2014 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team

The 2014 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team played its home games at Hawkins Field in Nashville, Tennessee. The team was coached by Tim Corbin in his twelfth season at Vanderbilt.

2014 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball
National Champions
College World Series Final, W, 2–1
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 1
CBNo. 1
Record51–21 (17–13 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHawkins Field
2014 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Eastern
No. 24 Florida x‍†‍‍y 21–9–0 .70040–23–0 .635
No. 25 South Carolina ‍‍‍y 18–12–0 .60044–18–0 .710
No. 1 Vanderbilt ‍‍‍y 17–13–0 .56751–21–0 .708
Kentucky ‍‍‍y 14–16–0 .46737–25–0 .597
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 12–18–0 .40031–23–0 .574
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 11–18–1 .38326–29–1 .473
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 6–24–0 .20020–33–0 .377
Western
No. 4 Ole Miss x‍‍‍y 19–11–0 .63348–21–0 .696
No. 21 LSU ‍‍‡‍y 17–11–1 .60346–16–1 .738
No. 28 Mississippi State ‍‍‍y 18–12–0 .60039–24–0 .619
No. 30 Arkansas ‍‍‍y 16–14–0 .53340–25–0 .615
Alabama ‍‍‍y 15–14–0 .51737–24–0 .607
Texas A&M ‍‍‍y 14–16–0 .46736–26–0 .581
Auburn ‍‍‍ 10–20–0 .33328–28–0 .500
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Commodores won the 2014 College World Series, defeating the Virginia Cavaliers 2 games to 1 in the championship series.[1] It was the first NCAA men's championship in school history.

Personnel

Roster
2014 Vanderbilt Commodores roster[2]
 

Pitchers

  • 11 – Tyler Beede – Junior
  • 12 – Adam Ravenelle – Junior
  • 13 – Walker Buehler – Sophomore
  • 15 – Carson Fulmer – Sophomore
  • 19 – Steven Rice – Senior
  • 21 – John Kilichowski – Freshman
  • 24 – Jordan Sheffield – Freshman
  • 28 – Jared Miller – Junior
  • 31 – Ryan Johnson – Freshman
  • 32 – Hayden Stone – Freshman
  • 33 – Brian Miller – Junior
  • 34 – Luke Stephenson – Redshirt Freshman
  • 35 – Ben Bowden – Freshman
  • 40 – T.J. Pecoraro – Senior
  • 45 – Tyler Ferguson – Sophomore
  

Catchers

  • 5 – Jason Delay – Freshman
  • 25 – Karl Ellison – Freshman
  • 44 – Chris Harvey – Junior

Infielders

  • 2 – Tyler Campbell – Sophomore
  • 3 – Vince Conde – Junior
  • 7 – Dansby Swanson – Sophomore
  • 9 – Xavier Turner – Sophomore
  • 16 – Penn Murfee – Freshman
  • 36 – Aubrey McCarty – Freshman
  • 43 – Zander Wiel – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 55 – Tyler Green – Freshman
  

Outfielders

  • 1 – Ro Coleman – Freshman
  • 6 – Drake Parker – Freshman
  • 8 – Rhett Wiseman – Sophomore
  • 10 – John Norwood – Junior
  • 18 – Nolan Rogers – Freshman
  • 20 – Bryan Reynolds – Freshman
  • 23 – Will Cooper – Junior
  • 39 – Kyle Smith – Sophomore
  

Coaches
2014 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball coaching staff[2]
  • 4 – Tim Corbin – Head Coach
  • 26 – Scott Brown – Pitching Coach
  • 50 – Travis Jewett – Assistant Coach
  • 17 – Drew Hedman – Volunteer Assistant Coach

Schedule
2014 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball game log: 51–21[3]
Regular season (40–16)
Post-season (11–5)

Record vs. conference opponents


Last two do not qualify for conf. tourn. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2014 SEC baseball records

Source: 2014 SEC baseball game results

TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW
ALA15–141–22–10–3.2–11–11–2.3–01–22–12–1.ALAW55–41–1
ARK16–142–11–21–2..1–21–23–01–22–1.2–12–1ARKW45–51–0
AUB10–201–22–1..1–20–30–31–20–31–22–12–1.AUBW73–70–3
FLA21–93–02–1.3–01–23–0.3–0.2–12–11–21–2FLAE17–34–0
UGA11–18...0–31–20–21–22–11–22–12–12–10–3UGAE64–60–2
KEN14–161–2.2–12–12–1..1–20–32–11–22–11–2KENE45–50–1
LSU17–111–12–13–00–32–0.3–0.2–1.2–11–21–2LSUW26–32–1
MSU18–122–12–13–0.2–1.0–33–01–2.2–11–22–1MSUW37–32–1
MIZZ6–24.0–32–10–31–22–1.0–30–30–31–2.0–3MIZZE72–80–6
MISS19–110–32–13–0.2–13–01–22–13–01–2.2–1.MISSW17–33–1
SCAR18–122–11–22–11–21–21–2..3–02–13–0.2–1SCARE26–42–0
TENN12–181–2.1–21–21–22–11–21–22–1.0–3.2–1TENNE53–70–1
TAMU14–161–21–21–22–11–21–22–12–1.1–2..2–1TAMUW64–60–0
VAN17–13.1–2.2–13–02–12–11–23–0.1–21–21–2VANE35–52–0
TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW

Updated for entire regular season. Georgia at LSU had a tie game.

Ranking Movements
See also: 2014 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'88*4335471214910910141
Baseball America10988767711182520181819201
Collegiate Baseball^984653551016262517141819851
NCBWA†106465565711151110101013611

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
 † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
 * 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
  1. "Vandy wins 1st CWS championship". ESPN.com. June 26, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  2. "2014 Baseball Roster". Vanderbilt Commodores. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  3. "2013–2014 Schedule". Vanderbilt Commodores. Retrieved June 14, 2014.
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