2024 Louisville Cardinals baseball team

2024 Louisville Cardinals baseball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	32–24 (16–14 ACC)
Head coach	Dan McDonnell (18th season)
Assistant coaches	Roger Williams (18th season) Eric Snider (10th season) Adam Vrable (10th season)
Home stadium	Jim Patterson Stadium
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2024 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Atlantic
No. 9 Clemson  x‍‍‍y	20	–	10		.667			44	–	16		.733
No. 6 NC State  ‍‍‍y	18	–	11		.621			38	–	23		.623
No. 4 Florida State  ‍‍‍y	17	–	12		.586			49	–	17		.742
Louisville  ‍‍‍	16	–	14		.533			32	–	24		.571
No. 19 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍y	15	–	15		.500			38	–	22		.633
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍	9	–	21		.300			27	–	25		.519
Boston College  ‍‍‍	8	–	22		.267			22	–	31		.415
Coastal
No. 5 North Carolina  x‍‍‍y	22	–	8		.733			48	–	16		.750
No. 7 Virginia  ‍‍‍y	18	–	12		.600			46	–	17		.730
No. 24 Duke  ‍‍‡‍y	16	–	14		.533			40	–	20		.667
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍y	15	–	15		.500			33	–	25		.569
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			32	–	22		.593
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍	11	–	19		.367			26	–	30		.464
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	10	–	20		.333			26	–	28		.481
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 26, 2024 [1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2024 Louisville Cardinals baseball team represented the University of Louisville during the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinals played their home games at Jim Patterson Stadium as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by head coach Dan McDonnell, in his 18th season at Louisville.

With a record of 32–24, the Cardinals missed the NCAA Tournament for the third time in four seasons and in two straight seasons for the first time under coach Dan McDonnell. Louisville was not ranked during the season. ^[2]

Previous season

Main article: 2023 Louisville Cardinals baseball team

The 2023 Louisville Cardinals baseball team finished with a 31–24 (10–20) regular season record and missed the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament for the second time in three seasons.

2023 MLB Draft

The Cardinals had four players drafted in the 2023 MLB draft for its lowest total since the 2015 MLB draft. ^[3]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Christian Knapczyk	Shortstop	5	161	Cleveland Guardians
Tate Kuehner	Pitcher	7	212	Milwaukee Brewers
Ryan Hawks	Pitcher	8	247	Seattle Mariners
Jack Payton	Catcher	11	330	San Francisco Giants

Personnel

Roster

2024 Louisville Cardinals roster [4]
	Pitchers 11 – Ty Starke – Freshman 15 – Colton Hartman – Freshman 19 – TJ Schlageter – Freshman 24 – Wyatt Danilowicz – Sophomore 26 – Sebastian Gongora – Senior 27 – Evan Webster – Senior 33 – Mitchell Dean – Freshman 34 – Jared Lessman – Junior 40 – Jake Murphy – Freshman 41 – Riley Phillips – Senior 43 – Braxton Stewart – Freshman 46 – Justin West – Sophomore 49 – Kayden Campbell – Sophomore 6 – Noah Bush – Junior 7 – Kade Grundy – Junior 10 – Carson Liggett – Junior 17 – Kyle Crow – Freshman 18 – Will Koger – Junior 22 – Tucker Biven – Sophomore 28 – Parker Detmers – Freshman 38 – Morgan Davis – Freshman 39 – Jake Karaba – Senior 44 – Dan Snyder – Sophomore 48 – Thomas Howard – Freshman 50 – Josh Klug – Freshman 54 – Kaleb Corbett – Senior		Catchers 4 – Will Vierling – Sophomore 14 – George Baker – Freshman 25 – Matt Klein – Sophomore 32 – Zion Rose – Freshman 35 – Luke Napleton – Senior 36 – Tagger Tyson – Freshman Infielders 0 – Alex Alicea – Freshman 2 – Logan Beard – Senior 5 – Gavin Kilen – Sophomore 8 – Brandon Anderson – Junior 9 – Dylan Hoy – Senior 30 – Ryan McCoy – Senior		Outfielders 13 – JT Benson – Senior 16 – Michael Lippe – Sophomore 20 – Korbyn Dickerson – Sophomore 42 – Eddie King Jr. – Junior 51 – Isaac Humphrey – Senior 53 – Lucas Moore – Freshman Utility 1 – Patrick Forbes – Sophomore

Coaching staff

2024 Louisville Cardinals Coaching Staff [4]
Name	Position	Seasons at Louisville	Alma Mater
Dan McDonnell	Head coach	18	The Citadel (1992)
Roger Williams	Associate head coach/Pitching	18	East Carolina (1997)
Eric Snider	Assistant Coach/recruiting coordinator	10	Northern Iowa (1987)
Adam Vrable	Assistant Coach	10	Coastal Carolina (2007)
Brian Mundorf	Director of Operations	28	American International (1992)

2024 MLB Draft

The Cardinals had only two players drafted in the 2024 MLB draft for its lowest total since the 2011 MLB draft. This was the first draft under coach Dan McDonnell that a player was not taken in the first 10 rounds. ^[5]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Sebastian Gongora	Pitcher	11	339	Baltimore Orioles
Kaleb Corbett	Pitcher	20	606	Tampa Bay Rays

References

1. "Baseball Standings". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
2. McGavic, Matthew (May 27, 2024). "Louisville Excluded From 2024 NCAA Tournament Field". Louisville Cardinals On SI. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
3. McGavic, Matthew (July 12, 2023). "2023 MLB Draft Louisville Baseball Recap". Louisville Cardinals On SI. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
4. "Official Baseball Roster". Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
5. McGavic, Matthew (July 17, 2024). "2024 MLB Draft Louisville Baseball Recap". Louisville Cardinals On SI. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 19, 2025.

External links

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