2021 Indiana Hoosiers baseball team
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
Record | 26-18 (26-18 Big Ten) |
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Pitching coach | Justin Parker (3rd season) |
Home stadium | Bart Kaufman Field (Capacity: 2,500) |
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No. 19 Nebraska †y | 31 | – | 12 | .721 | 34 | – | 14 | .708 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 24 Maryland y | 28 | – | 16 | .636 | 30 | – | 18 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan y | 27 | – | 17 | .614 | 27 | – | 19 | .587 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 26 | – | 18 | .591 | 26 | – | 18 | .591 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 26 | – | 18 | .591 | 26 | – | 18 | .591 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 22 | – | 20 | .524 | 22 | – | 20 | .524 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 22 | – | 22 | .500 | 22 | – | 22 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 21 | – | 23 | .477 | 21 | – | 23 | .477 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn State | 18 | – | 24 | .429 | 18 | – | 24 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 15 | – | 21 | .417 | 15 | – | 21 | .417 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | 17 | – | 27 | .386 | 17 | – | 27 | .386 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 16 | – | 26 | .381 | 16 | – | 26 | .381 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 6 | – | 31 | .162 | 6 | – | 31 | .162 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 7, 2021[1][2] Rankings from D1Baseball |
The 2021 Indiana Hoosiers baseball team is a college baseball team that represents Indiana University in the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Hoosiers are members of the Big Ten Conference (B1G) and play their home games at Bart Kaufman Field in Bloomington, Indiana. They are led by third-year head coach Jeff Mercer.
Previous season
[edit]The Hoosiers finished the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season 9–6 overall (0–0 conference) and fifth place in conference standings. On March 12, 2020, the Big Ten Conference cancelled the remainder of all winter and spring sports seasons due to the coronavirus pandemic.[3]
MLB draft
[edit]The following Hoosiers on the 2020 roster were selected in the 2020 Major League Baseball draft or signed in free agency:
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Elijah Dunham | Junior | OF | New York Yankees | Free Agency | Signed[4] |
Preseason
[edit]Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the B1G Conference delayed setting a season schedule, before releasing a truncated, all-conference schedule on February 17, 2021. In addition to the release of the schedule, the Big Ten also stated that the games will be played without fans this season.[5]
Season projections
[edit]Coming off of a shortened season in 2020, the 2021 Hoosiers are projected to finish first in conference play by Perfect Game and second in conference play by D1Baseball.[6][7] On March 4, the Big Ten Coaches voted the Hoosiers to finish second in the conference.[8] The Hoosiers received preseason vote for rankings by Collegiate Baseball.[9]
Roster
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Schedule
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"#" represents ranking. All rankings from Collegiate Baseball on the date of the contest. "()" represents postseason seeding in the Big 10 Tournament or NCAA Regional, respectively. |
Ranking movements
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Final |
Coaches' | — | —* | — | — | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | RV | 23 | — | — | |||||
Baseball America | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | 21 | — | — | |||||
Collegiate Baseball^ | 39 | — | — | — | 30 | 28 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
NCBWA† | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | RV | 29 | 27 | — | — | |||||
D1Baseball | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | 21 | — | — |
^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† 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.
Awards and honors
[edit]Pre-season awards / Watch list
[edit]Player | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
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Regular season awards / Watch lists
[edit]Player | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
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Tommy Sommer | Big Ten Pitcher of the Week | March 10, 2021 | [58] |
McCade Brown | March 16, 2021 | [59] | |
Perfect Game / Rawlings Pitcher of the Week | [60] | ||
D1Baseball / AstroTurf Player of the Week | [61] | ||
Braydon Tucker | Big Ten Pitcher of the Week | April 13, 2021 | [62] |
Morgan Colopy | Big Ten Freshman of the Week | April 27, 2021 | [63] |
Cole Barr | Big Ten Player of the Week | May 4, 2021 | [64] |
Conference awards
[edit]Player | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
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Grant Richardson | All-Big Ten First Team | May 30, 2021 | [65] |
Gabe Bierman | All-Big Ten Second Team | ||
McCade Brown | |||
Cole Barr | All-Big Ten Third Team | ||
Paul Toetz | All-Big Ten Freshman Team | ||
Morgan Colopy | |||
John Modugno |
Award watch lists
[edit]Listed in the order that they were released
Award | Player | Position | Year | Date awarded | Ref |
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2021 MLB draft
[edit]The Hoosiers had six players selected in the 2021 MLB draft, most in the Big Ten.
Player | Position | Round | Overall | MLB Team |
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McCade Brown | RHP | 3 | 79 | Colorado Rockies |
Gabe Bierman | RHP | 7 | 209 | Miami Marlins |
Matt Litwicki | RHP | 10 | 286 | Boston Red Sox |
Tommy Sommer | LHP | 10 | 305 | Chicago White Sox |
Cole Barr | 3B | 15 | 444 | Seattle Mariners |
Grant Richardson | OF | 17 | 513 | New York Yankees |
See also
[edit]References
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