One final look at the numbers leading to FHS baseball 3-peat
With top-10 national rankings, a final 40-5 record that included a perfect mark against in-state competition (29-0) and a program threepeat as TSSAA Division I-Class 4A baseball state champions — giving the Farragut program a state-best 13 all-time — let’s take a final look at other team and individual numbers that helped make the difference for the Admirals in 2024.
Other team stats
Ending the season on a 23-game winning streak, the Admirals also were victorious in 36 of their final 37 games. Farragut also was 4-0 against top teams from Alabama, 3-0 versus stellar foes from Kentucky, 2-1 against top Florida competition and 1-0 versus North Carolina.
While the collective team batting average was .376 — scoring an average of 9.6 runs per game — Admirals pitchers combined for a 2.25 earned-run average while allowing just 2.7 runs per game. Fielding percentage was .962. (47 errors committed in 45 games).
Individual stats
(Batting average) Eli Evans. 484, Lukas Buckner .442, Landis Davila .441, Jake Merrick .432, Michael Delph .372, Brennon Seigler .347, Charlie Bozeman .310, Gavin Brewer .304, Mason Grube .294 and Cole Draper .275.
(Hits) Buckner 68, Evans 60, Davila 60, Merrick 57, Seigler 52, Delph 51. (Homers) Evans 13, Bozeman 9, Merrick 6, Delph 5, Brewer 5, Buckner 4. (RBI) Evans 67, Merrick 55, Buckner 50, Delph 44, Brewer 40, Davila 39 and Bozeman 38.
(Runs scored) Buckner 63, Davila 51, Merrick 50, Evans 49, Bozeman 44, Seigler 38. (Stolen bases) Davila 19, Seigler 18 and Buckner 17.
(Pitching record, ERA) Draper 8-1, 1.41; Braylon Hall 7-0, 1.41; Cade O’Leary 7-0, 2.21; Stratton Scott 5-0, 1.92; Delph 5-2, 1.78; Ryan Wallace 3-1, 2.75; and Braxton Lewis 2-0, 2.92. (Saves) Lewis 3, Delph 3, Scott 2, Hall 2 and Brodie Roberts 2. (Strikeouts/innings pitched) O’Leary 56 (31 2/3 innings), Delph 53 (43 1/3), Draper 52 (44 2/3) and Scott 42 (43 2/3).
