2023 American Athletic Conference baseball season

The 2023 American Athletic Conference baseball season was the baseball season for the American Athletic Conference as part of the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The conference tournament took place May 23–28 at BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, Florida.^[1]

2023 American Athletic Conference baseball season
League	American Athletic Conference
Sport	Baseball
Number of teams	8
Regular Season
Season champions	East Carolina
Season MVP	Brock Rodden, Wichita State
Tournament
Champions	Tulane
Runners-up	East Carolina

Regular season

The American Athletic Conference began their conference play on March 31. Each team played 24 conference games.^[2]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	CW	CL	CPCT	GB	W	L	PCT	Qualification
1	East Carolina (C)	56	18	6	.750	—	41	15	.732	Qualification for the first round & NCAA tournament
2	Houston	54	17	6	.739	0.5	33	21	.611	Qualification for the first round
3	Wichita State	53	13	10	.565	4.5	30	23	.566
4	UCF	56	12	12	.500	6	32	24	.571
5	Cincinnati	55	10	14	.417[lower-alpha 1]	8	24	31	.436
6	Memphis	54	10	14	.417[lower-alpha 1]	8	28	26	.519
7	Tulane (T)	54	8	16	.333	10	15	39	.278	Qualification for the first round & NCAA tournament
8	South Florida	56	7	17	.292	11	19	37	.339	Qualification for the first round

Updated to match(es) played on May 20, 2022. Source: AAC^[3]
(C) Champion; (T) Tournament champion
Notes:

1. Cincinnati won the regular season series 2 games to 1.

Results

Home \ Away	UCF	CINN	ECU	HOU	MEM	USF	TUL	WSU
UCF				1–2	2–1	1–2		2–1
Cincinnati	1–2		0–3				2–1	1–2
East Carolina	3–0	3–0			3–0		2–1
Houston		2–1	2–1			2–1		2–0
Memphis		1–2		1–2		3–0	2–1
South Florida	1–2	0–3	0–3				2–1
Tulane	1–2			0–3	2–1			1–2
Wichita State			3–0	1–2	2–1	2–1

Updated to match(es) played on May 20, 2023. Source: AAC^[2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Tournament

2023 American Athletic Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	BayCare Ballpark Clearwater, FL
Champions	Tulane (1st title)
Winning coach	Jay Uhlman (1st title)
MVP	Teo Banks (Tulane)
← 2022 baseball tournament 2024 →

The 2023 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament took place May 23 through May 28 at BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, Florida.^[1] Tulane, the winner of the conference tournament, received the automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[4][5] Tulane won their first AAC tournament championship with a record of 19-40.^[6]

The top eight baseball teams in The American were seeded based on their records in conference play. The tournament used a two-bracket double-elimination format, leading to a single championship game between the winners of each bracket.^[7]

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	East Carolina	11
	8	South Florida	1211
						8	South Florida	158
						4	UCF	4
	4	UCF	4
	5	Cincinnati	3
											8	South Florida	1	7
											1	East Carolina	3	14
	1	East Carolina	9
	5	Cincinnati	6
						1	East Carolina	713
						4	UCF	6
																	1	East Carolina	6
																	7	Tulane	8
	2	Houston	8
	7	Tulane	10
						7	Tulane	128
						6	Memphis	2
	3	Wichita State	6
	6	Memphis	10
											7	Tulane	8	11
											2	Houston	11	8
	2	Houston	4
	3	Wichita State	3
						2	Houston	6
						6	Memphis	5

NCAA Tournament

Main article: 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

Tulane received the conference's automatic bid, and will play in the Baton Rouge Regional, opening up against host team No. 5 LSU.^[8] East Carolina received an at-large bid to the Charlottesville Regional, where their first game will be against Oklahoma.^[9]

Conference leaders

Hitting leaders[10] Stat Player Total AVG Chuck Ingram (WSU) .366 HR Ben McCabe (UCF) 18 RBI Brock Rodden (WSU) 61 R Ben McCabe (UCF) 62 H Ben McCabe (UCF) 78 SB Brandon Burckel (HOU) 24

Pitching leaders[10] Stat Player Total W Payton Tolle (WSU) 9 L Dylan Carmouche (TUL) 8 ERA Grant Adler (WSU) 2.41 K Dalton Fowler (MEM) 104 IP Payton Tolle (WSU) 82.2 SV Dalton Kendrick (MEM) 12

See also

• 2023 in baseball

References

1. "2022–23 Championship Schedule". The American. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
2. "Baseball - Composite Schedule". theamerican.org. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
3. "The Automated ScoreBook - Standings & Leaders". static.theamerican.org. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
4. "2022–23 Championship Schedule". The American. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
5. "2023 American Athletic Season Preview". D1Baseball. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
6. Mendoza, Jordan (May 28, 2023). "This college baseball team went 19-40. They will be playing in the NCAA tournament". USA Today. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
7. "AAC Baseball tournament starts on Tuesday in Florida". WITN-TV. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
8. Smuth, Guerry (May 29, 2023). "Tulane gets LSU in Baton Rouge regional opener, hopes to continue dream run". NOLA.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
9. Kennedy, Brett (May 29, 2023). "ECU baseball given 2 seed in Charlottesville Regional, will play Oklahoma Friday". WCTI. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
10. "The Automated ScoreBook - Individual Statistics". static.theamerican.org. Retrieved March 22, 2022.