1997 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team

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1997 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Record56–14 (20–9 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumSewell–Thomas Stadium
Seasons
← 1996
1998 →
1997 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern
No. 16 Florida  x‍‍‍ 17 – 13   .567 40 – 24   .625
No. 25 Tennessee  x‍‍‍ 17 – 13   .567 42 – 19   .689
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 14 – 16   .467 31 – 24   .564
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433 33 – 24   .579
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 10 – 20   .333 20 – 34   .370
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 8 – 22   .267 28 – 27   .509
Western
No. 1 LSU  x‍†‍‍ 22 – 7   .759 57 – 13   .814
No. 2 Alabama  ‍‍‡‍ 20 – 9   .690 56 – 14   .800
No. 7 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 19 – 11   .633 47 – 21   .691
No. 6 Auburn  ‍‍‍ 17 – 12   .586 50 – 17   .746
Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 15 – 14   .517 36 – 20   .643
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 6 – 24   .200 22 – 31   .415
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
Rankings from Baseball America

The 1997 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team represented the University of Alabama in the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Crimson Tide played their home games at Sewell–Thomas Stadium, and were led by third-year head coach Jim Wells. They finished as the national runner-up after falling to LSU in the 1997 College World Series Final.

Roster[edit]

1997 Alabama Crimson Tide roster
 

Pitchers

  • Jarrod Kingrey - Junior
  

Catchers

  • Matt Frick - Junior

Infielders

 

Outfielders

  • G. W. Keller - Sophomore
  • Dustan Mohr
  • Dave Tidwell
  • Roberto Vaz
  

Coaching staff

Schedule[edit]

Legend
  Alabama win
  Alabama loss
1997 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball game log
Regular season
February (10–0)
Date Opponent Stadium Score Overall
Record		 SEC
Record
February 14 Marshall Sewell–Thomas Stadium 8–2 1–0 –
February 15 Marshall Sewell–Thomas Stadium 17–4 2–0 –
February 16 Marshall Sewell–Thomas Stadium 16–0 3–0 –
February 18 Louisiana Tech Sewell–Thomas Stadium 9–3 4–0 –
February 19 Louisiana Tech Sewell–Thomas Stadium 13–7 5–0 –
February 21 Michigan Sewell–Thomas Stadium 21–3 6–0 –
February 22 Michigan Sewell–Thomas Stadium 19–3 7–0 –
February 23 Michigan Sewell–Thomas Stadium 22–7 8–0 –
February 25 Middle Tennessee Sewell–Thomas Stadium 15–5 9–0 –
February 28 Illinois Sewell–Thomas Stadium 9–2 10–0 –
March (15–4)
Date Opponent Stadium Score Overall
Record		 SEC
Record
March 1 Illinois Sewell–Thomas Stadium 5–3 11–0 –
March 2 Illinois Sewell–Thomas Stadium 6–5 12–0 –
March 4 Duquesne Sewell–Thomas Stadium 11–0 13–0 –
March 7 Georgia Sewell–Thomas Stadium 15–6 14–0 1–0
March 8 Georgia Sewell–Thomas Stadium 10–6 15–0 2–0
March 9 Georgia Sewell–Thomas Stadium 6–11 15–1 2–1
March 11 Winthrop Sewell–Thomas Stadium 7–2 16–1 2–1
March 12 Winthrop Sewell–Thomas Stadium 9–7 17–1 2–1
March 14 at Florida Alfred A. McKethan Stadium 6–4 18–1 3–1
March 15 at Florida Alfred A. McKethan Stadium 13–9 19–1 4–1
March 16 at Florida Alfred A. McKethan Stadium 4–9 19–2 4–2
March 19 UAB Sewell–Thomas Stadium 11–2 20–2 4–2
March 21 at Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium 3–2 21–2 5–2
March 22 at Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium 7–8 21–3 5–3
March 23 at Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium 2–9 21–4 5–4
March 25 at Southern Mississippi Pete Taylor Park 19–14 22–4 5–4
March 28 Vanderbilt Sewell–Thomas Stadium 8–2 23–4 6–4
March 29 Vanderbilt Sewell–Thomas Stadium 6–3 24–4 7–4
March 29 Vanderbilt Sewell–Thomas Stadium 14–2 25–4 8–4
April (14–6)
Date Opponent Stadium Score Overall
Record		 SEC
Record
April 1 South Alabama Sewell–Thomas Stadium 9–8 26–4 8–4
April 2 at Middle Tennessee Reese Smith Jr. Field 3–2 27–4 8–4
April 4 Kentucky Sewell–Thomas Stadium 10–3 27–4 9–4
April 5 Kentucky Sewell–Thomas Stadium 2–9 28–5 9–5
April 6 Kentucky Sewell–Thomas Stadium 9–5 29–5 10–5
April 8 Southern Mississippi Sewell–Thomas Stadium 14–6 30–5 10–5
April 9 UAB Sewell–Thomas Stadium 2–10 30–6 10–5
April 12 at Auburn Plainsman Park 8–13 30–7 10–6
April 12 at Auburn Plainsman Park 22–7 31–7 11–6
April 13 at Auburn Plainsman Park 12–11 32–7 12–6
April 15 at South Alabama Eddie Stanky Field 7–8 32–8 12–6
April 16 at Samford Joe Lee Griffin Stadium 4–2 33–8 12–6
April 18 at Mississippi State Dudy Noble Field 10–11 33–9 12–7
April 19 at Mississippi State Dudy Noble Field 7–9 33–10 12–8
April 20 at Mississippi State Dudy Noble Field 6–3 34–10 13–8
April 23 West Alabama Sewell–Thomas Stadium 10–9 35–10 13–8
April 23 West Alabama Sewell–Thomas Stadium 15–4 36–10 13–8
April 25 Arkansas Sewell–Thomas Stadium 11–10 37–10 14–8
April 26 Arkansas Sewell–Thomas Stadium 13–2 38–10 15–8
April 29 Samford Sewell–Thomas Stadium 4–3 39–10 15–8
May (5–1)
Date Opponent Stadium Score Overall
Record		 SEC
Record
May 3 at Ole Miss Swayze Field 8–2 40–10 16–8
May 3 at Ole Miss Swayze Field 14–7 41–10 17–8
May 4 at Ole Miss Swayze Field 9–5 42–10 18–8
May 9 LSU Sewell–Thomas Stadium 6–4 43–10 19–8
May 10 LSU Sewell–Thomas Stadium 28–2 44–10 20–8
May 10 LSU Sewell–Thomas Stadium 4–6 44–11 20–9
Postseason
SEC Tournament (4–1)
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SEC record
May 15 vs Mississippi State Golden Park 16–3 45–11 20–9
May 16 vs Florida Golden Park 13–6 46–11 20–9
May 17 vs LSU Golden Park 7–12 46–12 20–9
May 17 vs Florida Golden Park 6–3 47–12 20–9
May 18 vs LSU Golden Park 12–2 48–12 20–9
South II Regional (4–0)
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SEC record
May 22 Troy Sewell–Thomas Stadium 8–5 49–12 20–9
May 23 Wichita State Sewell–Thomas Stadium 6–2 50–12 20–9
May 24 NC State Sewell–Thomas Stadium 6–3 51–12 20–9
May 25 USC Sewell–Thomas Stadium 9–8 52–12 20–9
1997 College World Series (4–2)
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SEC record
March 31 vs Mississippi State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium 3–2 53–12 20–9
June 2 vs Miami (FL) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium 1–6 53–13 20–9
June 3 vs Mississippi State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium 9–5 54–13 20–9
June 5 vs Miami (FL) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium 8–6 55–13 20–9
June 6 vs Miami (FL) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium 8–2 56–13 20–9
June 7 vs LSU Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium 6–13 56–14 20–9

Awards and honors[edit]

Dave Magadan
Tim Meacham
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[1]

Crimson Tide in the 1997 MLB Draft[edit]

The following members of the Alabama Crimson Tide baseball program were drafted in the 1997 Major League Baseball Draft.[2]

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Roberto Vaz OF 7th 215th Oakland Athletics
Dustan Mohr OF 9th 448th Cleveland Indians
Joe Caruso 2B 7th 331st Kansas City Royals
Dave Tidwell OF 16th 488th Cincinnati Reds

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "CWS record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 16, 2012.
  2. ^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)"". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
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