2024 Louisville Cardinals baseball team

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2024 Louisville Cardinals baseball
Louisville Cardinals wordmark.svg
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record32–24 (16–14 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Roger Williams (18th season)
  • Eric Snider (10th season)
  • Adam Vrable (10th season)
Home stadium Jim Patterson Stadium
Seasons
  2023
2025  
2024 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Atlantic
No. 9 Clemson  xy2010 .6674416 .733
No. 6 NC State  y1811 .6213823 .623
No. 4 Florida State  y1712 .5864917 .742
Louisville  1614 .5333224 .571
No. 19 Wake Forest  y1515 .5003822 .633
Notre Dame  921 .3002725 .519
Boston College  822 .2672231 .415
Coastal
No. 5 North Carolina  xy228 .7334816 .750
No. 7 Virginia  y1812 .6004617 .730
No. 24 Duke  y1614 .5334020 .667
Georgia Tech  y1515 .5003325 .569
Virginia Tech  1416 .4673222 .593
Miami (FL)  1119 .3672630 .464
Pittsburgh  1020 .3332628 .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.

Contents

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

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]

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team
Christian Knapczyk Shortstop 5161 Cleveland Guardians
Tate Kuehner Pitcher 7212 Milwaukee Brewers
Ryan HawksPitcher8247 Seattle Mariners
Jack Payton Catcher 11330 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]
NamePositionSeasons at
Louisville
Alma Mater
Dan McDonnell Head coach18 The Citadel (1992)
Roger WilliamsAssociate head coach/Pitching18 East Carolina (1997)
Eric SniderAssistant Coach/recruiting coordinator10 Northern Iowa (1987)
Adam VrableAssistant Coach10 Coastal Carolina (2007)
Brian MundorfDirector of Operations28 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]

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team
Sebastian Gongora Pitcher 11339 Baltimore Orioles
Kaleb Corbett Pitcher 20606 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. 1 2 "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.