2000 Florida State Seminoles baseball team

American college baseball season

2000 Florida State Seminoles baseball
ACC champions
NCAA Atlantic II Regional champions
College World Series, 2–2
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record53–20 (19–5 ACC)
Head coach
  • Mike Martin (21st year)
Home stadiumDick Howser Stadium
Seasons
← 1999
2001 →
2000 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 10 Georgia Tech  ‍†‍‡‍y 18 – 6   .750 50 – 16   .758
No. 6 Clemson  ‍‍‍y 17 – 7   .708 51 – 18   .739
No. 3 Florida State  ‍‍‍y 15 – 9   .625 53 – 19   .736
No. 20 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍y 14 – 10   .583 41 – 20   .672
No. 21 North Carolina  ‍‍‍y 12 – 12   .500 46 – 17   .730
NC State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 30 – 28   .517
Virginia  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 26 – 31   .456
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 5 – 17   .227 24 – 33   .421
Duke  ‍‍‍ 5 – 19   .208 17 – 41   .293
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2000[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2000 Florida State Seminoles baseball team represented Florida State University in the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Seminoles played their home games at Dick Howser Stadium, and played as part of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team was coached by Mike Martin in his twenty-first season as head coach at Florida State.

The Seminoles reached the College World Series, their seventeenth appearance in Omaha, where they finished in third place after splitting two games against Southern California, a win against Texas and a semifinal loss to eventual champion LSU.[2]

Personnel

Roster

2000 Florida State Seminoles roster[3][2]
 

Pitchers

  • 4 - John Bentley - Redshirt Junior
  • 7 - Daniel Hodges - Freshman
  • 13 - Nick Whidden - Redshirt Freshman
  • 17 - Chris Whidden - Sophomore
  • 20 - Robby Read - Redshirt Freshman
  • 21 - Blair Varnes - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 24 - Eric Roman - Redshirt Freshman
  • 29 - Mike DiBlasi - Senior
  • 35 - Mike Ziegler - Junior
  • 37 - Chris Ginn - Junior
  • 41 - Jon McDonald - Redshirt Junior
  • 46 - Matt Lynch - Freshman
  

Catchers

  • 10 - Chris Hart - Sophomore
  • 44 - Javier Neto - Sophomore
  • 16 - Cory Posey - Senior
  • 32 - Blair McCaleb - Sophomore

Infielders

  • 1 - Brett Groves - Junior
  • 2 - Bobby Spano - Sophomore
  • 5 - Brian Kraft - Freshman
  • 18 - Pichi Balet - Junior
  • 22 - Justin McClain - Freshman
  • 26 - Scott Boyd - Junior
  • 27 - Ryan Barthelemy - Sophomore
  • 31 - Marshall McDougall - Senior
  • 33 - John Halliday - Senior
  

Outfielders

  • 8 - Mike Futrell - Sophomore
  • 9 - Karl Jernigan - Junior
  • 14 - Clint Thigpen - Redshirt Freshman
  • 15 - Chris Smith - Sophomore
  • 19 - Ryan West - Freshman
  • 39 - John-Ford Griffin - Sophomore

Coaches

2000 Florida State Seminoles baseball coaching staff
  • Mike Martin - Head Coach - 21st year

Schedule and results

Legend
  Florida State win
  Florida State loss
2000 Florida State Seminoles baseball game log: 53–19[4][2]
Regular season: 43–13
January/February: 14–2
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record ACC record
Jan 29 Western Kentucky* No. 6 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 8–1 1–0 —
Jan 29 Western Kentucky* No. 6 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 2–1 2–0 —
Jan 30 Western Kentucky* No. 6 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 6–1 3–0 —
Feb 4 at No. 28 Arizona State* No. 6 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 11–10 4–0 —
Feb 5 at No. 28 Arizona State* No. 6 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 9–15 4–1 —
Feb 6 at No. 28 Arizona State* No. 6 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 9–7 5–1 —
Feb 11 No. 1 Stanford* No. 6 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 11–4 6–1 —
Feb 12 No. 1 Stanford* No. 6 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL L 6–8 6–2 —
Feb 13 No. 1 Stanford* No. 6 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 13–1 7–2 —
Feb 19 at No. 20 Florida* No. 1 Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL W 15–6 8–2 —
Feb 20 at No. 20 Florida* No. 1 Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL W 17–8 9–2 —
Feb 22 Appalachian State* No. 1 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 8–2 10–2 —
Feb 23 Appalachian State* No. 1 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 8–1 11–2 —
Feb 26 No. 27 Florida* No. 1 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 6–2 12–2 —
Feb 27 No. 27 Florida* No. 1 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 8–7 13–2 —
Feb 29 Charleston Southern* No. 1 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 7–2 14–2 —
March: 15–2
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record ACC record
Mar 1 Charleston Southern* No. 1 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 12–1 15–2 —
Mar 3 Pittsburgh* No. 1 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 6–1 16–2 —
Mar 4 Pittsburgh* No. 1 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 12–0 17–2 —
Mar 5 Pittsburgh* No. 1 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 14–4 18–2 —
Mar 7 vs. St. Joseph's* No. 1 Radiology Associates Field at Jackie Robinson Ballpark • Daytona Beach, FL W 15–2 19–2 —
Mar 8 vs. Siena* No. 1 Jackie Robinson Ballpark • Daytona Beach, FL W 9–2 20–2 —
Mar 10 Duke No. 1 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 17–0 21–2 1–0
Mar 11 Duke No. 1 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 8–3 22–2 2–0
Mar 12 Duke No. 1 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 9–6 23–2 3–0
Mar 14 South Florida* No. 1 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 18–7 24–2 —
Mar 17 at Wake Forest No. 1 Gene Hooks Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 1–7 24–3 3–1
Mar 18 at Wake Forest No. 1 Gene Hooks Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 4–7 24–4 3–2
Mar 19 at Wake Forest No. 1 Gene Hooks Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 12–4 25–4 4–2
Mar 23 Maryland No. 3 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 11–0 26–4 5–2
Mar 24 Maryland No. 3 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 11–0 27–4 6–2
Mar 25 Maryland No. 3 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 10–0 28–4 7–2
Mar 28 Mercer* No. 2 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 15–5 29–4 —
April: 12–5
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record ACC record
Apr 1 at Virginia No. 2 UVA Baseball Field • Charlottesville, VA W 9–6 30–4 8–2
Apr 2 at Virginia No. 2 UVA Baseball Field • Charlottesville, VA L 1–2 30–5 8–3
Apr 2 at Virginia No. 2 UVA Baseball Field • Charlottesville, VA W 10–4 31–5 9–3
Apr 5 at Jacksonville* No. 1 John Sessions Stadium • Jacksonville, FL W 12–6 32–5 —
Apr 7 No. 14 Miami (FL)* No. 1 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 14–1317 33–5 —
Apr 8 No. 14 Miami (FL)* No. 1 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 12–2 34–5 —
Apr 9 No. 14 Miami (FL)* No. 1 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 5–4 35–5 —
Apr 12 Jacksonville* No. 1 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 7–5 36–5 —
Apr 14 at No. 19 Miami (FL)* No. 1 Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 3–7 36–6 —
Apr 15 at No. 19 Miami (FL)* No. 1 Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 3–7 36–7 —
Apr 16 at No. 19 Miami (FL)* No. 1 Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 14–3 37–7 —
Apr 21 No. 6 Georgia Tech No. 2 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 6–0 38–7 10–3
Apr 22 No. 6 Georgia Tech No. 2 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL L 0–5 38–8 10–4
Apr 23 No. 6 Georgia Tech No. 2 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 7–5 39–8 11–4
Apr 28 NC State No. 2 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL L 4–5 39–9 11–5
Apr 29 NC State No. 2 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 8–2 40–9 12–5
Apr 30 NC State No. 2 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 6–5 41–9 13–5
May: 2–4
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record ACC record
May 6 at No. 9 Clemson No. 2 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC L 7–8 41–10 13–6
May 7 at No. 9 Clemson No. 2 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC L 4–5 41–11 13–7
May 8 at No. 8 Clemson No. 4 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC L 4–7 41–12 13–8
May 12 at No. 16 North Carolina No. 4 Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC W 6–2 42–12 14–8
May 13 at No. 16 North Carolina No. 4 Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC L 5–6 42–13 14–9
May 14 at No. 16 North Carolina No. 4 Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC W 4–2 43–13 15–9
Postseason: 10–6
ACC Tournament: 2–2
Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record ACCT Record
May 17 vs. (6) NC State (3) No. 8 Knights Stadium • Fort Mill, SC W 8–6 44–13 1–0
May 18 vs. (2) No. 6 Clemson (3) No. 8 Knights Stadium • Fort Mill, SC L 4–8 44–14 1–1
May 19 vs. (5) No. 15 North Carolina (3) No. 8 Knights Stadium • Fort Mill, SC W 4–1 45–14 2–1
May 20 vs. (1) No. 3 Georgia Tech (3) No. 8 Knights Stadium • Fort Mill, SC L 3–10 45–15 2–2
NCAA Tallahassee Regional: 4–1
Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record
May 26 (4) Bethune-Cookman (1) No. 10 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 6–3 46–15 1–0
May 27 (2) No. 27 UCF (1) No. 10 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL L 8–9 46–16 1–1
May 27 (3) Evansville (1) No. 10 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 11–2 47–16 2–1
May 28 (2) No. 27 UCF (1) No. 10 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 6–1 48–16 3–1
May 28 (2) No. 27 UCF (1) No. 10 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 8–1 49–16 4–1
NCAA Tallahassee Super Regional: 2–1
Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record
June 2 No. 8 Miami (FL) (6) No. 7 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 9–2 50–16 5–1
June 3 No. 8 Miami (FL) (6) No. 7 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL L 5–7 50–17 5–2
June 4 No. 8 Miami (FL) (6) No. 7 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 6–1 51–17 6–2
College World Series: 2–2
Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record CWS record
June 10 vs. No. 5 Southern California (6) No. 4 Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 4–6 51–18 0–1
June 12 vs. No. 6 Texas (6) No. 4 Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 6–2 52–18 1–1
June 14 vs. No. 5 Southern California (6) No. 4 Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 3–2 53–18 2–1
June 15 vs. (2) No. 2 LSU (6) No. 4 Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 3–6 53–19 2–2

References

  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2000". Boyd's World. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "2000 Baseball - Year in Review". Nole Fan. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  3. ^ Florida State Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Florida State Seminoles. pp. 46–52. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  4. ^ Florida State Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Florida State Seminoles. p. 114. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
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