2023 Oklahoma Sooners baseball team

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2023 Oklahoma Sooners baseball
Oklahoma Sooners logo.svg
Conference Big 12 Conference
Record32–28 (11–13 Big 12)
Head coach
Associate head coach Reggie Willits (2nd season)
Assistant coaches
  • Clay Overcash (6th season)
  • Russell Raley (1st season)
Home stadium L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park
Seasons
  2022
2024 
2023 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 14 Texas  y159 .6254222 .656
Oklahoma State  y159 .6254120 .672
West Virginia  y159 .6254020 .667
No. 5 TCU  y1311 .5424424 .647
Kansas State  1311 .5423524 .593
Texas Tech  y1212 .5004123 .641
Oklahoma  y1113 .4583228 .533
Kansas  816 .3332532 .439
Baylor  618 .2502035 .364
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 25, 2023 [1]
Rankings from D1baseball

The 2023 Oklahoma Sooners baseball team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Sooners played their home games at L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by head coach Skip Johnson, in his 6th season at Oklahoma.

Contents

Previous season

The Sooners finished the 2022–23 season with a 45–24 overall record and a 15–9 record in Big 12 play. Coming in as the third-seed in the 2022 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament, the Sooners defeated their longtime rivals fifth-seeded Texas to win their third Big 12 conference tournament championship. Receiving an automatic bid for the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, the Sooners defeated Liberty, Florida, and Virginia Tech in the Blacksburg Super Regional. In the 2022 College World Series, the Sooners defeated Texas A&M in the first round and the semifinals, Notre Dame in the second round, before falling to Ole Miss in the finals, losing both games. [2]

Offseason

Departures

Outgoing transfers
PlayerPositionHeightYearNew teamRef.
Ben AbramRHP6'7" Redshirt.svg Redshirt junior Oklahoma State [3]
Keegan AllenRHP/OF6'0"Freshman West Virginia [4]
Cade BrownRHP6'4" Redshirt.svg Redshirt junior Murray State [5]
Luke CarrellLHP6'2"Freshman Northwest Florida State [6]
Brock DanielsINF6'1"Freshman Missouri [7]
Luc FladdaLHP6'1"Freshman Johnson County [8]
Mason LoweINF5'11" Redshirt.svg Redshirt junior Central Missouri [9]
Brayden LuikartLHP/OF6'0"Freshman Johnson County [10]
Max McGwireINF6'2"Freshman San Diego [11]
Hudson PolkC6'1"Sophomore Arkansas [12]
Creed WatkinsRHP6'5" Redshirt.svg Redshirt sophomore NC State [13]
Draft
RoundPickPlayerPositionHeightTeamRef.
17 Cade Horton IF/RHP6'1" Chicago Cubs [14]
245 Jake Bennett LHP6'6" Washington Nationals
251 Peyton Graham INF6'4" Detroit Tigers
4127Jimmy CrooksC6'0" St. Louis Cardinals
7224Blake RobertsonINF6'5" Tampa Bay Rays
10290Tanner TredawayOF6'0" Pittsburgh Pirates
10297Trevin MichaelRHP6'2" Detroit Tigers
11325David SandlinRHP6'4" Kansas City Royals
17505Chazz MartinezLHP/OF6'3" Kansas City Royals
18536Javier RamosRHP6'6" Colorado Rockies
19579Jaret GodmanRHP6'1" Boston Red Sox
Undrafted
Brett SquiresIF/OF6'3" Kansas City Royals [15]

Cade Horton, Jake Bennett, and Peyton Graham's draft selections marked the first time the Sooners ever had three players selected in the first two rounds of the MLB draft. Under head coach Skip Johnson, the Sooners have produced three first-round draft picks in five years with Horton being selected seventh overall. Horton became the Sooner's highest draft pick since Jon Gray in 2013. [16]

Additions

Incoming transfers
PlayerPositionHeightYearFormer teamRef.
Blake BalesRHP6'5"Graduate student Virginia [17]
Will CarstenRHP6'7"Junior McLennan [18]
Kale DavisRHP6'3" Redshirt.svg Redshirt junior Oklahoma State [19]
Braxton DouthitRHP5'10"Graduate student Lamar [20]
Dakota HarrisIF6'0"Junior Polk State [21]
Gray HarrisonRHP6'1"Junior McLennan [22]
James HittLHP6'0" Redshirt.svg Redshirt sophomore Texas Tech [23]
Anthony MackenzieIF5'11"Junior Sam Houston [24]
Bryce MadronOF5'8"Junior Cowley [25]
Peyton OlejnikRHP6'9"Sophomore Triton [26]
Carson PierceRHP6'3"Junior Cowley [27]
Mason StrongC5'11"Sophomore BYU [28]
Gray ThomasRHP6'3"Sophomore TCU [29]
Adam WalkerRHP6'2"Junior Dodge City [30]
Aaron WeberRHP6'4"Sophomore Cowley [31]
Incoming recruits
PlayerPositionHeightHometownHigh schoolRef.
Easton CarmichaelC6'1" Prosper, Texas Prosper High School [32]
Camden ChalfantRHP6'1" Edmond, Oklahoma Edmond Memorial High School [33]
Patrick EngskovIF6'0" Little Rock, Arkansas Pulaski Academy [34]
Rocco Garza-GongoraOF/1B6'2" Laredo, Texas John B. Alexander High School [35]
Julien HachemLHP6'7" Oak Park, Illinois Mount Carmel High School [36]
Gabe MurrellRHP6'1" Edmond, Oklahoma Edmond North High School [37]
Caden PowellIF6'2" Clinton, Oklahoma Clinton High School [38]
Carson TurnquistRHP6'5" Paso Robles, California Paso Robles High School [39]
Eric Van ValkenburgRHP6'2" Solana Beach, California Torrey Pines High School [40]
Tavion VaughnsOF6'1" Grand Prairie, Texas Cedar Hill High School [41]

Preseason

Roster and personnel

Schedule

2023 Oklahoma Baseball Game Log
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Canceled      Bold = Oklahoma team member
Regular Season (30–24)
Postseason (1–2)
* indicates a non-conference game.

Statistics

Legend
  GP Games played  GS Games started AB At-bats
  H Hits Avg. Batting average 2B Doubles
 3B Triples HR Home runs RBI Runs batted in
  IP Innings pitched  WWins L Losses
 ERA Earned run average SO Strikeouts BB Base on balls
 SV Saves SB Stolen bases High Team high

Individual batting

A darker background denotes not meeting the minimum requirement of 2 PA/G and 75% of games played

PlayerGPABAvg.H2B3BHRRBIBBSOSB
Dakota Harris46186.3286112174819375
Bryce Madron60219.320701531251613615
Kendall Pettis54178.3095563124363517
Anthony Mackenzie60242.3067491641395321
Easton Carmichael51193.306598464813444
Rocco Garza-Gongora51164.293486132715444
John Spikerman60222.27060141333495327
Wallace Clark47139.237338211831314
Jackson Nicklaus59197.234469363951789
Diego Muniz37111.270306011715244
Caden Powell1635.257940032140
Sebastian Orduno3893.22621301819203
Patrick Engskov1110.20020000031
Mason Strong88.00000000030
Kade Fletcher31.00000000000

Source: 2023 Baseball Cumulative Statistics

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