1997 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team

The 1997 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team represented the University of Alabama in the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Crimson Tide played their home games at Sewell–Thomas Stadium, and were led by third-year head coach Jim Wells. They finished as the national runner-up after falling to LSU in the 1997 College World Series Final.

1997 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball
SEC Tournament champions South II Regional champions
College World Series, runner-up
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Western Division
Record	56–14 (20–9 SEC)
Head coach	Jim Wells (3rd season)
Home stadium	Sewell–Thomas Stadium
Seasons ← 1996 1998 →

1997 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern
No. 16 Florida  x‍‍‍	17	–	13		.567			40	–	24		.625
No. 25 Tennessee  x‍‍‍	17	–	13		.567			42	–	19		.689
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			31	–	24		.564
South Carolina  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			33	–	24		.579
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	10	–	20		.333			20	–	34		.370
Georgia  ‍‍‍	8	–	22		.267			28	–	27		.509
Western
No. 1 LSU  x‍†‍‍	22	–	7		.759			57	–	13		.814
No. 2 Alabama  ‍‍‡‍	20	–	9		.690			56	–	14		.800
No. 7 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍	19	–	11		.633			47	–	21		.691
No. 6 Auburn  ‍‍‍	17	–	12		.586			50	–	17		.746
Arkansas  ‍‍‍	15	–	14		.517			36	–	20		.643
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍	6	–	24		.200			22	–	31		.415
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion Rankings from Baseball America

Roster

1997 Alabama Crimson Tide roster
	Pitchers Jarrod Kingrey - Junior		Catchers Matt Frick - Junior Infielders Joe Caruso - Senior Andy Phillips - Sophomore		Outfielders G. W. Keller - Sophomore Dustan Mohr Dave Tidwell Roberto Vaz		Coaching staff Jim Wells – Head Coach

Schedule

Legend
	Alabama win
	Alabama loss

1997 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball game log
Regular season
February (10–0) Date Opponent Stadium Score Overall Record SEC Record February 14 Marshall Sewell–Thomas Stadium 8–2 1–0 – February 15 Marshall Sewell–Thomas Stadium 17–4 2–0 – February 16 Marshall Sewell–Thomas Stadium 16–0 3–0 – February 18 Louisiana Tech Sewell–Thomas Stadium 9–3 4–0 – February 19 Louisiana Tech Sewell–Thomas Stadium 13–7 5–0 – February 21 Michigan Sewell–Thomas Stadium 21–3 6–0 – February 22 Michigan Sewell–Thomas Stadium 19–3 7–0 – February 23 Michigan Sewell–Thomas Stadium 22–7 8–0 – February 25 Middle Tennessee Sewell–Thomas Stadium 15–5 9–0 – February 28 Illinois Sewell–Thomas Stadium 9–2 10–0 –
March (15–4) Date Opponent Stadium Score Overall Record SEC Record March 1 Illinois Sewell–Thomas Stadium 5–3 11–0 – March 2 Illinois Sewell–Thomas Stadium 6–5 12–0 – March 4 Duquesne Sewell–Thomas Stadium 11–0 13–0 – March 7 Georgia Sewell–Thomas Stadium 15–6 14–0 1–0 March 8 Georgia Sewell–Thomas Stadium 10–6 15–0 2–0 March 9 Georgia Sewell–Thomas Stadium 6–11 15–1 2–1 March 11 Winthrop Sewell–Thomas Stadium 7–2 16–1 2–1 March 12 Winthrop Sewell–Thomas Stadium 9–7 17–1 2–1 March 14 at Florida Alfred A. McKethan Stadium 6–4 18–1 3–1 March 15 at Florida Alfred A. McKethan Stadium 13–9 19–1 4–1 March 16 at Florida Alfred A. McKethan Stadium 4–9 19–2 4–2 March 19 UAB Sewell–Thomas Stadium 11–2 20–2 4–2 March 21 at Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium 3–2 21–2 5–2 March 22 at Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium 7–8 21–3 5–3 March 23 at Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium 2–9 21–4 5–4 March 25 at Southern Mississippi Pete Taylor Park 19–14 22–4 5–4 March 28 Vanderbilt Sewell–Thomas Stadium 8–2 23–4 6–4 March 29 Vanderbilt Sewell–Thomas Stadium 6–3 24–4 7–4 March 29 Vanderbilt Sewell–Thomas Stadium 14–2 25–4 8–4
April (14–6) Date Opponent Stadium Score Overall Record SEC Record April 1 South Alabama Sewell–Thomas Stadium 9–8 26–4 8–4 April 2 at Middle Tennessee Reese Smith Jr. Field 3–2 27–4 8–4 April 4 Kentucky Sewell–Thomas Stadium 10–3 27–4 9–4 April 5 Kentucky Sewell–Thomas Stadium 2–9 28–5 9–5 April 6 Kentucky Sewell–Thomas Stadium 9–5 29–5 10–5 April 8 Southern Mississippi Sewell–Thomas Stadium 14–6 30–5 10–5 April 9 UAB Sewell–Thomas Stadium 2–10 30–6 10–5 April 12 at Auburn Plainsman Park 8–13 30–7 10–6 April 12 at Auburn Plainsman Park 22–7 31–7 11–6 April 13 at Auburn Plainsman Park 12–11 32–7 12–6 April 15 at South Alabama Eddie Stanky Field 7–8 32–8 12–6 April 16 at Samford Joe Lee Griffin Stadium 4–2 33–8 12–6 April 18 at Mississippi State Dudy Noble Field 10–11 33–9 12–7 April 19 at Mississippi State Dudy Noble Field 7–9 33–10 12–8 April 20 at Mississippi State Dudy Noble Field 6–3 34–10 13–8 April 23 West Alabama Sewell–Thomas Stadium 10–9 35–10 13–8 April 23 West Alabama Sewell–Thomas Stadium 15–4 36–10 13–8 April 25 Arkansas Sewell–Thomas Stadium 11–10 37–10 14–8 April 26 Arkansas Sewell–Thomas Stadium 13–2 38–10 15–8 April 29 Samford Sewell–Thomas Stadium 4–3 39–10 15–8
May (5–1) Date Opponent Stadium Score Overall Record SEC Record May 3 at Ole Miss Swayze Field 8–2 40–10 16–8 May 3 at Ole Miss Swayze Field 14–7 41–10 17–8 May 4 at Ole Miss Swayze Field 9–5 42–10 18–8 May 9 LSU Sewell–Thomas Stadium 6–4 43–10 19–8 May 10 LSU Sewell–Thomas Stadium 28–2 44–10 20–8 May 10 LSU Sewell–Thomas Stadium 4–6 44–11 20–9
Postseason
SEC Tournament (4–1) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SEC record May 15 vs Mississippi State Golden Park 16–3 45–11 20–9 May 16 vs Florida Golden Park 13–6 46–11 20–9 May 17 vs LSU Golden Park 7–12 46–12 20–9 May 17 vs Florida Golden Park 6–3 47–12 20–9 May 18 vs LSU Golden Park 12–2 48–12 20–9
South II Regional (4–0) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SEC record May 22 Troy Sewell–Thomas Stadium 8–5 49–12 20–9 May 23 Wichita State Sewell–Thomas Stadium 6–2 50–12 20–9 May 24 NC State Sewell–Thomas Stadium 6–3 51–12 20–9 May 25 USC Sewell–Thomas Stadium 9–8 52–12 20–9
1997 College World Series (4–2) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SEC record March 31 vs Mississippi State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium 3–2 53–12 20–9 June 2 vs Miami (FL) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium 1–6 53–13 20–9 June 3 vs Mississippi State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium 9–5 54–13 20–9 June 5 vs Miami (FL) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium 8–6 55–13 20–9 June 6 vs Miami (FL) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium 8–2 56–13 20–9 June 7 vs LSU Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium 6–13 56–14 20–9

Awards and honors

Dave Magadan

• College World Series All-Tournament Team^[1]
• Golden Spikes Award

Tim Meacham

• College World Series All-Tournament Team^[1]

Crimson Tide in the 1997 MLB Draft

The following members of the Alabama Crimson Tide baseball program were drafted in the 1997 Major League Baseball Draft.^[2]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Roberto Vaz	OF	7th	215th	Oakland Athletics
Dustan Mohr	OF	9th	448th	Cleveland Indians
Joe Caruso	2B	7th	331st	Kansas City Royals
Dave Tidwell	OF	16th	488th	Cincinnati Reds