2023 Clemson Tigers baseball team

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2023 Clemson Tigers baseball
Clemson Baseball cap logo.svg
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 18
CB No. 17
Record44–19 (20–10 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Nick Schnabel (1st season)
  • Jimmy Belanger (1st season)
Home stadium Doug Kingsmore Stadium
Seasons
  2022
2024  
2023 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Atlantic
No. 3 Wake Forest  xy227 .7595412 .818
No. 18 Clemson  y2010 .6674419 .698
Boston College  y1614 .5333720 .649
Notre Dame  1515 .5003024 .556
NC State  y1316 .4483621 .632
Louisville  1020 .3333124 .564
Florida State  921 .3002331 .426
Coastal
No. 6 Virginia  xy1911 .6335013 .794
No. 20 Miami (FL)  y1812 .6004221 .667
No. 15 Duke  y1613 .5523923 .629
North Carolina  y1414 .5003624 .600
Virginia Tech  1217 .4143023 .566
Georgia Tech  1218 .4003027 .526
Pittsburgh  1018 .3572431 .436
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 25, 2023 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2023 Clemson Tigers baseball team were the varsity intercollegiate baseball team that represented Clemson University during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and were led by first-year head coach Erik Bakich. Clemson played its home games at Doug Kingsmore Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina.

Contents

The Tigers started the season sluggishly going 4–4 in February and losing their first three ACC Series. They were 17–14 overall and 2–8 in the ACC as of April 6, after the first game of their series against Florida State. The Tigers won their next two games in the series and their season turned around. The Tigers only lost three more games during the regular season, and finished 39–17 overall and 20–10 in ACC play to finish in second place in the Atlantic Division. They went into the ACC tournament on a twelve game winning streak and were the third seed. The Tigers were placed in a pool with sixth seed Boston College and tenth seed Virginia Tech. After going 2–0 in pool play, the Tigers defeated North Carolina in the Semifinals and Miami (FL) in the Final to win their eleventh ACC tournament title. [2] The Tigers earned the ACC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament and were selected as the fourth overall seed. They won the opening game of the regional against Lipscomb to extend their winning streak to seventeen games. [3] Their streak ended there as they lost to Tennessee in fourteen innings. The Tigers could not overcome Charlotte in the elimination game of the regional and their season ended.

Previous season

The Tigers finished the 2022 season 35–23 overall and 13–16 in ACC Play, to finish in sixth place in the Atlantic Division. As the twelfth seed in the ACC tournament they were placed in pool A with first seed Virginia Tech and eight seed North Carolina. They lost both games and were eliminated from the tournament. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament for the second consecutive year. It was the first time the Tigers had missed the NCAA tournament in consecutive years since 1982-1986. It was their first time missing back-to-back tournaments since the field expanded to 64 teams in 1999. [4] At the end of the season, Monte Lee was fired as the head coach. [5]

Personnel

Roster

2023 Clemson Tigers roster [6]
 

Pitchers

  • 13 - B.J. Bailey - Junior
  • 15 - Reed Garris - Sophomore
  • 18 - Tristan Smith - Freshman
  • 20 - Willie Weiss - Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 21 - Ryan Ammons - Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 25 - Jackson Lindley - Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 26 - Casey Tallent - Sophomore
  • 29 - Joe Allen - Freshman
  • 30 - Billy Barlow - Sophomore
  • 31 - Caden Grice - Junior
  • 35 - Jay Dill - Sophomore
  • 36 - Ty Olenchuk - Junior
  • 37 - Nick Hoffmann - Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 39 - Ethan Darden - Freshman
  • 41 - Nathan Dvorsky - Freshman
  • 44 - Nick Clayton - Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 48 - Rob Hughes - Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 51 - Rocco Reid - Sophomore
  • 53 - Josh Davis - Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 56 - Austin Gordon - Sophomore
 

Catchers

  • 9 - Jacob Jarrell - Freshman
  • 12 - Cooper Ingle - Junior
  • 33 - Hogan Garner - Freshman

Infielders

  • 2 - Nolan Nawrocki - Freshman
  • 6 - Riley Bertram - Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 8 - Blake Wright - Junior
  • 10 - Cam Cannarella - Freshman
  • 17 - Billy Amick - Sophomore
  • 19 - Cooper Blauser - Freshman
  • 24 - Mac Starbuc - Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 32 - Jack Reynolds - Freshman
  • 50 - Jay Dillard - Freshman
 

Outfielders

  • 1 - Tyler Corbitt - Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 3 - Jack Crighton - Freshman
  • 4 - Benjamin Blackwell - Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 5 - Gavin Abrams - Sophomore
  • 11 - Chad Fairey - Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 16 - Will Taylor - Sophomore
  • 22 - Nathan Hall - Freshman
  • 27 - Tristan Bissetta - Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 55 - Lleyton Lackey - Freshman

Utility

  • 40 - Brodey Conn - Freshman
  • 54 - Nick Couch - Redshirt.svg Junior

Coaching Staff

2023 Clemson Tigers coaching staff [6]
NamePositionSeasons at
Clemson
Erik Bakich Head Coach1
Nick SchnabelAssistant Coach1
Jimmy BelangerAssistant Coach1
Griffin MazurVolunteer Assistant Coach1

Schedule

Legend
 Clemson win
 Clemson loss
 Cancellation
BoldClemson team member
*Non-Conference game
Make-Up Game
2023 Clemson Tigers baseball game log [7]
Regular season
Postseason

Note: All rankings shown are from D1Baseball Poll.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches' [8] —*RV2110855*5*18
Baseball America [9] 1816744*4*15
Collegiate Baseball^ [10] 4225171173171717
NCBWA [11] RVRV2113961919*18
D1Baseball [12] 167633*3*18

^ 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.

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