1999 Florida Gators baseball team

American college baseball season

1999 Florida Gators baseball

Conference| Southeastern Conference
Record| 31–25 (13–17 SEC)
Head coach|

* Andy Lopez (5th year)

Assistant coach| Mark Wasikowski (1st year)
Home stadium| Alfred A. McKethan Stadium

Seasons

<- 1998

2000 ->

1999 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
Eastern Division
South Carolina x‍‍‍ | 15 | - | 15 |  | .500 |  |  | 35 | - | 23 |  | .603
Kentucky ‍‍‍ | 13 | - | 17 |  | .433 |  |  | 25 | - | 32 |  | .439
Florida ‍‍‍ | 13 | - | 17 |  | .433 |  |  | 31 | - | 25 |  | .554
Tennessee ‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 20 |  | .333 |  |  | 28 | - | 28 |  | .500
Georgia ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 20 |  | .286 |  |  | 25 | - | 30 |  | .455
Vanderbilt ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 22 |  | .267 |  |  | 22 | - | 33 |  | .400
Western Division
No. 17 Arkansas x‍†‍‍y | 22 | - | 8 |  | .733 |  |  | 42 | - | 23 |  | .646
No. 4 Alabama ‍‍‡‍y | 21 | - | 9 |  | .700 |  |  | 53 | - | 16 |  | .768
No. 14 LSU ‍‍‍y | 18 | - | 11 |  | .621 |  |  | 41 | - | 24 |  | .631
No. 15 Auburn ‍‍‍y | 18 | - | 12 |  | .600 |  |  | 46 | - | 19 |  | .708
Ole Miss ‍‍‍y | 17 | - | 13 |  | .567 |  |  | 34 | - | 28 |  | .548
No. 30 Mississippi State ‍‍‍y | 15 | - | 14 |  | .517 |  |  | 42 | - | 21 |  | .667
x - Division champion
† - Conference champion
‡ - Tournament champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1999[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1999 Florida Gators baseball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of baseball during the 1999 college baseball season. The Gators competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They played their home games at Alfred A. McKethan Stadium, on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. The team was coached by Andy Lopez, who was in his fifth season at Florida.

## Roster

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1999 Florida Gators baseball team

Players | Coaches
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24  | RHP | Jay Belflower | R/R  | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 215 lb (98 kg) | Fr | Sebring, FL
54  | C | Weber Bowen | R/R  | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 215 lb (98 kg) | Fr | Minneapolis, MN
45  | RHP | Keith Brice | R/R  | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | So | Miami, FL
17  | OF | Reche Caldwell | R/R  | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | Fr | Tampa, FL
6  | INF | Josh Canales | R/R  | 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) | 170 lb (77 kg) | So | Los Angeles, CA
41  | RHP | Jeff Cardozo | R/R  | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | So | Hobe Sound, FL
22  | OF | Greg Catalanotte | S/R  | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 215 lb (98 kg) | Sr | Glendale, AZ
33  | LHP | Chad Christianson | L/L  | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 196 lb (89 kg) | Fr | Ormond Beach, FL
49  | RHP | Kevin Coleman | R/R  | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | Fr | Marietta, GA
28  | RHP | Derek DeVaughan | R/R  | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | Jr | Binger, OK
30  | INF | Jason Dill | L/L  | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | So | Punta Gorda, FL
2  | INF | Mark Ellis | R/R  | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | Sr | Rapid City, SD
47  | OF | Mike Floyd | R/R  | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | Jr | Brandon, FL
27  | LHP | Ryan Gleichowski | L/L  | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | 171 lb (78 kg) | So | Clearwater, FL
9  | OF | Matt Goss | L/L  | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | 173 lb (78 kg) | Fr | Bartow, FL
46  | RHP | Ben Grezlovski | R/R  | 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | Sr | Pinecrest, FL
21  | RHP | Alex Hart | R/R  | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 215 lb (98 kg) | Fr | Marion, PA
37  | OF | Brian Haught | R/R  | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | Sr | Tampa, FL
31  | C | Matt Heath | S/R  | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | Fr | Fernandina Beach, FL
13  | OF | Jason Hutton | R/R  | 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | Jr | Palm Beach, FL
20  | C | Todd Johannes | R/R  | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 183 lb (83 kg) | Sr | Miami, FL
3  | INF | Tim Johnson | R/R  | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | So | Coventry, CT
36  | RHP | Kevin Keen | R/R  | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 225 lb (102 kg) | Fr | Wauchula, FL
5  | INF | Kurt Keene | R/R  | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | Jr | Chattanooga, TN
40  | INF | David Klebonis | R/R  | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | Fr | Orlando, FL
34  | RHP | Matt McClendon | R/R  | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 225 lb (102 kg) | Jr | Orlando, FL
42  | LHP | Stuart McFarland | L/L  | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | So | Arden Hills, MN
39  | OF | Pete McKinney | R/R  | 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | Sr | Melbourne, FL
26  | OF | Peter Nystrom | R/R  | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 189 lb (86 kg) | So | Dunedin, FL
25  | LHP | Sergio Rodriguez | R/L  | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | Sr | Miami, FL
55  | C | Brian Rose | R/R  | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 225 lb (102 kg) | Fr | Miami, FL
32  | OF | Shane Seroyer | R/R  | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 189 lb (86 kg) | Sr | Neptune Beach, FL
43  | INF | Ryan Shealy | R/R  | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 240 lb (109 kg) | Fr | Fort Lauderdale, FL
11  | INF | Matt Siegel | L/R  | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | So | Tampa, FL
12  | C | Tony Socarras, Jr. | L/R  | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | Jr | Miami, FL
48  | OF | Aaron Walker | R/R  | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 250 lb (113 kg) | Fr | Mims, FL
18  | RHP | K.O. Wiegandt | R/R  | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 201 lb (91 kg) | Jr | Miami, FL
4  | OF | Spencer Williams | L/R  | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | 169 lb (77 kg) | So | Lansdale, PA
16  | INF | Taylor Wood | R/R  | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 170 lb (77 kg) | So | Fernandina Beach, FL

Head coach

Andy Lopez

Assistant coach(es)

Mark Wasikowski

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* (S) Suspended
* (I) Ineligible

* Injured
* Current redshirt

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Roster

## Schedule

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Legend

| Florida win
| Florida loss
| Postponement
Bold | Florida team member
1999 Florida Gators baseball game log

Regular Season

February

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February 6 | No. 6 Miami (FL)
Rivalry | No. 14  | McKethan Stadium | 7–4  | Brice (1–0)  | Walker (0–1)  | None | 5,169  | 1–0 | –
February 7 | No. 6 Miami (FL)
Rivalry | No. 14 | McKethan Stadium | 14–12 | Grezlovski (1–0) | Neu (1–1) | None | 4,431 | 2–0 | –
February 12 | at No. 8 Miami (FL)
Rivalry | No. 6 | Mark Light Stadium
Coral Gables, FL | 4–7 | Walker (1–1) | Brice (1–1) | Neu (1) | 3,560 | 2–1 | –
February 13 | at No. 8 Miami (FL)
Rivalry | No. 6 | Mark Light Stadium | 3–10 | Howell (1–0) | Hart (0–1) | None | 3,722 | 2–2 | –
February 16 | Chuo Gakuin (exh.) | No. 7 | McKethan Stadium | 0–0 | None | None | None | 510 | – | –
February 20 | at No. 1 Florida State
Rivalry | No. 7 | Dick Howser Stadium
Tallahassee, FL | 6–5 | McClendon (1–0) | Chavez (1–1) | Brice (1) | 4,841 | 3–2 | –
February 21 | at No. 1 Florida State
Rivalry | No. 7 | Dick Howser Stadium | 3–12 | Stocks (3–0) | Belflower (0–1) | None | 4,612 | 3–3 | –
February 24 | Florida A&M | No. 6 | McKethan Stadium | 8–5 | Cardozo (1–0) | Benton (1–2) | None | 1,255 | 4–3 | –
February 27 | No. 1 Florida State
Rivalry | No. 6 | McKethan Stadium | 4–2 | McClendon (2–0) | Chavez (1–2) | None | 5,657 | 5–3 | –
February 28 | No. 1 Florida State
Rivalry | No. 6 | McKethan Stadium | 4–8 | Stocks (4–0) | Hart (0–2) | None | 5,203 | 5–4 | –

March

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March 2 | UNC Greensboro | No. 6 | McKethan Stadium | 10–4 | Brice (2–1) | McDonald (0–1) | None | 1,888 | 6–4  | –
March 3 | UNC Greensboro | No. 6 | McKethan Stadium | 16–7 | McClendon (3–0) | – | – | – | 7–4  | –
March 5 | Central Michigan | No. 6 | McKethan Stadium | 4–2 | Belflower (1–1) | Jackson (0–1) | Grezlovski (1) | 1,726 | 8–4  | –
March 6 | Central Michigan | No. 6 | McKethan Stadium | 4–3 | Grezlovski (2–0) | Hesselink (0–1) | None | 1,872 | 9–4  | –
March 7 | Central Michigan | No. 6 | McKethan Stadium | 7–2 | Grezlovski (3–0) | Smoot (0–1) | None | 2,417 | 10–4  | –
March 9 | Winthrop | No. 5 | McKethan Stadium | 3–4 | Sundsmo (1–1) | Grezlovski (3–1) | None | 1,069 | 10–5 | –
March 10 | Winthrop | No. 5 | McKethan Stadium | 8–7 | McFarland (1–0) | Horner (1–1) | Grezlovski (2) | 1,073 | 11–5 | –
March 12 | at No. 9 LSU | No. 5 | Alex Box Stadium
Baton Rouge, LA | 3–8 | Ainsworth (5–0) | McClendon (3–1) | None | 7,219 | 11–6 | 0–1
March 14 (1) | at No. 9 LSU | No. 5 | Alex Box Stadium | 6–4 | Brice (3–1) | Bowe (4–1) | Cardozo (1) | 6,921 | 12–6 | 1–1
March 14 (2) | at No. 9 LSU | No. 5 | Alex Box Stadium | 5–7 | Hodges (1–1) | Grezlovski (3–2) | None | 6,772 | 12–7 | 1–2
March 16 | Fordham | No. 12 | McKethan Stadium | 5–4 | Coleman (1–0) | Kozlowski (0–2) | Grezlovski (3) | 1,034 | 13–7 | –
March 17 | Army | No. 12 | McKethan Stadium | 10–6 | DeVaughan (1–0) | Elliott (0–1) | None | 1,079 | 14–7 | –
March 19 | Tennessee | No. 12 | McKethan Stadium | 14–2 | Brice (4–1) | Brown (1–1) | None | 2,465 | 15–7 | 2–2
March 20 | Tennessee | No. 12 | McKethan Stadium | 9–813 | Grezlovski (4–2) | Tisdale (3–5) | None | 3,242 | 16–7 | 3–2
March 21 | Tennessee | No. 12 | McKethan Stadium | 18–2 | McClendon (4–1) | Patterson (2–3) | Rodriguez (1) | 2,898 | 17–7 | 4–2
March 23 | Troy State | No. 11 | McKethan Stadium | 12–6 | Cardozo (2–0) | Hanson (0–1) | McFarland (1) | 1,348 | 18–7 | –
March 24 | Troy State | No. 11 | McKethan Stadium | 10–1 | Brice (5–1) | Shelley (2–1) | Grezlovski (4) | 1,575 | 19–7 | –
March 26 | at Georgia | No. 11 | Foley Field
Athens, GA | 6–5 | Grezlovski (5–2) | Sledge (1–1) | None | 854 | 20–7 | 5–2
March 27 | at Georgia | No. 11 | Foley Field | 8–710 | Grezlovski (6–2) | Goodson (4–2) | None | 1,346 | 21–7 | 6–2
March 28 | at Georgia | No. 11 | Foley Field | 3–12 | – | – | – | – | 21–8 | 6–3
March 30 | Jacksonville | No. 10 | McKethan Stadium | 5–611 | – | – | – | – | 21–9 | –

April

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April 2 | Arkansas | No. 10 | McKethan Stadium | 1–8 | Walling (5–1) | McClendon (4–2) | None | 3,375 | 21–10 | 6–4
April 3 | Arkansas | No. 10 | McKethan Stadium | 5–6 | Wright (1–4) | Grezlovski (6–4) | None | 2,967 | 21–11 | 6–5
April 4 | Arkansas | No. 10 | McKethan Stadium | 5–10 | – | – | – | – | 21–12 | 6–6
April 7 | Bethune–Cookman | No. 19 | McKethan Stadium | 20–4 | – | – | – | – | 22–12 | –
April 9 | at Ole Miss | No. 19 | Swayze Field
Oxford, MS | 0–8 | McAvoy (6–3) | McClendon (4–3) | None | 2,007 | 22–13 | 6–7
April 10 | at Ole Miss | No. 19 | Swayze Field | 5–611 | – | – | – | – | 22–14 | 6–8
April 11 | at Ole Miss | No. 19 | Swayze Field | 4–14 | Lyons (2–1) | Belflower (1–2) | None | 1,906 | 22–15 | 6–9
April 14 | at Stetson |  | Conrad Park
DeLand, FL | 9–5 | Rodriguez (1–0) | Welch (0–2) | None | 2,486 | 23–15 | –
April 16 | Kentucky |  | McKethan Stadium | 0–5 | Kent (2–5) | Cardozo (2–1) | None | 1,125 | 23–16 | 6–10
April 17 | Kentucky |  | McKethan Stadium | 2–9 | Shaffar (4–4) | Belflower (1–3) | None | 1,875 | 23–17 | 6–11
April 18 | Kentucky |  | McKethan Stadium | 10–3 | Brice (6–3) | Webb (2–4) | None | 1,591 | 24–17 | 7–11
April 21 | Stetson |  | McKethan Stadium | 7–1 | Hart (2–2) | House (3–6) | None | 1,704 | 25–17 | –
April 23 | No. 22 South Carolina |  | McKethan Stadium | 14–15 | Hadden (7–2) | Cardozo (2–2) | Pomar (8) | 2,358 | 25–18 | 7–12
April 24 | No. 22 South Carolina |  | McKethan Stadium | 8–4 | Grezlovski (7–5) | Bouknight (6–3) | None | 2,408 | 26–18  | 8–12
April 25 | No. 22 South Carolina |  | McKethan Stadium | 5–4 | Grezlovski (8–5) | Pomar (2–2) | None | 2,057 | 27–18  | 9–12
April 30 | at Vanderbilt |  | McGugin Field
Nashville, TN | 5–4 | Grezlovski (9–5) | Maultsby (1–6) | None | 348 | 28–18  | 10–12

May

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May 1 | at Vanderbilt |  | Greer Stadium
Nashville, TN | 17–6 | Brice (7–3) | Beal (3–2) | None | 1,216 | 29–18 | 11–12
May 2 | at Vanderbilt |  | McGugin Field | 10–7 | Hart (3–2) | Prior (4–8) | None | 311 | 30–18 | 12–12
May 5 | South Florida |  | McKethan Stadium | 7–11 | Royal (1–1) | Belflower (1–4) | None | 1,584 | 30–19 | –
May 7 | at No. 25 Mississippi State |  | Dudy Noble Field
Starkville, MS | 0–9 | Compton (6–1) | Cardozo (2–3) | None | 3,922 | 30–20 | 12–13
May 8 | at No. 25 Mississippi State |  | Dudy Noble Field | 6–4 | Rodriguez (2–0) | Thoms (7–4) | Grezlovski (5) | 5,975 | 31–20 | 13–13
May 9 | at No. 25 Mississippi State |  | Dudy Noble Field | 8–15 | Ginter (7–6) | Hart (3–3) | None | 3,813 | 31–21  | 13–14
May 11 | Central Florida |  | McKethan Stadium | 7–8 | Arnold (7–4) | Grezlovski (9–6) | None | 1,630 | 31–22  | –
May 14 | No. 12 Alabama |  | McKethan Stadium | 10-12 | Blankenship (8–2) | Grezlovski (9–7) | None | 2,584 | 31–23  | 13–15
May 15 | No. 12 Alabama |  | McKethan Stadium | 3–4 | Murphy (6–0) | Hart (3–4) | Blankenship (3) | 2,030 | 31–24  | 13–16
May 16 | No. 12 Alabama |  | McKethan Stadium | 8–11 | Blankenship (9–2) | Grezlovski (9–8) | None | 2,797 | 31–25  | 13–17

Rankings from Collegiate Baseball. All times Eastern. Retrieved from FloridaGators.com

## See also

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* Florida Gators
* List of Florida Gators baseball players

## References

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1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1999". Boyd's World. Retrieved May 16, 2015.

## External links

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* Gator Baseball official website

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