2019 Indiana Hoosiers baseball team

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2019 Indiana Hoosiers baseball
Indiana Hoosiers logo.svg
Big Ten regular season champions
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record37–23 (17–7 Big Ten)
Head coach
Pitching coach Justin Parker (1st season)
Home stadium Bart Kaufman Field
(Capacity: 2,500)
Seasons
←  2018
2020  →
2019 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Indiana  ‍†‍‍y17–7 .70837–23 .617
No. 2 Michigan  ‍‍‍y16–7 .69650–22 .694
Illinois  ‍‍‍y15–9 .62536–21 .632
Nebraska  ‍‍‍y15–9 .62532–24 .571
Minnesota  ‍‍‍15–9 .62529–27 .518
Ohio State  ‍‍‡‍y12–12 .50036–27 .571
Iowa  ‍‍‍12–12 .50031–24 .564
Maryland  ‍‍‍12–12 .50029–29 .500
Northwestern  ‍‍‍11–13 .45824–27 .471
Rutgers  ‍‍‍9–14 .39120–31 .392
Michigan State  ‍‍‍8–15 .34820–34 .370
Purdue  ‍‍‍7–16 .30420–34 .370
Penn State  ‍‍‍4–18 .18222–27 .449
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of July 4, 2019 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2019 Indiana Hoosiers baseball team were a college baseball team that represented Indiana University in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Hoosiers are members of the Big Ten Conference (B1G) and play their home games at Bart Kaufman Field in Bloomington, Indiana. They were led by first-year head coach Jeff Mercer.

Contents

Previous season

The Hoosiers finished the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season 40–19 overall (14–9 conference) and fifth place in conference standings. Following the conclusion of the regular season, the Hoosiers were selected to play in the 2018 NCAA tournament, beginning in the Austin Regional. The Hoosiers would eventually lose in the final round of the Austin Regional to Texas by a score of 2–3. [2]

MLB draft

The following Hoosiers on the 2018 roster were selected in the 2018 Major League Baseball draft:

List of Drafted Players
Name2018 ClassPos.TeamRoundSigned/Returned
Jonathan SteiverJuniorRHP Chicago White Sox 5thSigned [3]
Luke MillerJuniorINF Philadelphia Phillies 22ndSigned [3]
Logan SowersSeniorOFChicago White Sox28thSigned* [3]
Tim HerrinJuniorLHP Cleveland Indians 29thSigned [3]

* indicates draftee had no more college eligibility

Preseason

On June 25, 2018, Mississippi State confirmed that it had hired Chris Lemonis as their new head baseball coach, formally ending Lemonis' tenure with the Hoosiers. [4] [5] Lemonis compiled a 141–91–2 overall record, 55–37-1 conference record and three NCAA tournament appearances, while head coach of the Hoosiers.

On July 2, 2018, Indiana University Athletics announced the hiring of former Wright State head coach Jeff Mercer, to the head coaching position for the Hoosiers. [6]

On July 18, 2018, Mercer made a notable acquisition to the Hoosiers' coaching staff with the hiring of former-MLB third baseman Scott Rolen as Director of Player Development. [7]

Season projections

Coming off of an NCAA Regional appearance in 2018, the 2019 Hoosiers were projected to finish fourth in conference play by B1G coaches; [8] however, other media outlets predicted the Hoosiers would finish as high as first in the B1G. [9] The Hoosiers were ranked or received votes for rankings in two of the six major preseason polls and rankings. Indiana was ranked #37 in the NCBWA poll [10] and received votes for ranking by Collegiate Baseball. [11]

Roster

2019 Indiana Hoosiers baseball team
PlayersCoaches
#Pos.NameBats/throwsHeightWeightYearHigh School/Junior CollegeHome town
1 INF Jeremy HoustonR/R5 ft 8 in(1.73 m)175 lb(79 kg)So Mount Carmel Chicago, Illinois
2 INF Cole BarrR/R5 ft 11 in(1.8 m)191 lb(87 kg)Fr Yorktown High School Yorktown, Indiana
4 INF Cade BunnellL/R6 ft 0 in(1.83 m)182 lb(83 kg)Jr Stoughton High School Stoughton, Wisconsin
5 RHP Tanner GordonR/R6 ft 5 in(1.96 m)215 lb(98 kg)Jr John A. Logan College Champaign, Illinois
6 OF Grant RichardsonL/L6 ft 2 in(1.88 m)186 lb(84 kg)Fr Fishers Fishers, Indiana
7 INF Matt GorskiR/R6 ft 4 in(1.93 m)195 lb(88 kg)So Hamilton Southeastern Fishers, Indiana
8 INF Drew AshleyR/R5 ft 1 in(1.55 m)170 lb(77 kg)So Evansville Memorial Chandler, Indiana
9 RHP Alex FranklinR/R6 ft 3 in(1.91 m)200 lb(91 kg)Fr Bloomington South Bloomington, Indiana
10 INF Justin WalkerS/R6 ft 0 in(1.83 m)195 lb(88 kg)Fr Lafayette Jefferson Lafayette, Indiana
11 OF Logan KalethaR/R6 ft 0 in(1.83 m)195 lb(88 kg)Jr Michigan City High School Michigan City, Indiana
12 C Jeff HoltzR/R6 ft 4 in(1.93 m)215 lb(98 kg)Fr Arrowhead Hartland, Wisconsin
13 RHP Cal KruegerR/R6 ft 0 in(1.83 m)185 lb(84 kg)So Jasper Jasper, Indiana
14 INF Matt LloydL/R6 ft 1 in(1.85 m)195 lb(88 kg)JrFoothills Composite Okotoks, Alberta, Canada
15 RHP Pauly MiltoR/R6 ft 3 in(1.91 m)240 lb(109 kg)Jr Roncalli Greenwood, Indiana
16 RHP Austin LongR/R6 ft 3 in(1.91 m)215 lb(98 kg)Fr Bedford North Lawrence Bedford, Indiana
18 LHP Braden ScottR/L6 ft 3 in(1.91 m)200 lb(91 kg)So Olney Central College Jasonville, Indiana
19 LHP Tommy SommerL/L6 ft 4 in(1.93 m)207 lb(94 kg)Fr Carmel Carmel, Indiana
20 LHP Brad BusaldL/L6 ft 5 in(1.96 m)210 lb(95 kg)Jr Lincoln Trail College Rushville, Indiana
21 OF Elijah DunhamL/L6 ft 0 in(1.83 m)213 lb(97 kg)Fr FJ Ritz Evansville, Indiana
23 LHP Andrew SaalfrankL/L6 ft 3 in(1.91 m)205 lb(93 kg)So Heritage Hoagland, Indiana
25 RHP Connor ManousR/R6 ft 0 in(1.83 m)181 lb(82 kg)Fr Munster Munster, Indiana
29 C Ryan FinemanR/R6 ft 0 in(1.83 m)215 lb(98 kg)Jr Agoura Westlake Village, California
30 INF Scotty BradleyL/R6 ft 2 in(1.88 m)221 lb(100 kg)So Hopewell Valley Central Pennington, New Jersey
31 LHP Michael DunklebergerL/L5 ft 11 in(1.8 m)180 lb(82 kg)Fr St. Joseph South Bend, Indiana
32 OF Tyler Van PeltL/R5 ft 11 in(1.8 m)185 lb(84 kg)Fr Bloomington South Bloomington, Indiana
33 C Wyatt CrossL/R6 ft 3 in(1.91 m)201 lb(91 kg)Jr Legacy Broomfield, Colorado
34 RHP Braydon TuckerL/R6 ft 4 in(1.93 m)215 lb(98 kg)Fr Northview Brazil, Indiana
35 RHP Matt LitwickiR/R6 ft 1 in(1.85 m)201 lb(91 kg)Fr Lake Central Dyer, Indiana
37 RHP Gabe BiermanR/R6 ft 2 in(1.88 m)170 lb(77 kg)Fr Jeffersonville Jeffersonville, Indiana
38 INF Jake SkrineR/R6 ft 2 in(1.88 m)200 lb(91 kg)FrMead Longmont, Colorado
39 OF Sam CrailL/R5 ft 10 in(1.78 m)192 lb(87 kg)Fr Sheridan Sheridan, Indiana
40 OF Carter BridgeR/R6 ft 0 in(1.83 m)180 lb(82 kg)Jr Heartland Community College West Lafayette, Indiana
42 RHP Grant SloanR/R6 ft 4 in(1.93 m)190 lb(86 kg)So Zionsville Community High School Zionsville, Indiana
44 LHP Cameron BeauchampL/L6 ft 2 in(1.88 m)205 lb(93 kg)So Peru High School Peru, Indiana
51 RHP McCade BrownR/R6 ft 6 in(1.98 m)200 lb(91 kg)Fr Normal West Normal, Illinois
Head coach

Jeff Mercer

Assistant coach(es)

Dan Held
Casey Dykes

Pitching coach(es)

Justin Parker

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: February 17, 2019

Schedule

Legend
 Indiana win
 Indiana loss
 Postponement
2019 Indiana Hoosiers baseball game log
Regular season
February
#DateOpponentRankVenueScoreOverall recordAttendanceB1G record
February 15at Memphis FedExPark • Memphis, Tennessee,Postponed [12] –-–
1February 16at MemphisFedExPark • Memphis, Tennessee6–1 [13] 1–0374–
2February 16at MemphisFedExPark • Memphis, Tennessee3–6 [13] 1–1391–
3February 17at MemphisFedExPark • Memphis, Tennessee6–0 [14] 2–1407–
4February 22at Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee,1–5 [15] 2–21,068–
5February 23at TennesseeLindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee0–11 [16] 2–3981–
6February 24at TennesseeLindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee3–5 [17] 2–41,767–
7February 26 Cincinnati Bart Kaufman Field • Bloomington, Indiana 7–1 [18] 3–41,171–
8February 27 Butler Bart Kaufman Field • Bloomington, Indiana9–3 [19] 4–41,087–
March
#DateOpponentRankVenueScoreOverall recordAttendanceB1G record
March 1vs Northeastern Conway, South Carolina
(Coastal Carolina Tournament)		Postponed [20] ––
9March 2vs Northeastern Conway, South Carolina
(Coastal Carolina Tournament)		6–4 [21] 5–4205–
10March 2vs Connecticut Conway, South Carolina
(Coastal Carolina Tournament)		9–6 [21] 6–4275–
11March 3vs No. 11 Coastal Carolina Conway, South Carolina
(Coastal Carolina Tournament)		5–6 [22] 6–51,613–
12March 5 Indiana State Bart Kaufman Field • Bloomington, IndianaPostponed [23] ––
13March 8vs No. 29 Washington T-Mobile Park • Seattle, Washington
(Safeco Field Tournament)		1–0 [24] 7–51,250–
14March 9vs No. 3 Oregon State T-Mobile Park • Seattle, Washington
(Safeco Field Tournament)		3–8 [25] 7–63,000–
15March 10vs San Diego T-Mobile Park • Seattle, Washington
(Safeco Field Tournament)		3–5 [26] 7–7750–
16March 13at Cincinnati Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, Ohio,5–7 [27] 7–81,063–
17March 15 Canisius Bart Kaufman Field • Bloomington, Indiana18–6 [28] 8–81,291–
18March 16CanisiusBart Kaufman Field • Bloomington, Indiana5–2 [29] 9–81,501–
19March 16CanisiusBart Kaufman Field • Bloomington, Indiana16–5 [30] 10–81,501–
20March 17CanisiusBart Kaufman Field • Bloomington, Indiana12–1 [31] 11–81,395–
21March 19at Indiana State Bob Warn Field at Sycamore Stadium • Terre Haute, Indiana 15–14 [32] 12–81,108–
22March 22 Iowa Bart Kaufman Field • Bloomington, Indiana3–2 [33] 13–81,9421–0
23March 23IowaBart Kaufman Field • Bloomington, Indiana13–1 [34] 14–82,2712–0
24March 24IowaBart Kaufman Field • Bloomington, Indiana7–1 [35] 15–81,3663–0
25March 27 Kent State Bart Kaufman Field • Bloomington, Indiana8–9 [36] 15–91,8273–0
26March 29at Maryland Shipley Field • College Park, Maryland 0–2 [37] 15–105713–1
27March 30at MarylandShipley Field • College Park, Maryland20–5 [38] 16–108994–1
28March 31at MarylandShipley Field • College Park, Maryland19–4 [39] 17–105345–1
April
#DateOpponentRankVenueScoreOverall recordAttendanceB1G record
29April 3 Wright State Bart Kaufman Field • Bloomington, Indiana4–15 [40] 17–111,5285–1
30April 5 Penn State Bart Kaufman Field • Bloomington, Indiana0–3 [41] 17–121,7845–2
31April 6Penn StateBart Kaufman Field • Bloomington, Indiana5–3 [42] 18–122,9696–2
32April 6Penn StateBart Kaufman Field • Bloomington, Indiana3–2 [42] 19–122,9697–2
33April 10 Purdue Bart Kaufman Field • Bloomington, Indiana7–6 [43] 20–122,6647–2
34April 12at Evansville Charles H. Braun Stadium • Evansville, Indiana 5–0 [44] 21–121,3677–2
35April 13EvansvilleBart Kaufman Field • Bloomington, Indiana5–1 [45] 22–121,9217–2
36April 13EvansvilleBart Kaufman Field • Bloomington, Indiana9–3 [45] 23–121,9217–2
37April 14EvansvilleBart Kaufman Field • Bloomington, Indiana6–5 [46] 24–122,1977–2
38April 16 Ball State Bart Kaufman Field • Bloomington, Indiana14–3 [47] 25–121,9607–2
39April 19at Michigan State Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium at John H. Kobs Field • East Lansing, Michigan,13–4 [48] 26–121,4168–2
40April 20at Michigan StateDrayton McLane Baseball Stadium at John H. Kobs Field • East Lansing, Michigan3–5 [49] 26–131,8368–3
41April 21at Michigan StateDrayton McLane Baseball Stadium at John H. Kobs Field • East Lansing, Michigan11–2 [49] 27–131,8369–3
42April 23vs Ball StateNo. 24 Victory Field • Indianapolis, Indiana 9–3 [50] 28–132,4419–3
43April 26 Minnesota No. 24Bart Kaufman Field • Bloomington, Indiana3–7 [51] 28–142,3869–4
44April 27MinnesotaNo. 24Bart Kaufman Field • Bloomington, Indiana7–6 [52] 29–141,88810–4
45April 28MinnesotaNo. 24Bart Kaufman Field • Bloomington, Indiana7–1 [53] 30–142,09611–4
May
#DateOpponentRankVenueScoreOverall recordAttendanceB1G record
46May 3at Illinois No. 23 Illinois Field • Champaign, Illinois,0–4 [54] 30–152,37911–5
47May 4at IllinoisNo. 23Illinois Field • Champaign, Illinois1–3 [55] 30–162,77911–6
48May 5at IllinoisNo. 23Illinois Field • Champaign, Illinois9–2 [56] 31–162,11812–6
49May 7at Kentucky No. 25 Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, Kentucky,2–5 [57] 31–173,16212–6
50May 10at Michigan No. 25 Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan,10–4 [58] 32–171,41813–6
51May 11at MichiganNo. 25Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan10–8 [59] 33–171,54014–6
52May 12at MichiganNo. 25Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan5–6 [60] 33–1894514–7
53May 14 Louisville No. 21Bart Kaufman Field • Bloomington, Indiana7–8 [61] 33–192,62214–7
54May 16 Rutgers No. 21Bart Kaufman Field • Bloomington, Indiana7–5 [62] 34–191,82915–7
55May 17RutgersNo. 21Bart Kaufman Field • Bloomington, Indiana11–4 [63] 35–192,69016–7
56May 18RutgersNo. 21Bart Kaufman Field • Bloomington, Indiana13–3 [64] 36–192,67317–7
Post-season
#DateOpponentVenueScoreOverall recordB1G record
57May 22Iowa TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, Nebraska,2–4 [65] 36–2017–7
58May 23MinnesotaTD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, Nebraska4–9 [66] 36–2117–7
#DateOpponentVenueScoreAttendanceOverall record
59May 31 Illinois State Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, Kentucky,7–8 [67] 1,22736–22
60June 1 UIC Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, Kentucky9–5 [68] 75837–22
60June 2 Louisville Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, Kentucky7–9 [69] 2,33937–23
"#" represents ranking. All rankings from Collegiate Baseball on the date of the contest.
"()" represents postseason seeding in the Big 10 Tournament or NCAA Regional, respectively.
Schedule Source [70]

Louisville Regional

Louisville Regional Teams
(1) Louisville Cardinals(2) Indiana Hoosiers(3) Illinois State Redbirds(4) UIC Flames
First roundSemi-finalsFinals
1 Louisville 5
4 UIC 3
1Louisville2
3Illinois State4
3 Illinois State 8
2Indiana7
3Illinois State
1Louisville
Lower round 1Lower final
2Indiana7
4UIC51Louisville9
2Indiana9

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
Coaches' *———————RV2522——2424
Baseball America ——————————2522——2024
Collegiate Baseball^ [71] RV—————————2423252122RV
NCBWA† [72] 37—————————2623—302530
D1Baseball——————————2319—2521RV

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

Awards and honors

Pre-season awards / Watch list

Awards
PlayerAwardDate awardedRef.
Matt LloydCollegiate Baseball
Second team Pre-season All-American		December 18, 2018 [73]
Matt GorskiPerfect Game
Second team Pre-season All-American		January 8, 2019 [74]
Matt LloydPerfect Game
Third team Pre-season All-American
Matt GorskiD1 Baseball
Second team Pre-season All-American		January 21, 2019 [75]

Regular season awards / Watch lists

Weekly Awards
PlayerAwardDate awardedRef.
Matt GorskiBig Ten Player of the WeekMarch 3, 2019 [76]
Pauly MiltoBig Ten Co-Pitcher of the WeekMarch 11, 2019 [77]
Ryan FinemanBig Ten Player of the WeekMarch 18, 2019 [78]
Grant RichardsonBig Ten Player of the WeekMarch 25, 2019 [79]
Big Ten Freshman of the Week
Tanner GordonBig Ten Pitcher of the Week
Matt LloydBig Ten Player of the WeekApril 1, 2019 [80]
Grant RichardsonBig Ten Freshman of the Week
Matt GorskiBig Ten Player of the WeekApril 22, 2019 [81]
Gabe BiermanBig Ten Freshman of the WeekMay 13, 2019 [82]

Conference awards

Weekly Awards
PlayerAwardDate awardedRef.
Jeff MercerBig Ten Coach of the YearMay 21, 2019 [83]
Andrew SaalfrankBig Ten Pitcher of the year
Matt LloydAll-Big Ten First Team
Andrew Saalfrank
Scotty BradleyAll-Big Ten Second Team
Cole Barr
Matt Gorski
Elijah DunhamAll-Big Ten Third Team
Grant RichardsonAll-Big Ten Freshman Team

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

AwardPlayerPositionYearDate awardedRef
Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the YearRyan FinemanCatcherJRApril 4, 2019 [84]

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