIVIDUAL:
Batting Average
Rank 12th Nazier McILwan, Coppin State, (.411) and 16th Myles Sowell, N.C. A&T (.408)
Hits Rank 12th Lamar Briggs Jackson State (60)
Doubles Rank 7th Jameel Edney, Bethune Cookmen, (17)
Triples Tied 7th Jordan Knox, Arkansas Pine Bluff, Calvin Newsome Jackson State and Demetrius Sims Bethune Cookmen (5)
Triples Per Game Rank 4th Jordan Knox, Arkansas Pine Bluff (.17)
Runs Batted In Rank 10th Jesse Santana, Jackson State (48)
Runs Batted In Per Game Rank 15th Jesse Santana, Jackson State (1.26)
On Base Percentage Rank 9th Bryce Brown, Jackson State (.517)
Base On Ball Per Game Rank 7th Kwestin Smith, Delaware State, (1.0)
Hit By Pitch Rank 11th Cody Den Beste, Prairie View (13) 19th Cornelius Copeland Jackson State (12)
Sacrifice Bunts Rank 3rd Lakon Wilson, Jackson State (10) 8th Wesley Reyes, Jackson State (9)
Sacrifice Bunts Per Game Rank 7th Lakon Wilson, Jackson State (.29) 13th Andre Moore, Norfolk State (.27) 15th Evan Regez, Delaware State (.27) 20th Joannes Diaz, Alabama A&M (.26)
Stolen Bases Rank 5th Wesley Drain, Grambling State (23) Tied 10th Bryce Brown, Jackson State and Olajide Oloruntimilehin, Texas Southern (19)
Stolen Bases Per Game Rank 5th Wesley Drain, Grambling State (.62) 9th Bryce Brown, Jackson State (.56) 12th Olajide Oloruntimilehin, Texas Southern (.54) 20th Javeayan Williams, Southern (.50)
PITCHING:
Victories Rank 3rd Devin Hemmerich, Norfolk State, (7-1) Tied 17th Jonathan Aponte, Jackson State and Michael Villanueva Texas Southern (6-1)
Games Started Rank 1st Ryan Anderson, Florida A&M and Jordan Bolden Jackson State, (11), 4th Donte Lindsey, Bethune Cookmen, (10)
Complete Games Rank 2nd Devin Hemmerich, Norfolk State, (4) 6th Jonathan Aponte, Jackson State, (3) Tied 18th Seth Oliver Texas Southern, Tyler Howe Alabama State, Jonathan Mauricio Norfolk State, Tyler Norris Bethune Cookmen, Austin Robinson Savannah State and Edgar Sanchez, Prairie View, (2)
Pitching Appearances Rank 1st Brandon Marsonek, Alabama A&M (29) 3rd Jamie Grant, Florida A&M (24) Tied 17th Jake McCort and Marcus Washburn North Carolina Central (21)
Strikeouts Rank 1st Brandon Marsonek, Alabama A&M (87) 4th Devin Hemmerich, Norfolk State, (82)
Strikeout-To-Walk Ratio 16th Devin Hemmerich, Norfolk State, (7.45)
Hit Batters Rank 2nd Owen Stubberfield, Alabama A&M, (14) 7th Seth Oliver, Texas Southern, (12) 14th Jamie Grant, Florida A&M, (11) Tied 20th JoJo Durden Florida A&M, Aubrey McCarty Florida A&M and Travis Smith Texas Southern, (10)