2023 Oklahoma Sooners baseball team

The 2023 Oklahoma Sooners baseball team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Sooners played their home games at L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by head coach Skip Johnson, in his 6th season at Oklahoma.

2023 Oklahoma Sooners baseball
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Record32–28 (11–13 Big 12)
Head coach
Associate head coachReggie Willits (2nd season)
Assistant coaches
  • Clay Overcash (6th season)
  • Russell Raley (1st season)
Home stadiumL. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park
Seasons
← 2022
2024 →
2023 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 14 Texas ‍‍‍y 15 9   .625 42 22   .656
Oklahoma State ‍‍‍y 15 9   .625 41 20   .672
West Virginia ‍‍‍y 15 9   .625 40 20   .667
No. 5 TCU ‍‍y 13 11   .542 44 24   .647
Kansas State ‍‍‍ 13 11   .542 35 24   .593
Texas Tech ‍‍‍y 12 12   .500 41 23   .641
Oklahoma ‍‍‍y 11 13   .458 32 28   .533
Kansas ‍‍‍ 8 16   .333 25 32   .439
Baylor ‍‍‍ 6 18   .250 20 35   .364
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 25, 2023[1]
Rankings from D1baseball

Previous season

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The Sooners finished the 2022–23 season with a 45–24 overall record and a 15–9 record in Big 12 play. Coming in as the third-seed in the 2022 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament, the Sooners defeated their longtime rivals fifth-seeded Texas to win their third Big 12 conference tournament championship. Receiving an automatic bid for the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, the Sooners defeated Liberty, Florida, and Virginia Tech in the Blacksburg Super Regional. In the 2022 College World Series, the Sooners defeated Texas A&M in the first round and the semifinals, Notre Dame in the second round, before falling to Ole Miss in the finals, losing both games.[2]

Offseason

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Departures

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Outgoing transfers
Player Position Height Year New team Ref.
Ben Abram RHP 6'7"   Redshirt junior Oklahoma State [3]
Keegan Allen RHP/OF 6'0" Freshman West Virginia [4]
Cade Brown RHP 6'4"   Redshirt junior Murray State [5]
Luke Carrell LHP 6'2" Freshman Northwest Florida State [6]
Brock Daniels INF 6'1" Freshman Missouri [7]
Luc Fladda LHP 6'1" Freshman Johnson County [8]
Mason Lowe INF 5'11"   Redshirt junior Central Missouri [9]
Brayden Luikart LHP/OF 6'0" Freshman Johnson County [10]
Max McGwire INF 6'2" Freshman San Diego [11]
Hudson Polk C 6'1" Sophomore Arkansas [12]
Creed Watkins RHP 6'5"   Redshirt sophomore NC State [13]
Draft
Round Pick Player Position Height Team Ref.
1 7 Cade Horton IF/RHP 6'1" Chicago Cubs [14]
2 45 Jake Bennett LHP 6'6" Washington Nationals
2 51 Peyton Graham INF 6'4" Detroit Tigers
4 127 Jimmy Crooks C 6'0" St. Louis Cardinals
7 224 Blake Robertson INF 6'5" Tampa Bay Rays
10 290 Tanner Tredaway OF 6'0" Pittsburgh Pirates
10 297 Trevin Michael RHP 6'2" Detroit Tigers
11 325 David Sandlin RHP 6'4" Kansas City Royals
17 505 Chazz Martinez LHP/OF 6'3" Kansas City Royals
18 536 Javier Ramos RHP 6'6" Colorado Rockies
19 579 Jaret Godman RHP 6'1" Boston Red Sox
Undrafted
Brett Squires IF/OF 6'3" Kansas City Royals [15]

Cade Horton, Jake Bennett, and Peyton Graham's draft selections marked the first time the Sooners ever had three players selected in the first two rounds of the MLB draft. Under head coach Skip Johnson, the Sooners have produced three first-round draft picks in five years with Horton being selected seventh overall. Horton became the Sooner's highest draft pick since Jon Gray in 2013.[16]

Additions

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Incoming transfers
Player Position Height Year Former team Ref.
Blake Bales RHP 6'5" Graduate student Virginia [17]
Will Carsten RHP 6'7" Junior McLennan [18]
Kale Davis RHP 6'3"   Redshirt junior Oklahoma State [19]
Braxton Douthit RHP 5'10" Graduate student Lamar [20]
Dakota Harris IF 6'0" Junior Polk State [21]
Gray Harrison RHP 6'1" Junior McLennan [22]
James Hitt LHP 6'0"   Redshirt sophomore Texas Tech [23]
Anthony Mackenzie IF 5'11" Junior Sam Houston [24]
Bryce Madron OF 5'8" Junior Cowley [25]
Peyton Olejnik RHP 6'9" Sophomore Triton [26]
Carson Pierce RHP 6'3" Junior Cowley [27]
Mason Strong C 5'11" Sophomore BYU [28]
Gray Thomas RHP 6'3" Sophomore TCU [29]
Adam Walker RHP 6'2" Junior Dodge City [30]
Aaron Weber RHP 6'4" Sophomore Cowley [31]
Incoming recruits
Player Position Height Hometown High school Ref.
Easton Carmichael C 6'1" Prosper, Texas Prosper High School [32]
Camden Chalfant RHP 6'1" Edmond, Oklahoma Edmond Memorial High School [33]
Patrick Engskov IF 6'0" Little Rock, Arkansas Pulaski Academy [34]
Rocco Garza-Gongora OF/1B 6'2" Laredo, Texas John B. Alexander High School [35]
Julien Hachem LHP 6'7" Oak Park, Illinois Mount Carmel High School [36]
Gabe Murrell RHP 6'1" Edmond, Oklahoma Edmond North High School [37]
Caden Powell IF 6'2" Clinton, Oklahoma Clinton High School [38]
Carson Turnquist RHP 6'5" Paso Robles, California Paso Robles High School [39]
Eric Van Valkenburg RHP 6'2" Solana Beach, California Torrey Pines High School [40]
Tavion Vaughns OF 6'1" Grand Prairie, Texas Cedar Hill High School [41]

Preseason

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Roster and personnel

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Schedule

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2023 Oklahoma Baseball Game Log
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Canceled      Bold = Oklahoma team member
Regular Season (30–24)
Postseason (1–2)
* indicates a non-conference game.

Statistics

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Legend
  GP  Games played   GS  Games started  AB  At-bats
  H  Hits  Avg.  Batting average  2B  Doubles
 3B  Triples  HR  Home runs  RBI  Runs batted in
  IP  Innings pitched   W Wins  L  Losses
 ERA  Earned run average  SO  Strikeouts  BB  Base on balls
 SV  Saves  SB  Stolen bases  High  Team high

Individual batting

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A darker background denotes not meeting the minimum requirement of 2 PA/G and 75% of games played

Player GP AB Avg. H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
Dakota Harris 46 186 .328 61 12 1 7 48 19 37 5
Bryce Madron 60 219 .320 70 15 3 12 51 61 36 15
Kendall Pettis 54 178 .309 55 6 3 1 24 36 35 17
Anthony Mackenzie 60 242 .306 74 9 1 6 41 39 53 21
Easton Carmichael 51 193 .306 59 8 4 6 48 13 44 4
Rocco Garza-Gongora 51 164 .293 48 6 1 3 27 15 44 4
John Spikerman 60 222 .270 60 14 1 3 33 49 53 27
Wallace Clark 47 139 .237 33 8 2 1 18 31 31 4
Jackson Nicklaus 59 197 .234 46 9 3 6 39 51 78 9
Diego Muniz 37 111 .270 30 6 0 1 17 15 24 4
Caden Powell 16 35 .257 9 4 0 0 3 2 14 0
Sebastian Orduno 38 93 .226 21 3 0 1 8 19 20 3
Patrick Engskov 11 10 .200 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Mason Strong 8 8 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Kade Fletcher 3 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Source: 2023 Baseball Cumulative Statistics

References

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  1. ^ "2022–23 Baseball Standings". Big 12 Conference. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
  2. ^ "2022 Men's College World Series: Bracket, scores for the DI baseball tournament". ncaa.com.
  3. ^ "Ben Abram Biography". okstate.com.
  4. ^ "Keegan Allen Biography". wvusports.com.
  5. ^ "Cade Brown Biography". goracers.com.
  6. ^ "Luke Carrell Biography". nwfraiders.com.
  7. ^ "Brock Daniels Biography". mutigers.com.
  8. ^ "Luc Fladda Biography". jcccathletics.com.
  9. ^ "Mason Lowe Biography". ucmathletics.com.
  10. ^ "Brayden Luikart Biography". jcccathletics.com.
  11. ^ "Max McGwire Biography". usdtoreros.com.
  12. ^ "Hudson Polk Biography". arkansasrazorbacks.com.
  13. ^ "Creed Watkins Biography". gopack.com.
  14. ^ "NCAA-high 11 Oklahoma Sooners selected in the 2022 MLB draft". soonerswire.com.
  15. ^ "MLB Draft 2022: Brett Squires signs as an undrafted free agent with Kansas City Royals, per report". oudaily.com.
  16. ^ "Horton Selected Seventh, Three Sooners Picked on First Day of MLB Draft". soonersports.com.
  17. ^ "Blake Bales Biography". soonersports.com.
  18. ^ "Will Carsten Biography". soonersports.com.
  19. ^ "Kale Davis Biography". soonersports.com.
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  26. ^ "Peyton Olejnik Biography". soonersports.com.
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  28. ^ "Mason Strong Biography". soonersports.com.
  29. ^ "Gray Thomas Biography". soonersports.com.
  30. ^ "Adam Walker Biography". soonersports.com.
  31. ^ "Aaron Weber Biography". soonersports.com.
  32. ^ "Easton Carmichael - Class of 2022". perfectgame.com.
  33. ^ "Camden Chalfant - Class of 2022". perfectgame.com.
  34. ^ "Patrick Engskov - Class of 2022". perfectgame.com.
  35. ^ "Rocco Garza-Gongora - Class of 2022". perfectgame.com.
  36. ^ "Julien Hachem - Class of 2022". perfectgame.com.
  37. ^ "Gabe Murrell - Class of 2022". perfectgame.com.
  38. ^ "Caden Powell - Class of 2022". perfectgame.com.
  39. ^ "Carson Turnquist - Class of 2022". perfectgame.com.
  40. ^ "Eric Van Valkenburg - Class of 2022". perfectgame.com.
  41. ^ "Tavion Vaughns - Class of 2022". perfectgame.com.
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  43. ^ "2023 Baseball Coaching Staff". soonersports.com.
  44. ^ "Willits Promoted to Associate Head Coach". soonersports.com.
  45. ^ "Clay Van Hook Biography". utamavs.com.
  46. ^ "Baseball Game at UT Arlington Wednesday Canceled". soonersports.com.
  47. ^ "Baseball Game vs. Oral Roberts Canceled". soonersports.com.
  48. ^ "Tuesday's OU-UT Arlington Baseball Game Canceled". soonersports.com.