By the Numbers: Harvard Baseball

After a 3-18 start to the season, the Harvard baseball team (8-24, 5-7 Ivy League) has won five of its last ten games against Ivy League competition. The Back Page looks inside the numbers to see what have been the main reasons for the team’s success in the past couple of weeks.

.444 … The team’s winning percentage at home, versus a .143 winning percentage on the road. The team has won half of its Ivy League games (four of eight) in Cambridge.

56 … Runs the team has scored in its eight wins versus only 50 runs in its 24 losses. The difference has been stark; the team has scored nearly five more runs per game in victories than defeats.

.356/.354/.710 … The team’s OBP/SLG/OPS splits in conference play (compared to .333/.305/.638 splits overall).

59 … Hits by the team in the last six games after posting only 31 in a six-game stretch earlier in the season (March 8-17).

.394 … The on-base percentage for utility infielder and outfielder Mike Martin, who has drawn 14 walks in 79 at-bats.

7 … Runs batted in by sophomore outfielder Tanner Anderson in the past eight days, who has recorded a hit in seven of the nine games the team has played in April.

1 … Senior who has thrown more than 10 innings for the Crimson so far this year (Jordan Haviland).