08-15-2012, 03:03 PM
Just to follow up on this--I found the preseason two-deep from 2009 (http://www.gostanford.com/auto_pdf/p_hot...sonpreview). There's a bit of apples-to-oranges about it--it's a three-deep, really--but I decided to pare it down for a better comparison (I can't think of a fruit metaphor.) If the 2009 three-deep were a two-deep, 16 players would have left after the 2009 season, meaning the initial 2012 two-deep would appear to have the most carry-over of any team in the last four years by far.
My initial phrase was to say, "youngest," but of course a team full of juniors might be pretty experienced but have a lot of carry-over. Let's quantify youth and inexperience by eligibility.
2012 (starters) [backups]
Fr. 1 [9]
Soph. 7 [9]
Jr. 9 [5]
Sr. 6 [3]
2011 (starters) [backups]
Fr. 0 [9]
Soph. 5 [15]
Jr. 8 [4]
Sr. 9 [2]
2010 (starters) [backups]
Fr. 0 [12]
Soph. 6 [8]
Jr. 6 [5]
Sr. 10 [8]
2009 (starters) [backups]
Fr. 3 [1]*
Soph. 5 [8]
Jr. 6 [3]
Sr. 8 [10]
(n.b.: this may have the greatest batting average of freshman contributors ever--they were: Luck, Martin, DeCastro, Thomas.)
My initial phrase was to say, "youngest," but of course a team full of juniors might be pretty experienced but have a lot of carry-over. Let's quantify youth and inexperience by eligibility.
2012 (starters) [backups]
Fr. 1 [9]
Soph. 7 [9]
Jr. 9 [5]
Sr. 6 [3]
2011 (starters) [backups]
Fr. 0 [9]
Soph. 5 [15]
Jr. 8 [4]
Sr. 9 [2]
2010 (starters) [backups]
Fr. 0 [12]
Soph. 6 [8]
Jr. 6 [5]
Sr. 10 [8]
2009 (starters) [backups]
Fr. 3 [1]*
Soph. 5 [8]
Jr. 6 [3]
Sr. 8 [10]
(n.b.: this may have the greatest batting average of freshman contributors ever--they were: Luck, Martin, DeCastro, Thomas.)