2008 Auburn Baseball GENERAL INFORMATION COACHING/SUPPORT STAFF RADIO INFORMATION Location............................................................................ Auburn, AL Head Coach ..................................................Tom Slater (VMI, 1990) Primary Stations . .WKKR-FM (97.7), WMXA-FM (96.7) Founded .................................................................... October 1, 1856 Record at Auburn..........................................87-85 (.506), 3 years Radio Network . .Auburn Network Enrollment..................................................................................24,137 Career Record ..........................................137-185 (.425), 6 years Primary Contact . .Rod Bramblett Nickname .................................................................................. Tigers Baseball Office Phone ..........................................(334) 844-4975 Phone Number . .(334) 826-2929 Colors ....................................................Burnt Orange and Navy Blue Best Time to Contact ................................Mornings, contact SID Play-by-Play Announcers . .Rod Bramblett, Affiliation ................................................................NCAA Division I Assistant Coach ............................Bill Mosiello (Fresno State, 1986) . .Andy Burcham, Brad Law Conference ..................................................Southeastern (SEC West) Assistant Coach ....................Butch Thompson (Birm. South., 1992) President ..............................................Dr. Jay Gogue (Auburn, 1969) Volunteer Assistant Coach..................Scott Sullivan (Auburn, 1993) SPORTS INFORMATION Athletic Director........................................Jay Jacobs (Auburn, 1985) Dir. of Baseball Operations ....................Scott Duval (Auburn, 1999) Baseball SID . .Dan Froehlich Athletic Trainer ....................................Jon Michelini (Florida, 2001) SID Office Phone . .(334) 844-9803 HISTORY SID FAX Number . .(334) 844-9807 All-Time Record..................................................1,689-1,099-6 (.606) TEAM INFORMATION Froehlich’s Home Phone . .(334) 501-8455 All-Time Conference Record....................................757-646-3 (.539) Total Home Away Neut. Froehlich’s Cell Phone . .(334) 750-1389 All-Time SEC Tournament Record ............................................28-35 2007 Overall Record . .31-25 . .22-13 . .7-11 . .2-1 Froehlich’s Email . [email protected] NCAA Tournament Appearances ....................................................17 2007 SEC Record . .10-20 . .5-10 . .5-10 Media Relations Director . .Kirk Sampson NCAA Tournament Record ........................................................39-37 Conference Finish . .6th, Western Division Sampson’s Email . [email protected] Last NCAA Regional ....................................2005 (Tallahassee, Fla.) 2007 Postseason . .None SID Mailing Address . .P.O. Box 351; Auburn, AL 36830-0351 Last NCAA Super Regional ..........................1999 (Tallahassee, Fla.) 2007 Final Ranking . .None SID Overnight Address . .Athletic Complex College World Series Appearances ....................................................4 Letterwinners Returning/Lost . .13/14 . .392 South Donahue, Auburn, AL 36849 College World Series Record..........................................................3-8 Starters Returning/Lost . .4/5 Last College World Series............................................................1997 Pitchers Returning/Lost . .7/5 Newcomers . .17 2008 AUBURN BASEBALL MEDIA GUIDE CREDITS The 2008 Auburn Baseball Media Guide is a publication of the Auburn Athletic Department, Jay Jacobs, Director. Editing, layout and design by Dan Froehlich, Associate Director of Media Relations. Editorial assistance provided by Kirk Sampson and Kathy Harker. Special thanks to Chick Wade, Larry Hayes, Harry Doles and the Auburn Baseball Lettermen Club, and the Auburn University Special Collections and Archives Department. Cover artwork was done by Tyler Trout of the Auburn University Athletics Department. The guide was printed by Interstate Printing of Mobile, Ala. Photography was provided by Todd Van Emst, Auburn, Ala.; Tony Hall, Auburn, Ala.; Emily McLain, Auburn, Ala.; Mike Cortez, Auburn, Ala.; John Reed, Montgomery, Ala.; AU Photo Services; Dennis Hodges, Walker, La.; Ed Jones, Birmingham, Ala.; Darrell McAllister, Columbus, Miss.; Ryals Lee, Tallahassee, Fla. Photography also provided by Major League Baseball; Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Angels, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals, San Diego Padres, Toronto Blue Jays, Washington Nationals, Tulsa Drillers, Jack Maley (Boston Red Sox) and Jon Soo Hoo (LA Dodgers), 2007 Team USA pictures provided by Rich Abel. Auburn University is an equal opportunity educational institution/employer. 2008 Auburn Baseball 1 Auburn’s baseball home for the past 57 seasons, Plainsman Park seats 4,096, including 3,227 chairback seats. In addition, state-of-the-art concessions, rest- rooms, ticket and press facilities have transformed Auburn's baseball field into a renaissance of Camden Yard proportions after receiving a $4.2 million facelift 12 years ago. The site of Southeastern Conference baseball excite- ment since 1950, Plainsman Park was voted the best col- legiate baseball facility in the country by Baseball America prior to the 2003 season. The commitment to excellence of Auburn’s baseball program is evident by the continuing efforts to keep Plainsman Park on the forefront of college baseball. Those efforts have included three additions to the facili- ty since its initial renovations in 1996. The most recent projects included a new drainage system and playing surface in the Summer of 2003 and the completion of the Strength and Rehabilitation Center adjacent to Plainsman Park in January of 2004. The Strength and Rehabilitation Center is a two-story, 13,274 square foot facility that houses a weight room for the baseball team on the first floor and a rehabilitation and research center on the sec- ond floor. The weight room is unrivaled in collegiate baseball and features nearly 50 pieces of equipment. The facility also has its own locker room. The second floor houses an X-ray lab, rehabilitation center, physical therapy area, offices for Alabama Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center physicians and a research institute directed by Dr. James Andrews (American Sports Medicine Institute), which serves nationally-acclaimed profession- al athletes as well as Auburn’s student-athletes. Rehabilitation services are available to the public. Physical therapist Dave Walsh also operates off of the second floor and is dedicated to addressing the needs of Auburn’s student-athletes. The project broke ground on October 25, 2002 at a construction cost of $2,502,380. In the Summer of 2001, construction began on a $2.3 million renovation to Samford Stadium- Hitchcock Field at Plainsman Park that included the addition of 630 chairback box seats down the right and left field foul lines. Upon completion in February 2002, the new landscape provides a more intimate setting for the nation’s top facility, allowing fans to have seats down each foul line within feet of the playing sur- face. Renovations also included additional concession and restroom facilities behind the newly added seats along the right field foul line. The bullpens, which once existed where the seats down the foul line were added, have found new locations in Plainsman Park. Auburn’s bullpens are located behind the Green Monster in left field, while the visiting bullpen rests beyond the right center field fence, next to the K Corner. Prior the 2002 renovations, Auburn’s existing scoreboard was the last addition to Samford Stadium- Hitchcock Field at Plainsman Park. Added prior to the 1998 season, the 50-foot-high structure is PLAINSMAN PARK 2 2008 Auburn Baseball PLAINSMAN PARK PLAINSMAN PARK FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION FENCE HEIGHT First Year ......................................................1950 Left Field....................................................30 feet Years ..............................................Entering 58th Left-Center to Right-Field Bullpen ............8 feet Surface ............................................Natural Grass Right Field Bullpen......................................4 feet All-Time Record ..........................959-403 (.704) Bullpen To Right Field Foul Pole ..............8 feet Most Wins, Season................................30 (1997) Capacity ......................................................4,096 FIRST NIGHT GAME March 27, 1977 ......................vs. LSU, 2-0, 10-2 SEATING BREAKDOWN Chairback Seats............................................3,227 EVENTS HOSTED Terrace Seats ..................................................750 1978 NCAA South Regional Wheelchair Spaces ............................................60 1999 NCAA Regional Press Box Seats ................................................59 2002 President George W. Bush Visit 2003 NCAA Regional DIMENSIONS Left Field ....................................................315 ft. RENOVATIONS/ADDITIONS Left-Center ..........................................335/385 ft. 1995 New outfield wall Center Field ................................................385 ft. 1996 Renovation of Plainsman Park Right-Center ..............................................360 ft. 1998 Existing Scoreboard Right Field..................................................331