2016 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team

The 2016 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team represents the University of Alabama in the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Crimson Tide plays their home games in Sewell–Thomas Stadium.

2016 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWest
2016 record32–26 (15-15 SEC)
Head coach
Hitting coachAndy Phillips
Pitching coachDax Norris
Home stadiumSewell–Thomas Stadium
2016 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Eastern
No. 12 South Carolina  xy 2090 .690  46180 .719
No. 7 Florida  y 19100 .655  52160 .765
No. 23 Vanderbilt  y 18120 .600  43190 .694
Kentucky   15150 .500  32250 .561
Georgia   11190 .367  27300 .474
Tennessee   9210 .300  29280 .509
Missouri   9210 .300  26300 .464
Western
No. 10 Mississippi State xy 2190 .700  44181 .706
No. 9 Texas A&M  y 20100 .667  49160 .754
No. 13 LSU  y 19110 .633  45210 .682
Ole Miss  y 18120 .600  43190 .694
Alabama   15150 .500  32260 .552
Auburn   8220 .267  23330 .411
Arkansas   7230 .233  26290 .473
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
Chandler Avant Sophomore INF
Cody Henry Sophomore INF
Chance Vincent Junior INF
Georgie Salem Junior CF
Geoffrey Bramblett Junior SP
Jake Walters Sophomore SP

Roster

2016 Alabama Crimson Tide roster
 

Pitchers

  • 15 Geoffrey Bramblett - Junior
  • 16 Jake Walters- Sophomore
  • 20 Brock Love - Freshman
  • 23 Ray Castillo - Senior
  • 26 Dylan Duarte - Freshman
  • 27 Zac Rogers - Sophomore
  • 28 Jake Hubbard - Senior
  • 29 Nick Eicholtz - Junior
  • 32 Matt Foster - Junior
  • 33 Kyle Cameron - Freshman
  • 35 Jon Keller - Senior
  • 36 Tyler McMurray- Sophomore
  • 39 Austin Coates - Freshman
  • 40 Thomas Burrows - Junior
  • 42 Tyler Adams - Sophomore
  • 44 Davis Vainer - Freshman
  • 45 Will Foy - Freshman
  • 55 Mike Oczypok - Junior
 

Catchers

  • 13 Tanner DeVinny - Junior
  • 24 Will Haynie - Junior
  • 38 Griffin Tolle - Freshman
  • 41 Taylor Poe - Junior

Infielders

  • 1 Cobie Vance - Freshman
  • 3 Daniel Cucjen - Senior
  • 5 Chandler Avant - Sophomore
  • 9 Cody Henry - Sophomore
  • 11 Connor Short - Sophomore
  • 12 Chance Vincent - Senior
  • 37 Zack Coker - Freshman
 

Outfielders

  • 7 Chandler Taylor - Freshman
  • 14 Gene Wood - Freshman
  • 18 Keith Holcombe - Freshman
  • 19 Hunter Webb - Junior
  • 22 Georgie Salem - Senior
  • 25 Ryan Blanchard - Senior
  • 48 Connor Wright - Freshman

Utility

  • 6 Alex Webb - Freshman
  • 10 Sam Finnerty - Freshman
  • 21 Colton Freeman - Junior

Coaching staff

2016 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball coaching staff
  • Mitch Gaspard Head Coach - 16 years at Alabama (7th as Head Coach)
  • Andy Phillips Assistant Coach, Hitting Coach - 6th year
  • Dax Norris Assistant Coach, Pitching Coach, Recruiting Coordinator - 9th year
  • Nathan Kilcrease Volunteer Coach - 2nd year
  • David Kindred Director of Baseball Operations - 2nd year

Schedule and results

2016 Alabama Crimson Tide Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
Post-Season
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Alabama team member

† Indicates the game does not count toward the 2016 Southeastern Conference standings.
*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the Collegiate Baseball poll.

Honors and awards

  • Chandler Taylor SEC Freshman of the Week, March 21[1]

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'[2] NR NR* NR* 25 RV RV RV RV RV RV NR NR NR NR NR  
Baseball America[3] NR NR NR 23 NR 22 21 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR  
Collegiate Baseball^[4] RV 30 22 24 NR 22 25 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR  
NCBWA[5] RV RV RV 30 RV 30 RV RV RV RV NR NR NR NR NR  
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^ 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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