2015 Florida Gators baseball team explained

Year:2015
Team:Florida Gators
Sport:baseball
Conference:Southeastern Conference
Short Conf:SEC
Record:52–18
Conf Record:19–11
Coachrank:3
Cbrank:3
Head Coach:Kevin O'Sullivan (8th year)
Asst Coach1:Craig Bell (8th year)
Brad Weitzel (8th year)
Stadium:Alfred A. McKethan Stadium
Champion:SEC tournament champions
Gainesville Regional champions
Gainesville Super Regional champions
Tourney:College World Series
Tourney Result:3–2

The 2015 Florida Gators baseball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of baseball during the 2015 college baseball season. The Gators competed in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They played their home games at Alfred A. McKethan Stadium on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. The team was coached by Kevin O'Sullivan in his eighth season as Florida head coach. The Gators entered the season hoping to build upon their performance in the 2014 NCAA tournament, where they were eliminated after consecutive losses to the College of Charleston and North Carolina.

Roster

By position

Schedule

Legend
 Florida win
 Florida loss
 Postponement
BoldFlorida team member

! style="background:#FF4A00;color:white;"| Regular season|- valign="top" |- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| February 13 || || No. 5 || McKethan Stadium || 9–1 || Shore (1–0) || Moyers (0–1) || None || 3,404 || 1–0 || –|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| February 14 || Rhode Island || No. 5 || McKethan Stadium || 22–3 || Dunning (1–0) || Distasio (0–1) || None || 3,283 || 2–0 || –|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| February 15 || Rhode Island || No. 5 || McKethan Stadium || 6–1 || Puk (1–0) || Whitman (0–1) || None || 3,210 || 3–0 || –|- bgcolor="#bbbbbb"| February 17 || Florida A&M || No. 5 || McKethan Stadium || colspan=7 | Canceled (rain)[1] |- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| February 18 || at South Florida || No. 5 ||
Tampa, FL || 13–3 || Morales (1–0) || Peterson (0–1) || None || 2,059 || 4–0 || –|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| February 20 || No. 14 Miami (FL)
Rivalry || No. 5 || McKethan Stadium || 4–3 || Lewis (1–0) || Mediaville (0–1) || None || 3,661 || 5–0 || –|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"| February 21 || No. 14 Miami (FL)
Rivalry || No. 5 || McKethan Stadium || 2–7 || Woodrey (2–0) || Puk (1–1) || None || 6,081 || 5–1 || –|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| February 22 || No. 14 Miami (FL)
Rivalry|| No. 5 || McKethan Stadium || 2–1 || Dunning (2–0) || Sosa (1–1) || Lewis (1) || 4,734 || 6–1 || –|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| February 24 || at || No. 5 || Roger Dean Stadium
Jupiter, FL || 10–8 || Vinson (1–0) || Carr (0–1) || Lewis (2) || 2,181 || 7–1 || –|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| February 27 || || No. 5 || McKethan Stadium || 1–0 || Shore (2–0) || Knesnik (0–2) || Poyner (1) || 2,602 || 8–1 || –|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| February 28 || Stony Brook || No. 5 || McKethan Stadium || 14–3 || Puk (2–1) || Honahan (1–1) || None || 2,721 || 9–1 || –|-|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| March 1 || Stony Brook || No. 5 || McKethan Stadium || 6–2 || Dunning (3–0) || Zamora (1–1) || Lewis (3) || 3,222 || 10–1 || –|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"| March 3 || at No. 14 UCF || No. 2 || Jay Bergman Field
Orlando, FL || 3–4 || Hukari (3–0) || Poyner (0–1) || Thompson (2) || 4,319 || 10–2 || –|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| March 4 || No. 14 UCF || No. 2 || McKethan Stadium || 10–2 || Snead (1–0) || Hepple (1–1) || None || 2,705 || 11–2 || –|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| March 6 || || No. 2 || McKethan Stadium || 5–0 || Shore (3–0) || Courtney (0–4) || None || 2,803 || 12–2 || –|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| March 7 || Maine || No. 2 || McKethan Stadium || 6–1 || Puk (3–1) || Heath (2–1) || Young (1) || 3,153 || 13–2 || –|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| March 8 || Maine || No. 2 || McKethan Stadium || 5–3 || Dunning (4–0) || Marks (0–3) || Lewis (4) || 3,147 || 14–2 || –|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| March 10 || || No. 3 || McKethan Stadium || 8–7 || Hanhold (1–0) || Wallace (0–1) || Lewis (5) || 2,458 || 15–2 || –|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| March 11 || Fairfield || No. 3 || McKethan Stadium || 6–1 || Faedo (1–0) || Howell (0–2) || None || 2,435 || 16–2 || –|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"| March 13 || || No. 3 || McKethan Stadium || 3–6 || Marks (2–1) || Shore (3–1) || Lee (3) || 3,516 || 16–3 || 0–1 |- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| March 14 || Tennessee || No. 3 || McKethan Stadium || 8–3 || Puk (4–1) || Owenby (1–2) || Poyner (2) || 3,918 || 17–3 || 1–1|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| March 15 || Tennessee || No. 3 || McKethan Stadium || 9–4 || Young (1–0) || Serrano (1–2) || None || 3,648 || 18–3 || 2–1|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| March 17 || No. 11 Florida State
Rivalry || No. 3 || McKethan Stadium || 14–8 || Vinson (2–0) || Carlton (1–1) || None || 5,827 || 19–3 || –|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"| March 20 || at || No. 3 || Swayze Field
Oxford, MS || 1–4 || Trent (4–1) || Shore (3–2) || Weathersby (2) || 9,065 || 19–4 || 2–2|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"| March 21 (1) || at Ole Miss || No. 3 || Swayze Field || 2–5 || Bramlett (3–1) || Puk (4–2) || Short (2) || 9,761 || 19–5 || 2–3|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| March 21 (2) || at Ole Miss || No. 3 || Swayze Field || 8–4 || Poyner (1–1) || Stokes (0–1) || None || 9,761 || 20–5 || 3–3|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| March 24 || at || No. 5 || Melching Field
DeLand, FL || 9–6 || Browning (1–0) || Warmoth (0–1) || Lewis (6) || 2,016 || 21–5 || –|- bgcolor="#bbbbbb"| March 26 || Alabama || No. 5 || McKethan Stadium || colspan=7 | Postponed (rain); Makeup: March 27[2] |- bgcolor="#ffdddd"| March 27 (1) || Alabama || No. 5 || McKethan Stadium || || Castillo (3–0) || Lewis (1–1) || None || 3,123 || 21–6 || 3–4|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| March 27 (2) || Alabama || No. 5 || McKethan Stadium || 8–1 || Shore (4–2) || Carter (1–3) || None || 3,123 || 22–6 || 4–4|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| March 28 || Alabama || No. 5 || McKethan Stadium || 7–4 || Puk (5–2) || Hubbard (2–2) || None || 4,367 || 23–6 || 5–4|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"| March 31 || vs. No. 8 Florida State
Rivalry || No. 5 || Baseball Grounds
Jacksonville, FL || 3–8 || Holtmann (4–1) || Faedo (1–1) || Silva (1) || 8,306 || 23–7 || –|-|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| April 3 || at Missouri || No. 5 || Taylor Stadium
Columbia, MO || 5–1 || Shore (5–2) || McClain (4–3) || None || 714 || 24–7 || 6–4|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"| April 4 || at Missouri || No. 5 || Taylor Stadium || 1–10 || Houck (5–1) || Puk (5–3) || None || 1,855 || 24–8 || 6–5|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"| April 5 || at Missouri || No. 5 || Taylor Stadium || 3–5 || Fairbanks (3–3) || Dunning (4–1) || None || 1,051 || 24–9 || 6–6|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| April 7 || Stetson || No. 10 || McKethan Stadium || 22–2 || Faedo (2–1) || Schaly (3–3) || None || 2,690 || 25–9 || –|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| April 10 || No. 21 South Carolina || No. 10 || McKethan Stadium || 14–3 || Poyner (3–1) || Crowe (3–4) || None || 5,060 || 26–9 || 7–6|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| April 11 || No. 21 South Carolina || No. 10 || McKethan Stadium || 12–5 || Puk (6–3) || Wynkoop (4–4) || None || 5,076 || 27–9 || 8–6|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| April 12 || No. 21 South Carolina || No. 10 || McKethan Stadium || 12–2 || Faedo (3–1) || Widener (1–3) || None || 2,997 || 28–9 || 9–6|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"| April 14 || at No. 13 Florida State
Rivalry || No. 7 ||
Tallahassee, FL || 3–412 || Strode (2–0) || Rubio (0–1) || None || 6,634 || 28–10 || –|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| April 17 || at Mississippi State || No. 7 || Dudy Noble Field
Starkville, MS || 6–3 || Shore (6–2) || Laster (4–3) || None || 9,492 || 29–10 || 10–6|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| April 18 || at Mississippi State || No. 7 || Dudy Noble Field || 2–1 || Rhodes (1–0) || Brown (5–4) || Poyner (3) || 13,004 || 30–10 || 11–6|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| April 19 || at Mississippi State || No. 7 || Dudy Noble Field || 10–5 || Lewis (2–1) || Sexton (3–4) || None || 7,507 || 31–10 || 12–6|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| April 21 || Bethune–Cookman || No. 6 || McKethan Stadium || 2–1 || Poyner (3–1) || Clymer (0–3) || None || 2,446 || 32–10 || –|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"| April 24 || || No. 6 || McKethan Stadium || 0–3 || Brown (4–4) || Shore (6–3) || Salow (2) || 3,516 || 32–11 || 12–7|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"| April 25 || Kentucky || No. 6 || McKethan Stadium || 6–7 || Beggs (6–2) || Dunning (4–2) || Salow (3) || 4,419 || 32–12 || 12–8|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| April 26 || Kentucky || No. 6 || McKethan Stadium || 10–3 || Faedo (4–1) || Nelson (2–3) || None || 2,825 || 33–12 || 13–8|-|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"| May 1 || at || No. 8 || Foley Field
Athens, GA || 1–11 || Soesbee (3–2) || Shore (6–4) || None || 3,038 || 33–13 || 13–9|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| May 2 || at Georgia || No. 8 || Foley Field || 3–2 || Poyner (4–1) || McLaughlin (3–5) || None || 2,888 || 34–13 || 14–9|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| May 3 || at Georgia || No. 8 || Foley Field || 7–4 || Lewis (3–1) || Walsh (4–2) || Young (2) || 2,883 || 35–13 || 15–9|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| May 5 || South Florida || No. 9 || McKethan Stadium || 5–1 || Dunning (5–2) || Eveld (1–2) || None || 2,534 || 36–13 || –|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"| May 7 || at No. 8 Vanderbilt || No. 9 || Hawkins Field
Nashville, TN || 0–2 || Fulmer (10–1) || Shore (6–5) || None || 3,626 || 36–14 || 15–10|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| May 8 || at No. 8 Vanderbilt || No. 9 || Hawkins Field || 7–3 || Puk (7–3) || Pfeifer (3–4) || None || 3,626 || 37–14 || 16–10|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| May 9 || at No. 8 Vanderbilt || No. 9 || Hawkins Field || 9–710 || Lewis (4–1) || Sheffield (4–2) || None || 3,626 || 38–14 || 17–10|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"| May 14 || || No. 7 || McKethan Stadium || 1–4 || Lipscomb (7–2) || Shore (6–6) || Camp (8) || 2,736 || 38–15 || 17–11|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| May 15 || Auburn || No. 7 || McKethan Stadium || 4–3 || Rhodes (2–0) || McCord (5–4) || Snead (1) || 3,295 || 39–15 || 18–11|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| May 16 || Auburn || No. 7 || McKethan Stadium || 3–1 || Lewis (5–1) || Rentz (3–3) || Poyner (4) || 3,175 || 40–15 || 19–11|-|-! style="background:#FF4A00;color:white;"| Postseason|-|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"| May 20 || vs. No. 24 (5) Arkansas || ||
Hoover, AL || 6–7 || Lowery (6–1) || Poyner (4–2) || Jackson (6) || 10,142 || 40–16 || 0–1|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| May 21 || vs. (9) Auburn || || Metropolitan Stadium || 11–2 || Shore (7–6) || Rentz (3–4) || None || 6,526 || 41–16 || 1–1|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| May 22 || vs. No. 24 (5) Arkansas || || Metropolitan Stadium || 10–07 || Puk (8–3) || Taccolini (6–4) || None || 10,329 || 42–16 || 2–1|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| May 23 || vs. No. 1 (1) LSU || || Metropolitan Stadium || 2–1 || Lewis (6–1) || Stallings (1–2) || None || 10,949 || 43–16 || 3–1|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| May 24 || vs. No. 9 (2) Vanderbilt || || Metropolitan Stadium || 7–3 || Young (2–0) || Johnson (5–1) || None || 10,590 || 44–16 || 4–1|-|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| May 29 || (4) Florida A&M || || McKethan Stadium || 19–0 || Shore (8–6) || Page (2–1) || None || 3,833 || 45–16 || 1–0|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| May 30 || (3) South Florida || || McKethan Stadium || 8–2 || Puk (9–3) || Valdes (5–4) || None || 3,305 || 46–16 || 2–0|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| May 31 || || || McKethan Stadium || 2–1 || Faedo (5–1) || Labsan (2–3) || Lewis (7) || 2,053 || 47–16 || 3–0|-|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| June 5 || No. 10 Florida State
Rivalry || || McKethan Stadium || 13–5 || Shore (9–6) || Biegalski (7–5) || None || 5,709 || 48–16 || 1–0|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| June 6 || No. 10 Florida State
Rivalry || || McKethan Stadium || 11–4 || Poyner (5–2) || Compton (4–4) || None || 5,772 || 49–16 || 2–0|-|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| June 13 || vs. No. 8 (5) Miami
Rivalry || || TD Ameritrade Park
Omaha, NE || 15–3 || Shore (10–6) || Suarez (9–2) || None || 26,377 || 50–16 || 1–0|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"| June 15 || vs. Virginia || || TD Ameritrade Park || 0–1 || Waddell (4–5) || Puk (9–4) || Sborz (15) || 19,544 || 50–17 || 1–1|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| June 17 || vs. No. 8 (5) Miami
Rivalry || || TD Ameritrade Park || 10–2 || Faedo (6–2) || Sosa (7–5) || None || 24,033 || 51–17 || 2–1|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"| June 19 || vs. Virginia || || TD Ameritrade Park || 10–5 || Shore (11–6) || Kirby (5–3) || None || 19,015 || 52–17 || 3–1|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"| June 20 || vs. Virginia || || TD Ameritrade Park || 4–5 || Sborz (6–2) || Lewis (6–2) || None || 15,560 || 52–18 || 3–2|-Rankings from USA Today/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll. Parentheses indicate tournament seedings. Retrieved from FloridaGators.com

Rankings

See main article: 2015 NCAA Division I baseball rankings.

Gators in the MLB Draft

Round Selection Player Position Team
1 20SS Oakland Athletics
3 100OF St. Louis Cardinals
6 181RHP Milwaukee Brewers
8 242LHP Toronto Blue Jays
9 270RHP Atlanta Braves
10 294Josh Tobias 3B Philadelphia Phillies
14 411LHP Boston Red Sox
24 730RHP Detroit Tigers
28 855RHP Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Notes and References

  1. Web site: No. 5 Florida-Florida A&M Tuesday Night Game Postponed . . February 17, 2015 . gatorzone.com . February 17, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150218022025/http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=29827 . February 18, 2015 . dead .
  2. Web site: Florida-Alabama Baseball Series Opener Rained Out . . March 26, 2015 . gatorzone.com . March 27, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150328043141/http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=30238 . March 28, 2015 . dead .