2014 Florida State Seminoles baseball team

2014 Florida State Seminoles baseball
ACC Atlantic Division Champion
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Division Atlantic Division
Ranking
AP No. 21
2014 record 43–17 (21–9 ACC)
Head coach Mike Martin (35th year)
Assistant coach Mike Martin, Jr. (17th year)
Pitching coach Mike Bell (3rd year)
Captain Justin Gonzalez (senior year)
Home stadium Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium
(Capacity: 6,700)
2014 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
Atlantic
#21 Florida State xy 21 9 0   .700     43 17 0   .717
#16 Maryland y 15 14 0   .517     40 23 0   .635
Clemson y 15 14 0   .517     36 25 0   .590
Wake Forest 15 15 0   .500     30 26 0   .536
NC State 13 17 0   .433     32 23 0   .582
Boston College 10 20 0   .333     22 33 0   .400
Notre Dame 9 21 0   .300     22 31 0   .415
Coastal
#22 Miami (FL) xy 24 6 0   .800     44 19 0   .698
#2 Virginia y 22 8 0   .733     47 14 0   .770
Duke 16 14 0   .533     33 25 0   .569
North Carolina y 15 15 0   .500     35 27 0   .565
Georgia Tech y 14 16 0   .467     37 27 0   .578
Pittsburgh 11 19 0   .367     22 30 0   .423
Virginia Tech 9 21 0   .300     21 31 1   .406
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of January 16, 2015[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2014 Florida State Seminoles baseball team, variously Florida State or FSU, represented Florida State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Seminoles played their home games at Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium, named for 35th year head coach Mike Martin. It was the Seminoles' 23rd season as a member of the ACC and its 9th in the ACC Atlantic Division.

Florida State achieved forty wins for the thirty-seventh straight year and twenty conference wins for the seventh time in school history. The Seminoles made an appearance in the NCAA Tournament for the fifty-second time, their thirty-seventh straight tournament appearance. Florida State was chosen as a national seed for the tenth time and hosted a regional for the thirty-first time.

Personnel

Roster

2014 Florida State Seminoles roster[2]
 

Pitchers

  • 5 - Billy Strode - Junior
  • 7 - Luke Weaver - Junior
  • 9 - Andy Ward - Freshman
  • 16 - Taylor Blatch - Freshman
  • 17 - Mike Compton - Sophomore
  • 18 - Ed Voyles - Freshman
  • 19 - Gage Smith - Senior
  • 24 - Dylan Silva - Sophomore
  • 30 - Will Zirzow - Freshman
  • 31 - Alec Byrd - Freshman
  • 33 - Bryant Holtmann - Junior
  • 36 - Kenny Burkhead - Sophomore
  • 37 - Brandon Leibrandt - Junior
  • 40 - Peter Miller - Senior
  • 42 - Jim Voyles - Freshman
  • 44 - Jameis Winston - Sophomore
  • 51 - Brandon Johnson - Senior
 

Catchers

  • 13 - Danny De La Calle - Junior
  • 20 - Gage West - Freshman
  • 28 - Lee Howard - Junior
  • 32 - Ladson Montgomery - Senior

Infielders

  • 3 - John Nogowski - Junior
  • 10 - Justin Gonzalez - Senior
  • 12 - John Sansone - Sophomore
  • 15 - Hank Truluck - Freshman
  • 21 - Ben DeLuzio - Freshman
  • 43 - Casey Smit - Senior
  • 53 - Jose Brizuela - Junior
 

Outfielders

  • 1 - Nick Graganella - Sophomore
  • 2 - Josh Delph - Junior
  • 8 - DJ Stewart - Sophomore
  • 25 - Brett Knief - Senior
  • 27 - Matt Mulroy - Junior
 

Coaches

2014 Florida State Seminoles baseball coaching staff[2]
  • 11 - Mike Martin - Head Coach - 35th season
  • 22 - Mike Bell - Associate Head Coach / Pitchers - 3rd season
  • 4 - Mike Martin, Jr. - Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator - 17th season
  • 23 - Bryan Henry - Volunteer Assistant Coach - 1st season

Schedule

The Seminoles played a three-game series against Miami, despite the ACC not scheduling conference games between the two schools. The three games did not count in ACC standings.

Florida State was selected as the fifth overall seed in the NCAA tournament.

2014 Florida State Seminoles Baseball Game Log
Regular Season (41–14)
Post-Season (2–3)
NCAA Tournament (0–2)
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = Postponement
Bold = Florida State team member

Rankings from USA TODAY/ESPN Coaches' poll. Parenthesis indicate tournament seedings.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Final 
Coaches' 5 5* 5 2 (7) 2 (7) 1 (14) 1 (24) 2 (11) 1 (19) 5 5 4 4 4 5 3 3 3 21 
Baseball America 6 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 19 
Collegiate Baseball^ 5 5 2 2 2 2 3 4 2 7 6 5 6 6 6 8 23 23 23 
NCBWA 5 3 2 2 2 1 2 3 2 5 5 6 4 4 6 5 18 18 21

^ 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.

Awards

Watchlists

D.J. Stewart
Luke Weaver

Semifinalists

D.J. Stewart
D.J. Stewart
D.J. Stewart

All-Americans

Jameis Winston was a closer during the 2014 season.

All-ACC Selections

MLB Draft

Eight players were selected in the 2014 MLB Draft:

Round Overall Pick Name Position Team
1st 27 Luke Weaver Pitcher St. Louis Cardinals
6th 172 Brandon Leibrandt Pitcher Philadelphia Phillies
9th 261 Peter Miller Pitcher Seattle Mariners
9th 270 Justin Gonzalez Infielder Arizona Diamondbacks
16th 492 Jose Brizuela Infielder Oakland Athletics
25th 760 Gage Smith Pitcher Detroit Tigers
34th 1,032 John Nogowski Infielder Oakland Athletics
37th 1,121 Bryant Holtmann Pitcher Pittsburgh Pirates

References

  1. "Baseball Standings". Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Official Baseball Roster". Florida State Seminoles. Retrieved March 6, 2014.

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