Alabama Crimson Tide baseball


The Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team represents the University of Alabama in NCAA Division I college baseball. Along with most other Alabama athletic teams, the baseball team participates in the Southeastern Conference. The team plays its home games on campus at Sewell–Thomas Stadium.
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History

The Crimson Tide baseball team leads the SEC in all-time wins with 2,837 victories. The program trails only LSU for the most SEC regular season titles with 14 and 7 tournament championships. Tide baseball teams have participated in the NCAA College World Series five times, finishing second in 1983 and 1997. The Crimson Tide have also had over 72 players make it to the major leagues, 2nd most in the SEC just behind Arkansas with 70 players.

Stadium

The team's home venue is Sewell-Thomas Stadium, located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on the campus of the University of Alabama. A tradition at Sewell-Thomas Stadium is to play the Rednex song "Cotton-Eyed Joe" during the after the 7th inning. Sewell-Thomas Stadium is nicknamed "The Joe" by Crimson Tide fans, in honor of Baseball Hall of Fame member Joe Sewell, who played college baseball at Alabama. When Sewell played for Alabama, they were not in the Southeastern Conference. This means that only Frank Thomas, of Auburn, is the only SEC player to make the Baseball HOF. For 12 of the last 13 seasons Alabama has ranked in the top 10 nationally in attendance.
In 2016 the team moved into the newly renovated Sewell-Thomas Stadium, a $42 million renovation making The Joe look like a totally new ball park. Club rooms, a kids playground, all chairback seats, and a new state of the art scoreboard were added.

Head coaches

Records are through 2024 season
1892Shelby Fletcher11–01.000
1893W. M. Walker14–6–1.409
1894J. H. Lyons110–3.769
1895J. F. Jenkins19–3.750
1896Eli Abbott15–5.500
1897"Kid" Peeples110–01.000
1898Joseph Black12–3.400
1899F. C. Owen13–6.333
1900Ardis Smith19–3.750
1901–1905Thomas Stouch549–25–1.660
1906Charles Schwartz14–16–1.214
1907–1910J. W. H. Pollard466–22–1.747
1911Guy Lowman112–5.706
1912–1915D. V. Graves466–30–1.686
1916–1919B. L. Noojin455–18.753
1920Gordon W. Lewis115–2.882
1921–1923Charles Bernier328–35–4.448
1924–1927Wallace Wade461–32–2.653
1928Hank Crisp112–7–2.619
1929–1930Jess Neely228–15–2.644
1931–1932Sam Hinton223–7–2.750
1933–1934Jennings B. Whitworth221–11.656
1943Paul Burnham112–6.667
1946Dixie Howell113–7.650
1935–1942
1947–1963		Tilden Campbell25355–168–4.677
1964–1969Joe Sewell6106–79.573
1970–1979Hayden Riley10236–206–1.533
1980–1994Barry Shollenberger15487–334–1.593
1995–2009Jim Wells15625–322.656
2010–2016Mitch Gaspard7234–193.548
2017Greg Goff119–34–1.358
2018–2023Brad Bohannon6166–122
2023Jason Jackson113–6
2024–presentRob Vaughn133–24

RankNameSeasons
1Tilden Campbell25
2Jim Wells15
2Barry Shollenberger15

RankNameWins
1Jim Wells625
2Barry Shollenberger487
3Tilden Campbell355

Year-by-year results

* Alabama won the SEC tournament which determined the overall SEC champion from 1977 to 1987.

Alabama in the NCAA tournament

The NCAA Division I baseball tournament started in 1947. The format of the tournament has changed through the years. The Crimson Tide has played in 28 NCAA tournaments, winning 8 NCAA Regional Championships. Alabama has five College World Series appearances and played in the national championship game in 1983 and 1997.

Player awards

National awards

Golden Spikes AwardBaseball America College Player of the Year AwardJohnny Bench AwardBaseball America Freshman of the Year AwardCollegiate Baseball Freshman Player of the Year Award

SEC awards

Player of the Year Award

Former players

National College Baseball Hall of Fame inductees

In 2006, the National College Baseball Hall of Fame opened in Lubbock, Texas. Since then, Alabama has had 2 players inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Former Major Leaguers

AthleteYears in MLBMLB teams
Del Pratt1912–1924St. Louis Browns, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers
Dan Boone1919–1923Philadelphia Athletics, Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians
Lena Styles1919–1931Philadelphia Athletics, Cincinnati Reds
Joe Sewell1920–1933Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees
Riggs Stephenson1920–1933Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs
Frank Pratt1921Chicago White Sox
Luke Sewell1921–1942Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Browns
Ike Boone1922–1932New York Giants, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Brooklyn Robins/Dodgers
Ernie Wingard1924–1927St. Louis Browns
Verdo Elmore1924St. Louis Browns
Andy Cohen1926, 1928–1929New York Giants
Tommy Sewell1927Chicago Cubs
Jackie Hayes1927–1940Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox
Grant Gillis1927–1929Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox
Red Barnes1927–1930Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox
Doc Land1929Washington Senators
Max Rosenfeld1931–1933Brooklyn Robins/Dodgers
Bruce Connatser1931–1932Cleveland Indians
Whitey Hilcher1931–1932, 1935–1936Cincinnati Reds
Ray Pepper1932–1936St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Browns
John Campbell1933Washington Senators
Syd Cohen1934, 1936–1937Washington Senators
Fred Sington1934–1939Washington Senators, Brooklyn Dodgers
Jim Sheehan1936New York Giants
Lee Rogers1938Boston Red Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers
Jim Tabor1938–1944, 1946–1947Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies
LeGrant Scott1939Philadelphia Phillies
Jack Bolling1939, 1944Philadelphia Phillies, Brooklyn Dodgers
Skeeter Scalzi1939New York Giants
Vic Bradford1943New York Giants
Ken Sears1943, 1946New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns
Jim Dunn1952Pittsburgh Pirates
Hersh Freeman1952–1953, 1955–1958Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Redlegs, Chicago Cubs
John Baumgartner1953Detroit Tigers
Al Worthington1953–1954, 1956–1960, 1963–1969New York/San Francisco Giants, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Minnesota Twins
Al Lary1954–1955, 1962Chicago Cubs
Frank Lary1954–1965Detroit Tigers, New York Mets, Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago White Sox
Guy Morton Jr.1952–1954Boston Red Sox
Ed White1955Chicago White Sox
Jack Kubiszyn1961–1962Cleveland Indians
Butch Hobson1975–1982Boston Red Sox, California Angels, New York Yankees
Bobby Sprowl1978–1981Boston Red Sox, Houston Astros
Randy Hunt1985–1986St. Louis Cardinals, Montreal Expos
Craig Shipley1986–1987, 1989, 1991–1998Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, San Diego Padres, Houston Astros, Anaheim Angels
Bryan Kelly1986–1987Detroit Tigers
Dave Magadan1986–2001New York Mets, Florida Marlins, Seattle Mariners, Houston Astros, Chicago Cubs,
Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres
Greg Hibbard1989–1994Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Seattle Mariners
Mo Sanford1991, 1993, 1995Cincinnati Reds, Colorado Rockies, Minnesota Twins
Joe Vitiello1995–2000, 2003Kansas City Royals, San Diego Padres, Montreal Expos
Tim Young1998, 2000Montreal Expos, Boston Red Sox
Frank Menechino1999–2005Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays
Dustan Mohr2001–2007Minnesota Twins, San Francisco Giants, Colorado Rockies, Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Lance Cormier2004–2011Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Tampa Bay Rays, Los Angeles Dodgers
Paul Phillips2004–2010Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox, Colorado Rockies
Andy Phillips2004–2008New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets
Taylor Tankersley2006–2008, 2010Florida Marlins
Jeremy Brown2006Oakland Athletics
David Robertson2008–presentNew York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, Tampa Bay Rays
Tommy Hunter2008–presentTexas Rangers, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians, Tampa Bay Rays,
Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets
Wade LeBlanc2008–2014, 2016–presentSan Diego Padres, Miami Marlins, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, New York Yankees,
Seattle Mariners, Pittsburgh Pirates, Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Cardinals
Matt Downs2009–2012San Francisco Giants, Houston Astros
Alex Avila2009–2021Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Arizona Diamondbacks, Minnesota Twins,
Washington Nationals
Josh Rutledge2012–2017Colorado Rockies, Boston Red Sox
Jimmy Nelson2013–2017, 2019–presentMilwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles Dodgers
Adam Morgan2015–presentPhiladelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs
Spencer Turnbull2018–presentDetroit Tigers
Taylor Guilbeau2019–2020Seattle Mariners