2023 Oklahoma Sooners baseball team
The 2023 Oklahoma Sooners baseball team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Sooners played their home games at L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by head coach Skip Johnson, in his 6th season at Oklahoma.
Previous season
The Sooners finished the 2022–23 season with a 45–24 overall record and a 15–9 record in Big 12 play. Coming in as the third-seed in the 2022 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament, the Sooners defeated their longtime rivals fifth-seeded Texas to win their third Big 12 conference tournament championship. Receiving an automatic bid for the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, the Sooners defeated Liberty, Florida, and Virginia Tech in the Blacksburg Super Regional. In the 2022 College World Series, the Sooners defeated Texas A&M in the first round and the semifinals, Notre Dame in the second round, before falling to Ole Miss in the finals, losing both games.Offseason
Departures
Cade Horton, Jake Bennett, and Peyton Graham's draft selections marked the first time the Sooners ever had three players selected in the first two rounds of the MLB draft. Under head coach Skip Johnson, the Sooners have produced three first-round draft picks in five years with Horton being selected seventh overall. Horton became the Sooner's highest draft pick since Jon Gray in 2013.Additions
| Player | Position | Height | Hometown | High school | Ref. |
| Easton Carmichael | C | 6'1" | Prosper, Texas | Prosper High School | |
| Camden Chalfant | RHP | 6'1" | Edmond, Oklahoma | Edmond Memorial High School | |
| Patrick Engskov | IF | 6'0" | Little Rock, Arkansas | Pulaski Academy | |
| Rocco Garza-Gongora | OF/1B | 6'2" | Laredo, Texas | John B. Alexander High School | |
| Julien Hachem | LHP | 6'7" | Oak Park, Illinois | Mount Carmel High School | |
| Gabe Murrell | RHP | 6'1" | Edmond, Oklahoma | Edmond North High School | |
| Caden Powell | IF | 6'2" | Clinton, Oklahoma | Clinton High School | |
| Carson Turnquist | RHP | 6'5" | Paso Robles, California | Paso Robles High School | |
| Eric Van Valkenburg | RHP | 6'2" | Solana Beach, California | Torrey Pines High School | |
| Tavion Vaughns | OF | 6'1" | Grand Prairie, Texas | Cedar Hill High School |
Preseason
Big 12 media poll
Source:Preseason Big 12 Awards
Source:Roster and personnel
Personnel
Reggie Willits was promoted to associate head coach after joining the Sooners staff as a volunteer assistant during the 2022 season. After five seasons as an assistant coach for the Sooners, Clay Van Hook was named head coach of the UT Arlington baseball program.Statistics
Individual batting
A darker background denotes not meeting the minimum requirement of 2 PA/G and 75% of games played| Player | GP | AB | Avg. | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB |
| Dakota Harris | 46 | 186 | .328 | 61 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 48 | 19 | 37 | 5 |
| Bryce Madron | 60 | 219 | .320 | 70 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 51 | 61 | 36 | 15 |
| Kendall Pettis | 54 | 178 | .309 | 55 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 36 | 35 | 17 |
| Anthony Mackenzie | 60 | 242 | .306 | 74 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 41 | 39 | 53 | 21 |
| Easton Carmichael | 51 | 193 | .306 | 59 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 48 | 13 | 44 | 4 |
| Rocco Garza-Gongora | 51 | 164 | .293 | 48 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 44 | 4 |
| John Spikerman | 60 | 222 | .270 | 60 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 49 | 53 | 27 |
| Wallace Clark | 47 | 139 | .237 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 31 | 31 | 4 |
| Jackson Nicklaus | 59 | 197 | .234 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 39 | 51 | 78 | 9 |
| Diego Muniz | 37 | 111 | .270 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 24 | 4 |
| Caden Powell | 16 | 35 | .257 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
| Sebastian Orduno | 38 | 93 | .226 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 3 |
| Patrick Engskov | 11 | 10 | .200 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Mason Strong | 8 | 8 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Kade Fletcher | 3 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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