The 1996 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team is a

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team that represented the

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in the 1996 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Crimson Tide were members of the

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and played their home games at

Sewell–Thomas Stadium Sewell–Thomas Stadium is a baseball stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It is the home field of the University of Alabama Crimson Tide college baseball team. The stadium opened in 1948 and the current seating capacity is 8,500. The stadium is com ...

Tuscaloosa, Alabama Tuscaloosa ( ) is a city in and the seat of Tuscaloosa County in west-central Alabama, United States, on the Black Warrior River where the Gulf Coastal and Piedmont plains meet. Alabama's fifth-largest city, it had an estimated population o ...

. They were led by second-year head coach Jim Wells.

Roster

Schedule

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Osceola County Stadium Osceola County Stadium is an outdoor sports venue located in Kissimmee, Florida, part of the wider Orlando City SC Training Ground at Osceola Heritage Park. Originally a baseball park, it was converted into a soccer-specific stadium by Orland ...

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Kissimmee, Florida Kissimmee ( ) is the largest city and county seat of Osceola County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 79,226. It is a Principal City of the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area, wh ...

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, , 6–5 , , 3–1 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 5 , , February 17 , , Centenary , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 9–2 , , 4–1 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 6 , , February 18 , , Centenary , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 6–1 , , 5–1 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 7 , , February 21 , , , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 3–4 , , 5–2 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 8 , , February 23 , , at , ,

Warhawk Field Warhawk Field is a baseball venue located in Monroe, Louisiana. It is home to the Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks college baseball team of the Division I Sun Belt Conference. The venue was opened in 1983 and has a capacity of 1,800 spectators.

• Monroe, Louisiana , , 8–2 , , 6–2 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 9 , , February 24 , , at Northeast Louisiana , , Warhawk Field • Monroe, Louisiana , , 7–1 , , 7–2 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 10 , , February 25 , , at Northeast Louisiana , , Warhawk Field • Monroe, Louisiana , , 3–5 , , 7–3 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 11 , , February 27 , , , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 6–1 , , 8–3 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 12 , , February 28 , , , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 19–4 , , 9–3 , , – , - , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 13 , , March 1 , , , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 8–13 , , 9–4 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 14 , , March 2 , , UNC Greensboro , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 9–3 , , 10–4 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 15 , , March 3 , , UNC Greensboro , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 12–3 , , 11–4 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 16 , , March 5 , , at , ,

Joe Lee Griffin Stadium Joe Lee Griffin Stadium is a baseball venue located in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. It is home to the Samford Bulldogs college baseball team of the Division I Southern Conference. It has a capacity of 1,000 spectators.Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham ( ) is a city in the north central region of the U.S. state of Alabama. Birmingham is the seat of Jefferson County, Alabama's most populous county. As of the 2021 census estimates, Birmingham had a population of 197,575, down 1% fr ...

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Foley Field Foley Field is a baseball stadium in Athens, Georgia, United States. It is the home field of the University of Georgia Bulldogs college baseball team. The stadium holds 3,291 people. Foley Field was built in 1966. The stadium was renovated in ...

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, , 1–11 , , 12–5 , , 0–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 18 , , March 9 , , at Georgia , , Foley Field • Athens, Georgia , , 9–6 , , 13–5 , , 1–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 19 , , March 10 , , at Georgia , , Foley Field • Athens, Georgia , , 6–4 , , 14–5 , , 2–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 20 , , March 12 , , , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 3–6 , , 14–6 , , 2–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 21 , , March 13 , , Murray State , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 9–3 , , 15–6 , , 2–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 22 , , March 16 , ,

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...

, , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 8–9 , , 15–7 , , 2–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 23 , , March 16 , , Florida , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 3–2 , , 16–7 , , 3–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 24 , , March 17 , , Florida , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 8–4 , , 17–7 , , 4–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 25 , , March 19 , , , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 10–2 , , 18–7 , , 4–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 26 , , March 20 , , Eastern Kentucky , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 7–8 , , 18–8 , , 4–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 27 , , March 22 , , , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 2–0 , , 19–8 , , 5–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 28 , , March 23 , , Tennessee , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 2–6 , , 19–9 , , 5–3 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 29 , , March 24 , , Tennessee , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 5–4 , , 20–9 , , 6–3 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 30 , , March 26 , , at , ,

Eddie Stanky Field Eddie Stanky Field is a baseball park in Mobile, Alabama. During the 1990s, it was the home of the Mobile BaySharks. It is currently home to the South Alabama Jaguars baseball team and was home to the 2007 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament ...

• Mobile, Alabama , , 1–0 , , 21–9 , , 6–3 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 31 , , March 29 , , at , ,

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, , 0–5 , , 21–10 , , 6–4 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 32 , , March 30 , , at Vanderbilt , , McGugin Field • Nashville, Tennessee , , 14–13 , , 22–10 , , 7–4 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 33 , , March 31 , , at Vanderbilt , , McGugin Field • Nashville, Tennessee , , 14–11 , , 23–10 , , 8–4 , - , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 34 , , April 2 , , , , Paterson Field •

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Cliff Hagan Stadium Cliff Hagan Stadium (Officially named Shively Field at Cliff Hagan Stadium) is a baseball stadium located in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Cliff Hagan Stadium or better known to Kentucky Wildcat baseball fans as “The Cliff” is on the So ...

• Lexington, Kentucky , , 17–4 , , 25–10 , , 9–4 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 36 , , April 6 , , at Kentucky , , Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, Kentucky , , 2–3 , , 25–11 , , 9–5 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 37 , , April 7 , , at Kentucky , , Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, Kentucky , , 4–1 , , 26–11 , , 10–5 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 38 , , April 10 , , , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 17–6 , , 27–11 , , 10–5 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 39 , , April 12 , , , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 3–1 , , 28–11 , , 11–5 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 40 , , April 13 , , Mississippi State , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 5–4 , , 29–11 , , 12–5 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 41 , , April 13 , , Mississippi State , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 1–5 , , 29–12 , , 12–6 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 42 , , April 17 , , at UAB , , Jerry D. Young Memorial Field • Birmingham, Alabama , , 12–5 , , 30–12 , , 12–6 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 43 , , April 19 , , , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 1–3 , , 30–13 , , 12–7 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 44 , , April 20 , , Ole Miss , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 3–8 , , 30–14 , , 12–8 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 45 , , April 21 , , Ole Miss , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 9–5 , , 31–14 , , 13–8 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 46 , , April 22 , , , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 8–2 , , 32–14 , , 13–8 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 47 , , April 24 , , Samford , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 8–2 , , 33–14 , , 13–8 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 48 , , April 26 , , at

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, , 6–8 , , 33–15 , , 13–9 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 49 , , April 27 , , at LSU , , Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana , , 17–4 , , 34–15 , , 14–9 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 50 , , April 28 , , at LSU , , Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana , , 12–5 , , 35–15 , , 15–9 , - , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 51 , , May 3 , , at , ,

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• Fayetteville, Arkansas , , 3–9 , , 35–16 , , 15–10 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 52 , , May 4 , , at Arkansas , , Baum–Walker Stadium • Fayetteville, Arkansas , , 7–3 , , 36–16 , , 16–10 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 53 , , May 5 , , at Arkansas , , Baum–Walker Stadium • Fayetteville, Arkansas , , 3–2 , , 37–16 , , 17–10 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 54 , , May 10 , , Auburn , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 1–0 , , 38–16 , , 18–10 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 55 , , May 11 , , Auburn , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 7–1 , , 39–16 , , 19–10 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 56 , , May 12 , , Auburn , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 4–0 , , 40–16 , , 20–10 , - , - ! style="" , Postseason , - valign="top" , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 57 , , May 16 , , vs Kentucky , ,

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, , 3–2 , , 41–16 , , 20–10 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 58 , , May 17 , , vs Tennessee , , Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, Alabama , , 3–1 , , 42–16 , , 20–10 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 59 , , May 18 , , vs Florida , , Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, Alabama , , 3–7 , , 42–17 , , 20–10 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 60 , , May 18 , , vs Kentucky , , Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, Alabama , , 16–8 , , 43–17 , , 20–10 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 61 , , May 19 , , vs Florida , , Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, Alabama , , 10–5 , , 44–17 , , 20–10 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 62 , , May 19 , , vs Florida , , Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, Alabama , , 15–5 , , 45–17 , , 20–10 , - , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 63 , , May 23 , , , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 19–2 , , 46–17 , , 20–10 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 64 , , May 24 , , South Alabama , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 9–3 , , 47–17 , , 20–10 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 65 , , May 25 , , , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 3–1 , , 48–17 , , 20–10 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 66 , , May 26 , , , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 18–8 , , 49–17 , , 20–10 , - , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 67 , , May 31 , , vs

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Awards and honors

;Skip Ames * ABCA All-South Region Team ;Andy Bernard * South I Regional All-Tournament Team ;Joe Caruso * South I Regional All-Tournament Team * SEC All-Tournament Team * SEC Tournament MVP ;Joel Colgrove * South I Regional All-Tournament Team * South I Regional MVP ;Doug Hall * SEC All-Tournament Team ;Dustan Mohr * SEC All-Tournament Team ;Chris Moller * SEC All-Tournament Team * College World Series All-Tournament Team ;Dax Norris * ABCA All-South Region Team * First Team All- SEC ;Brett Taft * South I Regional All-Tournament Team ;David Tidwell * South I Regional All-Tournament Team ; Tim Young * Second Team All-SEC

References

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Alabama Crimson Tide baseball seasons

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College World Series seasons