The 2020 Purdue Boilermakers baseball team was a baseball team that represented Purdue University in the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season . The Boilermakers were members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Alexander Field in West Lafayette, Indiana . They were led by first-year head coach Greg Goff .
The season was cut short in stages by March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic .[2]
Previous season [ edit ] The Boilermakers finished the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season 20–34 overall (7–16 conference) and twelfth place in conference standings, failing to quality for the 2019 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament
MLB draft [ edit ] The following Boilermakers on the 2019 roster were selected in the 2019 Major League Baseball draft :
List of Drafted Players Name 2019 Class Pos. Team Round Signed/Returned Patrick J. Smith Senior LHP Kansas City Royals 33rd Signed*
* indicates draftee had no more college eligibility
Preseason [ edit ] On June 11, 2019, head coach Mark Wasikowski left the Purdue program to return to Oregon as the head coach.[3] Just two days later, Purdue promoted volunteer assistant, Greg Goff to head coach.[4] On June 19, 2019, Goff named Campbell pitching coach and recruiting coordinator, Chris Marx, the team's pitching coach.[5] On September 5, 2019, former Purdue shortstop, Harry Shipley was named a volunteer assistant coach.
2020 Purdue Boilermakers baseball team Players Coaches # Pos. Name Bats/throws Height Weight Year High School/Junior College Home town 2 INF Tyler Powers R/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 155 lb (70 kg) Jr Lafayette Central Catholics Jr/Sr H. S. Lafayette, Indiana 3 INF Tanner Haston R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 175 lb (79 kg) RS Fr Mooresville H. S. Mooresville, Indiana 4 OF Skyler Hunter S/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Hood River Valley H. S. Hood River, Oregon 5 INF Evan Albrecht R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 150 lb (68 kg) So West Bend West H. S. West Bend, Wisconsin 7 C Zac Fascia L/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Sr Indian Hills Community College Brampton, Ontario 9 INF Ryan Howe R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Prospect H. S. Mount Prospect, Illinois 10 INF Justin Walker Jr. S/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr Jefferson H. S. Lafayette, Indiana 13 INF Mason Gavre R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Paradise Valley Community College Tucson, Arizona 14 RHP Cory Brooks R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS So Hillard Darby H. S. Hilliard, Ohio 15 LHP Connor Ayers L/L 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr McCutcheon H. S. Lafayette, Indiana 16 RHP Trevor Cheaney R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS Sr Paris Junior College Muenster, Texas 17 LHP Jackson Smeltz L/L 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) RS Fr McCutcheon H. S. Lafayette, Indiana 18 OF Miles Simington L/L 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Heartland Community College Bloomington, Illinois 19 INF Justin Fugitt L/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) RS So Hilliard Darby H. S. Hilliard, Ohio 20 INF Kyle LaPlante R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Niagara County Community College Lancaster, New York 22 C Bryce Bonner R/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas Katy, Texas 23 INF Zach Daugherty R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Huntington North H. S. Huntington, Indiana 25 OF Milo Beam L/L 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr Westfield H. S. Westfield, Indiana 26 RHP Grant Brunt R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS Fr Chesterton H. S. Chesterton, Indiana 27 OF Jack Firestone L/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Zionsville Community H. S. Zionsville, Indiana 28 LHP James Kulak L/L 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Neuqua Valley H. S. Naperville, Illinois 29 C Blake Schmitt L/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Fred J. Page H. S. Franklin, Tennessee 30 OF Mike Bolton Jr. L/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 155 lb (70 kg) Fr Brother Rice H. S. Calumet City, Illinois 31 RHP Conner Tomasic R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So LakeCentral H. S. Schererville, Indiana 32 OF Johnny Sage L/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Yakima Valley College Spokane, Washington 33 C Luke Houin R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS Fr St. Joseph H. S. Plymouth, Indiana 34 RHP Andrew Bohm R/R 6 ft 1.5 in (1.87 m) 227 lb (103 kg) RS Jr Hamilton Southeastern H. S. Fishers, Indiana 35 OF Ben Nisle R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Lake Central H. S. Schererville, Indiana 36 RHP Trent Johnson R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Crawfordsville H. S. Crawfordsville, Indiana 37 RHP Reece Rodabaugh R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Cass H. S. Walton, Indiana 38 RHP Kyle Wade R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 225 lb (102 kg) So Kokomo H. S. Kokomo, Indiana 40 RHP Dalton Parker R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 216 lb (98 kg) Sr St. Joseph-Ogden H. S. St. Joseph, Illinois 41 RHP Ricky Castro R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS So Parkland College Naperville, Illinois 42 LHP Matt Moore L/L 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 219 lb (99 kg) RS Jr Avon H. S. Avon, Indiana 43 RHP Knolton Clark R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Servite H. S. Santa Ana, California 44 INF Jake Parr R/R 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Buckhorn H. S. New Market, Alabama 45 RHP Jett Jackson R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Dickson County H. S. Burns, Tennessee 46 INF Tyler Brandenburg R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Fr Lake Country Lutheran H. S. Saukville, Wisconsin 47 RHP Eric Hildebrand R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Anchor Bay H. S. Chesterfield, Michigan 48 RHP Bo Hofstra R/R 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 238 lb (108 kg) Jr Illiana Christian H. S. Schererville, Indiana 49 RHP Jake Lautenschlager R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr West Vigo H. S. Terre Haute, Indiana 50 C Owen Walbaum L/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr West Lafayette H. S. West Lafayette, Indiana
Head coach 39 Greg Goff
Assistant coach(es) Hitting coach(es) 11 Cooper Fouts
Base coach(es) 1 Harry Shipley
Pitching coach(es) 21 Chris Marx
Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: January 26, 2020
Schedule [ edit ] 2020 Purdue Boilermakers baseball game log Regular season # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record B1G record 1 February 14 vs Hofstra Historic Sanford Memorial Stadium • Sanford, Florida , 9–6[6] Parker (1–0) Joyce (0–1) Hofstra (1) 156 1–0 – 2 February 15 vs Hofstra Historic Sanford Memorial Stadium • Sanford, Florida 6–13[7] Hall (1–0) Tomasic (0–1) None 259 1–1 – 3 February 15 vs Hofstra Historic Sanford Memorial Stadium • Sanford, Florida 10–4[8] Brooks (1–0) Mundy (0–1) None 259 2–1 – 4 February 16 vs Hofstra Historic Sanford Memorial Stadium • Sanford, Florida 10–9[9] Wade (1–0) Skidmore (0–1) Hoftstra (2) 252 3–1 – 5 February 21 at Campbell Jim Perry Stadium • Buies Creek, North Carolina , 6–4[10] Johnson (1–0) Cowan (0–2) Hofstra (3) 506 4–1 – 6 February 22 vs Maine Jim Perry Stadium • Buies Creek, North Carolina 6–2[11] Brooks (2–0) Pushard (0–1) Bohm (1) 273 5–1 – 7 February 23 vs Villanova Jim Perry Stadium • Buies Creek, North Carolina 7–1[12] Smeltz (1–0) Siegenthaler (0–1) None 158 6–1 – 8 February 28 vs #14 Duke U.S. Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, Minnesota , 1–5[13] Jarvis (2–1) Johnson (0–1) None – 6–2 – 9 February 29 vs #8 NC State U.S. Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, Minnesota 0–6[14] Swiney (3–0) Brooks (2–1) None – 6–3 –
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record B1G record 10 March 1 vs #23 North Carolina U.S. Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, Minnesota 5–6[15] Mott (2–0) Hildebrand (0–1) None – 6–4 – 11 March 4 at Indiana Bart Kaufman Field • Bloomington, Indiana 2–17[16] Krueger (1–0) Bohm (0–1) None 1,668 6–5 – 12 March 6 at Western Kentucky Nick Denes Field • Bowling Green, Kentucky , 3–8[17] Hicks (2–1) Hofstra (0–1) Kates (1) 213 6–6 – 13 March 7 at Western Kentucky Nick Denes Field • Bowling Green, Kentucky 2–11[18] Bergeron (2–0) Brooks (2–2) None 403 6–7 – 14 March 8 at Western Kentucky Nick Denes Field • Bowling Green, Kentucky 19–1 Jackson (1–0) Shoemake (2–1) None 438 7–7 – 15 March 13 at Evansville Charles H. Braun Stadium • Evansville, Indiana Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) 16 March 14 at Evansville Charles H. Braun Stadium • Evansville, Indiana Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) 17 March 15 at Evansville Charles H. Braun Stadium • Evansville, Indiana Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) 18 March 17 Milwaukee Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) 19 March 18 Iona Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) 20 March 20 at Michigan Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan , Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) 21 March 21 at Michigan Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) 22 March 22 at Michigan Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) 23 March 24 Purdue Fort Wayne Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) 24 March 25 at Indiana State Bob Warn Field at Sycamore Stadium • Terre Haute, Indiana Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) 25 March 27 Illinois Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) 26 March 28 Illinois Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) 27 March 28 Illinois Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) 28 March 31 Valparaiso Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record B1G record 29 April 3 at Iowa Duane Banks Field • Iowa City, Iowa Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) 30 April 4 at Iowa Duane Banks Field • Iowa City, Iowa Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) 31 April 5 at Iowa Duane Banks Field • Iowa City, Iowa Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) 32 April 7 at Ball State Ball Diamond • Muncie, Indiana Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) 33 April 10 Nebraska Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) 34 April 11 Nebraska Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) 35 April 12 Nebraska Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) 36 April 14 Butler Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) 37 April 17 Samford Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) 38 April 18 Samford Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) 39 April 19 Samford Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) 40 April 21 Ball State Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) 41 April 22 vs Butler Victory Field • Indianapolis, Indiana Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) 42 April 24 at Minnesota Siebert Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) 43 April 25 at Minnesota Siebert Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) 44 April 26 at Minnesota Siebert Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) 45 April 28 Chicago State Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record B1G record 46 May 1 Maryland Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) 47 May 2 Maryland Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) 48 May 3 Maryland Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) 49 May 8 Indiana Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) 50 May 9 Indiana Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) 51 May 10 Indiana Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) 52 May 12 at Milwaukee Routine Field • Franklin, Wisconsin Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) 53 May 14 at Michigan State Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium at John H. Kobs Field • East Lansing, Michigan , Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) 54 May 15 at Michigan State Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium at John H. Kobs Field • East Lansing, Michigan Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) 55 May 16 at Michigan State Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium at John H. Kobs Field • East Lansing, Michigan Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
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Venues People Seasons National Championships in bold ; College World Series appearances in italics