2016 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team

The 2016 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team represents Texas Tech University during the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Red Raiders play their home games at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They are led by head coach Tim Tadlock, in his 4th season at Texas Tech.

2016 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
2016 record47–19 (19–5 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Ray Hayward (4th season)
  • J-Bob Thomas (4th season)
  • Matt Gardner (4th season)
CaptainEric Gutierrez
Home stadiumDan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park
2016 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
No. 5 Texas Tech ‍†‍‍y 19–5–0 .792  47–20–0 .701
No. 4 Oklahoma State ‍‍‍y 16–8–0 .667  43–22–0 .662
No. 3 TCU ‍‍‡‍y 15–9–0 .625  49–18–0 .731
West Virginia ‍‍‍ 12–11–0 .522  36–22–0 .621
Oklahoma ‍‍‍ 11–13–0 .458  30–27–1 .526
Baylor ‍‍‍ 10–14–0 .417  24–29–0 .453
Texas ‍‍‍ 10–14–0 .417  25–32–0 .439
Kansas State ‍‍‍ 8–16–0 .333  26–31–0 .456
Kansas ‍‍‍ 6–17–0 .261  20–35–1 .366
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball [1]

Previous Season

The 2015 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team notched a 31–24 (13–11) regular season record and finished third in the Big 12 Conference standings.[2] The Red Raiders reached the 2015 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament championship game, where they were eliminated in the second round.[3] Texas Tech did not receive an at-large bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

Personnel

Roster
2016 Texas Tech Red Raiders roster[4]
 

Pitchers

  • 13 - Dalton Brown (RHP) - Senior
  • 14 - Chandler Eden (RHP) - Junior
  • 21 - Erikson Lanning (LHP) - Freshman
  • 28 - Ty Harpenau (RHP) - Freshman
  • 30 - Davis Martin (RHP) - Freshman
  • 34- Ryan Shetter (RHP) - Freshman
  • 36 - Ty Damron (LHP) - Junior
  • 37 - Jonathan Nicholson (RHP) - Freshman
  • 39 - Robert Dugger (RHP) - Junior
  • 41 - Dylan Dusek (LHP) - Junior
  • 42 - Parker Mushinski (LHP) - Sophomore
  • 43 - Garrett Bruce (RHP) - Junior
  • 44 - Ryan Moseley (RHP) - Junior
  • 45 - Hayden Howard (LHP) - Junior
  • 46 - Tanner Buxton (RHP) - Junior
  • 47 - Steven Gingery (LHP) - Freshman
  • 48 - Sean Thompson (RHP) - Junior
  • 55 - Jacob Patterson (LHP) - Sophomore
  

Catchers

  • 15 - Kholeton Sanchez - Senior
  • 16 - Tyler Floyd - Senior
  • 35 -Matt Bernstein - Freshman
  • 51 - Braden Williams - Freshman

Infielders

  • 2 - Orlando Garcia - Sophomore
  • 3 - Michael Davis - Sophomore
  • 4 - Cory Raley - Senior
  • 7 - Ryan Long - Junior
  • 8 - Tanner Gardner - Sophomore
  • 9 - Trey Ochoa - Freshman
  • 12 - Eric Gutierrez - Senior
  • 20 - Tyler Fowler - Freshman
  • 25 - Hunter Hargrove - Junior
  • 42 - Parker Mushinski - Sophomore
  

Outfielders

  • 1 - Cody Farhat - Freshman
  • 8 - Tanner Gardner - Sophomore
  • 10 - Tyler Neslony - Senior
  • 11 - Stephen Smith - Junior
  • 17 - Zach Davis - Senior
  • 25 - Hunter Hargrove - Junior
  • 29 - Anthony Lyons - Junior
  

Coaching Staff
NamePositionSeasons at
Texas Tech		Alma Mater
Tim TadlockHead Coach4Texas Tech University (1992)
Ray HaywardPitching Coach4University of Oklahoma (1983)
J-Bob ThomasAssistant Coach & RecruitingCoordinator4Abilene Christian University (2005)
Matt GardnerVolunteer Assistant Coach4Oklahoma State University (2008)

Schedule & Results
2016 Texas Tech Red Raiders Baseball Game Log
Legend:        = Win        = Loss      Bold = Texas Tech team member
Regular Season
Post-Season

All rankings from Collegiate Baseball.

Rankings
See also: 2016 NCAA Division I baseball 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 Final 
Coaches'[5] RV RV* RV* RV RV RV RV RV 21 13 14 10 9 7 8 11 11* 11* 6 
Baseball America[6] NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 23 15 10 13 8 5 5 5 8 8* 8* 7 
Collegiate Baseball^[7] 39 NR NR NR NR NR 29 19 10 7 10 10 9 7 7 7 7 4 5 
NCBWA†[8] RV NR RV NR NR RV RV RV 23 16 17 14 5 8 9 11 8 8* 5 
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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.

References
  1. "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–8. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  2. "2015 Big 12 Conference Final Weekly Release" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
  3. "Texas Tech Eliminated from Big 12 Championship". Texas Tech University Department of Athletics. May 22, 2015. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
  4. "Official Baseball Roster". Texas Tech Red Raiders. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
  5. Baseball Coaches Poll
  6. Baseball America College: Top 25
  7. NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
  8. NCBWA Division I poll
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