1996 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team

1996 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball
SEC regular season champions SEC tournament champions South I Regional champions
College World Series, 4th
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Western
Record	50–19 (20–10 SEC)
Head coach	Jim Wells (2nd season)
Assistant coach	Mitch Gaspard (2nd season)
Hitting coach	Todd Butler (2nd season)
Home stadium	Sewell–Thomas Stadium

1996 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern Division
No. 3 Florida  x‍†‍‍	20	–	10		.667			50	–	18		.735
No. 12 Tennessee  ‍‍‍	18	–	12		.600			43	–	20		.683
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	15	–	14		.517			35	–	24		.593
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			29	–	25		.537
South Carolina  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			25	–	28		.472
Georgia  ‍‍‍	8	–	21		.276			24	–	30		.444
Western Division
No. 5 Alabama  x‍†‍‡‍	20	–	10		.667			50	–	19		.725
No. 1 LSU  x‍†‍‍	20	–	10		.667			52	–	15		.776
No. 27 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍	17	–	13		.567			38	–	24		.613
Arkansas  ‍‍‍	15	–	15		.500			39	–	20		.661
Auburn  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			32	–	24		.571
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍	7	–	23		.233			24	–	30		.444
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1996 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1996 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team is a baseball team that represented the University of Alabama in the 1996 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Crimson Tide were members of the Southeastern Conference and played their home games at Sewell–Thomas Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. They were led by second-year head coach Jim Wells.

Roster

1996 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name Bats/throws Height Weight Year Home town RHP Skip Ames R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Houston, Texas P Andy Bernard / — — INF Joe Caruso R/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Lock Haven, Pennsylvania P Joel Colgrove / — — P John Collins / — — P Chris Eilers / — — Eric Goldis / — — OF Doug Hall L/L 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Gallatin, Tennessee OF Dustan Mohr R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Hattiesburg, Mississippi INF Chris Moller / — — INF Kevin Nichols R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Panama City, Florida C Dax Norris R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS Sr La Grange, Georgia INF Andy Phillips R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Tuscaloosa, Alabama LHP Corey Spiers L/L 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 204 lb (93 kg) Jr Joliet, Illinois INF Brett Taft R/R 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Sr Birmingham, Alabama OF David Tidwell R/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr Grenada, Mississippi RHP Manny Torres /R — — Fr RHP Byron Tribe R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Houston, Texas INF Robbie Tucker / — — LHP Tim Young L/L 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr Gulfport, Mississippi	Head coach Jim Wells Assistant coach(es) Todd Butler Mitch Gaspard Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

1996 Alabama Crimson Tide Baseball Game Log
Regular season
February (9–3) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SEC record 1 February 9 vs Georgia Tech Osceola County Stadium • Kissimmee, Florida 7–2 1–0 – 2 February 10 vs Wake Forest Osceola County Stadium • Kissimmee, Florida 10–7 2–0 – 3 February 11 vs North Carolina Osceola County Stadium • Kissimmee, Florida 6–7 2–1 – 4 February 16 Centenary Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama 6–5 3–1 – 5 February 17 Centenary Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama 9–2 4–1 – 6 February 18 Centenary Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama 6–1 5–1 – 7 February 21 Middle Tennessee Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama 3–4 5–2 – 8 February 23 at Northeast Louisiana Warhawk Field • Monroe, Louisiana 8–2 6–2 – 9 February 24 at Northeast Louisiana Warhawk Field • Monroe, Louisiana 7–1 7–2 – 10 February 25 at Northeast Louisiana Warhawk Field • Monroe, Louisiana 3–5 7–3 – 11 February 27 Radford Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama 6–1 8–3 – 12 February 28 Radford Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama 19–4 9–3 –
March (14–7) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SEC record 13 March 1 UNC Greensboro Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama 8–13 9–4 – 14 March 2 UNC Greensboro Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama 9–3 10–4 – 15 March 3 UNC Greensboro Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama 12–3 11–4 – 16 March 5 at Samford Joe Lee Griffin Stadium • Birmingham, Alabama 5–4 12–4 – 17 March 8 at Georgia Foley Field • Athens, Georgia 1–11 12–5 0–1 18 March 9 at Georgia Foley Field • Athens, Georgia 9–6 13–5 1–1 19 March 10 at Georgia Foley Field • Athens, Georgia 6–4 14–5 2–1 20 March 12 Murray State Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama 3–6 14–6 2–1 21 March 13 Murray State Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama 9–3 15–6 2–1 22 March 16 Florida Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama 8–9 15–7 2–2 23 March 16 Florida Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama 3–2 16–7 3–2 24 March 17 Florida Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama 8–4 17–7 4–2 25 March 19 Eastern Kentucky Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama 10–2 18–7 4–2 26 March 20 Eastern Kentucky Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama 7–8 18–8 4–2 27 March 22 Tennessee Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama 2–0 19–8 5–2 28 March 23 Tennessee Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama 2–6 19–9 5–3 29 March 24 Tennessee Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama 5–4 20–9 6–3 30 March 26 at South Alabama Eddie Stanky Field • Mobile, Alabama 1–0 21–9 6–3 31 March 29 at Vanderbilt McGugin Field • Nashville, Tennessee 0–5 21–10 6–4 32 March 30 at Vanderbilt McGugin Field • Nashville, Tennessee 14–13 22–10 7–4 33 March 31 at Vanderbilt McGugin Field • Nashville, Tennessee 14–11 23–10 8–4
April (12–5) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SEC record 34 April 2 Auburn Paterson Field • Montgomery, Alabama 2–0 24–10 8–4 35 April 5 at Kentucky Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, Kentucky 17–4 25–10 9–4 36 April 6 at Kentucky Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, Kentucky 2–3 25–11 9–5 37 April 7 at Kentucky Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, Kentucky 4–1 26–11 10–5 38 April 10 UAB Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama 17–6 27–11 10–5 39 April 12 Mississippi State Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama 3–1 28–11 11–5 40 April 13 Mississippi State Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama 5–4 29–11 12–5 41 April 13 Mississippi State Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama 1–5 29–12 12–6 42 April 17 at UAB Jerry D. Young Memorial Field • Birmingham, Alabama 12–5 30–12 12–6 43 April 19 Ole Miss Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama 1–3 30–13 12–7 44 April 20 Ole Miss Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama 3–8 30–14 12–8 45 April 21 Ole Miss Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama 9–5 31–14 13–8 46 April 22 Birmingham–Southern Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama 8–2 32–14 13–8 47 April 24 Samford Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama 8–2 33–14 13–8 48 April 26 at LSU Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana 6–8 33–15 13–9 49 April 27 at LSU Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana 17–4 34–15 14–9 50 April 28 at LSU Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana 12–5 35–15 15–9
May (5–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SEC record 51 May 3 at Arkansas Baum–Walker Stadium • Fayetteville, Arkansas 3–9 35–16 15–10 52 May 4 at Arkansas Baum–Walker Stadium • Fayetteville, Arkansas 7–3 36–16 16–10 53 May 5 at Arkansas Baum–Walker Stadium • Fayetteville, Arkansas 3–2 37–16 17–10 54 May 10 Auburn Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama 1–0 38–16 18–10 55 May 11 Auburn Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama 7–1 39–16 19–10 56 May 12 Auburn Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama 4–0 40–16 20–10
Postseason
SEC Tournament (5–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SEC record 57 May 16 vs Kentucky Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, Alabama 3–2 41–16 20–10 58 May 17 vs Tennessee Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, Alabama 3–1 42–16 20–10 59 May 18 vs Florida Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, Alabama 3–7 42–17 20–10 60 May 18 vs Kentucky Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, Alabama 16–8 43–17 20–10 61 May 19 vs Florida Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, Alabama 10–5 44–17 20–10 62 May 19 vs Florida Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, Alabama 15–5 45–17 20–10
South I Regional (4–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SEC record 63 May 23 Princeton Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama 19–2 46–17 20–10 64 May 24 South Alabama Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama 9–3 47–17 20–10 65 May 25 Stetson Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama 3–1 48–17 20–10 66 May 26 Virginia Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama 18–8 49–17 20–10
1996 College World Series (1–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SEC record 67 May 31 vs Oklahoma State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 7–5 50–17 20–10 68 June 2 vs Miami (FL) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 1–15 50–18 20–10 69 June 4 vs Clemson Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 13–14 50–19 20–10

Awards and honors

Skip Ames

• ABCA All-South Region Team

Andy Bernard

• South I Regional All-Tournament Team

Joe Caruso

• South I Regional All-Tournament Team
• SEC All-Tournament Team
• SEC Tournament MVP

Joel Colgrove

• South I Regional All-Tournament Team
• South I Regional MVP

Doug Hall

• SEC All-Tournament Team

Dustan Mohr

• SEC All-Tournament Team

Chris Moller

• SEC All-Tournament Team
• College World Series All-Tournament Team

Dax Norris

• ABCA All-South Region Team
• First Team All-SEC

Brett Taft

• South I Regional All-Tournament Team

David Tidwell

• South I Regional All-Tournament Team

Tim Young

• Second Team All-SEC