2015 Baylor Bears baseball team
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Conference | Big 12 Conference |
Record | 13–22 (4–8 Big 12) |
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Home stadium | Baylor Ballpark |
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No. 4 TCU †y | 18 | – | 5 | .783 | 51 | – | 15 | .773 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 Oklahoma State y | 14 | – | 8 | .636 | 38 | – | 20 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma | 13 | – | 11 | .542 | 34 | – | 27 | .557 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Tech | 13 | – | 11 | .542 | 31 | – | 24 | .564 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas ‡y | 11 | – | 13 | .458 | 30 | – | 27 | .526 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas State | 10 | – | 14 | .417 | 27 | – | 30 | .474 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Virginia | 9 | – | 13 | .409 | 27 | – | 27 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baylor | 9 | – | 15 | .375 | 23 | – | 32 | .418 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas | 8 | – | 15 | .348 | 23 | – | 32 | .418 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball [1] |
The 2015 Baylor Bears baseball team will represent Baylor University during the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bears will play their home games at Baylor Ballpark as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They will be led by head coach Steve Smith, in his 21st season at Baylor.
Previous season
[edit]In 2014, the Bears finished the season 7th in the Big 12 with a record of 26–31, 8–15 in conference play. They qualified for the 2014 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament and were eliminated in the semifinals. They failed to qualify for the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Personnel
[edit]Roster
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Coaching staff
[edit]Name | Position | Seasons at Baylor |
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Steve Smith | Head coach | 21 | Baylor University (1986) |
Steve Johnigan | Associate head coach | 19 | Texas A&M University (1989) |
Trevor Mote | Assistant coach | 5 | Baylor University (2004) |
Season
[edit]February
[edit]Baylor opened its season on February 13 as part of a three-game series with Cal Poly. In game 1, the Mustangs outhit the Bears 12–7, but Baylor won 8–6.[3] In the second game of the series, the Bears also won by a score of 8–6, and closed out the series sweep with a 6–0 win in the series finale.[4] Baylor moved into the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper poll at #21 nationally following the Cal Poly sweep.[5] Playing as the #21 team in the country, Baylor went 2–2 over the next week. After a midweek loss to Dallas Baptist in which the Bears pitching surrendered eight walks,[6] the Bears dropped the first game of a three-game weekend series to 2014 NCAA Tournament participant Kent State. On February 21, the Bears swept the Golden Flashes in a doubleheader, winning the two games by a combined score of 10–4.[7]
For the final week of February (and the first day of March), the Bears fell to #25 nationally in the Collegiate Baseball poll and were also ranked number 28 in the NCBWA poll. On February 25, the Bears defeated Northwestern State in a game that had been pushed back one day due to inclement weather. Starter Theron Kay allowed no runs over five innings pitched.[8] On the weekend of February 27, the Bears travelled to Fullerton, California to face Cal State Fullerton, a team that had been ranked in the national polls in the early portion of the season. The Bears were swept over a 3-game series by the Titans, one in which Bears pitching allowed 28 runs.[9]
Schedule
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Bold | Baylor team member |
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Rankings
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Final |
Coaches' | — | —* | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
Baseball America | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
Collegiate Baseball^ | — | 21 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
NCBWA† | — | 27 | 28 | RV | — | — | — | — | — |
^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.
References
[edit]- ^ "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–8. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
- ^ "Official Baseball Roster". Baylor Bears. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
- ^ "College Roundup: Cal Poly drops baseball opener at Baylor". San Luis Obispo Tribune. Archived from the original on February 15, 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
- ^ "Baylor Baseball Sweeps No. 13 Cal Poly to Start 2015". KCENTV. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
- ^ "Collegiate Baseball Div. I Poll 2–16–15". Collegiate Baseball. February 16, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
- ^ "Dallas Baptist rallies past Bears in 9th, 9–6". wacotrib.com. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
- ^ "Baylor Baseball Sweeps Doubleheader Against Kent State". kwtx.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
- ^ "No. 25 Baylor Baseball Tops Northwestern State, 8–4". kxxv.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
- ^ "Baylor baseball swept in California". wacotrib.com. Retrieved March 4, 2015.