2012 Clemson Tigers baseball team

2012 Clemson Tigers baseball

Conference

Atlantic Coast Conference

2012 record

30-20 (15-10 ACC)

Head coach

Jack Leggett (19th year)

Assistant coach

Dan Pepicilli (3rd year)

Assistant coach

Bradley Lecroy (5th year)

Assistant coach

Michael Johnson (4th year)

Home stadium

Doug Kingsmore Stadium

Seasons

« 2011

2013 »

v t e	Conf						Overall
2012 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Atlantic
#3 Florida State ^x^y	24	–	6	–	0	.800	50	–	17	–	0	.746
#16 NC State ^y	19	–	11	–	0	.633	39	–	17	–	0	.696
Clemson ^y	16	–	14	–	0	.533	34	–	26	–	0	.567
Wake Forest	13	–	17	–	0	.433	33	–	24	–	0	.579
Maryland	10	–	20	–	0	.333	32	–	24	–	0	.571
Boston College	10	–	20	–	0	.333	21	–	34	–	0	.382
Coastal
#5 North Carolina ^x^y	22	–	8	–	0	.733	44	–	14	–	0	.759
#15 Virginia ^y	18	–	12	–	0	.600	39	–	16	–	1	.705
#21 Miami ^y	16	–	14	–	0	.533	36	–	21	–	0	.632
#24 Georgia Tech ‡^y	12	–	18	–	0	.400	37	–	24	–	0	.607
Virginia Tech	11	–	19	–	0	.367	34	–	21	–	0	.618
Duke	9	–	21	–	0	.300	21	–	34	–	0	.382

x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament As of June 1, 2012^[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2012 Clemson Tigers baseball team represented Clemson University in the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference's Atlantic Division and were led by nineteenth-year head coach Jack Leggett. Clemson played its home games at Doug Kingsmore Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina.

Roster

2012 Clemson Tigers roster

Pitchers

6 Dominic Leone – Junior
15 Mike Kent – Sophomore
19 Kevin Brady – Junior
20 Scott Firth – Junior
21 Kevin Pohle – Sophomore
23 Daniel Gossett – Freshman
26 Brock Goodling – Freshman
27 Kyle Bailey – Freshman
28 Jonathan Meyer – Junior
29 David Haselden – Senior
36 Matt Campbell – Sophomore
42 Clay Bates – Freshman
43 Patrick Andrews – Freshman
51 Joseph Moorefield – Junior

Catchers

9 Phil Pohl – Senior
16 Jake Fletcher – Sophomore
22 Spencer Kieboom – Junior
30 Garrett Boulware – Freshman
32 Andrew Cleveland – Freshman

Infielders

2 Jason Stolz – Senior
8 Richie Shaffer – Junior
10 Mike Dunster – Sophomore
12 Jon McGibbon – Sophomore
13 Jay Baum – Freshman
17 Steve Wilkerson – Sophomore
37 Kevin Caughman – Sophomore

Outfielders

1 Dominic Attanasio – Sophomore
3 Brad Felder - Graduate Student
4 Thomas Brittle – Junior
5 Joe Costigan – Sophomore
18 Tyler Slaton – Freshman

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Schedule

2012 Clemson Tigers Baseball Game Log

Regular Season

February

#	Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	ACC Record
1	February 17	UAB	Doug Kingsmore Stadium	1-2	Napoleon (1-0)	Campbell (0-1)	Nance (1)	5,944^[3]	0-1	-
2	February 18	UAB	Doug Kingsmore Stadium	6-1	Leone (1-0)	Bullard (0-1)		DH^[4]	1-1	-
3	February 18	UAB	Doug Kingsmore Stadium	7-4	Pohle (1-0)	Munger (0-1)		5,608^[5]	2-1	-
4	February 24	Maine	Doug Kingsmore Stadium	5-6	Balentina (1-0)	Meyer (0-1)	Coughlin (1)	3,793^[6]	2-2	-
5	February 25	Maine	Doug Kingsmore Stadium	9-5	Leone (2-0)	Gibbs (0-1)		5,340^[7]	3-2	-
6	February 26	Maine	Doug Kingsmore Stadium	9-6	Pohle (2-0)	Connolly (0-1)	Gossett (1)	3,989^[8]	4-2	-

March

#	Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	ACC Record
7	March 2	#2 South Carolina	Riley Park	2-3 (11)	Koumas (1–0)	Gossett (0–1)	Belcher (1)	5,851^[9]	4-3	-
8	March 3	@ #2 South Carolina	Carolina Stadium	2-3 (11)	Beal (1-0)	Leone (2-1)	Belcher (2)	8,242^[10]	4-4	-
9	March 4	#2 South Carolina	Doug Kingsmore Stadium	6-5	Firth (1-0)	Koumas (1-1)		6,039^[11]	5-4	-
10	March 7	Holy Cross	Doug Kingsmore Stadium	16-4	Haselden (1-0)	Walker (0-3)		3,564^[12]	6-4	-
11	March 9	#6 North Carolina	Doug Kingsmore Stadium	3-4	Emanuel (4-0)	Brady (0-1)	Morin (5)	4,441^[13]	6-5	0-1
12	March 10	#6 North Carolina	Doug Kingsmore Stadium	3-6	Taylor (3-0)	Gossett (0-2)	Morin (6)	5,513^[14]	6-6	0-2
13	March 11	#6 North Carolina	Doug Kingsmore Stadium	5-6 (11)	Morin (1-0)	Campbell (0-2)		4,368^[15]	6-7	0-3
14	March 14	@Western Carolina	Hennon Stadium	4-8	Nadale (2-0)	Haselden (1-1)		1,627^[16]	6-8	0-3
15	March 16	Boston College	Doug Kingsmore Stadium	6-4	Brady (1-1)	Stevens (2-1)	Campbell (1)	4,021^[17]	7-8	1-3
16	March 17	Boston College	Doug Kingsmore Stadium	6-3	Leone (3-1)	Gordon (1-1)	Meyer (1)	4,598^[18]	8-8	2-3
17	March 18	Boston College	Doug Kingsmore Stadium	5-1	Pohle (3-0)	Alvarez (1-3)		4,083^[19]	9-8	3-3
18	March 20	Elon	Doug Kingsmore Stadium	6-2	Meyer (1-1)	McCoury (0-1)		3,760^[20]	10-8	3-3
19	March 21	Elon	Fluor Field at the West End	4-2	Gossett (1-2)	Whitehead (0-2)	Campbell (2)	2,319^[21]	11-8	3-3
20	March 23	@Virginia	Davenport Field	3-6	Silverstein (2-2)	Brady (1-2)	Thompson (3)	3,227^[22]	11-9	3-4
21	March 24	@Virginia	Davenport Field	1-5	Kline (4-2)	Leone (3-2)		3,033^[23]	11-10	3-5
22	March 25	@Virginia	Davenport Field	3-5	Lewicki (1-1)	Pohle (3-1)	Thompson (4)	3,129^[24]	11-11	3-6
23	March 27	@#18 Georgia	Foley Field	10-5	Gossett (2-2)	Crumley (1-1)		2,691^[25]	12-11	3-6
24	March 28	Presbyertian	Doug Kingsmore Stadium	4-8	Grammer (1–1)	Meyer (1–2)	Ricchi (1)	3,496^[26]	12-12	3-6
25	March 30	#8 Miami	Doug Kingsmore Stadium	3-1	Campbell (1–2)	Erickson (4–3)	Firth (1)	4,117^[27]	13-12	4-6
26	March 31	#8 Miami	Doug Kingsmore Stadium	3-1	Leone (4–2)	Whaley (3–2)	Andrews (1)	4,758^[28]	14-12	5-6

April

#	Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	ACC Record
27	April 1	#8 Miami	Doug Kingsmore Stadium	2-4	Salcines (3-0)	Kent (0-1)	Nedeljkovic (2)	4,382^[29]	14-13	5-7
28	April 3	Winthrop	Doug Kingsmore Stadium	11-0	Gossett (3-2)	Strong (0-2)		3,281^[30]	15-13	5-7
29	April 4	Western Carolina	Doug Kingsmore Stadium	8-13	Blackwell (1-0)	Andrews (0-1)		3,437^[31]	15-14	5-7
30	April 6	@Duke	Jack Coombs Field	4-1 (11)	Firth (2-0)	Istler (2-2)		1,582^[32]	16-14	6-7
31	April 7	@Duke	Jack Coombs Field	11-5	Leone (5-2)	Swart-(3 4)	Andrews (2)	1,123^[33]	17-14	7-7
32	April 8	@Duke	Jack Coombs Field	4-2	Pohle (4-1)	Istler (2-3)	Gossett (2)	1,038^[34]	18-14	8-7
33	April 10	Furman	Doug Kingsmore Stadium	12-5	Haselden (2-1)	de Gruy (1-1)	Kent (1)	5,610^[35]	19-14	8-7
34	April 11	Georgia	Doug Kingsmore Stadium	7-8	Ripple (1-0)	Andrews (0-2)	Dieterich (6)	4,386^[36]	19-15	8-7
35	April 13	NC State	Doug Kingsmore Stadium	7-6 (12)	Firth (3-0)	Tzamtzis (3-3)		4,964^[37]	20-15	9-7
36	April 14	NC State	Doug Kingsmore Stadium	1-3	Rodon (6-0)	Leone (5-3)	Overman (3)	5,619^[38]	20-16	9-8
37	April 15	NC State	Doug Kingsmore Stadium	3-6	Jernigan (4-1)	Pohle (4-2)	V. Williams (1)	4,605^[39]	20-17	9-9
38	April 17	Charleston Southern	Doug Kingsmore Stadium	3-2	Andrews (1-2)	Weekley (1-5)		3,323^[40]	21-17	9-9
39	April 20	@Maryland	Shipley Field	5-4	Firth (4-0)	Haslup (3-4)		878 ^[41]	22-17	10-9
40	April 21	@Maryland	Shipley Field	5-3	Leone (6-3)	Harman (5-3)		DH^[42]	23-17	11-9
41	April 21	@Maryland	Shipley Field	7-2	Meyer (2-2)	Carroll (3-2)		1,148 ^[43]	24-17	12-9
42	April 24	Coastal Carolina	Doug Kingsmore Stadium	7-10	Burke (5-3)	Andrews (1-3)	B. Smith (1)	3,397 ^[44]	24-18	12-9
43	April 27	@Georgia Tech	Russ Chandler Stadium	5-6 (13)	Didrick (1-0)	Meyer (2-3)		1,627 ^[45]	24-19	12-10
44	April 28	@Georgia Tech	Russ Chandler Stadium	13-7	Kent (1-1)	Isaacs (5-3)		1,947 ^[46]	25-19	13-10
45	April 29	@Georgia Tech	Russ Chandler Stadium	11-8	Gossett (4-2)	Pitts (4-4)		3,626 ^[47]	26-19	14-10

May

#	Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	ACC Record
46	May 5	College of Charleston	Doug Kingsmore Stadium	4-3 (11)	Gossett (5-2)	Peterson (1-2)		5,030 ^[48]	27-19	14-10
47	May 6	College of Charleston	Doug Kingsmore Stadium	12-3	Pohle (5-2)	Renfro (6-5)		4,382 ^[49]	28-19	14-10
48	May 7	College of Charleston	Doug Kingsmore Stadium	2-4	Pegler (8-2)	Meyer (2-4)	Owings (2)	3,343 ^[50]	28-20	14-10
49	May 8	Tennessee Tech	Doug Kingsmore Stadium	9-8 (10)	Haselden (3-1)	McWhirter (0-4)		3,251 ^[51]	29-20	14-10
50	May 12	#1 Florida State	Doug Kingsmore Stadium	7-2	Gossett (6-2)	Leibrandt (6-2)		5,822 ^[52]	30-20	15-10
51	May 14	#1 Florida State	Doug Kingsmore Stadium	9-7	Pohle (6-2)	Compton (9-1)	Firth (2)	DH ^[53]	31-20	16-10
52	May 14	#1 Florida State	Doug Kingsmore Stadium	5-9	Smith (2-0)	Meyer (2-5)		4,965 ^[54]	31-21	16-11
53	May 15	Furman	Doug Kingsmore Stadium	9-2	Haselden (4-1)	Gary (3-1)		3,769 ^[55]	32-21	16-11
54	May 17	@Wake Forest	Gene Hooks Field	2-5	Cooney (6-6)	Leone (6-4)	Dimock (12)	648 ^[56]	32-22	16-12
55	May 18	@Wake Forest	Gene Hooks Field	1-2	Dimock (3-3)	Gossett (6-3)		1,241 ^[57]	32-23	16-13
56	May 19	@Wake Forest	Gene Hooks Field	0-7	Holmes (7-2)	Pohle (6-3)		1,461 ^[58]	32-24	16-14

Post-Season

ACC Tournament

#	Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	ACC Tournament Record
57	May 24	Virginia	NewBridge Bank Park	2-3	Crockett (5-2)	Kent (1-2)	Thompson (12)	3,331 ^[59]	32-25	0-1
58	May 25	Florida State	NewBridge Bank Park	9-7	Andrews (2-3)	Benincasa (4-1)		3,282 ^[60]	33-25	1-1
59	May 26	Georgia Tech	NewBridge Bank Park	1-5	Davies (1-3)	Pohle (6-4)	Cruz (2)	3,272 ^[61]	33-26	1-2

Columbia Regional

#	Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	Regional Record
60	June 1	Coastal Carolina	Carolina Stadium	11–3	Pohle (7-4)	Wallace (5-1)	Haselden (1)	6,791 ^[62]	34–26	1–0
61	June 2	South Carolina	Carolina Stadium	4-5 (12)	Beal (4-4)	Brady (1-3)		8,242 ^[63]	34-27	1-1
62	June 3	Coastal Carolina	Carolina Stadium	5-3	Leone (7-4)	Smith (2-2)	Firth (3)	6,111 ^[64]	35-27	2-1
63	June 3	South Carolina	Carolina Stadium	3-4	Montgomery (5-1)	Haselden (4-2)	Webb (3)	8,242 ^[65]	35-28	2-2

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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	Final
Coaches'	23	23*	19	19	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Baseball America	16	16	15	20	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Collegiate Baseball^	25	25	20	20	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	30	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
NCBWA†	17	15	13	17	23	23	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

^ 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.
* Coaches' does not release a week 1 poll so for comparison purposes the pre-season poll ranking is inserted in the week 1 slot.

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Stadium	Bowman Field (1896–1915) Riggs Field (1916–1969) Doug Kingsmore Stadium (1970–present)

Players	Prominent Players

Seasons	List 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Head Coaches	List R. T. V. Bowman (1896) No team (1897) R. T. V. Bowman (1898) Unknown (1899–1900) John Heisman (1901–1903) John McMakin (1904–1906) Frank Shaughnessy (1907) Robert Lynch (1908) Jesse Reynolds (1909) Joe Holland (1910) Frank Dobson (1911–1913) Thomas Robertson (1914) Vet Sitton (1915–1916) Country Morris (1917) Edward Donahue (1918–1919) Country Morris (1920) Larry Conover (1921) L. V. H. Durfee (1922–1924) Thomas May (1925) Cul Richards (1926) Tink Gillam (1927) Joe Guyon (1928–1931) Jess Neely (1932–1938) Randy Hinson (1939–1940) Tom Rogers (1941–1942) Frank Howard (1943) No team (1944) Walter Cox (1945) Randy Hinson (1946–1947) Walter Cox (1948–1951) Bob Smith (1952–1957) Bill Wilhelm (1958–1993) Jack Leggett (1994– )

College World Series	1958 1959 1976 1977 1980 1991 1995 1996 2000 2002 2006 2010

NCAA Tournaments	1947 1950 1958 1959 1967 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2009 2010 2011 2012

Conference Championships	1947 1954 1958 1959 1967 1973 1974 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1981 1982 1984 1985 1988 1991 1992 1994 1995 2006

Conference Tournament Championships	1976 1978 1980 1981 1989 1993 1994 2006

Conference affiliations	Independent (1896–1946) Southern Conference (1947–1953) Atlantic Coast Conference (1954–present)

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