Michigan Wolverines baseball
Encyclopedia
The Michigan Wolverines baseball team represents the University of Michigan
in NCAA Division I college baseball
. Along with most other Michigan athletic teams, the baseball team participates in the Big Ten Conference
. The Wolverines play their home games in Ray Fisher Stadium
and they are currently coached by Rich Maloney.
. The stadium is named after Ray Fisher
, who is the winningest coach in Michigan baseball history, with 636 wins and also the 1953 College World Series
championship.
Information Source: http://www.mgoblue.com/baseball/article.aspx?id=66154
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University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
in NCAA Division I college baseball
College baseball
College baseball is baseball that is played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education. Compared to football and basketball, college competition in the United States plays a less significant contribution to cultivating professional players, as the minor leagues primarily...
. Along with most other Michigan athletic teams, the baseball team participates in the Big Ten Conference
Big Ten Conference
The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its twelve member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Nebraska in the west to Pennsylvania in the east...
. The Wolverines play their home games in Ray Fisher Stadium
Ray Fisher Stadium
Ray Fisher Stadium is a baseball stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It is the home field of the University of Michigan Wolverines college baseball team. The stadium holds 4,000 people and opened in 1923. Ray Fisher Stadium received extensive renovations and was reopened as part of the University's...
and they are currently coached by Rich Maloney.
Stadium
The Wolverines play their home games in Ray Fisher StadiumRay Fisher Stadium
Ray Fisher Stadium is a baseball stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It is the home field of the University of Michigan Wolverines college baseball team. The stadium holds 4,000 people and opened in 1923. Ray Fisher Stadium received extensive renovations and was reopened as part of the University's...
. The stadium is named after Ray Fisher
Ray Fisher
Ray Lyle Fisher was an American professional baseball pitcher. He pitched all or part of ten seasons in Major League Baseball. His debut game took place on July 2, 1910. His final game took place on October 2, 1920...
, who is the winningest coach in Michigan baseball history, with 636 wins and also the 1953 College World Series
1953 College World Series
The 1953 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 11 to June 16. The seventh tournament's champion was Michigan, coached by Ray Fisher. The Most Outstanding Player was J.L. Smith of Texas....
championship.
Head coaches
Coach | Years | Seasons | Record | Pct |
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Peter Conway Pete Conway Peter J. Conway was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for five seasons with the Buffalo Bisons , Kansas City Cowboys , Detroit Wolverines , and Pittsburg Alleghenys . He won two games for Detroit in the 1887 World Series and followed in 1888 with a season record of 30 wins and 14... |
1891–1892 | 2 | 22-9-1 | .710 |
Frank Sexton Frank Sexton (baseball) Frank Joseph Sexton was a baseball player and coach. He played college baseball for Brown University from 1890 to 1893 and for the University of Michigan in 1894. He also played professional baseball from 1890 to 1897, including one season in Major League Baseball as a pitcher for the Boston... |
1896, 1901–19089 | 3 | 38-22 | .633 |
Charles F. Watkins Charles F. Watkins Charles Franklin Watkins was an American physician, surgeon and physiotherapist. He played college baseball for the University of Michigan and later served as the coach of the Michigan Wolverines baseball team for three years... |
1897–1898, 1900 | 3 | 16-17 | .485 |
Henry T. Clarke Henry Clarke (baseball) Henry Tefft Clarke, Jr. was an American baseball player and coach, lawyer and politician. He played Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Spiders in 1897 and the Chicago Orphans in 1898. He was also a coach for the Michigan Wolverines baseball team... |
1898–1899 | 2 | 14-5 | .737 |
R.C. "Skel" Roach Skel Roach Rudolph Charles "Skel" Roach was a baseball player and coach. He played professional baseball from 1895 to 1905, including one game in Major League Baseball with the Chicago Orphans on August 9,... |
1903 | 1 | 12-5 | .706 |
Jerome Utley Jerome Utley Jerome Adams "Jerry" Utley was an American baseball player and coach, contracting engineer, hotelier and boxing promoter. He played and coached college baseball for the Michigan Wolverines baseball team in the early 1900s. He also briefly coached and played minor league baseball from 1905 to 1906... |
1904 | 1 | 10-5 | .667 |
Lew "Sport" McAllister Sport McAllister Lewis William "Sport" McAllister was a professional baseball player. He played seven seasons in Major League Baseball with the Cleveland Spiders , Detroit Tigers , and Baltimore Orioles . He was a versatile switch hitter who played every position during his major league career... |
1905–1906, 1908–1909 | 4 | 58-17-1 | .770 |
Bobby Lowe Bobby Lowe Robert Lincoln "Bobby" Lowe , nicknamed "Link", was an American baseball player, coach and scout. He played Major League Baseball for the Boston Beaneaters , Chicago Cubs , Pittsburgh Pirates , and Detroit Tigers... |
1907 | 1 | 11-4-1 | .719 |
Branch Rickey Branch Rickey Wesley Branch Rickey was an innovative Major League Baseball executive elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967... |
1910–1913 | 4 | 68-32-4 | .673 |
Carl Lundgren Carl Lundgren Carl Leonard "Lundy" Lundgren was an American baseball and football player and coach.Lundgren played football and baseball for the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and played eight seasons of Major League Baseball as a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. In eight years with the Cubs, he compiled... |
1914–1920 | 7 | 93-43-6 | .676 |
Ray Fisher Ray Fisher Ray Lyle Fisher was an American professional baseball pitcher. He pitched all or part of ten seasons in Major League Baseball. His debut game took place on July 2, 1910. His final game took place on October 2, 1920... |
1921–1958 | 38 | 636-295-8 | .682 |
Don Lund Don Lund Donald Andrew Lund is a former backup outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers , St. Louis Browns and Detroit Tigers . He batted and threw right-handed.... |
1959–1962 | 4 | 80-53-3 | .599 |
Moby Benedict Moby Benedict Milbry Eugene "Moby" Benedict is a former baseball shortstop and coach.A native of Detroit, Michigan, Benedict played baseball at Detroit Southwestern High School before attending the University of Michigan. He played for the Michigan Wolverines from 1953–1956 and played for the College World... |
1963–1979 | 18 | 367-252-5 | .592 |
Bud Middaugh Bud Middaugh Forest L. "Bud" Middaugh is a former American baseball coach. He was the head baseball coach at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio from 1968 to 1979 and at the University of Michigan from 1980 to 1989. He compiled a record of 359-173 at Miami, leading the Redhawks to three Mid-American Conference... |
1980–1989 | 10 | 465-146-1 | .761 |
Bill Freehan Bill Freehan William Ashley Freehan is a former professional baseball player. He played his entire Major League Baseball career as a catcher for the Detroit Tigers... |
1990–1995 | 6 | 166-167-1 | .499 |
Geoff Zahn Geoff Zahn Geoffery Clayton Zahn is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. During a 13-year career, he pitched from 1973-1985 for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs of the National League and the Minnesota Twins and California Angels of the American League... |
1996–2001 | 6 | 163-169-2 | .491 |
Chris Harrison Chris Harrison (baseball coach) Chris Harrison is a former American baseball coach. He was the interim head coach of the Michigan Wolverines baseball team from October 2001 to May 2002. He joined the Michigan coaching staff in September 1995 as an assistant baseball coach under Geoff Zahn; he remained in that position for six... |
2002 | 1 | 21-32 | .396 |
Rich Maloney | 2003–Present | 6 | 237-126 | .653 |
Year-by-year results
*Through the end of the 2008 season.Information Source: http://www.mgoblue.com/baseball/article.aspx?id=66154
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1866 | No Coach | 3-0 | ||
1867 | No Coach | 4-1 | ||
1868 | No Coach | 2-0 | ||
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1876 | No Records Available | |||
1877 | No Coach | 1-1 | ||
1878 | No Coach | 1-0 | ||
1879 | No Records Available | |||
1880 | No Coach | 2-4 | ||
1881 | No Coach | 3-3 | ||
1882 | No Coach | 10-3 | ||
1883 | No Coach | 3-3 | ||
1884 | No Coach | 8-1-1 | ||
1885 | No Coach | 2-1 | ||
1886 | No Coach | 5-2 | ||
1887 | No Coach | 3-4 | ||
1888 | No Coach | 6-3-1 | ||
1889 | No Coach | 4-3 | ||
1890 | No Coach | 8-3 | ||
1891 | Pete Conway Pete Conway Peter J. Conway was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for five seasons with the Buffalo Bisons , Kansas City Cowboys , Detroit Wolverines , and Pittsburg Alleghenys . He won two games for Detroit in the 1887 World Series and followed in 1888 with a season record of 30 wins and 14... |
10-3 | ||
1892 | Pete Conway | 12-6-1 | ||
1893 | No Coach | 14-4 | ||
1894 | No Coach | 11-8 | ||
1895 | No Coach | 19-3-1 | ||
1896 | Frank Sexton Frank Sexton (baseball) Frank Joseph Sexton was a baseball player and coach. He played college baseball for Brown University from 1890 to 1893 and for the University of Michigan in 1894. He also played professional baseball from 1890 to 1897, including one season in Major League Baseball as a pitcher for the Boston... |
17-4-1 | ||
1897 | Charles F. Watkins Charles F. Watkins Charles Franklin Watkins was an American physician, surgeon and physiotherapist. He played college baseball for the University of Michigan and later served as the coach of the Michigan Wolverines baseball team for three years... |
4-8 | ||
1898 | Charles F. Watkins / Henry Clarke Henry Clarke (baseball) Henry Tefft Clarke, Jr. was an American baseball player and coach, lawyer and politician. He played Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Spiders in 1897 and the Chicago Orphans in 1898. He was also a coach for the Michigan Wolverines baseball team... |
15-6 | ||
1899 | Henry Clarke | 14-5 | ||
1900 | Charles F. Watkins | 12-9-1 | ||
1901 | Frank Sexton | 13-8 | ||
1902 | Frank Sexton | 8-10 | ||
1903 | Skel Roach Skel Roach Rudolph Charles "Skel" Roach was a baseball player and coach. He played professional baseball from 1895 to 1905, including one game in Major League Baseball with the Chicago Orphans on August 9,... |
12-5 | ||
1904 | Jerome Utley Jerome Utley Jerome Adams "Jerry" Utley was an American baseball player and coach, contracting engineer, hotelier and boxing promoter. He played and coached college baseball for the Michigan Wolverines baseball team in the early 1900s. He also briefly coached and played minor league baseball from 1905 to 1906... |
10-5 | ||
1905 | Sport McAllister Sport McAllister Lewis William "Sport" McAllister was a professional baseball player. He played seven seasons in Major League Baseball with the Cleveland Spiders , Detroit Tigers , and Baltimore Orioles . He was a versatile switch hitter who played every position during his major league career... |
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1906 | Sport McAllister | 12-7 | ||
1907 | Bobby Lowe Bobby Lowe Robert Lincoln "Bobby" Lowe , nicknamed "Link", was an American baseball player, coach and scout. He played Major League Baseball for the Boston Beaneaters , Chicago Cubs , Pittsburgh Pirates , and Detroit Tigers... |
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1908 | Sport McAllister | 12-4 | ||
1909 | Sport McAllister | 18-3-1 | ||
1910 | Branch Rickey Branch Rickey Wesley Branch Rickey was an innovative Major League Baseball executive elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967... |
17-8 | ||
1911 | Branch Rickey | 16-10-1 | ||
1912 | Branch Rickey | 14-10-2 | ||
1913 | Branch Rickey | 21-4-1 | ||
1914 | Carl Lundgren Carl Lundgren Carl Leonard "Lundy" Lundgren was an American baseball and football player and coach.Lundgren played football and baseball for the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and played eight seasons of Major League Baseball as a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. In eight years with the Cubs, he compiled... |
22-6 | ||
1915 | Carl Lundgren | 16-7-3 | ||
1916 | Carl Lundgren | 9-12-3 | ||
1917 | Carl Lundgren | No Season Due to World War I World War I World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918... |
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1918 | Carl Lundgren | 16-1 | ||
1919 | Carl Lundgren | 13-1 | ||
1920 | Carl Lundgren | 17-6-1 | ||
1921 | Ray Fisher Ray Fisher Ray Lyle Fisher was an American professional baseball pitcher. He pitched all or part of ten seasons in Major League Baseball. His debut game took place on July 2, 1910. His final game took place on October 2, 1920... |
21-4 | ||
1922 | Ray Fisher | 21-6 | ||
1923 | Ray Fisher | 22-4 | ||
1924 | Ray Fisher | 13-3 | ||
1925 | Ray Fisher | 17-8 | ||
1926 | Ray Fisher | 16-7 | ||
1927 | Ray Fisher | 16-8 | ||
1928 | Ray Fisher | 22-5 | ||
1929 | Ray Fisher | 15-6 | ||
1930 | Ray Fisher | 9-15-1 | ||
1931 | Ray Fisher | 11-7 | ||
1932 | Ray Fisher | 19-15-1 | ||
1933 | Ray Fisher | 12-4 | ||
1934 | Ray Fisher | 15-9 | ||
1935 | Ray Fisher | 11-11 | ||
1936 | Ray Fisher | 20-5 | ||
1937 | Ray Fisher | 16-8 | ||
1938 | Ray Fisher | 14-12 | ||
1939 | Ray Fisher | 18-9-2 | ||
1940 | Ray Fisher | 10-12 | ||
1941 | Ray Fisher | 24-8 | ||
1942 | Ray Fisher | 17-9 | ||
1943 | Ray Fisher | 8-4 | ||
1944 | Ray Fisher | 15-4-1 | ||
1945 | Ray Fisher | 20-1 | ||
1946 | Ray Fisher | 18-3 | ||
1947 | Ray Fisher | 18-10 | ||
1948 | Ray Fisher | 21-6 | ||
1949 | Ray Fisher | 18-9-2 | ||
1950 | Ray Fisher | 18-9 | ||
1951 | Ray Fisher | 13-10 | ||
1952 | Ray Fisher | 16-7 | ||
1953 | Ray Fisher | 21-9 | College World Series 1953 College World Series The 1953 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 11 to June 16. The seventh tournament's champion was Michigan, coached by Ray Fisher. The Most Outstanding Player was J.L. Smith of Texas.... (Champions) |
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1954 | Ray Fisher | 22-9 | ||
1955 | Ray Fisher | 17-11-1 | ||
1956 | Ray Fisher | 17-9 | ||
1957 | Ray Fisher | 17-7 | ||
1958 | Ray Fisher | 18-12 | ||
1959 | Don Lund Don Lund Donald Andrew Lund is a former backup outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers , St. Louis Browns and Detroit Tigers . He batted and threw right-handed.... |
10-17-2 | ||
1960 | Don Lund | 19-12-1 | ||
1961 | Don Lund | 20-11 | ||
1962 | Don Lund | 31-13 | College World Series 1962 College World Series The 1962 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska from June 11 to June 16. The sixteenth tournament's champion was the University of Michigan, coached by Don Lund... (Champions) |
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1963 | Moby Benedict Moby Benedict Milbry Eugene "Moby" Benedict is a former baseball shortstop and coach.A native of Detroit, Michigan, Benedict played baseball at Detroit Southwestern High School before attending the University of Michigan. He played for the Michigan Wolverines from 1953–1956 and played for the College World... |
21-11 | ||
1964 | Moby Benedict | 19-16 | ||
1965 | Moby Benedict | 18-14 | ||
1966 | Moby Benedict | 22-11 | ||
1967 | Moby Benedict | 24-12 | ||
1968 | Moby Benedict | 17-16 | ||
1969 | Moby Benedict | 14-21-1 | ||
1970 | Moby Benedict | 16-18 | ||
1971 | Moby Benedict | 23-13-1 | ||
1972 | Moby Benedict | 18-13-1 | ||
1973 | Moby Benedict | 22-16 | ||
1974 | Moby Benedict | 18-14-1 | ||
1975 | Moby Benedict | 28-12 | ||
1976 | Moby Benedict | 22-19-1 | ||
1977 | Moby Benedict | 33-15 | ||
1978 | Moby Benedict | 30-17 | College World Series 1978 College World Series The 1978 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 2 to June 8. The thirty-second tournament's champion was the University of Southern California, coached by Rod Dedeaux... (5th Place) |
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1979 | Moby Benedict | 22-14 | ||
1980 | Bud Middaugh Bud Middaugh Forest L. "Bud" Middaugh is a former American baseball coach. He was the head baseball coach at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio from 1968 to 1979 and at the University of Michigan from 1980 to 1989. He compiled a record of 359-173 at Miami, leading the Redhawks to three Mid-American Conference... |
36-18-1 | College World Series 1980 College World Series The 1980 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from May 30 to June 6. The thirty-fourth tournament's champion was the University of Arizona, coached by Jerry Kindall... (5th Place) |
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1981 | Bud Middaugh | 41-20 | College World Series 1981 College World Series The 1981 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from May 30 to June 8. The thirty-fifth tournament's champion was Arizona State University coached by Jim Brock... (7th Place) |
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1982 | Bud Middaugh | 44-10 | ||
1983 | Bud Middaugh | 50-9 | College World Series 1983 College World Series The 1983 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 3 to June 11. The thirty-seventh tournament's champion was The University of Texas, coached by Cliff Gustafson... (3rd Place) |
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1984 | Bud Middaugh | 43-20 | College World Series 1984 College World Series The 1984 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 1 to June 10. The thirty-eighth tournament's champion was California State University, Fullerton, coached by Augie Garrido... (7th Place) |
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1985 | Bud Middaugh | 55-10 | ||
1986 | Bud Middaugh | 47-12 | ||
1987 | Bud Middaugh | 52-12 | ||
1988 | Bud Middaugh | 48-19 | ||
1989 | Bud Middaugh | 49-16 | ||
1990 | Bill Freehan Bill Freehan William Ashley Freehan is a former professional baseball player. He played his entire Major League Baseball career as a catcher for the Detroit Tigers... |
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1991 | Bill Freehan | 34-23-1 | ||
1992 | Bill Freehan | 21-32 | ||
1993 | Bill Freehan | 25-30 | ||
1994 | Bill Freehan | 29-29 | ||
1995 | Bill Freehan | 24-29 | ||
1996 | Geoff Zahn Geoff Zahn Geoffery Clayton Zahn is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. During a 13-year career, he pitched from 1973-1985 for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs of the National League and the Minnesota Twins and California Angels of the American League... |
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1997 | Geoff Zahn | 36-22 | ||
1998 | Geoff Zahn | 21-27-1 | ||
1999 | Geoff Zahn | 34-30 | ||
2000 | Geoff Zahn | 20-32-1 | ||
2001 | Geoff Zahn | 28-28 | ||
2002 | Chris Harrison | 21-32 | ||
2003 | Rich Maloney | 30-27 | ||
2004 | Rich Maloney | 34-26 | ||
2005 | Rich Maloney | 42-19 | ||
2006 | Rich Maloney | 43-21 | ||
2007 | Rich Maloney | 42-19 | ||
2008 | Rich Maloney | 46-14 |
Michigan in the NCAA Tournament
- The NCAA Division I Baseball TournamentNCAA Division I Baseball ChampionshipThe NCAA Division I Baseball Championship tournament is held each year from May through June and features 64 college baseball teams in the United States, culminating in the College World Series....
started in 1947. - The format of the tournament has changed through the years.
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See also
- Michigan WolverinesMichigan WolverinesThe Michigan Wolverines comprise 27 varsity sports teams at the University of Michigan. These teams compete in the NCAA's Division I and in the Big Ten Conference in all sports except men's ice hockey which competes in the NCAA D1 Central Collegiate Hockey Association, and women's water polo, which...
- Big Ten Baseball TournamentBig Ten Baseball TournamentThe Big Ten Baseball Tournament is the conference championship tournament in baseball for the Big Ten Conference. The winner of the tournament receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.-History:...
- Big Ten baseball championsBig Ten baseball championsThe Big Ten Conference has been playing baseball since 1896. From 1896 to 1980 the conference champion was determined by the team or teams with the best record. In the 1981 the conference began a tournament to name its champion. The conference also split the 10 schools into two divisions:East and...