Alabama Crimson Tide baseball

The Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team represents the University of Alabama in NCAA Division I college baseball. Along with most other Alabama athletic teams, the baseball team participates in the of the Southeastern Conference. The team plays its home games on campus at Sewell–Thomas Stadium.

Alabama Crimson Tide
2025 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team
Founded	1892 (133 years ago)
Overall record	2,837–1,773–25 (.615)[1]
University	University of Alabama
Athletic director	Greg Byrne
Head coach	Rob Vaughn (2nd season)
Conference	SEC
Location	Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Home stadium	Sewell–Thomas Stadium (Capacity: 5,867)
Nickname	Crimson Tide
Colors	Crimson and white[2]
College World Series runner-up
1983, 1997
College World Series appearances
1950, 1983, 1996, 1997, 1999
NCAA regional champions
1950, 1983, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2006, 2010, 2023
NCAA tournament appearances
1947, 1948, 1950, 1955, 1968, 1983, 1986, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025
Conference tournament champions
1983, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003
Conference regular season champions
SIAA: 1903, 1909, 1913, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, SoCon: 1924, 1925, 1930, 1932 SEC: 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1947, 1950, 1955, 1968, 1983, 1996, 2006

History

The Crimson Tide baseball team leads the SEC in all-time wins with 2,837 victories.^[3] The program trails only LSU for the most SEC regular season titles with 14 and 7 tournament championships.^[4] Tide baseball teams have participated in the NCAA College World Series five times (1950, 1983, 1996, 1997, 1999), finishing second in 1983 and 1997. The Crimson Tide have also had over 72 players make it to the major leagues, 2nd most in the SEC just behind Arkansas with 70 players.^[5]

Stadium

The team's home venue is Sewell-Thomas Stadium, located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on the campus of the University of Alabama. A tradition at Sewell-Thomas Stadium is to play the Rednex song "Cotton-Eyed Joe" during the after the 7th inning. Sewell-Thomas Stadium is nicknamed "The Joe" by Crimson Tide fans, in honor of Baseball Hall of Fame member Joe Sewell, who played college baseball at Alabama. When Sewell played for Alabama, they were not in the Southeastern Conference. This means that only Frank Thomas, of Auburn, is the only SEC player to make the Baseball HOF. For 12 of the last 13 seasons Alabama has ranked in the top 10 nationally in attendance.

In 2016 the team moved into the newly renovated Sewell-Thomas Stadium, a $42 million renovation making The Joe look like a totally new ball park. Club rooms, a kids playground, all chairback seats, and a new state of the art scoreboard were added.

Head coaches

Records are through 2024 season

Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1892	Shelby Fletcher	1	1–0	1.000
1893	W. M. Walker	1	4–6–1	.409
1894	J. H. Lyons	1	10–3	.769
1895	J. F. Jenkins	1	9–3	.750
1896	Eli Abbott	1	5–5	.500
1897	"Kid" Peeples	1	10–0	1.000
1898	Joseph Black	1	2–3	.400
1899	F. C. Owen	1	3–6	.333
1900	Ardis Smith	1	9–3	.750
1901–1905	Thomas Stouch	5	49–25–1	.660
1906	Charles Schwartz	1	4–16–1	.214
1907–1910	J. W. H. Pollard	4	66–22–1	.747
1911	Guy Lowman	1	12–5	.706
1912–1915	D. V. Graves	4	66–30–1	.686
1916–1919	B. L. Noojin	4	55–18	.753
1920	Gordon W. Lewis	1	15–2	.882
1921–1923	Charles Bernier	3	28–35–4	.448
1924–1927	Wallace Wade	4	61–32–2	.653
1928	Hank Crisp	1	12–7–2	.619
1929–1930	Jess Neely	2	28–15–2	.644
1931–1932	Sam Hinton	2	23–7–2	.750
1933–1934	Jennings B. Whitworth	2	21–11	.656
1943	Paul Burnham	1	12–6	.667
1946	Dixie Howell	1	13–7	.650
1935–1942 1947–1963	Tilden Campbell	25	355–168–4	.677
1964–1969	Joe Sewell	6	106–79	.573
1970–1979	Hayden Riley	10	236–206–1	.533
1980–1994	Barry Shollenberger	15	487–334–1	.593
1995–2009	Jim Wells	15	625–322	.656
2010–2016	Mitch Gaspard	7	234–193	.548
2017	Greg Goff	1	19–34–1	.358
2018–2023	Brad Bohannon	6	166–122	.576
2023	Jason Jackson	1	13–6	.684
2024–present	Rob Vaughn	1	33–24	.579
Totals	34 coaches	128 seasons	2,837–1,773–25	.615

Longest Tenure Rank Name Seasons 1 Tilden Campbell 25 2 Jim Wells 15 2 Barry Shollenberger 15

Most Wins Rank Name Wins 1 Jim Wells 625 2 Barry Shollenberger 487 3 Tilden Campbell 355

Year-by-year results

Year	Coach	Record	Notes
1892	Shelby Fletcher	1–0
1893	W.M. Walker	4–6–1
1894	J.H. Lyons	10–3
1895	J.F. Jenkins	9–3
1896	Eli Abbott	5–5
1897	Kid Peeples	10–0
1898	Joseph Black	2–3
1899	F.C. Owen	3–6
1900	Ardis Smith	9–3
1901	Thomas Stouch	9–3
1902	Thomas Stouch	7–1
1903	Thomas Stouch	15–3
1904	Thomas Stouch	12–10
1905	Thomas Stouch	6–8–1
1906	Charles Schwartz	4–16–1
1907	J.W.H. Pollard	21–7
1908	J.W.H. Pollard	14–4
1909	J.W.H. Pollard	19–3	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Champions
1910	J.W.H. Pollard	12–8–1
1911	Guy S. Lowman	12–5
1912	D.V. Graves	16–6
1913	D.V. Graves	22–7	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Champions
1914	D.V. Graves	11–13
1915	D.V. Graves	17–4–1	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Champions
1916	Loonie Noojin	12–10
1917	Loonie Noojin	14–2	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Champions
1918	Loonie Noojin	13–4	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Champions
1919	Loonie Noojin	16–2	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Champions
1920	Gordon Lewis	15–2	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Champions
1921	Charles Bernier	7–12–1
1922	Charles Bernier	7–16–2
1923	Charles Bernier	14–7–1
1924	Wallace Wade	17–6	Southern Conference champions
1925	Wallace Wade	21–6
1926	Wallace Wade	10–12–1
1927	Wallace Wade	13–8–1
1928	Hank Crisp	12–7–2
1929	Jess Neely	11–8–2
1930	Jess Neely	17–7	Southern Conference champions
1931	Sam Hinton	13–5–1
1932	Sam Hinton	10–2–1	Southern Conference champions
1933	J.B. Whitworth	8–6
1934	J.B. Whitworth	13–5	Southeastern Conference champions
1935	Tilden Campbell	12–2	Southeastern Conference champions
1936	Tilden Campbell	10–3–1	Southeastern Conference champions
1937	Tilden Campbell	12–4
1938	Tilden Campbell	13–2	Southeastern Conference champions
1939	Tilden Campbell	10–10
1940	Tilden Campbell	14–2	Southeastern Conference champions
1941	Tilden Campbell	19–2–1	Southeastern Conference champions
1942	Tilden Campbell	10–2	Southeastern Conference champions
1943	Paul Burnham	12–6
1944–1945: No team due to World War II
1946	Dixie Howell	13–7
1947	Tilden Campbell	20–7	Southeastern Conference champions; NCAA District III playoffs
1948	Tilden Campbell	18–11	NCAA District III playoffs
1949	Tilden Campbell	14–8
1950	Tilden Campbell	22–12	SEC Champions; NCAA District III Champions; 5th Place in 1950 College World Series
1951	Tilden Campbell	17–5–1
1952	Tilden Campbell	13–11
1953	Tilden Campbell	10–9
1954	Tilden Campbell	10–7
1955	Tilden Campbell	23–6	Southeastern Conference champions; NCAA District III playoffs
1956	Tilden Campbell	18–7
1957	Tilden Campbell	18–8	SEC West Champions
1958	Tilden Campbell	14–7	SEC West Champions
1959	Tilden Campbell	8–7
1960	Tilden Campbell	11–7
1961	Tilden Campbell	12–9
1962	Tilden Campbell	16–10–1
1963	Tilden Campbell	11–10
1964	Joe Sewell	10–10
1965	Joe Sewell	12–12
1966	Joe Sewell	13–7
1967	Joe Sewell	23–21
1968	Joe Sewell	24–14	Southeastern Conference champions; NCAA District III playoffs
1969	Joe Sewell	10–22
1970	Hayden Riley	19–25
1971	Hayden Riley	21–14–1
1972	Hayden Riley	22–14
1973	Hayden Riley	22–14	SEC Western Division Champions
1974	Hayden Riley	37–16	SEC Western Division Champions
1975	Hayden Riley	34–32
1976	Hayden Riley	25–18
1977	Hayden Riley	27–18
1978	Hayden Riley	23–20
1979	Hayden Riley	18–27
1980	Barry Shollenberger	18–28
1981	Barry Shollenberger	41–15–1	SEC Western Division Champions
1982	Barry Shollenberger	32–21
1983	Barry Shollenberger	46–11	SEC Champions*, South Region Champs, 1983 College World Series Runners-Up
1984	Barry Shollenberger	35–18
1985	Barry Shollenberger	30–23
1986	Barry Shollenberger	43–20	NCAA Atlantic Region
1987	Barry Shollenberger	25–26
1988	Barry Shollenberger	27–26
1989	Barry Shollenberger	32–24
1990	Barry Shollenberger	34–21
1991	Barry Shollenberger	42–20	NCAA Atlantic Region
1992	Barry Shollenberger	34–21
1993	Barry Shollenberger	27–25
1994	Barry Shollenberger	21–35
1995	Jim Wells	42–23	SEC Western Division Tourney Champion, NCAA East Region Runner-up
1996	Jim Wells	50–19	SEC Champions, SEC Tourney Champs, South I Regional Champions, 5th Place 1996 College World Series
1997	Jim Wells	56–14	SEC Tournament champions, NCAA South II Regional Champions, 1997 College World Series Runner-up
1998	Jim Wells	46–18	NCAA West Regional Runner-up
1999	Jim Wells	53–16	SEC Tournament champions, NCAA Regional Champions, Super Regional Champions, 4th place in the 1999 College World Series
2000	Jim Wells	41–24	NCAA Regional Runner-up
2001	Jim Wells	32–23
2002	Jim Wells	51–15	SEC Western Division Champions, SEC Tournament champions, NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional Participant
2003	Jim Wells	38–24	SEC Tournament champions, NCAA College Station Regional Participant
2004	Jim Wells	29–26
2005	Jim Wells	40–23	NCAA New Orleans Regional Runner up
2006	Jim Wells	44–21	SEC Champions, NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional Champions, NCAA Tuscaloosa Super Regional
2007	Jim Wells	31–26
2008	Jim Wells	35–28	NCAA Conway Regional Participant
2009	Jim Wells	37–21	NCAA Clemson Regional Participant
2010	Mitch Gaspard	42–25	NCAA Atlanta Regional champions, NCAA Clemson Super Regional
2011	Mitch Gaspard	35–28	NCAA Tallahassee Regional Runner up
2012	Mitch Gaspard	21–34
2013	Mitch Gaspard	35–28	NCAA Tallahassee Regional Participant
2014	Mitch Gaspard	37–24	NCAA Tallahassee Regional Runner up
2015	Mitch Gaspard	32–28
2016	Mitch Gaspard	32–26
2017	Greg Goff	19–34–1
2018	Brad Bohannon	27–29
2019	Brad Bohannon	30–26
2020	Brad Bohannon	16–1	Postseason cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Brad Bohannon	32–26	NCAA Ruston Regional Participant
2022	Brad Bohannon	31–27
2023	Brad Bohannon Jason Jackson	43–21	NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional champions, NCAA Winston-Salem Super Regional
2024	Rob Vaughn	33–24	NCAA Tallahassee Regional Participant
2025	Rob Vaughn	41–18	NCAA Hattiesburg Regional Participant

* Alabama won the SEC tournament which determined the overall SEC champion from 1977 to 1987.

Alabama in the NCAA tournament

The NCAA Division I baseball tournament started in 1947. The format of the tournament has changed through the years. The Crimson Tide has played in 28 NCAA tournaments, winning 8 NCAA Regional Championships. Alabama has five College World Series appearances and played in the national championship game in 1983 and 1997.

Player awards

National awards

• Golden Spikes Award

Dave Magadan (1983)

• Baseball America College Player of the Year Award

Dave Magadan (1983)

• Johnny Bench Award

Jeremy Brown (2002)

• Baseball America Freshman of the Year Award

Wade LeBlanc (2004)

• Collegiate Baseball Freshman Player of the Year Award

Wade LeBlanc (2004)

• Senior CLASS Award

Emeel Salem (2007)

SEC awards

• Player of the Year Award

Kent Matthes (2009)

• Freshman of the Year Award

Wade LeBlanc (2004)

Alabama's First Team All-Americans

Player	Position	Year(s)	Selectors
Ed White	Outfield	1950†	ABCA
Fred Frickie	First Base	1957†	ABCA
Dave Magadan	First Base	1983†	ABCA, BA
Doug Duke	Catcher	1986†	ABCA, BA
Joe Vitiello	Outfield	1991	BA
Dax Norris	Catcher	1996	NCBWA
Roberto Vaz	Outfielder	1997	ABCA
Beau Hearod	Utility player	2003	NCBWA
Wade LeBlanc	Pitcher	2006	CB
Emeel Salem	Outfielder	2006	College Baseball Foundation
Kent Matthes	Outfielder	2009†	ABCA, BA, CB, NCBWA
Taylor Dugas	Outfielder	2010	BA
Source:"SEC All-Americas". secsports.com. Archived from the original on 2008-05-28. Retrieved 2008-07-24. ABCA: American Baseball Coaches Association BA: Baseball America CB: Collegiate Baseball NCBWA: National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association † Denotes consensus All-American

Former players

Current MLB players

Player	Years at UA	MLB team
Tommy Hunter	2006–2007	New York Mets
Wade LeBlanc	2004–2006	St. Louis Cardinals
Adam Morgan	2009–2011	Chicago Cubs
Jimmy Nelson	2008–2010	Los Angeles Dodgers
David Robertson	2005–2006	Tampa Bay Rays
Spencer Turnbull	2013–2014	Detroit Tigers
Matt Foster	2016	Chicago White Sox
Chase Lee	2019-2021	Detroit Tigers

National College Baseball Hall of Fame inductees

In 2006, the National College Baseball Hall of Fame opened in Lubbock, Texas. Since then, Alabama has had 2 players inducted into the Hall of Fame.^[6][7]

Player Years at UA Position Year inducted Joe Sewell 1918–20 SS 2007 Dave Magadan 1981–83 3B 2010

Former Major Leaguers

= All-Star

= Baseball Hall of Famer

Athlete	Years in MLB	MLB Teams
Del Pratt	1912–1924	St. Louis Browns, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers
Dan Boone	1919–1923	Philadelphia Athletics, Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians
Lena Styles	1919–1931	Philadelphia Athletics, Cincinnati Reds
Joe Sewell	1920–1933	Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees
Riggs Stephenson	1920–1933	Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs
Frank Pratt	1921	Chicago White Sox
Luke Sewell	1921–1942	Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Browns
Ike Boone	1922–1932	New York Giants, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Brooklyn Robins/Dodgers
Ernie Wingard	1924–1927	St. Louis Browns
Verdo Elmore	1924	St. Louis Browns
Andy Cohen	1926, 1928–1929	New York Giants
Tommy Sewell	1927	Chicago Cubs
Jackie Hayes	1927–1940	Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox
Grant Gillis	1927–1929	Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox
Red Barnes	1927–1930	Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox
Doc Land	1929	Washington Senators
Max Rosenfeld	1931–1933	Brooklyn Robins/Dodgers
Bruce Connatser	1931–1932	Cleveland Indians
Whitey Hilcher	1931–1932, 1935–1936	Cincinnati Reds
Ray Pepper	1932–1936	St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Browns
John Campbell	1933	Washington Senators
Syd Cohen	1934, 1936–1937	Washington Senators
Fred Sington	1934–1939	Washington Senators, Brooklyn Dodgers
Jim Sheehan	1936	New York Giants
Lee Rogers	1938	Boston Red Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers
Jim Tabor	1938–1944, 1946–1947	Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies
LeGrant Scott	1939	Philadelphia Phillies
Jack Bolling	1939, 1944	Philadelphia Phillies, Brooklyn Dodgers
Skeeter Scalzi	1939	New York Giants
Vic Bradford	1943	New York Giants
Ken Sears	1943, 1946	New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns
Jim Dunn	1952	Pittsburgh Pirates
Hersh Freeman	1952–1953, 1955–1958	Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Redlegs, Chicago Cubs
John Baumgartner	1953	Detroit Tigers
Al Worthington	1953–1954, 1956–1960, 1963–1969	New York/San Francisco Giants, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Minnesota Twins
Al Lary	1954–1955, 1962	Chicago Cubs
Frank Lary	1954–1965	Detroit Tigers, New York Mets, Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago White Sox
Guy Morton Jr.	1952–1954	Boston Red Sox
Ed White	1955	Chicago White Sox
Jack Kubiszyn	1961–1962	Cleveland Indians
Butch Hobson	1975–1982	Boston Red Sox, California Angels, New York Yankees
Bobby Sprowl	1978–1981	Boston Red Sox, Houston Astros
Randy Hunt	1985–1986	St. Louis Cardinals, Montreal Expos
Craig Shipley	1986–1987, 1989, 1991–1998	Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, San Diego Padres, Houston Astros, Anaheim Angels
Bryan Kelly	1986–1987	Detroit Tigers
Dave Magadan	1986–2001	New York Mets, Florida Marlins, Seattle Mariners, Houston Astros, Chicago Cubs, Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres
Greg Hibbard	1989–1994	Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Seattle Mariners
Mo Sanford	1991, 1993, 1995	Cincinnati Reds, Colorado Rockies, Minnesota Twins
Joe Vitiello	1995–2000, 2003	Kansas City Royals, San Diego Padres, Montreal Expos
Tim Young	1998, 2000	Montreal Expos, Boston Red Sox
Frank Menechino	1999–2005	Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays
Dustan Mohr	2001–2007	Minnesota Twins, San Francisco Giants, Colorado Rockies, Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Lance Cormier	2004–2011	Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Tampa Bay Rays, Los Angeles Dodgers
Paul Phillips	2004–2010	Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox, Colorado Rockies
Andy Phillips	2004–2008	New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets
Taylor Tankersley	2006–2008, 2010	Florida Marlins
Jeremy Brown	2006	Oakland Athletics
David Robertson	2008–present	New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, Tampa Bay Rays
Tommy Hunter	2008–present	Texas Rangers, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians, Tampa Bay Rays, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets
Wade LeBlanc	2008–2014, 2016–present	San Diego Padres, Miami Marlins, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, New York Yankees, Seattle Mariners, Pittsburgh Pirates, Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Cardinals
Matt Downs	2009–2012	San Francisco Giants, Houston Astros
Alex Avila	2009–2021	Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Arizona Diamondbacks, Minnesota Twins, Washington Nationals
Josh Rutledge	2012–2017	Colorado Rockies, Boston Red Sox
Jimmy Nelson	2013–2017, 2019–present	Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles Dodgers
Adam Morgan	2015–present	Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs
Spencer Turnbull	2018–present	Detroit Tigers
Taylor Guilbeau	2019–2020	Seattle Mariners

See also

• 2019 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team
• List of NCAA Division I baseball programs
• Alabama Crimson Tide
• Alabama Crimson Tide softball