2012 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team

2012 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Record29–26 (7–17 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Hitting coachJim Horner (2nd season)
Home stadiumDan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park
Seasons
← 2011
2013 →
2012 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 10 Baylor ‍‍‍y 20 4   .833 49 17   .742
No. 19 Texas A&M ‍‍‍y 16 8   .667 43 18   .705
Texas ‍‍‍ 14 10   .583 30 22   .577
No. 13 Oklahoma ‍‍‍y 13 10   .565 42 25   .627
Oklahoma State ‍‍‍ 13 11   .542 32 25   .561
Missouri ‍‍y 10 14   .417 33 28   .541
Kansas ‍‍‍ 7 16   .304 24 34   .414
Kansas State ‍‍‍ 7 17   .292 27 31   .466
Texas Tech ‍‍‍ 7 17   .292 29 26   .527
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball [1]

The 2012 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team represented Texas Tech University during the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball season in the United States of America. The Red Raiders played their home games at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park as a member of the Big 12 Conference. The team was led by Dan Spencer in his fourth and final season as the team's head coach.

The team finished with an overall record of 29–26, but went 7–17 in conference play, winning only one series in Big 12 play.[2] Spencer was fired following the season, finishing his tenure at Texas Tech with an overall record of 115–112 and a Big 12 record of 44–61.[3] Associate head coach Tim Tadlock would be promoted to head coach.

  1. ^ "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–8. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  2. ^ Watson, George (May 20, 2012). "Source: Spencer fired as head baseball coach at Texas Tech". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
  3. ^ Christy, Pete (May 21, 2012). "Texas Tech fires baseball coach Dan Spencer". KCBD. Retrieved May 30, 2022.