2015 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team

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.

2015 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWest
2015 record32-28 (12-18 SEC)
Head coach
Hitting coachAndy Phillips
Pitching coachDax Norris
Home stadiumHoover Metropolitan Stadium
2015 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Eastern
No. 2 Vanderbilt  xy 2010 .667  5121 .708
No. 3 Florida  y 1911 .633  5218 .743
Missouri   1515 .500  3028 .517
Kentucky   1415 .483  3025 .545
South Carolina   1317 .433  3225 .561
Tennessee   1118 .379  2426 .480
Georgia   1019 .345  2628 .481
Western
No. 5 LSU  xy 218 .724  5412 .818
No. 11 Texas A&M  y 1810 .643  5014 .781
No. 7 Arkansas y 1712 .586  4025 .615
Ole Miss y 1514 .517  3028 .517
Auburn y 1317 .433  3626 .581
Alabama   1218 .400  3228 .533
Mississippi State   822 .267  2430 .444
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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

  • Mikey White was selected as a Preseason Third Team All-American by Perfect Game USA.[1]
  • Mikey White was selected as a Preseason Second Team All-American by D1Baseball.[2]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = 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 
D1Baseball

^ 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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