Went to the VU website and started pulling stats for players who have played large chunks of multiple seasons under Mike Baxter the last 4-5 years. I know it has been talked about quite a bit already, but just to see how many players have not improved over their careers or even gotten worse the more they have been coached by Baxter is quite unsettling.
The stats are .AVG/.OBP/SLUGGING. I didnt input stats for years where they barely played.
Enrique Bradfield - Dropped in avg and obp all 3 years with a slight bump in slugging final year.
Freshman .336/.451/.414
Sophomore .317/.415/.410
Junior .279/.410/.429
Jack Bulger - Dropped in avg and obp all 3 years with a slight bump in slugging from soph to junior year
Freshman .274/.369/.414
Sophomore .269/.363/.348
Junior .240/.348/.370
Parker Noland - Very minimal increases.
SO .260/.336/.407
JR .274/.363/.445
SR .277/.367/.455
Calvin Hewett - Drops across the board
SO .329/.437/.494
JR .243/.329/.324
Troy LeNeve - Stats dropped off from SO to SR year.
SO .286/.326/.583
JR .176/.310/.353
SR .262/.326/.500
RJ Schreck - Stats lower at VU in his grad year than they were his last healthy year at Duke. Also got worse as the season went on the longer he was coached by Baxter
JR .337/.435/.635
SR .288/.401/.486 (played injured)
GR .306/.454/.588
Tate Kolwyck - Stats dropped off
JR .290/.371/.507
SR .269/.330/.482
Dominic Keegan - Bucked the trend!
JR .345/.427/.638
SR .371/.458/.646
Jayson Gonzalez - AVG dropped 77 points from JR to SR year, but slugging did go up.
SO .225/.287/.280
JR .357/.471/.391
SR .280/.446/.497
Harrison Ray - Stats increased for a couple of years before plummeting back down to near freshman levels his senior year.
FR .244/.333/.333
SO .242/.307/.385
JR .276/.358/.397
SR .242/.347/.355
The stats are .AVG/.OBP/SLUGGING. I didnt input stats for years where they barely played.
Enrique Bradfield - Dropped in avg and obp all 3 years with a slight bump in slugging final year.
Freshman .336/.451/.414
Sophomore .317/.415/.410
Junior .279/.410/.429
Jack Bulger - Dropped in avg and obp all 3 years with a slight bump in slugging from soph to junior year
Freshman .274/.369/.414
Sophomore .269/.363/.348
Junior .240/.348/.370
Parker Noland - Very minimal increases.
SO .260/.336/.407
JR .274/.363/.445
SR .277/.367/.455
Calvin Hewett - Drops across the board
SO .329/.437/.494
JR .243/.329/.324
Troy LeNeve - Stats dropped off from SO to SR year.
SO .286/.326/.583
JR .176/.310/.353
SR .262/.326/.500
RJ Schreck - Stats lower at VU in his grad year than they were his last healthy year at Duke. Also got worse as the season went on the longer he was coached by Baxter
JR .337/.435/.635
SR .288/.401/.486 (played injured)
GR .306/.454/.588
Tate Kolwyck - Stats dropped off
JR .290/.371/.507
SR .269/.330/.482
Dominic Keegan - Bucked the trend!
JR .345/.427/.638
SR .371/.458/.646
Jayson Gonzalez - AVG dropped 77 points from JR to SR year, but slugging did go up.
SO .225/.287/.280
JR .357/.471/.391
SR .280/.446/.497
Harrison Ray - Stats increased for a couple of years before plummeting back down to near freshman levels his senior year.
FR .244/.333/.333
SO .242/.307/.385
JR .276/.358/.397
SR .242/.347/.355
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