The Highlights Of The Past 10 Years
Looking back at college baseball in the '00s
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PrintWith a hat tip to Bill James' Historical Abstracts, Baseball America presents some of the highlights of the decade that was, 2000-2009.
| CHECKING IN—PROGRAMS |
| The five most significant programs that joined Division I in the decade |
| UC Irvine |
| Dallas Baptist |
| Fla. Gulf Coast |
| Kennesaw State |
| Oregon |
| CHECKING OUT—PROGRAMS |
| Three programs that dropped the sport |
| Iowa State |
| Northern Iowa |
| Vermont |
| CHECKING IN—COACHES |
| 10 coaches who became significant D-I head coaches in the decade |
| Frank Anderson, Oklahoma State |
| Tim Corbin, Vanderbilt |
| Billy Godwin, East Carolina |
| Tony Gwynn, San Diego State |
| Dan McDonnell, Louisville |
| Brian O'Connor, Virginia |
| Kevin O'Sullivan, Florida |
| John Savage, UC Irvine/UCLA |
| Jim Schlossnagle, UNLV/Texas Christian |
| Dave Serrano, UC Irvine/CS Fullerton |
| Mike Weathers, Long Beach State |
| CHECKING OUT—COACHES |
| Gary Adams, UCLA (2004) |
| Bob Bennett, Fresno State (2002) |
| Skip Bertman, Louisiana State (2001) |
| Larry Cochell, Oklahoma (2005) |
| Norm DeBriyn, Arkansas (2002) |
| Rod Delmonico, Tennessee (2007) |
| Keith LeClair, East Carolina (deceased) |
| Pat Murphy, Arizona State (2009) |
| Corky Palmer, Southern Mississippi (2009) |
| Ron Polk, Georgia/Mississippi State (2008) |
| Dave Snow, Long Beach State (2001) |
| Jim Wells, Alabama (2009) |
| MOST WINS |
| Decade |
| 503, Florida State (503-174, .743 percentage) |
| Best Winning Percentage |
| .750, Rice (487-162) |
| Single Season |
| 60, Florida State, 2002 |
| MOST HOME RUNS |
| Single season |
| 33, Nate Gold, Gonzaga, 2003 |
| Career in the decade (only 2000s) |
| 74, Matt LaPorta, Florida, 2004-2007 |
| HIGHEST BATTING AVERAGE |
| Single season |
| .493, Mike Goetz, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2006 |
| Career |
| .465, Rickie Weeks, Southern, 2001-2003 |
| MOST STRIKEOUTS, PITCHER |
| Single season |
| 213, Jered Weaver, Long Beach State, 2004 |
| Career |
| 491, Tim Lincecum, Washington, 2004-2006 |
| GAME OF THE DECADE |
| Texas 3, Boston College 2 (25 Innings) May 31, 2009 |
| The longest Division I game ever also included one of the most epic individual performances of all time. Senior lefthander Austin Wood wouldn't let Texas lose, throwing 12 1/3 no-hit innings and 13 shutout innings overall in relief. He threw 169 pitches to help the Longhorns stave off the upset bid, and the 'Horns went on to win the game and the regional en route to a berth in the CWS Finals. |
| CWS GAME OF THE DECADE |
| Louisiana State 6, Stanford 5, 2000 (championship game) |
| The only walk-off CWS title game of the decade saw the Tigers rally past the Cardinal, which led 5-2 in the bottom of the seventh and had righthander Justin Wayne on the mound in cruise control. LSU tied the game with home runs by Blair Barbier and Jeremy Witten, then won in the bottom of the ninth when senior catcher Brad Cresse drove home Ryan Theriot with a single. "You always want to go out winning the national championship, and it came true," Cresse said. "Last night, I dreamt about being up at the plate with the winning run on base. I dreamt of a home run, but I'll take a single." |
Compiled by John Manuel
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