UMass Minutemen baseball

UMass Minutemen
Founded: 1877 (1877)
2015 UMass Minutemen baseball team


University University of Massachusetts Amherst
Conference A-10
Location Amherst, MA
Head Coach Mike Stone (28th year)
Home Stadium Earl Lorden Field
Nickname Minutemen
Colors

Maroon and White

            
College World Series Appearances
1954, 1969
NCAA Tournament Appearances
1954, 1955, 1956, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1978, 1995, 1996
Conference Tournament Champions
Yankee: 1952, 1957, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1980
A-10: 1980, 1994, 1995, 1996
For information on all University of Massachusetts Amherst sports, see UMass Minutemen

The UMass Minutemen baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the University of Massachusetts Amherst in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.[1] The team is a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. Massachusetts' first baseball team was fielded in 1877. The team plays its home games at Earl Lorden Field in Amherst, Massachusetts. The Minutemen are coached by Mike Stone.

Coaching history

Tenure Coach Seasons Record Pct.
1877-1903/1905-1907 No Coach 35 89-138-1 .393
1904 Pat Bowler 1 4–10 .286
1908 W. Breckenridge 1 10-6 .625
1911–1916 William Fitzmaurice 6 46-21-2 .681
1920-1922 Harold Gore 3 10-20 .333
1923 Herbert Collins 1 1-11 .083
1924 Emory Grayson 1 5-7 .417
1925-1931 Lorin Ball 7 35-57-2 .383
1932-1935 Melvin Taube 4 31-22 .585
1936-1940 Elbert Caraway 5 40-29-2 .577
1941-1942/1946-1947 Fancis Reid 4 14-36 .380
1945 Thomas Eck 1 1-6-1 .193
1947-1966 Earl E. Lorden 20 187-146-3 .561
1967-1987 Dick Bergquist 21 392-321-5 .549
1988-Present Mike Stone 25 619-547-3 .531
Totals 14 coaches 132 seasons 1,505-1,400-20 .518

UMass in the NCAA Tournament

Year Coach Record Notes
1954 Earl E. Lorden 3-2 Eliminated by Missouri in the CWS.
1955 Earl E. Lorden 1-1 Eliminated by Springfield College in the District 1 playoffs.
1956 Earl E. Lorden 0–1 Eliminated by Vermont in the District 1 playoffs.
1966 Earl E. Lorden 0–1 Eliminated by Boston College in the District 1 playoffs.
1967 Dick Bergquist 3–2 Eliminated by Boston College in the District 1 playoffs.
1969 Dick Bergquist 4–2 Eliminated by Arizona State in the CWS.
1971 Dick Bergquist 0–2 Eliminated by Harvard in the District 1 playoffs.
1973 Dick Bergquist 0–2 Eliminated by Delaware in the District 1 playoffs.
1978 Dick Bergquist 0–2 Eliminated by Delaware in the Northeast Regional.
1995 Mike Stone 0–2 Eliminated by Texas A&M in the Atlantic II Regional.
1996 Mike Stone 3–2 Eliminated by Florida in the East Regional.
Totals 14–19 11 Appearances
The format of the tournament has changed through the years.

UMass alumni in the MLB

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Massachusetts Minutemen". d1baseball.com. Retrieved 2013-03-15.


External links

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