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 | |
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Founded | 1869 |
University | Northwestern University |
Head coach | Spencer Allen (5th season) |
Conference | Big Ten |
Location | Evanston, Illinois |
Home stadium | Rocky Miller Park (Capacity: 600) |
Nickname | Wildcats |
Colors | Purple 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
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 |
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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 |
NCAA Tournament
Year | Site | Record | Notes |
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1957 | Hyames Field | 3-2 | NCAA District IV |
Total | - | 3-2 | (3-2 regionals) |
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]
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Big Ten award winners
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References
- "Northwestern University's Guide to Using Marks, Colors, Trademarks, and Logos" (PDF). September 21, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
- "Rocky Miller Park". www.nusports.cstv.com. Northwestern University. Retrieved October 24, 2009. Archived 10/24/09
- "The Dream Has Become a Reality: Rocky and Berenice Miller Park". NUSports. March 30, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
- "2018 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). www.nusports.com. Northwestern University. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- 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.
- "2018 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). www.nusports.com.