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2014 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team

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2014 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8T
CBNo. 8
Record45–21 (14–10 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • J-Bob Thomas (2nd season)
  • Matt Gardner (1st season)
Pitching coachRay Hayward (2nd season)
Home stadiumDan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park
Seasons
← 2013
2015 →
2014 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 10 Oklahoma State ‍‍‍y 18 6   .750 48 18   .727
No. 5 TCU ‍‍y 17 7   .708 48 18   .727
Kansas ‍‍‍y 15 9   .625 35 26   .574
No. 8 Texas Tech ‍‍‍y 14 10   .583 45 21   .682
No. 3 Texas ‍‍‍y 13 11   .542 46 21   .687
West Virginia ‍‍‍ 9 14   .391 28 26   .519
Baylor ‍‍‍ 8 15   .348 26 31   .456
Oklahoma ‍‍‍ 8 16   .333 29 29   .500
Kansas State ‍‍‍ 5 19   .208 25 30   .455
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball [1]

The 2014 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team represented Texas Tech University in the 2014 college baseball season. Texas Tech competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as a charter member of the Big 12 Conference. The Red Raiders played home games at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park on the university's campus in Lubbock, Texas. Second year head coach Tim Tadlock led the Red Raiders, a former starting shortstop for the team during the 1990 and 1991 seasons.

Personnel

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Coaches

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2014 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball coaching staff
No. Name Position Tenure Alma mater
6 Tim Tadlock Head coach 2nd Season[note 1] Texas Tech University
University of Texas at Tyler
33 Ray Hayward Pitching Coach 2nd Season University of Oklahoma
19 J-Bob Thomas Recruiting Coordinator
Assistant Coach
2nd Season Abilene Christian University
15 Matt Gardner Volunteer Assistant Coach 1st Season Oklahoma State University

Players

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2014 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball roster[2]
No. Name Pos. B T CL Hometown Previous school
1 Tim Proudfoot INF R R Jr. North Bend, Washington Mount Si High School
3 Jake Barrios INF R R Sr. Weatherford, Oklahoma Seward County Community College
4 Todd Ritchie OF L L Sr. Georgetown, Texas Howard College
5 Hunter Redman C R R Jr. Midland, Texas Midland College
7 Ryan Long INF L R Fr. Crandall, Texas Crandall High School
8 Alec Humphreys INF R R So. Midlothian, Texas Midlothian High School
9 Adam Kirsch OF R R Sr. Spring, Texas Florida International University
10 Tyler Neslony OF L R So. Corpus Christi, Texas Calallen High School
11 Stephen Smith OF/RHP R R Fr. Wolfforth, Texas Frenship High School
12 Eric Gutierrez UTL/LHP R L So. Mission, Texas Sharyland High School
13 Dalton Brown RHP R R So. Ponder, Texas Ponder High School
14 Dominic Moreno RHP R R Jr. Farmington, New Mexico Howard College
16 Tyler Floyd C R R So. Stephenville, Texas McLennan Community College
17 Zach Davis OF R R So. Houston, Texas Cypress Lakes High School
18 Mason Randolph C S R Sr. Lubbock, Texas Coronado High School
20 Cameron Smith LHP L L Jr. Seabrook, Texas New Mexico Junior College
21 Bryant Burleson INF R R Jr. Midland, Texas Midland Christian School
25 Matt Broadbent INF R R Fr. Cypress, Texas Cypress Woods High School
26 Nick Pettus RHP/INF R R Jr. Broken Arrow, Oklahoma Seminole State College
28 Devon Conley OF R R RS Fr. Rio Rancho, New Mexico New Mexico Junior College
29 Anthony Lyons OF L L Fr. Arlington, Texas Martin High School
30 Jonny Drozd LHP L L Sr. Lake Dallas, Texas Grayson College
32 Justin Bethard RHP R R So. Frisco, Texas Centennial High School
34 Corey Taylor RHP R R Jr. Kennedale, Texas Cisco College
35 Matt Withrow RHP R R So. Odessa, Texas Midland Christian School
36 Ty Damron LHP L L Fr. Krum, Texas Krum High School
37 Matt Custred RHP R R So. Keller, Texas Keller High School
38 Johnathon Tripp RHP/UTL R R So. Spring, Texas Klein High School
39 Brock Hunt RHP R R RS So. Madison, Mississippi Howard College
41 Dylan Dusek LHP L L Fr. Sugar Land, Texas Kempner High School
42 Chris Sadberry LHP L L RS Jr. Holliday, Texas Grayson College
44 Ryan Moseley RHP R R Fr. Lubbock, Texas Lubbock-Cooper High School
45 Heath Herrington RHP R R RS Jr. Amarillo, Texas Cisco College
46 Matt Riney RHP R R Fr. Weatherford, Texas Weatherford High School
48 Sean Thompson RHP R R Fr. Southlake, Texas Carroll Senior High School
49 Blake Douglas RHP R R RS So. McKinney, Texas Weatherford College

Schedule

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2014 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball game log: 45–21
Regular season: 40–16
Post–season: 5–5
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Texas Tech team member

"*" indicates a non-conference game.
"#" represents ranking. All rankings from Collegiate Baseball on the date of the contest.
"()" represents postseason seeding in the Big 12 Tournament or NCAA Regional, respectively.

Ranking movements

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'—*—*RV23252425242421192323212323*23*8T
Baseball America2123—*—*9
Collegiate Baseball^302626212727271078
NCBWA2826302529272630252321242322231010*8

^ 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.

Notes

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  1. ^ 3rd season overall coaching with the Texas Tech Red Raiders.

References

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  1. ^ "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–8. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  2. ^ "Photos" (PDF). grfx.cstv.com. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2014. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
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