2012 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team

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

2012 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	West
Record	21–34 (9–21 SEC)
Head coach	Mitch Gaspard (3rd season)
Hitting coach	Andy Phillips
Pitching coach	Dax Norris
Home stadium	Sewell-Thomas Stadium
Seasons ← 2011 2013 →

2012 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern
No. 2 South Carolina  x‍‍‍y	18	–	11		.621			49	–	20		.710
No. 6 Florida  ‍‍‍y	18	–	12		.600			47	–	20		.701
No. 19 Kentucky  ‍‍‍y	18	–	12		.600			45	–	18		.714
No. 25 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y	16	–	14		.533			35	–	28		.556
Georgia  ‍‍‍	14	–	15		.483			31	–	26		.544
Tennessee  ‍‍‍	8	–	22		.267			24	–	31		.436
Western
No. 11 LSU  x‍†‍‍y	19	–	11		.633			47	–	18		.723
No. 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 tournament As of June 26, 2012[1] Rankings from Coaches' Poll

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 Rosecrans - 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 and results

2012 Alabama Crimson Tide Baseball Game Log
Regular season
February (4–4) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record 1 February 17 Florida Atlantic Sewell-Thomas Stadium 2–5 R. Garton (1–0) T. Guilbeau (0–1) M. Sylvestri (1) 4,864 0–1 – 2 February 18 Florida Atlantic Sewell-Thomas Stadium 2–9 J. Meiers (1–0) C. Sullivan (0–1) K. Alexander (1) 3,073 0–2 – 3 February 19 Florida Atlantic Sewell-Thomas Stadium 4–9 R. Alvarez (1–0) J. Kamplain (0–1) None 3,043 0–3 – 4 February 24 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Sewell-Thomas Stadium 14–0 T. Guilbeau (1–1) T. Sechler (0–2) None 3,102 1–3 – 5 February 25 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Sewell-Thomas Stadium 7–0 C. Sullivan (1–1) S. Jones (0–2) None 3,202 2–3 – 6 February 26 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Sewell-Thomas Stadium 9–3 J. Kamplain (1–1) M. Newby (0–2) None 3,209 3–3 – 7 February 28 South Alabama Sewell-Thomas Stadium 4–3 J. Hubbard (1–0) K. Bartsch (0–2) I. Gardeck (1) 3,011 4–3 – 8 February 29 Southern Miss Pete Taylor Park 2–14 A. Pierce (1–1) C. Nixon (0–1) None 3,9883 4–4 –
March (5–14) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record 9 March 2 Tulane Turchin Stadium 7–9 A. Garner (3–0) T. Pilkington (0–1) D. Ponder (2) 3,156 4–5 – 10 March 3 Tulane Turchin Stadium 6–2 C. Sullivan (2–1) T. Mapes (0–1) J. Hubbard (1) 2,927 5–5 – 11 March 4 Tulane Turchin Stadium 2–7 A. Facundus (2–0) I. Gardeck (0–1) None 3,495 5–6 – 12 March 6† Auburn Riverwalk Stadium 3–8 J. Jacobs (3–0) S. Turnbull (0–1) J. Bryant (1) 7,129 5–7 – 13 March 9 East Carolina Sewell-Thomas Stadium 1–3 K. Brandt (3–1) C. Sullivan (2–2) T. Merritt (2) 3,390 5–8 – 14 March 10 #24 Louisville Sewell-Thomas Stadium 7–6 J. Hubbard (2–0) M. Koch (0–1) None 3,234 6–8 – 15 March 11 Oral Roberts Sewell-Thomas Stadium 2–3 A. Gonzalez (1–0) J. Hubbard (2–1) M. Rush (2) 3,111 6–9 – 16 March 13 Southern Miss Sewell-Thomas Stadium 8–3 I. Gardeck (1–1) T. Nunez (1–2) None 3,004 7–9 – 17 March 14 Samford Sewell-Thomas Stadium 6–5 C. Otwell (1–0) L. Rutledge (0–1) None 3,071 8–9 – 18 March 16 #4 Arkansas Baum Stadium 3–412 B. Astin (2–0) J. Rosecrans (0–1) None 8,530 8–10 0–1 19 March 17 #4 Arkansas Baum Stadium 4–8 R. Stanek (5–0) T. Guilbeau (1–2) B. Moore (2) 9,615 8–11 0–2 20 March 18 #4 Arkansas Baum Stadium 4–7 N. Sanburn (2–1) T. Pilkington (0–2) B. Astin (6) 8,426 8–12 0–3 21 March 20 Troy Riddle–Pace Field 0–9 N. Hill (3–1) C. Baxter (0–1) None 2,936 8–13 – 22 March 23 #17 Ole Miss Sewell-Thomas Stadium 7–11 D. Chavez (2–0) I. Gardeck (1–2) None 4,123 8–14 0–4 23 March 24 #17 Ole Miss Sewell-Thomas Stadium 3–2 T. Guilbeau (2–2) B. Huber (0–1) None 4,249 9–14 1–4 24 March 25 #17 Ole Miss Sewell-Thomas Stadium 4–8 D. Chavez (3–0) S. Turnbull (0–2) None 4,089 9–15 1–5 25 March 27 UAB Regions Park 0–112 J. German (3–0) N. Kennedy (0–1) None 2,224 9–16 – 26 March 30 Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium 8–10 C. Watson (2–0) J. Shaw (0–1) N. Blount (4) 1,981 9–17 1–6 27 March 31 Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium 2–4 D. Steckenrider (3–0) J. Kamplain (1–2) N. Blount (5) 2,008 9–18 1–7
April (8–10) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record 28 April 1 Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium 3–5 C. Watson (3–0) J. Keller (0–1) N. Blount (6) 2,424 9–19 1–8 29 April 3 South Alabama Stanky Field 9–5 S. Turnbull (1–2) J. Dennis (1–3) None 2,359 10–19 – 30 April 6 #23 Auburn Sewell-Thomas Stadium 10–6 T. Guilbeau (3–2) D. Varnadore (1–4) None 5,258 11–19 2–8 31 April 7 #23 Auburn Sewell-Thomas Stadium 4–3 T. Pilkington (1–0) S. Smith (2–4) None 4,541 12–19 3–8 32 April 8 #23 Auburn Sewell-Thomas Stadium 6–2 J. Keller (1–1) D. Koger (2–2) J. Hubbard (2) 3,074 13–19 4–8 33 April 10 UAB Sewell-Thomas Stadium 1–9 13–20 – 34 April 11 SE Louisiana Alumni Field Cancelled 35 April 13 #4 LSU Alex Box Stadium 2–10 13–21 4–9 36 April 14 #4 LSU Alex Box Stadium 1–7 13–22 4–10 37 April 15 #4 LSU Alex Box Stadium 1–5 13–23 4–11 38 April 17 MS Valley St Sewell-Thomas Stadium 8–0 14–23 – 39 April 18 MS Valley St. Sewell-Thomas Stadium 3–8 14–24 – 40 April 20 Vanderbilt Sewell-Thomas Stadium 6–4 15–24 5–11 41 April 21 Vanderbilt Sewell-Thomas Stadium 8–6 16–24 6–11 42 April 22 Vanderbilt Sewell-Thomas Stadium 7–9 16–25 6–12 43 April 24 Samford Griffin Stadium 5–4 17–25 – 44 April 26 #7 South Carolina Carolina Stadium 0–1 17–26 6–13 45 April 27 #7 South Carolina Carolina Stadium 11–12 17–27 6–14 46 April 28 #7 South Carolina Carolina Stadium 1–9 17–28 6–15
May (4–6) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record 47 May 4 Mississippi State Sewell-Thomas Stadium 1–3 17–29 6–16 48 May 5 Mississippi State Sewell-Thomas Stadium 2–3 17–30 6–17 49 May 6 Mississippi State Sewell-Thomas Stadium 8–7 18–30 7–17 50 May 11 Kentucky Cliff Hagan Stadium 2–4 18–31 7–18 51 May 12 Kentucky Cliff Hagan Stadium 6–7 18–32 7–19 52 May 13 Kentucky Cliff Hagan Stadium 1–8 18–33 7–20 53 May 15 Troy Sewell-Thomas Stadium 10–5 19–33 – 54 May 17 Georgia Sewell-Thomas Stadium 4–8 19–34 7–21 55 May 18 Georgia Sewell-Thomas Stadium 4–0 20–34 8–21 56 May 19 Georgia Sewell-Thomas Stadium 6–4 21–34 9–21
† 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

• Taylor Dugas

Perfect Game USA preseason All-American; 2nd team

Lowe's Senior CLASS Award candidate

• Justin Kamplain

SEC Freshman of the Week; March 26

• Ben Moore

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 Dugas OF 8th 227th 6/6/12 New York Yankees Wade Wass† C 13th 402nd Unsigned Baltimore Orioles Ian Gardeck RHP 16th 508th 6/12/12 San Francisco Giants Jackson Stephens† RHP 18th 562nd 6/19/12 Cincinnati Reds Jared Reaves SS 25th 783rd 6/13/12 Detroit Tigers Ray Castillo† RHP 27th 833rd Unsigned Cleveland Indians Mikey White† SS 34th 1040th Unsigned New York Mets † Indicates the player 2012-13 baseball signee

See also

• Alabama Crimson Tide baseball
• 2012 NCAA Division I baseball season
• 2012 Alabama Crimson Tide softball season

References

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