2017 BASEBALL MEDIA GUIDE MISSISSIPPI STATE TABLE OF CONTENTS MEDIA & TEAM INFORMATION 1-7 Quick Facts . 2 CREDITS Roster . 3 Roster Breakdown . 4 The 2017 Mississippi State University Baseball Media Guide is a Schedule & Media Information . 5 publication of the MSU Athletic Media Relations Office and was Media Information . 6 compiled by Andrew Piper . MSU Baseball Radio Network/Dawg Talk/SEC Network . 7 Photography by John Cade, Russ Houston, Craig Jackson and COACHING & SUPPORT STAFF 8-21 Kelly Price . Head Coach Andy Cannizaro . 8-11 Assistant Coach Gary Henderson . 12-13 Special thanks for editorial and technical assistance to Assistant Coach Will Coggin . 14-15 Bob Carskadon, Austin Coats, Joe Dier, Megan Fisher, Caleb Coordinator of Baseball Camps Mike Brown . 16-17 Garner, Will Goodwin, the late Bob Hartley, Mike Nemeth and Support Staff . 18-20 Jordan Smith . Diamond Girls . 21 Cover design by MSU Director of Creative Services, Dan Brown . PLAYERS 22-47 Please email any corrections to APiper@athletics .msstate .edu . 2016 SEASON IN REVIEW 48-65 Game-By-Game Results . 48 Statistics (Overall & SEC) . 49-52 ROAD HOTEL INFO Starting Lineups (By batting order and position) . 53-54 Miscellaneous Hitting Stats . 55 Miscellaneous Pitching Stats . 56-58 Oregon (March 3-5) Eugene, Ore. Miscellaneous Stats . 58-60 Courtyard Marriott Springfield SEC Review . 61 3443 Hutton Street National Review . 62 Springfield, OR 97477 Final Career Statistics . 63-65 (541) 726-2121 SCHOOL RECORDS 66-84 Arkansas (March 17-19) Fayetteville, Ark. Individual Records . 66-67 Courtyard Marriott Fayetteville Individual All-Time Top-10 Lists . 68-71 600 East Van Asche Drive Yearly Statistical Leaders . 72-75 Fayetteville, AR 72703 Team Records . 76 (479) 571-4900 Team Single-Season Records . 77 Yearly Team Statistics . 78-79 Ole Miss (March 30-April 1) Oxford, Miss. Year-By-Year Team Record . 80-81 Townplace Suites Marriott Miscellaneous Team Information . 82 105 Ed Perry Boulevard Last Time . 83-84 Oxford, MS 38655 (662) 238-3522 HONORS & HISTORY 85-143 National and Regional Honors . 85-87 South Carolina (April 14-16) Columbia, S.C. SEC Honors . 88-93 Courtyard Marriott Downtown at USC Mississippi Honors . 94 630 Assembly Street All-Time Lettermen . 95-99 Columbia, SC 29201 Bulldogs in Major League Baseball . 100-102 (803) 799-7800 Bulldogs in the Major League Baseball Draft . 103-104 History of Bulldog Baseball . 105-109 Texas A&M (May 4-6) College Station, Texas Year-By-Year Results . 110-133 Courtyard Marriott College Station All-Time Series Records . 134-135 3939 Highway 6 South SEC Playoffs & SEC Tournament . 136-137 College Station, TX 77845 NCAA Tournament . 138-140 (979) 695-8111 NCAA College World Series . 141-143 Georgia (May 12-14) Athens, Ga. THE SEC & MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY 144-146 Holiday Inn Athens The Southeastern Conference . 144 197 East Broad Street Mississippi State President Dr . Mark E . Keenum . 145 Athena, GA 30601 Mississippi State Director of Athletics John Cohen . 146 (706) 549-4433 DUDY NOBLE FIELD 147-150 The Current Dudy Noble Field . 147-149 The New Dudy Noble Field . 150 @HAILSTATEBB | | HAILSTATE.COM/BASEBALL 1 QUICK FACTS SCHOOL INFORMATION 2016 TEAM INFORMATION Location (Enrollment) . Starkville, Mississippi (21,622) 2016 Overall Record . 44-18-1 Founded . 1878 Home . 27-11 President . Dr . Mark E . Keenum Road . 13-5 Faculty Representative . Dr . Steven Turner Neutral-Site . 4-2-1 Director of Athletics . John Cohen 2016 SEC Record . 21-9 (1st Overall, 1st in SEC West) Twitter . @JohnCohenAD Postseason . 4-4 Affiliation . NCAA Division I SEC Tournament . 1-2 Conference . Southeastern - Western Division NCAA Starkville Regional . 3-0 Nickname . Bulldogs NCAA Starkville Super Regional . 0-2 Colors . Maroon (PMS 202) and White Lettermen Returning/Lost . 17/13 Athletic Department Phone . (662) 325-2532 Position Starters Returning/Lost . 4/5 Ticket Office Phone . (662) 325-2600 Pitchers Returning/Lost . 14/10 Newcomers . 20 (9 Freshmen, 3 Sophomores, 8 Juniors) STADIUM INFORMATION Name . Dudy Noble Field, Polk-DeMent Stadium PROGRAM INFORMATION Capacity . 15,000 First Year of Baseball . 1885 (2017 is 127th season) Field Dimensions . .Left-330, Left Center-376, First Year in SEC . 1933 (Charter Member) Center-390, Right Center-374, Right-326 All-Time Record (Win %) . 2,561-1,505-29 ( .625) Press Box Phone . (662) 325-3776 NCAA Tournament Record (Win %) . 98-80 ( .551) NCAA Tournaments (Last) . 35 (2016) STAFF INFORMATION Regional Championships (Last) . 12 (2016) Head Coach . Andy Cannizaro (Tulane, ‘01) NCAA Super Regionals (Last) . 6 (2016) Twitter . @CoachCannizaro Super Regional Championships (Last) . 2 (2013) Record Overall (Years) . First Year College World Series (Last) . 9 (2013) Record at MSU (Years) . First Year CWS Record (Win %) . 10-18 ( .357) NCAA Appearances . N/A All-Time SEC Record (Win %) . 906-784-3 ( .535) Super Regional Appearances . N/A SEC Championships (Last) . 11 (2016) College World Series Appearances . N/A SEC Tournament Record (Win %) . 63-50 ( .558) Assistant Coach . .Gary Henderson (San Diego State ‘84) SEC Tournaments (Last) . 31 (2016) Twitter . @MSUGH20 SEC Tournament Championships (Last) . 7 (2012) Assistant Coach . Will Coggin (Mississippi State ‘10) Twitter . @Coach_Coggin TOP RETURNING HITTERS Coordinator of Camps . Mike Brown (Kentucky ‘08) Twitter . @mikesbrown5 NAME POS. YEAR AVG/OBP/SLG HR RBI Strength Coach . Brian Neal (Bridgewater College ‘05) Jake Mangum OF So . .408/ .458/ .510 1 28 Coordinator of Operations . Lee VanHorn (Mississippi State ‘12) Brent Rooker OF Jr . .324/ .376/ .578 11 54 Athletic Trainer . Jason Wire (St . Cloud State ‘06) Ryan Gridley INF Jr . .284/ .340/ .345 2 32 Student Managers . Austin Burt . Bryce Deupree TOP RETURNING PITCHERS . Will McDowell . Josh Nichols NAME POS. YEAR ERA W-L K/BB . Kyle Spencer Konnor Pilkington LHP So . 2 .08 3-1 42-15 . .Brett Spring Ryan Rigby RHP Jr . 2 .25 5-1 43-13 Blake Smith RHP Sr . 2 .93 2-2 31-15 MEDIA INFORMATION Communications Contact . Andrew Piper Twitter . @ADPiper7 Email . apiper@athletics .msstate .edu Cell . (662) 418-9183 Office . (662) 325-0972 Fax . (662) 325-2563 Mailing Address . P .O . Box 5308 Mississippi State, MS 39762 Website . HailState .com/baseball Baseball Twitter . @HailStateBB 2 2017 MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL MEDIA GUIDE ROSTER NUMERICAL No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. B-T CL. Exp. Hometown (Previous School) 2 Hunter Stovall INF/C 5-7 158 R-R So . 1L Pelham, Ala . (Pelham HS) 4 Jacob Barton RHP 6-1 198 R-R Jr . TR Mangham, La . (LSU-Eunice) 5 Brant Blaylock OF 6-1 202 R-R RFr . RS Southaven, Miss . (DeSoto Central HS) 6 Reed Smith INF 6-0 183 R-R Fr . HS Russellville, Ala . (Russellville HS) 7 Luke Alexander INF 6-0 192 S-R So . 1L Belmont, Miss . (Belmont HS) 8 Dustin Skelton C/INF 6-0 199 R-R Fr . HS Olive Branch, Miss . (Magnolia Heights School) 9 Elih Marrero C/OF 5-7 200 S-R So . 1L Miami, Fla . (Coral Gables Senior HS) 10 Ryan Gridley INF 5-8 177 R-R Jr . 2L Milton, Ga . (Milton HS) 12 Tanner Poole OF 6-4 200 R-R RJr . RS Amory, Miss . (Itawamba [Miss .] CC) 13 Peyton Plumlee RHP 6-3 201 R-R So . TR Olive Branch, Miss . (Northwest [Miss .] CC) 14 Riley Self RHP 6-4 239 R-R Fr . HS Coldwater, Miss . (Magnolia Heights School) 15 Jake Mangum OF/LHP 6-0 185 S-L So . 1L Pearl, Miss . (Jackson Preparatory School) 16 Josh Lovelady C 5-11 214 R-R RSr . 1L Prattville, Ala . (Shelton State [Ala .] CC) 17 Drew Windham RHP 6-3 194 R-R Fr . HS Ocean Springs, Miss . (Ocean Springs HS) 18 Keegan James RHP 6-2 229 R-R So . 1L Southaven, Miss . (DeSoto Central HS) 19 Brent Rooker OF 6-3 220 R-R Jr . 2L Germantown, Tenn . (Evangelical Christian School) 22 Denver McQuary RHP/INF 6-2 187 R-R Fr . HS Mantee, Miss (Houston HS) 23 Jared Padgett LHP 6-4 215 L-L So . 1L Graceville, Fla . (Graceville HS) 24 Cole Gordon 1B/RHP 6-5 253 L-R So . 1L Tampa, Fla . (Steinbrenner HS) 26 Cody Brown OF 5-11 197 L-R Sr . 3L Biloxi, Miss . (Biloxi HS) 28 Ryan Cyr RHP 6-3 219 R-R So . 1L Leawood, Kan . (Blue Valley HS) 29 Hayden Marze RHP 6-2 229 R-R Jr . TR Sunset, La . (LSU-Eunice) 31 Ryan Rigby RHP 6-1 185 R-R Jr . 1L Kosciusko, Miss . (East Mississippi CC) 32 Hunter Vansau OF/1B 6-3 194 L-R Jr . TR Crawford, Texas (Northeast Texas CC) 33 Parker Ford RHP 6-2 215 R-R RFr . RS Lufkin, Texas (Lufkin HS) 34 Kale Breaux LHP 5-11 184 R-L So . 1L Sulphur, La . (Sulphur HS) 37 Trey Jolly RHP 6-2 192 R-R Jr . TR New Albany, Miss . (Hinds [Miss .] CC) 38 Harrison Bragg INF 6-4 229 R-R Jr . TR Lakewood, Wash . (Tacoma [Wash .] CC) 40 Elijah MacNamee OF 6-2 200 R-R So . TR Cypress, Texas (Blinn [TX] CC) 41 Graham Ashcraft RHP 6-2 223 L-R Fr . HS Gurly, Ala . (Huntsville HS) 42 Blake Smith RHP 6-0 204 R-R Sr . 1L Fort Payne, Ala . (Shelton State [Ala .] CC) 43 Logan Cooke LHP 6-6 230 L-L Jr . HS Darbun, Miss . (Columbia Academy) 44 Ethan Small LHP 6-3 199 L-L So . 1L Lexington, Tenn . (Lexington HS) 45 Jacob Billingsley RHP 6-1 185 R-R RJr . 1L Senatobia, Miss . (Magnolia Heights School) 46 Trysten Barlow LHP 6-1 216 L-L RFr . RS Halls, Tenn . (Dyer County HS) 48 Konnor Pilkington LHP 6-3 225 L-L So . 1L Hurley, Miss . (East Central HS) 49 Andrew Mahoney LHP 6-2 231 L-L RJr .