The Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team is an American National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) college baseball team, and a former Division I national champion. From Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, the team participates in the Eastern division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and plays its home games on campus at Hawkins Field. The Commodores are coached by two-time SEC Coach of the Year, Tim Corbin.
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History
Vanderbilt first fielded a baseball team in 1886, though it would be 1968 before it became a scholarship sport. The Commodores secured only three NCAA appearances in the 20th century--in 1973, 1974, and 1980. They would have only three other winning seasons in SEC play in the first 35 years of the scholarship era. However, they have been to every NCAA Tournament but one since 2004. The team qualified for the NCAA Super Regionals in 2004, had the nation's top recruiting class in 2005 according to Baseball America, made the NCAA field again in 2006, and won the 2007 SEC regular-season and SEC tournament crowns. The Commodores were ranked first in most polls for a majority of the 2007 season and earned the #1 national seed for the 2007 NCAA tournament. Vanderbilt's victory over the University of Virginia in the finals of the 2014 NCAA tournament marks the program's first national title and second appearance in the College World Series, having first appeared in 2011.
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Stadium
The original venue for the Commodores ball club was Dudley Field. Currently, the Commodores play their home games at Hawkins Field, which is an on-campus facility with a 3,700 seat capacity. Temporary outfield bleachers were installed for the 2007 Regionals and all of the 2008 season, bringing the capacity to 3,535. In May 2008, Vanderbilt announced extensive plans to upgrade its athletic facilities, including the addition of permanent seats down the first base line and outfield seats in both left-center and right field. These additions increased the size of Hawkins Field to its current capacity of 3,700 seats. It is adjacent to both Vanderbilt Stadium and Memorial Gymnasium and is across the street from the McGugin Center. Hawkins Field opened in 2002 and is named after a donor who gave $2 million to help finance construction. The stadium was also the site of the first NCAA Baseball Tournament Regional that Vanderbilt ever hosted when it was the site of the Nashville Regional in 2007. Vanderbilt and Hawkins Field again hosted Regionals in 2011, 2013, 2014, and 2015, and hosted Super Regionals in 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2018.
Head coaches
- Records are through the end of the 2011 Season
- Records taken from the 2011 Vanderbilt baseball media guide.
Year-by-year results
NCAA Tournaments
- The NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament started in 1947.
- The format of the tournament has changed through the years.
- Vanderbilt's NCAA Tournament History
NCAA records
- Most stolen bases in one inning (6) SEC Opponent Florida Gators May 26, 2012
- Most stolen bases in one inning NCAA Opponent Florida Gators May 26, 2012
- Most stolen bases in a game (7) Opponent Florida Gators May 26, 2012
Individual school records
Batting
Pitching
Player awards
Pedro Alvarez
- 2007 Golden Spikes Award Finalist
- 2007 Baseball America First Team All American
- 2007 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association First Team All American
- 2007 American Baseball Coaches Association Second Team All American
- 2006 Baseball America National Freshman of the Year
- 2006 Collegiate Baseball National Freshman of the Year
- 2006 Baseball America First Team All American
David Price
- 2007 Roger Clemens Award Winner
- 2007 Golden Spikes Award Winner
- 2007 Dick Howser Trophy Winner
- 2007 Baseball America College Player of the Year
- 2007 American Baseball Coaches Association National Player of the Year
- 2007 American Baseball Coaches Association First Team All American
- 2007 Brooks Wallace Award Winner
- 2007 Baseball America College All-America First Team
- 2007 Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Year
- 2007 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association First Team All-American
- 2007 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association District Player of the Year
- 2007 SEC Male Athlete of the Year
- 2007 SEC Pitcher of the Year
- 2007 First Team All-SEC
- 2006 Golden Spikes Award Finalist
- 2006 Baseball America Summer Player of the Year
Casey Weathers
- 2007 Baseball America First Team All American
- 2007 Collegiate Baseball First Team All American
- 2007 American Baseball Coaches Association First Team All American
- 2007 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Third Team All American
- 2007 First Team All SEC
Dansby Swanson
- 2014 All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) First Team
- 2014 College World Series Most Outstanding Player
- 2015 All-SEC Second Team
- 2015 Baseball America First Team All-American
- 2015 Collegiate Baseball First Team All-American
- 2015 Coaches' Poll First Team All-American
- First Overall Pick of the 2015 MLB Draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks
SEC awards
- Pitcher of the Year
- David Price - 2007
- Grayson Garvin - 2011
- Carson Fulmer - 2015
- Player of the Year Award
- Hunter Bledsoe - 1999
- Tony Kemp - 2013
- Freshman of the Year Award
- Pedro Alvarez - 2006
- Tony Kemp - 2011
First Team All-Americans
Other notable players
- Pedro Álvarez, infielder, former 1st round draft pick (2nd overall, 2008, Pirates)
- Mike Baxter, outfielder, former Padre, Met, Dodger, and Cub
- Tyler Beede, pitcher, former 1st round draft pick (2014, Giants)
- Ben Bowden, pitcher, former 2nd round draft pick (2016, Rockies)
- Walker Buehler, pitcher, former 1st round draft pick (24th overall, 2015, Dodgers)
- Matt Buschmann, pitcher, Arizona Diamondbacks
- Curt Casali, catcher, Tampa Rays
- Nick Christiani, pitcher, former Cincinnati Red
- Vince Conde, infielder, former 9th round draft pick (2014, Yankees)
- Joey Cora, infielder, former Seattle Mariners All Star 2B
- Caleb Cotham, pitcher, Cincinnati Reds
- Ryan Flaherty, infielder, Atlanta Braves
- Carson Fulmer, pitcher, former 1st round draft pick (8th overall, 2015, White Sox)
- Grayson Garvin, pitcher, former 1st round draft pick (59th overall, 2011, Rays)
- Sonny Gray, pitcher, former 1st round draft pick (18th overall, 2011, Athletics)
- Drew Hayes, pitcher, former Cincinnati Red
- Taylor Hill, pitcher, former Washington National
- Matt Kata, infielder, former Arizona Diamondback
- Tony Kemp, infielder, Houston Astros
- Jeren Kendall, outfielder, Second Team All-SEC (2016)
- Jensen Lewis, pitcher, former Cleveland Indian
- Jared Miller, pitcher, former 11th round draft pick (2014, Diamondbacks)
- Mike Minor, pitcher, former 1st round draft pick (7th overall, 2009, Braves)
- Josh Paul, catcher, former White Sox, Cub, Angel, Ray
- David Price, pitcher, Boston Red Sox, former 1st round draft pick (1st overall, 2007, Rays)
- Mark Prior, pitcher, Second Team Freshman All-American (1999)
- Adam Ravenelle, pitcher, former 4th round draft pick (2014, Tigers)
- Brian Reynolds, outfielder, former 2nd round draft pick (2016, Giants)
- Antoan Richardson, former Atlanta Brave, New York Yankee
- Ryan Rote, pitcher, former 5th round draft pick (2005, White Sox)
- Scott Sanderson, pitcher
- Sam Selman, pitcher, former 2nd round draft pick (2012, Royals)
- Jordan Sheffield, pitcher, former 1st round draft pick (36th overall, 2016, Dodgers)
- Jeremy Sowers, pitcher, former 1st round draft pick (6th overall, 2004, Indians)
- Dansby Swanson, infielder, Atlanta Braves former 1st round pick (1st overall, 2015, D-Backs)
- Drew VerHagen, pitcher, Detroit Tigers
- Casey Weathers, pitcher, former 1st round pick (8th overall, 2007, Rockies)
- Rhett Wiseman, outfielder, former 3rd round draft pick (2015, Nationals)
- Kyle Wright, pitcher, Second Team All-SEC (2016)
- Mike Yastrzemski, outfielder, former 14th round draft pick (2013, Orioles)
- Josh Zeid, pitcher, former Houston Astro
- Kevin Ziomek, pitcher, former 2nd round draft pick (2013, Tigers)
See also
- List of NCAA Division I baseball programs
- 2008 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team
References
External links
- Official website
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