The 2019 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Kentucky in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. For the first season, the Wildcats played their home games at their new stadium, Kentucky Proud Park.
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Conference | Southeastern Conference |
Eastern Division | |
Record | 26–29 (7–23 SEC) |
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Home stadium | Kentucky Proud Park |
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No. 1 Vanderbilt x†‡y | 23 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .767 | 58 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .829 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 18 Georgia y | 21 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .700 | 46 | – | 17 | – | 0 | .730 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee y | 14 | – | 16 | – | 0 | .467 | 40 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .656 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Missouri | 13 | – | 16 | – | 1 | .450 | 34 | – | 22 | – | 1 | .605 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida y | 13 | – | 17 | – | 0 | .433 | 34 | – | 26 | – | 0 | .567 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina | 8 | – | 22 | – | 0 | .267 | 28 | – | 28 | – | 0 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kentucky | 7 | – | 23 | – | 0 | .233 | 26 | – | 29 | – | 0 | .473 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No. 5 Mississippi State xy | 20 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .667 | 52 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .776 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 Arkansas xy | 20 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .667 | 46 | – | 20 | – | 0 | .697 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 14 LSU y | 17 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .567 | 40 | – | 26 | – | 0 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 20 Texas A&M y | 16 | – | 13 | – | 1 | .550 | 39 | – | 23 | – | 1 | .627 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 12 Ole Miss y | 16 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .533 | 41 | – | 27 | – | 0 | .603 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Auburn y | 14 | – | 16 | – | 0 | .467 | 38 | – | 28 | – | 0 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alabama | 7 | – | 23 | – | 0 | .233 | 30 | – | 26 | – | 0 | .536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 25, 2019[1] Rankings from D1Baseball |
Preseason
editPreseason All-American teams
edit1st Team
- Zack Thompson - Starting Pitcher (Baseball America) [2]
SEC media poll
editThe SEC media poll was released on February 7, 2019 with the Wildcats predicted to finish in sixth place in the Eastern Division.[3]
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Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | Vanderbilt | 87 (9) |
2 | Florida | 81 (4) |
3 | Georgia | 68 (1) |
4 | South Carolina | 53 |
5 | Tennessee | 40 |
6 | Kentucky | 30 |
7 | Missouri | 26 |
Preseason All-SEC teams
edit1st Team
- T.J. Collett - Designated Hitter/Utility
- Zack Thompson - Starting Pitcher
Roster
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Personnel
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Schedule and results
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Bold | Kentucky team member |
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† Indicates the game does not count toward the 2019 Southeastern Conference standings.
*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.
Record vs. conference opponents
editLast two do not qualify for conf. tourn. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.
Source: 2019 SEC baseball game results |
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Team | W–L | ALA | ARK | AUB | FLA | UGA | KEN | LSU | MSU | MIZZ | MISS | SCAR | TENN | TAMU | VAN | Team | Div | SR | SW |
ALA | 7–23 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | . | 1–2 | 0–3 | . | 1–2 | 2–1 | . | 1–2 | 0–3 | ALA | W7 | 1–9 | 0–4 | |
ARK | 20–10 | 2–1 | 2–1 | . | . | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | . | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | ARK | W1 | 7–3 | 3–0 | |
AUB | 14–16 | 2–1 | 1–2 | . | 1–2 | . | 1–2 | 1–2 | . | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | AUB | W6 | 4–6 | 1–1 | |
FLA | 13–17 | 3–0 | . | . | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | . | 0–3 | FLA | E5 | 4–6 | 2–3 | |
UGA | 21–9 | 3–0 | . | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | . | 3–0 | 1–2 | . | 2–1 | UGA | E2 | 8–2 | 4–1 | |
KEN | 7–23 | . | 1–2 | . | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | . | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | KEN | E7 | 1–9 | 0–4 | |
LSU | 17–13 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | . | . | 2–1 | . | LSU | W3 | 6–4 | 2–1 | |
MSU | 20–10 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | . | 0–3 | . | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | . | MSU | W2 | 8–2 | 3–1 | |
MIZZ | 13–16 | . | 0–3 | . | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | . | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | MIZZ | E4 | 5–4 | 1–3 | |
MISS | 16–14 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | . | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | . | 1–2 | 3–0 | . | MISS | W5 | 5–5 | 2–1 | |
SCAR | 8–22 | 1–2 | . | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | . | 1–2 | 0–3 | . | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | SCAR | E6 | 1–9 | 0–3 | |
TENN | 14–16 | . | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | . | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | . | 1–2 | TENN | E3 | 5–5 | 1–2 | |
TAMU | 16–13 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | . | . | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | . | 2–1 | TAMU | W4 | 6–3 | 1–1 | |
VAN | 23–7 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | . | . | 2–1 | . | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | VAN | E1 | 8–2 | 5–0 | |
Team | W–L | ALA | ARK | AUB | FLA | UGA | KEN | LSU | MSU | MIZZ | MISS | SCAR | TENN | TAMU | VAN | Team | Div | SR | SW |
Updated for entire regular season. Missouri at Texas A&M series had one tie game.
Rankings
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Baseball America[60] | ||||||||||||||||||||
NCBWA†[61] |
† 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.
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