1994 Oklahoma Sooners baseball team

1994 Oklahoma Sooners baseball
College World Series National Champions NCAA Central Regional Champions
Conference	Big 8 Conference
Record	50-17 (21-9 Big 8)
Head coach	Larry Cochell (4th year)
Home stadium	L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park
Seasons ← 1993 1995 →

1994 Big Eight Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 12 Oklahoma State  ‍†‍‡‍y	21	–	6		.778			49	–	17		.742
No. 1 Oklahoma  ‍‍‍y	21	–	9		.700			50	–	17		.746
No. 25 Kansas  ‍‍‍y	17	–	9		.654			40	–	18		.690
Iowa State  ‍‍‍	15	–	14		.517			30	–	28		.517
Nebraska  ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			32	–	28		.533
Missouri  ‍‍‍	9	–	19		.321			32	–	26		.552
Kansas State  ‍‍‍	3	–	27		.100			13	–	43		.232
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1994 [1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1994 Oklahoma Sooners baseball team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1994 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Sooners played their home games at L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park. The team was coached by Larry Cochell in his 4th season at Oklahoma.

The Sooners won the College World Series, defeating the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in the championship game.

Roster

1994 Oklahoma Sooners Roster
	Pitchers Bucky Buckles Steve Connelly Kenny Gajewski Derek Glascoe Eric Linn Kevin Lovingier Russ Ortiz Mark Redman Shawn Snyder John Steele Joe Victery Tim Walton		Infielders Chris Bradshaw Jorge Diaz Rick Gutierrez Rich Hills M.J. Mariani Ryan Minor Mark Soto Duane Stelly Catchers Chris Briones Javier Flores		Outfielders Chip Glass Dustin Hansen Damon Minor Mick Meunier Aric Thomas Darvin Traylor Jerry Whittaker

Schedule

1994 Oklahoma Sooners baseball game log
Regular season
February (7–1) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 8 February 5 Missouri Southern L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park 14-0 1-0 – February 6 Missouri Southern L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park 9-1 2-0 – February 20 Oklahoma City L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park 9-4 3-0 – February 20 Oklahoma City L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park 14-1 4-0 – February 22 at TCU TCU Diamond 12-11 5-0 – February 25 vs. Georgia Tech Goodwin Field 8-6 6-0 – February 26 at Cal State Fullerton Goodwin Field 1-4 6-1 – February 27 vs. San Diego Goodwin Field 10-9 7-1 –
March (13–7) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 8 March 4 at Texas Disch-Falk Field 5-4 8-1 – March 5 at Texas Disch-Falk Field 4-6 8-2 – March 7 vs. Sam Houston State Cougar Field 13-7 9-2 – March 7 at Houston Cougar Field 7-3 10-2 – March 8 vs. Creighton Cougar Field 8-0 11-2 – March 9 at Houston Cougar Field 3-8 11-3 – March 11 Iowa State L. Dale Mitchell Ballpark 6-1 12-3 1-0 March 12 Iowa State L. Dale Mitchell Ballpark 9-3 13-3 2-0 March 13 Mississippi L. Dale Mitchell Ballpark 6-5 14-3 – March 14 Mississippi L. Dale Mitchell Ballpark 9-13 14-4 – March 16 Emporia State L. Dale Mitchell Ballpark 12-3 15-4 – March 19 Kansas L. Dale Mitchell Ballpark 4-14 15-5 2-1 March 20 Kansas L. Dale Mitchell Ballpark 7-9 15-6 2-2 March 22 South Alabama L. Dale Mitchell Ballpark 12-11 16-6 – March 23 South Alabama L. Dale Mitchell Ballpark 14-7 17-6 – March 25 at Kansas Hoglund Ballpark 4-6 17-7 2-3 March 26 at Kansas Hoglund Ballpark 1-2 17-8 2-4 March 27 at Kansas Hoglund Ballpark 9-7 18-8 3-4 March 29 Kansas State L. Dale Mitchell Ballpark 6-1 19-8 4-4 March 30 Kansas State L. Dale Mitchell Ballpark 6-0 20-8 5-4
April (12–6) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 8 April 1 Texas Tech L. Dale Mitchell Ballpark 3-6 20-9 – April 2 Texas Tech L. Dale Mitchell Ballpark 10-8 21-9 – April 4 TCU L. Dale Mitchell Ballpark 8-7 22-9 – April 6 Arkansas L. Dale Mitchell Ballpark 11-2 23-9 – April 9 at Iowa State Cap Timm Field 8-6 24-9 6-4 April 9 at Iowa State Cap Timm Field 8-6 25-9 7-4 April 10 at Iowa State Cap Timm Field 12-3 26-9 8-4 April 13 at Missouri Simmons Field 7-4 27-9 9-4 April 13 at Missouri Simmons Field 5-4 28-9 10-4 April 15 vs. Oklahoma State Drillers Stadium 3-4 28-10 10-5 April 16 vs. Oklahoma State All Sports Stadium 4-11 28-11 10-6 April 17 vs. Oklahoma State All Sports Stadium 8-2 29-11 11-6 April 19 Oklahoma State L. Dale Mitchell Ballpark 4-2 30-11 12-6 April 20 at Oklahoma State Allie P. Reynolds Stadium 5-10 30-12 12-7 April 22 at Kansas State Tointon Family Stadium 7-3 31-12 13-7 April 23 at Kansas State Tointon Family Stadium 14-16 31-13 13-8 April 24 at Kansas Hoglund Ballpark 21-7 32-13 14-8 April 26 at Wichita State L. Dale Mitchell Ballpark 1-4 32-14 –
May (7–1) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 8 May 7 Nebraska L. Dale Mitchell Ballpark 3-1 33-14 15-8 May 7 Nebraska L. Dale Mitchell Ballpark 7-5 34-14 16-8 May 8 Nebraska L. Dale Mitchell Ballpark 13-9 35-14 17-8 May 10 at Nebraska Buck Belzer Stadium 6-7 35-15 17-9 May 11 at Nebraska Buck Belzer Stadium 4-0 36-15 18-9 May 14 Missouri L. Dale Mitchell Ballpark 7-6 37-15 19-9 May 15 Missouri L. Dale Mitchell Ballpark 4-1 38-15 20-9 May 16 Missouri L. Dale Mitchell Ballpark 7-6 39-15 21-9
Postseason
Big 8 Conference Tournament (3–2) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record June 19 vs. Nebraska All Sports Stadium 2-3 39-16 June 20 vs. Missouri All Sports Stadium 15-2 40-16 June 21 vs. Iowa State All Sports Stadium 5-3 41-16 June 22 vs. Nebraska All Sports Stadium 21-4 42-16 June 22 vs. Oklahoma State All Sports Stadium 3-6 42-17
Central Regional (4–0) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record June 27 vs. Arkansas State Disch-Falk Field 10-3 43-17 June 28 vs. Stanford Disch-Falk Field 10-4 44-17 June 29 vs. Texas Disch-Falk Field 15-4 45-17 June 30 vs. Texas Disch-Falk Field 6-3 46-17
1994 College World Series (4–0) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record June 4 vs. Auburn Rosenblatt Stadium 5-4 47-17 June 5 vs. Arizona State Rosenblatt Stadium 4-3 48-17 June 9 vs. Arizona State Rosenblatt Stadium 6-1 49-17 June 11 vs. Georgia Tech Rosenblatt Stadium 13-5 50-17

Awards and honors

Bucky Buckles

• All-Big Eight First Team ^[2]
• Big Eight All-Tournament Team ^[2]

Chip Glass

• Big Eight All-Tournament Team ^[2]
• College World Series Most Outstanding Player ^[2]

Rick Gutierrez

• All-America First Team ^[2]
• Big Eight Player of the Year ^[2]
• All-Big Eight First Team ^[2]
• Big Eight All-Tournament Team ^[2]
• College World Series All-Tournament Team ^[2]

Rich Hills

• All-America Second Team ^[2]
• All-Big Eight First Team ^[2]
• Big Eight All-Tournament Team ^[2]

Kevin Lovingier

• All-Big Eight First Team ^[2]

M.J. Mariani

• Big Eight All-Tournament Team ^[2]

Ryan Minor

• Big Eight All-Tournament Team ^[2]
• College World Series All-Tournament Team ^[2]

Mark Redman

• Big Eight Newcomer of the Year ^[2]
• All-Big Eight First Team ^[2]
• College World Series All-Tournament Team ^[2]

Darvin Traylor

• All-Big Eight First Team ^[2]
• College World Series All-Tournament Team ^[2]

Sooners in the 1994 MLB Draft

The following members of the Oklahoma Sooners baseball program were drafted in the 1994 Major League Baseball Draft. ^[3]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Jerry Whittaker	OF	2nd	60th	Chicago White Sox
Bucky Buckles	RHP	7th	197th	Texas Rangers
Kevin Lovingier	LHP	25th	698th	St. Louis Cardinals
Ricky Gutierrez	2B	28th	773rd	Cleveland Indians
Chip Glass	OF	37th	1025th	Cleveland Indians
Rich Hills	SS	48th	1320th	Atlanta Braves

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1994". Boyd's World. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
2. "2012 Media Guide" (PDF). SoonerSports.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 2, 2014. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
3. "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)"". Baseball Reference. Retrieved January 26, 2013.