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Northwestern (21-31)
Big Ten | Rank #185 | SRS 0.04

Season Summary

Overall Performance
21-31
Record
8-22
Big Ten Record
40%
Win %
0.04
SRS
150
RPI
Offensive Production
-1.7
Run Margin
253rd in D1
5.8
BaseRuns/G
236th in D1
5.8
Runs/Game
237th in D1
0.265
Team AVG
226th in D1
0.344
Team OBP
247th in D1
0.345
Team wOBA
169th in D1
70
Home Runs
105th in D1
1.35
HR/Game
98th in D1
353
LOB
8th in D1
Pitching Performance
7.5
RA/Game
233rd in D1
6.55
Team ERA
243rd in D1
5.23
Team FIP
225th in D1
1.74
Team WHIP
242nd in D1
10.1
K/9
65th in D1
4.8
BB/9
204th in D1
60.3%
Strike %
226th in D1
Defense & Fielding
0.79
Errors/Game
39th in D1
0.978
Fielding %
32nd in D1
1.31
SB Allowed/G
66th in D1
0.19
PB/Game
167th in D1

Season Pace

Recent Form

4-6 LAST 10
▼ L1
05/01
L
2-9
-7
vs Indiana
05/02
W
7-4
+3
vs Indiana
05/03
W
9-6
+3
vs Indiana
05/05
W
7-1
+6
vs Illinois St.
05/08
L
0-12
-12
@ Illinois
05/09
L
3-4
-1
@ Illinois
05/10
L
3-10
-7
@ Illinois
05/14
L
5-8
-3
vs Rutgers
05/15
W
7-6
+1
vs Rutgers
05/16
L
9-15
-6
vs Rutgers

Game Log (52 games)

Date H/A Opponent Result ERA OBP WHIP AVG OPS HR
02-13-2026 @ Rice L 2-3 0.00 0.333 1.00 0.250 0.708 1
02-13-2026 @ Rice L 6-7 7.88 0.314 1.38 0.273 0.860 3
02-15-2026 @ Rice W 17-6 9.00 0.548 1.50 0.424 1.426 5
02-20-2026 @ Cornell W 13-5 5.00 0.467 1.78 0.368 1.098 1
02-21-2026 @ Cornell W 6-5 2.70 0.408 1.00 0.216 0.678 0
02-21-2026 vs Boston College W 5-4 3.38 0.265 1.25 0.219 0.733 1
02-22-2026 @ Boston College W 8-5 4.50 0.391 1.88 0.200 0.591 0
02-27-2026 @ Georgia Tech L 3-17 24.75 0.323 4.25 0.250 0.751 1
02-28-2026 @ Georgia Tech L 3-13 18.00 0.324 3.00 0.303 0.748 1
03-01-2026 @ Georgia Tech L 6-14 10.50 0.350 2.17 0.278 0.711 0
03-06-2026 vs South Dakota St. L 4-5 3.86 0.235 1.29 0.188 0.610 1
03-07-2026 @ Omaha W 9-6 6.75 0.368 1.50 0.273 0.944 1
03-08-2026 vs UNLV L 5-10 4.00 0.314 1.22 0.273 0.769 0
03-10-2026 vs UIC L 3-3 0.00 0.333 2.00 0.294 0.892 1
03-13-2026 vs Southern California L 1-15 18.00 0.160 2.29 0.125 0.410 1
03-14-2026 vs Southern California L 0-2 2.25 0.103 1.12 0.071 0.175 0
03-14-2026 vs Southern California W 2-1 1.12 0.265 1.25 0.138 0.472 0
03-20-2026 @ Oregon L 6-20 12.00 0.387 2.33 0.174 0.865 2
03-21-2026 @ Oregon L 4-6 7.71 0.257 1.57 0.212 0.590 1
03-22-2026 @ Oregon W 11-10 8.18 0.418 2.18 0.333 1.002 3
03-23-2026 @ Portland L 3-8 4.50 0.297 1.17 0.257 0.669 1
03-27-2026 @ Washington L 2-7 9.00 0.226 2.43 0.200 0.592 1
03-28-2026 @ Washington W 10-9 10.12 0.395 2.12 0.333 0.985 2
03-29-2026 @ Washington L 2-7 1.29 0.176 1.29 0.152 0.480 1
03-31-2026 vs Valparaiso W 13-9 10.12 0.465 1.75 0.361 1.215 3
04-03-2026 vs Michigan St. L 1-5 5.62 0.156 1.50 0.156 0.375 0
04-04-2026 vs Michigan St. W 10-9 9.00 0.400 2.67 0.357 1.043 3
04-05-2026 vs Michigan St. W 8-6 6.75 0.389 2.25 0.312 1.076 3
04-08-2026 @ UIC W 15-4 6.00 0.537 1.83 0.486 1.537 5
04-10-2026 vs Purdue L 3-11 11.25 0.289 2.62 0.250 0.539 0
04-11-2026 vs Purdue L 2-3 1.80 0.300 1.30 0.263 0.668 1
04-12-2026 vs Purdue L 3-8 9.00 0.229 2.14 0.182 0.532 1
04-14-2026 vs UIC W 12-11 5.14 0.400 1.14 0.314 1.086 3
04-17-2026 @ Michigan L 6-7 7.88 0.359 1.75 0.242 0.814 2
04-18-2026 @ Michigan L 3-8 5.14 0.324 1.86 0.306 0.658 0
04-19-2026 @ Michigan L 1-2 2.57 0.133 1.71 0.037 0.170 0
04-21-2026 vs Bradley W 11-6 6.75 0.389 1.75 0.353 1.036 3
04-22-2026 vs St. Thomas (MN) W 15-5 6.43 0.513 1.86 0.387 0.997 0
04-24-2026 @ Minnesota L 1-13 19.80 0.310 3.80 0.231 0.656 0
04-25-2026 @ Minnesota L 3-7 6.75 0.267 1.12 0.214 0.588 1
04-26-2026 @ Minnesota L 2-7 2.57 0.265 0.86 0.219 0.608 0
04-28-2026 vs Milwaukee W 10-8 4.00 0.439 1.22 0.343 1.210 4
05-01-2026 vs Indiana L 2-9 8.00 0.282 1.67 0.200 0.511 0
05-02-2026 vs Indiana W 7-4 4.00 0.303 1.56 0.179 0.660 1
05-03-2026 vs Indiana W 9-6 6.75 0.465 1.75 0.343 1.151 4
05-05-2026 vs Illinois St. W 7-1 1.00 0.355 0.56 0.286 0.962 2
05-08-2026 @ Illinois L 0-12 18.00 0.310 3.40 0.231 0.580 0
05-09-2026 @ Illinois L 3-4 4.50 0.257 1.50 0.188 0.570 1
05-10-2026 @ Illinois L 3-10 7.88 0.278 2.25 0.161 0.568 1
05-14-2026 vs Rutgers L 5-8 2.25 0.421 1.38 0.371 0.935 0
05-15-2026 vs Rutgers W 7-6 6.00 0.436 1.89 0.353 1.024 2
05-16-2026 vs Rutgers L 9-15 9.00 0.429 1.80 0.333 1.067 2

ERA/WHIP = pitching stats  |  OBP/AVG/OPS = batting stats  |  HR = home runs hit  |  SRS = schedule-adjusted run margin

Batting Roster

PLAYER ⇅ POS ⇅ G ⇅ AB ⇅ R ⇅ H ⇅ 2B ⇅ 3B ⇅ HR ⇅ RBI ⇅ BB ⇅ K ⇅ SB ⇅ AVG ⇅ OBP ⇅ OPS ⇅ WOBA ⇅
Jack Lausch OF 52 202 52 63 13 4 16 41 25 65 7 0.312 0.393 1.046 0.557
Ryan Kucherak INF 51 190 38 56 13 0 10 39 27 59 11 0.295 0.390 0.911 0.478
Nick Barron INF 52 190 35 56 15 0 9 33 17 31 0 0.295 0.352 0.868 0.470
Owen McElfatrick INF 52 204 35 51 11 1 11 39 26 56 4 0.250 0.336 0.811 0.434
Griffin Mills OF 20 28 11 6 1 1 1 3 8 13 0 0.214 0.378 0.807 0.434
Noah Ruiz INF 52 200 28 59 11 0 7 39 10 26 0 0.295 0.341 0.796 0.411
Jay Slater C 43 136 17 33 9 0 6 24 12 25 0 0.243 0.329 0.770 0.407
Jackson Freeman OF 52 197 28 46 7 1 9 21 21 53 1 0.234 0.318 0.734 0.381
Shane Hofstadler C/1B 20 32 7 5 3 0 1 7 8 6 0 0.156 0.372 0.716 0.392
Logan de Groot OF 42 122 15 34 6 0 0 12 17 40 4 0.279 0.380 0.708 0.354
Jake Yang INF 29 67 12 18 3 0 0 8 11 10 1 0.269 0.380 0.693 0.349
Jack Counsell INF 23 64 8 16 4 1 0 10 7 15 0 0.250 0.320 0.664 0.359
Josh Ramos C 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.250 0.400 0.650 0.316
Charlie Caruso C 21 38 7 6 4 0 0 2 6 15 0 0.158 0.304 0.567 0.328
Marty Kaplan OF 11 11 2 2 0 0 0 2 3 3 0 0.182 0.357 0.539 0.276
Carter Danz UTL 13 15 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 6 0 0.200 0.188 0.521 0.341
Noah Brocklebank INF 10 19 4 1 0 0 0 0 5 11 0 0.053 0.250 0.303 0.182
Masai Marshall OF 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

Pitching Staff

PLAYER ⇅ APP ⇅ GS ⇅ W-L ⇅ SV ⇅ SHO ⇅ QS ⇅ IP ⇅ H ⇅ ER ⇅ BB ⇅ K ⇅ ERA ⇅ WHIP ⇅ K/9 ⇅ BAA ⇅
Charlie Kutz 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 1 0.00 1.50 45.0 0.333
Matt Kouser 15 12 2-5 0 0 3 66.1 69 37 38 44 5.02 1.61 6.0 0.275
Drew Dickson 15 0 2-1 2 0 0 24.2 30 14 13 20 5.11 1.74 7.4 0.294
James Whitaker 16 2 2-2 1 0 0 32.0 33 19 16 16 5.34 1.53 4.5 0.268
Jake Rifenburg 17 4 2-7 2 0 0 51.1 66 37 20 39 6.49 1.68 6.9 0.314
Alex Grant 16 2 1-0 1 0 0 24.1 30 19 15 18 7.03 1.85 6.7 0.291
Tommy Bridges 15 2 2-0 1 0 0 26.2 36 21 14 18 7.09 1.88 6.2 0.321
Garrett Shearer 16 7 1-2 1 0 0 41.2 37 33 27 38 7.13 1.54 8.3 0.242
Ryan Weaver 15 13 1-7 0 0 3 70.2 87 58 26 54 7.39 1.60 6.9 0.310
Dominic DeLoreto 14 0 1-0 0 0 0 13.1 22 12 10 7 8.10 2.40 4.8 0.373
Sam Hliboki 17 8 4-5 0 0 0 51.1 69 48 15 39 8.42 1.64 6.9 0.324
Christian Forniss 6 1 0-0 0 0 0 7.1 5 8 10 6 9.82 2.05 7.6 0.208
Justin Fryer 16 1 3-1 1 0 0 18.1 31 24 15 10 11.78 2.51 5.0 0.373
Carter Danz 2 0 0-0 0 0 0 1.2 3 3 1 2 16.20 2.40 15.0 0.375
Sam Michel 7 0 0-0 0 0 0 5.1 13 13 6 1 21.94 3.56 1.8 0.481
Jack Grunkemeyer 2 0 0-0 0 0 0 1.0 3 4 3 0 36.00 6.00 0.0 1.000
Northwestern D1 Average Below Avg
Offensive Production
AVG 0.265avg 0.269
OBP 0.344avg 0.352
SLG 0.437avg 0.420
OPS 0.781avg 0.772
HR/Game 1.35avg 1.00
Runs/Game 5.8avg 6.3
Pitching & Defense
ERA 6.55avg 6.13
WHIP 1.74avg 1.70
K/9 10.1avg 9.6
BB/9 4.8avg 4.6
Strike % 60.3%avg 59.0%
Err/Game 0.79avg 1.04
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