2015 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team

2015 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball
Conference Southeastern Conference West
2015 record 32-28 (12-18 SEC)
Head coach Mitch Gaspard (6th year)
Hitting coach Andy Phillips
Pitching coach Dax Norris
Home stadium Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
2015 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Eastern
#2 Vanderbilt xy 20 10   .667     51 21   .708
#3 Florida y 19 11   .633     52 18   .743
Missouri 15 15   .500     30 28   .517
Kentucky 14 15   .483     30 25   .545
South Carolina 13 17   .433     32 25   .561
Tennessee 11 18   .379     24 26   .480
Georgia 10 19   .345     26 28   .481
Western
#5 LSU xy 21 8   .724     54 12   .818
#11 Texas A&M y 18 10   .643     50 14   .781
#7 Arkansas y 17 12   .586     40 25   .615
Ole Miss y 15 14   .517     30 28   .517
Auburn y 13 17   .433     36 26   .581
Alabama 12 18   .400     32 28   .533
Mississippi State 8 22   .267     24 30   .444
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2015 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team represents the University of Alabama in the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Crimson Tide played their home games at the Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover due to renovations at their normal on-campus home of Sewell–Thomas Stadium.

Personnel

Returning starters

Player Class Position
Will Haynie Sophomore C
Chance Vincent Junior 3B
Georgie Salem Junior CF
Jon Keller Senior SP

Roster

2015 Alabama Crimson Tide roster
 

Pitchers

  • 15 Geoffrey Bramblett - Sophomore
  • 16 Jake Walters- Freshman
  • 17 Jay Shaw - Senior
  • 18 Will Carter - Junior
  • 20 Taylor Guilbeau - Senior
  • 23 Ray Castillo - Junior
  • 27 Zac Rogers - Freshman
  • 28 Jake Hubbard - Junior
  • 29 Nick Eicholtz - Sophomore
  • 32 Andrew DiPiazza - Freshman
  • 34 Alex Watkins - Freshman
  • 35 Jon Keller - Senior
  • 36 Tyler McMurray- Freshman
  • 40 Thomas Burrows - Sophomore
  • 42 Tyler Adams - Freshman
  • 55 Mike Oczypok - Sophomore
 

Catchers

  • 24 Will Haynie - Sophomore
  • 31 Grady Bailey - Freshman
  • 41 Taylor Poe - Sophomore

Infielders

  • 1 Mikey White - Junior
  • 3 Daniel Cucjen - Junior
  • 5 Chandler Avant - Freshman
  • 6 Kyle Overstreet - Junior
  • 12 Chance Vincent - Junior
  • 37 Zack Coker - Freshman
  • 39 Connor Short - Sophomore
 

Outfielders

  • 7 Casey Hughston - Sophomore
  • 13 William Elliott - Sophomore
  • 14 Jamal Howard - Freshman
  • 22 Georgie Salem - Junior
  • 25 Ryan Blanchard - Junior
  • 45 Riley Colburn - Junior

Utility

  • 9 Cody Henry - Freshman
  • 21 Colton Freeman - Sophomore
  • 33 Mitch Greer - Junior
  • 38 J.C. Wilhite - Senior
 

Coaching staff

2015 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball coaching staff
  • Mitch Gaspard Head Coach - 15 years at Alabama (6th as Head Coach)
  • Andy Phillips Assistant Coach, Hitting Coach - 5th year
  • Dax Norris Assistant Coach, Pitching Coach, Recruiting Coordinator - 8th year
  • Nathan Kilcrease Volunteer Coach - 1st year
  • David Kindred Director of Baseball Operations - 1st year

Schedule and results

2015 Alabama Crimson Tide Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
Post-Season

† Indicates the game does not count toward the 2015 Southeastern Conference standings.
*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the Collegiate Baseball poll.

Honors and Awards

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Final 
Coaches'[3] RV RV* RV RV NR RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 
Baseball America[4] NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 
Collegiate Baseball^[5] RV 30 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 
NCBWA[6] 28 23 25 28 RV RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

See also

References

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