2024 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team

The 2024 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team represents the University of Arkansas in the 2024 season. The Razorbacks play their home games at Baum–Walker Stadium in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

2024 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball
SEC West Division champions
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
D1Baseball.comNo. 3
Record43–12 (20–10 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Matt Hobbs
  • Nate Thompson
    Bobby Wernes
Home stadiumBaum–Walker Stadium
Seasons
← 2023
2025 →
2024 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Tennessee x‍‍ 22 8   .733 46 10   .821
No. 2 Kentucky x‍‍ 22 8   .733 39 12   .765
No. 11 Georgia  ‍‍‍ 17 13   .567 39 14   .736
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 13 17   .433 35 20   .636
Florida ‍‍‍ 13 17   .433 28 26   .519
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 13 17   .433 33 21   .611
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 9 21   .300 23 32   .418
Western
No. 5 Arkansas  x‍‍‍ 20 10   .667 43 12   .782
No. 4 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 19 11   .633 44 11   .800
No. 15 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 17 13   .567 36 19   .655
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 13 17   .433 33 21   .611
LSU  ‍‍‍ 13 17   .433 36 20   .643
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 11 19   .367 27 28   .491
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 8 22   .267 27 26   .509
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 18, 2024[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

Previous season edit

Arkansas spent most of the year in the top 10. They were co-champions of the Southeastern Conference,[2] and hosted the Fayetteville Regional at Baum-Walker Stadium but were eliminated by TCU and ended the season in a regional for the first time since 2017.[3]

Roster edit

2024 Arkansas Razorbacks roster and coaching staff
 

Pitchers

  • 11 Jaewoo Cho (R) – Freshman
  • 20 Gabe Gaeckle (R) – Freshman
  • 21 Mason Molina (L) – Junior
  • 25 Brady Tygart (R) – Junior
  • 26 Tate McGuire (R) – Freshman
  • 28 Koty Frank (R) – Graduate
  • 31 Dylan Carter (R) –   Junior
  • 32 Hunter Deitz (L) – Freshman
  • 33 Hagen Smith (L) – Junior
  • 34 Diego Ramos (R) – Freshman
  • 36 Parker Coil (L) – Sophomore
  • 37 Jake Faherty (R) – Junior
  • 38 Colin Fisher (L) – Freshman
  • 39 Tucker Holland (L) – Freshman
  • 40 Ben Bybee (R) – Sophomore
  • 41 Will McEntire (R) –   Senior
  • 45 Gage Wood (R) – Sophomore
  • 46 Christian Foutch (R) – Sophomore
  • 48 Cooper Dossett (R) – Sophomore
  • 49 Stone Hewlett (L) – Senior
  • 51 Jack Smith (L) – Freshman
  • 55 Josh Hyneman (R) –   Freshman
  • 61 Adam Hachman (L) – Freshman
 

Catchers

  • 8 Hudson White – Junior
  • 16 Hudson Polk – Senior
  • 27 Ryder Helfrick – Freshman
  • 44 Parker Rowland – Senior

Infielders

  • 3 Nolan Souza – Freshman
  • 6 Ben McLaughlin – Senior
  • 9 Wehiwa Aloy – Sophomore
  • 10 Peyton Stovall – Junior
  • 12 Jared Sprague-Lott – Senior
  • 18 Reese Robinett – Sophomore

Outfielders

  • 1 Ty Wilmsmeyer – Graduate
  • 5 Kendall Diggs – Junior
  • 14 Ross Lovich – Senior
  • 17 Hunter Grimes –   Senior
  • 19 Will Edmunson – Junior
  • 43 Kade Smith – Freshman
 

Infielder/Outfielders

  • 4 Jack Wagner – Graduate
  • 13 Jayson Jones – Sophomore
  • 22 Ty Waid – Freshman
  • 24 Peyton Holt – Senior

Coaching staff

  • Dave Van Horn – Head coach
  • Nate Thompson – Assistant coach
  • Matt Hobbs – Assistant coach
  • Bobby Wernes – Assistant coach

Schedule and results edit

2024 Arkansas Razorbacks Baseball Game Log
Regular season
May (5–5)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record
May 1 Missouri State No. 2 Baum–Walker Stadium W 8–5 Carter (1–0) Metz (1–3) Foutch (4) SECN+ 9,815 39–7
May 3 at No. 8 Kentucky No. 2 Kentucky Proud Park
Lexington, Kentucky
W 10–3 Smith (9–0) Pooser (3–1) SECN+ 4,742 40–7 17–5
May 4 at No. 8 Kentucky No. 2 Kentucky Proud Park L 3–11 Niman (8–3) Tygart (4–2) SECN+ 4,015 40–8 17–6
May 5 at No. 8 Kentucky No. 2 Kentucky Proud Park L 4–7 Moore (8–1) Molina (3–2) Hummel (6) SECN+ 6,024 40–9 17–7
May 10 No. 14 Mississippi State No. 5 Baum–Walker Stadium W 7–5 McEntire (4–0) Hardin (3–1) Wood (2) SECN+ 10,891 41–9 18–7
May 11 No. 14 Mississippi State No. 5 Baum–Walker Stadium L 5–8 Schuelke (3–2) Tygart (4–3) Davis (3) SECN+ 10,963 41–10 18–8
May 12 No. 14 Mississippi State No. 5 Baum–Walker Stadium W 9–6 McEntire (5–0) Schuelke (3–3) Gaeckle (7) SEC Network 10,410 42–10 19–8
May 16 at No. 5 Texas A&M No. 3 Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park
College Station, Texas
L 0–1 (11) Aschenbeck (5–1) Faherty (0–1) ESPN2 6,976 42–11 19–9
May 17 at No. 5 Texas A&M No. 3 Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park W 6–3 Molina (4–2) Stewart (1–2) SEC Network 7,980 43–11 20–9
May 18 at No. 5 Texas A&M No. 3 Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park L 4–14 (7) Cortez (8–1) Dossett (3–1) SEC Network 7,337 43–12 20–10

Schedule and results source • Rankings based on the teams' current ranking in the D1Baseball poll
 W  Arkansas win •  L  Arkansas loss •  Postponement or cancellation Bold denotes Arkansas player

Record vs. conference opponents edit

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

Source: 2024 SEC baseball game results, 2024 SEC baseball schedule

Team W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZZ MISS SCAR TENN TAMU VAN Team Div SR SW
ALA 13–17 2–1 1–2 . 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–2 . 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 . ALA W4 5–5 0–2
ARK 20–10 1–2 2–1 2–1 . 1–2 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 . 1–2 . ARK W1 7–3 3–0
AUB 8–22 2–1 1–2 . . 0–3 1–2 0–3 2–1 1–2 . 1–2 0–3 0–3 AUB W7 2–8 0–4
FLA 13–17 . 1–2 . 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–3 . 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 FLA E5 4–6 0–1
UGA 17–13 3–0 . . 1–2 0–3 . 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–2 1–2 3–0 UGA E3 5–5 3–1
KEN 22–8 3–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 . . 2–1 3–0 1–2 1–2 . 2–1 KEN E2 8–2 4–0
LSU 13–17 1–2 0–3 2–1 1–2 . . 1–2 2–1 3–0 . 0–3 2–1 1–2 LSU W5 4–6 1–2
MSU 17–13 2–1 1–2 3–0 1–2 2–1 . 2–1 2–1 1–2 . . 1–2 2–1 MSU W3 6–4 1–0
MIZZ 9–21 . 0–3 1–2 3–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 . 1–2 0–3 . 0–3 MIZZ E7 1–9 1–3
MISS 11–19 1–2 0–3 2–1 . 1–2 0–3 0–3 2–1 . 2–1 1–2 2–1 . MISS W6 4–6 0–3
SCAR 13–17 1–2 1–2 . 2–1 0–3 2–1 . . 2–1 1–2 0–3 1–2 3–0 SCAR E6 4–6 1–2
TENN 22–8 1–2 . 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 . 3–0 2–1 3–0 . 2–1 TENN E1 9–1 3–0
TAMU 19–11 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–2 2–1 . 1–2 2–1 . 1–2 2–1 . 3–0 TAMU W2 7–3 2–0
VAN 13–17 . . 3–0 2–1 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 3–0 . 0–3 1–2 0–3 VAN E4 4–6 2–3
Team W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZZ MISS SCAR TENN TAMU VAN Team Div SR SW

Updated for entire regular season. Tie Brkrs: TENN>KEN head to head. MSU>UGA head to head. ALA>VAN & FLA>SCAR & LSU TENN common. VAN>FLA head to head. SCAR>LSU ARK common. ARK SEC Tournament seed>KEN, ARK West champion.

Rankings edit

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'44*531111122232
Baseball America33331111122233
NCBWA45542111132242
D1Baseball32221111122253
Perfect Game22221111122253

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.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2024 SEC Baseball Standings". secsports.com. Retrieved May 18, 2024.
  2. ^ "Diamond Hogs win share of SEC title even in defeat". May 20, 2023.
  3. ^ "Richardson ties NCAA record with 11 RBI, TCU blows out Arkansas at Fayetteville Regional | Arkansas Democrat Gazette". June 4, 2023.