The summer is coming to a close and Tennessee baseball players are returning to campus for the start of the fall semester after being spread across the country playing in different baseball leagues this summer.
Eighteen different Vols played in summer leagues the past months including key players Christian Moore and Blake Burke.
Let’s take a look at how Tennessee players performed across the country this summer.
Cape Cod League
LHP Wyatt Evans – Chatham Anglers
6 APP, 4 GS, 1-3, 5.89 ERA, 18.1 IP, 12 R, 12 ER, 19 H, 10 BB, 20 K, 1.58 WHIP
Earned Cape Cod Pitcher of the Week honors on July 26.
Second baseman/left fielder Christian Moore – Hyannis Harbor Hawks
22 GP, .176 AVG, 6 R, 13 H, 2 2B, 1 3B, 8 RBI, 10 BB, 1 SB, .267 OBP, .230 SLG
Appalachian League
OF Kyle Booker – Kingsport Axmen
29 GP, .310 AVG, 27 R, 31 H, 7 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 24 RBI, 19 BB, 8 SB, .425 OBP, .430 SLG
Helped lead the Axmen to an Appalachian League championship.
INF/OF Ethan Payne – Johnson City Doughboys
30 GP, .207 AVG, 21 R, 19 H, 4 2B, 1 HR, 11 RBI, 23 BB, 2 SB, .398 OBP, .283 SLG
California Collegiate League (Wood bat league)
1B Blake Burke – Heraldsburg Prune Packers
34 GP, .308 AVG, 27 R, 33 H, 6 2B, 6 HR, 37 RBI, 14 BB, 1 SB, .407 OBP, .523 SLG
Helped lead the Prune Packers to a California Collegiate League Championship.
OF Hunter Ensley – Santa Barbara Foresters
25 GP, .395 AVG, 16 R, 34 H, 4 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 19 RBI, 8 BB, 11 SB, .535 SLG, .465 OBP
RHP Hollis Fanning – Walnut Creek Crawdads
10 APP, 7 GS, 2-4, 0 SV, 3.42 ERA, 52.2 IP, 24 R, 17 ER, 44 H, 4 BB, 33 K, 1.18 WHIP
OF/1B Kavares Tears – Walnut Creek Crawdads
33 GP, .244 AVG, 18 R, 29 H, 5 2B, 4 HR, 24 RBI, 14 BB, 5 SB, .387 SLG, .326 OBP
Coastal Plain League
INF Angus Pence – Forest City Owls
31 GP, .245 AVG, 15 R, 26 H, 5 2B, 15 RBI, 7 BB, 3 SB, .303 OBP, .287 SLG
New England Collegiate League
Utility Logan Chambers – Martha’s Vineyard Sharks
32 GP, .378 AVG, 33 R, 45 H, 4 2B, 1 3B, 5 HR, 27 RBI, 24 BB, 3 SB, .497 OBP, .534 SLG
Helped lead the Vineyard Sharks to the league championship with a go-ahead home run in the eighth inning of the championship game.
C Charlie Taylor – North Shore Navigators
21 GP, .197 AVG, 5 R, 12 H, 1 HR, 7 RBI, 7 BB, 2 SB .300 OBP, .246 SLG
Ohio Valley League
C Ryan Miller – Full Count Rhythm
30 GP, .252 AVG, 29 R, 28 H, 5 2B, 6 HR, 21 RBI, 25 BB, .459 SLG, .418 OBP
Prospect League
RHP/C Andrew Kribbs – Johnstown Mill Rats
Batting: 44 GP, .165 AVG, 16 R, 16 H, 3 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 14 RBI, 15 BB, .277 OBP, .278 SLG
Pitching: 11 APP, 4 GS, 2-2, 0 SV, 9.22 ERA, 27.1 IP, 34 R, 28 ER, 36 H, 25 BB, 26 K
LHP Drew Patterson – Alton River Dragons
2 APP, 0 GS, 1-1, 0 SV, 10.38 ERA, 4.1 IP, 5 R, 5 ER, 8 H, 1 BB, 3 K
Rocky Mountain Baseball League
LHP Jake Fitzgibbons, infielder Austen Jaslove and LHP Kaleb Meredith played for the Hays Larks. Stats were not available.
Sunbelt Baseball League
LHP Zander Sechrist – Gainesville Gol’Diggers
5 APP, 5 GS, 2-0, 0 SV, 1.02 ERA, 26.1 IP, 3 R, 3 ER, 17 H, 1 BB, 28 K, 0.68 WHIP
The Gol’Diggers claimed the league title behind a strong Sechrist start in the championship game.
