Michigan Wolverines baseball

Michigan Wolverines
Founded	1866
University	University of Michigan
Head coach	Erik Bakich (3rd season)
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Home stadium	Wilpon Baseball Complex (Capacity: 4,000)
Nickname	Wolverines
Colors	Maize and blue
NCAA Tournament champions
1953, 1962
College World Series appearances
1953, 1962, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984
NCAA Tournament appearances
1953, 1961, 1962, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2015
Conference tournament champions
1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1999, 2006, 2008, 2015
Regular season conference champions
1899, 1901, 1905, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1936, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1961, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1997, 2006, 2007, 2008

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. They play their home games at Ray Fisher Stadium.

The Wolverines have made the College World Series seven times, winning two national championships in 1953 and 1962. Michigan is the fourth winningest program in NCAA Division I baseball history, trailing only Fordham, Texas and USC. Prior to the 2013 season, former Maryland head coach Erik Bakich replaced Rich Maloney as the program's head coach.

History

1875 Michigan baseball team

1882 Michigan baseball team with Moses Fleetwood Walker.

1886 Michigan baseball team

1899 team – Michigan's first conference champions

1912 team – coached by Branch Rickey.

1914 team – starring George Sisler.

Michigan's 1953 NCAA national championship team.

Championships

NCAA College World Series National Championships

Season	Record	Head Coach
1953	21–9	Ray Fisher
1962	31–13	Don Lund

Conference Championships

Season	Conference	Record	Head Coach
1899	Big Ten Conference	5–2	H.T. Clarke
1901	Big Ten Conference	8–2	Frank Sexton
1905	Big Ten Conference	9–3	L.W. McAllister
1918	Big Ten Conference	9–1	Carl Lundgren
1919	Big Ten Conference	9–0	Carl Lundgren
1920	Big Ten Conference	9–1	Carl Lundgren
1923	Big Ten Conference	10–0	Ray Fisher
1924	Big Ten Conference	8–2	Ray Fisher
1926	Big Ten Conference	9–2	Ray Fisher
1928	Big Ten Conference	11–1	Ray Fisher
1929	Big Ten Conference	7–2	Ray Fisher
1936	Big Ten Conference	9–1	Ray Fisher
1941	Big Ten Conference	10–2	Ray Fisher
1942	Big Ten Conference	10–2	Ray Fisher
1944	Big Ten Conference	8–0	Ray Fisher
1945	Big Ten Conference	8–0	Ray Fisher
1948	Big Ten Conference	10–2	Ray Fisher
1949	Big Ten Conference	8–4	Ray Fisher
1950	Big Ten Conference	9–3	Ray Fisher
1952	Big Ten Conference	8–4	Ray Fisher
1953	Big Ten Conference	10–3	Ray Fisher
1961	Big Ten Conference	10–2	Don Lund
1975	Big Ten Conference	13–3	Moby Benedict
1976	Big Ten Conference	9–4	Moby Benedict
1978	Big Ten Conference	13–3	Moby Benedict
1980	Big Ten Conference	14–2	Bud Middaugh
1981	Big Ten Conference	10–4	Bud Middaugh
1983	Big Ten Conference	13–2	Bud Middaugh
1984	Big Ten Conference	11–5	Bud Middaugh
1986	Big Ten Conference	13–3	Bud Middaugh
1987	Big Ten Conference	13–3	Bud Middaugh
1997	Big Ten Conference	17–9	Geoff Zahn
2006	Big Ten Conference	23–9	Rich Maloney
2007	Big Ten Conference	21–7	Rich Maloney
2008	Big Ten Conference	26–5	Rich Maloney

Conference Tournament Championships

Year	Conference	Tournament Location	Head Coach
1981	Big Ten Conference	Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor,MI	Bud Middaugh
1983	Big Ten Conference	Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor,MI	Bud Middaugh
1984	Big Ten Conference	Siebert Field Minneapolis	Bud Middaugh
1986	Big Ten Conference	Siebert Field Minneapolis	Bud Middaugh
1987	Big Ten Conference	Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan	Bud Middaugh
1999	Big Ten Conference	Bill Davis Stadium Columbus, Ohio	Geoff Zahn
2006	Big Ten Conference	Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan	Rich Maloney
2008	Big Ten Conference	Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan	Rich Maloney
2015	Big Ten Conference	Target Field Minneapolis	Erik Bakich

Stadium

The Wolverines play their home games in Ray Fisher Stadium. The stadium is named after Ray Fisher, who is the winningest coach in Michigan baseball history, with 636 victories and also the 1953 College World Series championship.

In 2008, alum and owner of the New York Mets MLB franchise, Fred Wilpon donated $9 million for the renovation of Fisher Stadium and Alumni Field. It is now known as the Wilpon Baseball and Softball Complex, but more commonly known as the Wilpon Baseball Complex.

Name	Years
Ferry Field	1923–1970
Ray Fisher Stadium	1970–2007
Ray Fisher Stadium at Wilpon Baseball Complex	2008–present

Head coaches

Coach	Years	Seasons	Record	Pct
Peter Conway	1891–1892	2	22–9–1	.710
Frank Sexton	1896, 1901–1908	3	38–22	.633
Charles F. Watkins	1897–1898, 1900	3	16–17	.485
Henry T. Clarke	1898–1899	2	14–5	.737
R.C. "Skel" Roach	1903	1	12–5	.706
Jerome Utley	1904	1	10–5	.667
Lew "Sport" McAllister	1905–1906, 1908–1909	4	58–17–1	.770
Bobby Lowe	1907	1	11–4–1	.719
Branch Rickey	1910–1913	4	68–32–4	.673
Carl Lundgren	1914–1920	7	93–43–6	.676
Ray Fisher	1921–1958	38	636–295–8	.682
Don Lund	1959–1962	4	80–53–3	.599
Moby Benedict	1963–1979	18	367–252–5	.592
Bud Middaugh	1980–1989	10	465–146–1	.761
Bill Freehan	1990–1995	6	166–167–1	.499
Geoff Zahn	1996–2001	6	163–169–2	.491
Chris Harrison	2002	1	21–32	.396
Rich Maloney	2003–2012	10	341–244	.582
Erik Bakich	2013–present	3	98–81	.547

Year-by-year results

Through May 12, 2015.

Year	Coach	Record	Notes
1866	No Coach	3–0
1867	No Coach	4–1
1868	No Coach	2–0
1869	No Records Available
1870
1871
1872	No Coach	1–0
1873	No Records Available
1874
1875	No Coach	2–2
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	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	17–4–1
1897	Charles F. Watkins	4–8
1898	Charles F. Watkins / Henry Clarke	15–6
1899	Henry Clarke	14–5	Big Ten Champions
1900	Charles F. Watkins	12–9–1
1901	Frank Sexton	13–8	Big Ten Champions
1902	Frank Sexton	8–10
1903	Skel Roach	12–5
1904	Jerome Utley	10–5
1905	Sport McAllister	16–3	Big Ten Champions
1906	Sport McAllister	12–7
1907	Bobby Lowe	11–4–1
1908	Sport McAllister	12–4
1909	Sport McAllister	18–3–1
1910	Branch Rickey	17–8
1911	Branch Rickey	16–10–1
1912	Branch Rickey	14–10–2
1913	Branch Rickey	21–4–1
1914	Carl Lundgren	22–6
1915	Carl Lundgren	16–7–3
1916	Carl Lundgren	9–12–3
1917	Carl Lundgren	No season due to World War I
1918	Carl Lundgren	16–1	Big Ten Champions
1919	Carl Lundgren	13–1	Big Ten Champions
1920	Carl Lundgren	17–6–1	Big Ten Champions
1921	Ray Fisher	21–4
1922	Ray Fisher	21–6
1923	Ray Fisher	22–4	Big Ten Champions
1924	Ray Fisher	13–3	Big Ten Champions
1925	Ray Fisher	17–8
1926	Ray Fisher	16–7	Big Ten Champions
1927	Ray Fisher	16–8
1928	Ray Fisher	22–5	Big Ten Champions
1929	Ray Fisher	15–6	Big Ten Champions
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	Big Ten Champions
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	Big Ten Champions
1942	Ray Fisher	17–9	Big Ten Champions
1943	Ray Fisher	8–4
1944	Ray Fisher	15–4–1	Big Ten Champions
1945	Ray Fisher	20–1	Big Ten Champions
1946	Ray Fisher	18–3
1947	Ray Fisher	18–10
1948	Ray Fisher	21–6	Big Ten Champions
1949	Ray Fisher	18–9–2	Big Ten Champions
1950	Ray Fisher	18–9	Big Ten Champions
1951	Ray Fisher	13–10
1952	Ray Fisher	16–7	Big Ten Champions
1953	Ray Fisher	21–9	Big Ten Champions, College World Series (Champions)
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	10–17–2
1960	Don Lund	19–12–1
1961	Don Lund	20–11	Big Ten Champions
1962	Don Lund	31–13	College World Series (Champions)
1963	Moby Benedict	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	Big Ten Champions
1976	Moby Benedict	22–19–1	Big Ten Champions
1977	Moby Benedict	33–15
1978	Moby Benedict	30–17	Big Ten Champions, College World Series (5th Place)
1979	Moby Benedict	22–14
1980	Bud Middaugh	36–18–1	Big Ten Champions, College World Series (5th Place)
1981	Bud Middaugh	41–20	Big Ten Champions, Big Ten Tournament Champions, College World Series (7th Place)
1982	Bud Middaugh	44–10
1983	Bud Middaugh	50–9	Big Ten Champions, Big Ten Tournament Champions, College World Series (3rd Place)
1984	Bud Middaugh	43–20	Big Ten Champions, Big Ten Tournament Champions, College World Series (7th Place)
1985	Bud Middaugh	55–10
1986	Bud Middaugh	47–12	Big Ten Champions, Big Ten Tournament Champions
1987	Bud Middaugh	52–12	Big Ten Champions, Big Ten Tournament Champions
1988	Bud Middaugh	48–19
1989	Bud Middaugh	49–16
1990	Bill Freehan	33–24
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	24–30
1997	Geoff Zahn	36–22	Big Ten Champions
1998	Geoff Zahn	21–27–1
1999	Geoff Zahn	34–30	Big Ten Tournament Champions
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	Big Ten Champions, Big Ten Tournament Champions
2007	Rich Maloney	42–19	Big Ten Champions
2008	Rich Maloney	46–14	Big Ten Champions, Big Ten Tournament Champions
2009	Rich Maloney	30–25
2010	Rich Maloney	35–22
2011	Rich Maloney	17–37
2012	Rich Maloney	22–34
2013	Erik Bakich	29–27
2014	Erik Bakich	30–29
2015	Erik Bakich	39–25	Big Ten Tournament Champions

Michigan in the NCAA Tournament

• The NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament started in 1947.
• The format of the tournament has changed through the years.

Year	Record	Pct	Notes
1953	4–1	.800	College World Series (Champions)
1961	2–2	.500	NCAA District 4 Regional
1962	8–2	.800	College World Series (Champions)
1975	3–2	.600	NCAA Mideast Regional
1976	3–1	.750	NCAA Mideast Regional
1977	2–2	.500	NCAA Midwest Regional
1978	4–2	.667	College World Series (5th Place)
1980	4–2	.667	College World Series (5th Place)
1981	4–3	.571	College World Series (7th Place)
1983	5–2	.714	College World Series (3rd Place)
1984	3–2	.600	College World Series (7th Place)
1985	3–2	.600	NCAA South I Regional
1986	0–2	.000	NCAA Mideast Regional
1987	1–2	.333	NCAA Northeast Regional
1988	2–2	.500	NCAA Central Regional
1989	3–2	.600	NCAA West II Regional
1999	2–2	.500	NCAA South Bend Regional
2005	1–2	.333	NCAA Atlanta Regional
2006	1–2	.333	NCAA Atlanta Regional
2007	3–3	.500	NCAA Corvallis Super Regional
2008	1–2	.333	NCAA Ann Arbor Regional
2015	2–2	.500	NCAA Louisville Regional
TOTALS	61–45	.575	2 National Championships, 7 CWS Appearances

All-Americans

• Bruce Haynam (1953)
• Don Eaddy (1955)
• Ken Tippery (1957)
• Bill Freehan (1961)
• Jim Paciorek (1982)
• Chris Sabo (1983)
• Barry Larkin (1984, 1985)
• Mike Watters (1985)
• Casey Close (1986)

Individual honors

Retired numbers

Michigan has retired six uniform numbers to date. Below is the detailed list:

Retired numbers
No.	Player	Position	Career	No. retired
1	Moby Benedict	Shortstop	1953–56	1979
11	Bill Freehan	Catcher	1959–61	1977
16	Barry Larkin	Shortstop	1983–85	2010
31	Jim Abbott	Pitcher	1986–88	2009
33	Don Lund	Outfielder	1943–45	1999
44	Ray Fisher	Coach 1	1921–58	2000

¹ Never played for the Wolverines. He coached Michigan with a record 636 wins and led the team to 15 Big Ten championships apart from winning the 1953 College World Series.

Golden Spikes Award Winner

• Jim Abbott (1987)

Baseball America College Player of the Year

• Casey Close (1986)

Big Ten Player of the Year

• Jim Paciorek (1982)
• Rick Stoll (1983)
• Barry Larkin (1984, 1985)
• Casey Close (1986)
• Jim Abbott (1988)
• Scott Weaver (1995)
• Nate Recknagel (2008)

Big Ten Pitcher of the Year

• Jim Brauer (2005)
• Zach Putnam (2008)

Big Ten Coach of the Year

• Geoff Zahn (1997)
• Rich Maloney (2007, 2008)

Baseball Hall of Fame

• George Sisler (1939)
• Charlie Gehringer (1949)
• Branch Rickey (1967)
• Barry Larkin (2012)

University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor

The following 34 Michigan Wolverines baseball players and coaches (listed in order of induction) have been inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor:

• Bill Freehan (1978) – baseball
• Bennie Oosterbaan (1978) – football, basketball, baseball, basketball coach, football coach
• Ray Fisher (1979) – baseball coach
• George Sisler (1979) – baseball
• Buck Giles (1980) – baseball
• Harry Kipke (1981) – football, basketball, and baseball
• Whitey Wistert (1981) – football and baseball
• Bud Chamberlain (1982) – baseball
• Jack Tompkins (1982) – hockey and baseball
• Elmer Gedeon (1983) – track and baseball
• Dick Wakefield (1983) – baseball
• Elroy Hirsch (1984) – football, basketball, baseball, and track
• Bob Chappuis (1984) – football and baseball
• Don Lund (1984) – football, baseball, basketball, and coaching
• Doug Roby (1985) – football and baseball
• Branch Rickey (1985) – baseball coach
• David M. Nelson (1986) – football and baseball
• Ernie McCoy (1986) basketball, football, basketball coach, and assistant athletic director
• Jack Blott (1987) – football and baseball
• Bruce Haynam (1988) – baseball
• Frank Nunley (1989) – football and baseball
• Forest Evashevski (1990) – football and baseball
• Jack Weisenberger (1992) – football and baseball
• Moby Benedict (1994) – baseball and coaching
• Dominic Tomasi (1994) – football and baseball
• Steve Boros (1996) – baseball
• Herman Fishman (2002) – basketball and baseball
• Bill Mogk (2002) – baseball
• Jim Abbott (2004) – baseball
• J. Daniel Cline (2007) – football and baseball
• Barry Larkin (2007) – baseball
• David Campbell (2009) – baseball
• Rick Leach (2009) – football and baseball
• Casey Close (2011) – baseball

Current and former Major League Baseball players

Barry Larkin

• Frank Bliss
• Fleet Walker
• Welday Walker
• Frank Bliss
• John Hibbard
• Frank Sexton
• Frank Bowerman
• Red Killefer
• Bert Sincock
• Chick Lathers
• Fred Blanding
• Doc Lavan
• Jack Enzenroth
• George Sisler
• Mike Knode
• Bob Glenn
• John Perrin
• Slicker Parks
• Ernie Vick
• Ray Knode
• Jack Blott
• Charlie Gehringer
• Pete Appleton
• Hal Elliott
• Bud Morse
• Bill McAfee
• Ted Petoskey
• Whitey Wistert
• Elmer Gedeon
• Johnny Gee
• Dick Wakefield
• Don Lund
• Steve Boros
• Don Eaddy
• Dick LeMay
• Bill Freehan
• Mike Joyce
• John Herrnstein
• Fritz Fisher
• Bill Roman
• Dave Campbell
• Ted Sizemore
• Bill Zepp
• Bob Reed
• Elliott Maddox
• Danny Fife
• Tom Lundstedt
• Geoff Zahn
• Leon Roberts
• Glenn Redmon
• Jim Burton
• Lary Sorensen
• Steve Howe
• Rick Leach
• Steve Ontiveros
• Barry Larkin
• Jim Paciorek
• Chris Sabo
• Hal Morris
• Gary Wayne
• Jim Abbott
• Scott Kamieniecki
• Mike Ignasiak
• Ross Powell
• Mike Matheny
• Dennis Konuszewski
• Heath Murray
• Kirt Ojala
• Brian Simmons
• Kelly Dransfeldt
• J. J. Putz
• Rich Hill
• Jake Fox
• Bobby Korecky
• Mike Cervenak
• Clayton Richard
• Bobby Scales
• Chris Getz
• Zach Putnam

Source: Baseball Reference

First-Round MLB Draft Picks

Pick	Player	Team	Position	Year
13	Rick Leach	Detroit Tigers	OF	1979
16	Steve Howe	Los Angeles Dodgers	LHP	1979
25	Steve Perry	Los Angeles Dodgers	RHP	1979
14	Rich Stoll	Montreal Expos	RHP	1983
4	Barry Larkin	Cincinnati Reds	SS	1985
8	Jim Abbott	California Angels	LHP	1988
28	David Parrish	New York Yankees	C	2000

World Series Champions

• Ernie Vick (1926 – St. Louis Cardinals)
• Charlie Gehringer (1935 – Detroit Tigers)
• Bill Freehan (1968 – Detroit Tigers)
• Steve Howe (1981 – Los Angeles Dodgers)
• Chris Sabo (1990 – Cincinnati Reds)
• Hal Morris (1990 – Cincinnati Reds)
• Barry Larkin (1990 – Cincinnati Reds)
• Scott Kamieniecki (1996 – New York Yankees)
• Steve Howe (1996 – New York Yankees)
• Kirt Ojala (1997 – Florida Marlins)

See also

• List of NCAA Division I baseball programs
• Big Ten Baseball Tournament
• Big Ten baseball champions

External links

Media related to Michigan Wolverines baseball at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website