2016 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team
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College World Series, L, 2–2
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| Conference | Big 12 Conference |
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| Coaches | No. 3 |
| 2016 record | 49–18 (15–9 Big 12) |
| Head coach | Jim Schlossnagle (13th season) |
| Assistant coach | Bill Mosiello (3rd season) |
| Assistant coach | Kirk Saarloos (4th season) |
| Assistant coach | Zach Etheredge (3rd season) |
| Assistant coach | Josh Elander (1st season) |
| Home stadium | Lupton Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #5 Texas Tech †y | 19 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .792 | 47 | – | 20 | – | 0 | .701 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #4 Oklahoma State y | 16 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .667 | 43 | – | 22 | – | 0 | .662 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #3 TCU ‡y | 15 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .625 | 49 | – | 18 | – | 0 | .731 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia | 12 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .522 | 36 | – | 22 | – | 0 | .621 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 11 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .458 | 30 | – | 27 | – | 1 | .526 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 10 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .417 | 24 | – | 29 | – | 0 | .453 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 10 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .417 | 25 | – | 32 | – | 0 | .439 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 8 | – | 16 | – | 0 | .333 | 26 | – | 31 | – | 0 | .456 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 6 | – | 17 | – | 0 | .261 | 20 | – | 35 | – | 1 | .366 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of July 1, 2016 (final); Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
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The 2016 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team represented Texas Christian University during the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Horned Frogs played their home games at Charlie & Marie Lupton Baseball Stadium as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by head coach Jim Schlossnagle, the winningest coach in TCU baseball history, in his 13th year at TCU.
The 2015 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team notched a 51–15 (18–5) regular season record and were the regular season Big 12 Conference champions. For the second consecutive year, the Horned Frogs were selected as the #7 national seed in the NCAA Tournament, and the Frogs were selected to host a NCAA Regional against NC State, Stony Brook and Sacred Heart at their home park. In the decisive Fort Worth Regional championship game, TCU trailed NC State in an 8–1 ballgame entering the bottom of the 8th inning. TCU plated 6 unearned runs in the bottom of the 8th, tied the game in the bottom of the 9th, and clinched the game with a walk-off run in the bottom of the 10th to win the Regional championship and advance to host the Fort Worth Super Regional over Texas A&M. TCU won the Fort Worth Super Regional over the Aggies with a walk-off run in the bottom of the 16th inning of the decisive game 3, earning the Frogs a trip to the 2015 College World Series. At the College World Series, TCU reached the national semifinal and notched a 2–2 record with two wins over LSU and two losses to Vanderbilt. TCU finished the season ranked #4.
Eight Horned Frogs from the 2015 roster were drafted in the 2015 MLB draft. Redshirt Junior RHP Mithcell Traver was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 28th round and elected to return to TCU for the 2016 season. The following 7 drafted players departed the program for Major League Baseball after TCU's College World Series appearance:
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