Northwestern Wildcats baseball

The Northwestern Wildcats baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, United States. The team competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I and are members of the Big Ten Conference.

Northwestern Wildcats
Founded1869 (1869)
UniversityNorthwestern University
Head coachSpencer Allen (5th season)
ConferenceBig Ten
LocationEvanston, Illinois
Home stadiumRocky Miller Park
(Capacity: 600)
NicknameWildcats
ColorsPurple and White[1]
         
NCAA Tournament appearances
1957
Conference champions
1940, 1957

The Wildcats have been to 1 NCAA Tournament in 1957.

Stadiums

Rocky and Berenice Miller Park
Main article: Rocky Miller Park

Rocky and Berenice Miller Park is a baseball stadium in Evanston, Illinois.[2] It is the home stadium of the Northwestern University Wildcats college baseball team since 1943. The stadium is named after J. Roscoe Miller, an Northwestern President from 1949 to 1970 and his wife. In 2013, Miller's daughter, Roxy and her husband Richard Pepper, donated the money to renovate the stadium.[3]

Head coaches
Year(s) Coach Seasons W–L–T Pct
1888 Billy Sunday 1 6–4 .600
1894–1897 John Kedzie 4 38–22 .633
1898–1902 W. J. Bryan 5 30–53 .361
1903 Horace Butterworth 1 3–13 .188
1904 Harry Fleager 1 1–11 .083
1905 Harley Parker 1 7–9 .438
1906 Charles M. Hollister 1 3–7 .300
1907–1908 A. B. Cunningham 2 4–14 .222
1909–1911 A. G. Rundle 3 4–25 .138
1912 L. C. Holsinger 1 3–6–1 .350
1913 Dennis Grady 1 6–6 .500
1914–1916 Fred J. Murphy 3 11–17–1 .397
1917 Willie McGill 1 4–4 .500
1921 Jack Sawtelle 1 6–10 .375
1922 Henry Symanski 1 2–8 .200
1923–1928, 1942–1943 Maury Kent 8 33–78–1 .299
1929–1935 Paul Stewart 7 60–75 .444
1936–1939 Burt Ingwersen 4 35–51 .407
1940–1941 Stan Klores 2 25–24 .510
1944–1946 Wesley Fry 3 28–28–1 .500
1947–1948 Don Heap 2 21–25–1 .457
1949–1961 Freddie Lindstrom 13 163–145–2 .529
1962–1981 George McKinnon 20 304–391–6 .438
1982–1986 Ron Wellman 5 180–97–4 .648
1987 Larry Cochell 1 23–20–1 .613
1988–2015 Paul Stevens 28 674–836–6 .447
2016–present Spencer Allen 5 86–131 .396
Totals 27 125 1,760–2,110–24 .455

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NCAA Tournament
See also: NCAA Division I Baseball Championship and College World Series
Year Site Record Notes
1957 Hyames Field 3-2 NCAA District IV
Total - 3-2 (3-2 regionals)

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Player awards

First-team All-Americans

The following is a listing of the selections listed in the 2018 Northwestern Baseball Media Guide on nusports.com.[6]

Big Ten award winners
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References
  1. "Northwestern University's Guide to Using Marks, Colors, Trademarks, and Logos" (PDF). September 21, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
  2. "Rocky Miller Park". www.nusports.cstv.com. Northwestern University. Retrieved October 24, 2009. Archived 10/24/09
  3. "The Dream Has Become a Reality: Rocky and Berenice Miller Park". NUSports. March 30, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  4. "2018 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). www.nusports.com. Northwestern University. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  5. Peter Warren (May 25, 2018). "Baseball: Six decades ago, Northwestern made it to college baseball's biggest stage". www.dailynorthwestern.com. The Daily Northwestern. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  6. "2018 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). www.nusports.com.


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