2012 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team

2012 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball
Conference Southeastern Conference West
2012 record 2134 (921 SEC)
Head coach Mitch Gaspard (3rd year)
Hitting coach Andy Phillips
Pitching coach Dax Norris
Home stadium Sewell-Thomas Stadium
2012 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Eastern
#2 South Carolina xy 18 11   .621     49 20   .710
#6 Florida y 18 12   .600     47 20   .701
#19 Kentucky y 18 12   .600     45 18   .714
#25 Vanderbilt y 16 14   .533     35 28   .556
Georgia 14 15   .483     31 26   .544
Tennessee 8 22   .267     24 31   .436
Western
#11 LSU xy 19 11   .633     47 18   .723
#3 Arkansas y 16 14   .533     46 22   .676
Mississippi State y 16 14   .533     40 24   .625
Ole Miss y 14 16   .467     37 26   .587
Auburn 13 17   .433     31 28   .525
Alabama 9 21   .300     21 34   .382
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
As of June 26, 2012[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2012 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team will represent the University of Alabama in the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Crimson Tide play their home games in Sewell-Thomas Stadium.

Personnel

2012 Roster

2012 Alabama Crimson Tide roster
 

Pitchers

  • 11 Trey Pilkington - Junior
  • 16 Cary Baxter - Freshman
  • 17 Jay Shaw - Freshman
  • 20 Taylor Guilbeau - Freshman
  • 21 Adam Windsor - Junior
  • 22 Nathan Kennedy - Senior
  • 26 Justin Kamplain - Freshman
  • 27 Taylor Wolfe - Junior
  • 28 Jake Hubbard - Freshman
  • 29 Charley Sullivan - Junior
  • 33 Jason Zylstra - Senior
  • 35 Jon Keller - Freshman
  • 36 Troy Sutherland - Junior
  • 38 Judson Luther - Freshman
  • 44 Tucker Hawley - Junior
  • 50 Kelby Deerman - Junior
  • 55 Ian Gardeck - Junior
 

Catchers

  • 5 Brett Booth - Junior
  • 7 Ben Moore - Freshman

Infielders

  • 3 Kenny Roberts - Junior
  • 9 Jared Reaves - Senior
  • 14 AJ Cole - Freshman
  • 18 Austen Smith - Sophomore
  • 32 Spencer Turnbull - Freshman
  • 39 James Tullidge - Senior
  • 42 Allen Dye - Sophomore
  • 47 Chazz Otwell - Junior
  • 48 Zack Edel - Freshman
 

Outfielders

  • 1 Taylor Dugas - Senior
  • 2 Andrew Miller - Junior
  • 12 Brandt Hendricks - Junior
  • 15 Cameron Carlisle - Junior
  • 31 Windham Jackson - Freshman
  • 40 Jeremiah Tullidge - Sophomore
  • 45 Riley Colburn - Freshman
  • 46 Hunter Gregory - Senior
  • 49 Ryan Blanchard - Freshman

Utility

  • 6 Josh Rosecarns - Senior
  • 10 Jon Kelton - Senior
  • 24 Case Nixon - Sophomore
 

2012 Alabama Crimson Tide Baseball Roster

Coaching Staff

2012 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball coaching staff
  • 8   Mitch Gaspard Head Coach - 12 years at Alabama (3rd as Head Coach)
  • 13 Andy Phillips Assistant Coach, Hitting Coach - 2nd year
  • 4   Dax Norris Assistant Coach, Pitching Coach, Recruiting Coordinator - 6 years
  • 43 Bobby Barbier Volunteer Coach - 3 years
  • 19 Adam Pavkovich Fifth-year student assistant coach
  • 25 Josh Sanders Fifth-year student assistant coach

Schedule/Results

2012 Alabama Crimson Tide Baseball Game Log
colspan=2 style="background:#FFF | Regular Season

† Indicates the game does not count toward the 2012 Southeastern Conference standings.
*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the Baseball America poll the week Alabama faced each opponent.

Awards and honors

Perfect Game USA preseason All-American; 2nd team
Lowe's Senior CLASS Award candidate
SEC Freshman of the Week; March 26
SEC Freshman of the Week; February 27

Alabama Crimson Tide in the 2012 MLB Draft

The following members of the Alabama Crimson Tide baseball program were drafted in the 2012 MLB Draft.

Player Position Round Overall Date Signed MLB Team
Taylor DugasOF8th227th 6/6/12New York Yankees
Wade Wass†C13th402ndUnsigned Baltimore Orioles
Ian GardeckRHP16th508th 6/12/12San Francisco Giants
Jackson Stephens†RHP18th562nd6/19/12 Cincinnati Reds
Jared ReavesSS25th783rd6/13/12Detroit Tigers
Ray Castillo†RHP27th833rdUnsigned Cleveland Indians
Mikey White†SS34th1040thUnsigned New York Mets

† Indicates the player 2012-13 baseball signee

See also

References

  1. "Baseball standings". Retrieved May 21, 2012.