Louisville Cardinals Founded 1909 University University of Louisville Head coach Dan McDonnell Conference Big East Conference Home stadium Jim Patterson Stadium Nickname Cardinals Colors Red, Black, and White 2007 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 Big East: 2008, 2009 Metro: 1983, 1984
The Louisville Cardinals baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate baseball program of the University of Louisville , located in Louisville, Kentucky . The program has been a member of the NCAA Division I Big East Conference since the start of the 2006 season and will join the Atlantic Coast Conference at the start of the 2014 season . It has played at Jim Patterson Stadium since the venue opened during the 2005 season . Dan McDonnell has been the program's head coach since the start of the 2007 season . As of the the end of the 2012 season , the program has appeared in six NCAA Tournaments and one College World Series . In conference postseason play, it has won two Big East Conference Baseball Tournaments . In regular season play, it has won two Metro Conference titles and three Big East Conference titles. As of the start of the 2013 Major League Baseball season , four former Cardinals have appeared in Major League Baseball .
Conference affiliations [ edit ] Early in its history, Louisville played many home games at Eclipse Park in Louisville, until the venue burned down in 1922. Other early venues included the Belknap Campus Diamond, Shawnee Park , Manual Stadium, and St. Xavier Field.[ 1]
Parkway Field, located on the university's campus, was the program's home sporadically from 1923–1960 and full-time from 1961–1995. The grandstand that allowed professional baseball to be played at the venue in the first half of the 20th century was torn down in 1961.[ 1] [ 2]
For all of the 1996 and 1997 seasons and parts of the 1998 and 1999 seasons, the Cardinals played at Derby City Field.[ 1]
Old Cardinal Stadium [ edit ] Jim Patterson Stadium in 2007. From the start of the 1998 season through mid-April 2005, Louisville played at Old Cardinal Stadium. The Cardinals played a full schedule at Cardinal Stadium from 2000 to 2004 and portions of their schedule there in 1998, 1999, and 2005. At points in its history, the stadium was also home to the Louisville football program , minor league baseball teams, and minor league football teams.[ 3] [ 1]
Jim Patterson Stadium [ edit ] Since partway through the 2005 season , the program has played at Jim Patterson Stadium, located on Louisville's campus. The venue has a capacity of 4,000 spectators, cost $ 8.5 million, and is named for businessman and former Louisville baseball player Jim Patterson.[ 4] 2013 season to increase its capacity and upgrade its facilities.[ 5] [ 6]
Lelo Prado , the program's head coach from 1996–2006, is Louisville's wins leader, with 320. John Heldman , who served as head coach for 26 seasons, is the program's longest tenured head coach.[ 7]
Tenure(s)
Coach
Seasons
W-L-T
Pct
1909
A. P. Hauss
1
3-2
.600
1910
J. B. Helm
1
3-2
.600
1911–1912
A. L. Bass
2
8-3[ a]
.727
1920–1922
Tommy Kienzle
3
8-6-1[ a]
.567
1924–1925
Fred Enke
2
7-6
.538
1926–1929
Tom King
4
30-10-1[ a]
.750
1930–1932
Unknown
3
—
—
1933–1936
C. V. Money
4
18-15[ a]
.545
1937–1942, 1945–1966
John Heldman
26
309-149-4[ a]
.673
1967–1968
Mario Cheppo
2
11-30
.268
1969
Harold Adams
1
9-13
.401
1970–1973
Dale Orem
4
66-98-1[ a]
.403
1974–1979
Jim Zerilla
6
141-148-1
.488
1980–1981
John Boles
2
75-69
.521
1982–1984
Derek Mann
3
78-46
.629
1985–1990
John Mason
6
110-186-1
.372
1991–1995
Gene Baker
5
120-179
.401
1996–2006
Lelo Prado
11
320-301-1
.515
2007–present
Dan McDonnell
6
258-128
.668
TOTALS 18
95
1573-1392-10
.530
Current coaching staff [ edit ] Louisville's coaching staff for the 2013 season is as follows:[ 8]
Head coach – Dan McDonnell Assistant coach – Chris LemonisAssistant coach – Roger WilliamsAssistant coach – Kyle CheesebroughYear-by-year records [ edit ] Below is a table of the program's yearly records. Louisville's first season of varsity intercollegiate baseball was 1909. It did not sponsor a team from 1913–1919, in 1923 (not enough players), or from 1943–1944 (World War II ).[ 7] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12]
Statistics overview
Season
Team
Overall
Conference
Standing
Postseason
Independent (1909–1912)
1909
A. P. Hauss
3-2
1910
J. B. Helm
3-2
1911
A. L. Bass
8-3
1912
A. L. Bass
N/A[ a]
No program (1913–1919)
Independent (1920–1922)
1920
Tommy Kienzle
N/A[ a]
1921
Tommy Kienzle
6-2
1922
Tommy Kienzle
2-3-1
No program (1923–1923)
Independent (1924–1942)
1924
Fred Enke
6-3
1925
Fred Enke
N/A[ a]
1926
Tom King
13-2
1927
Tom King
8-1
1928
Tom King
5-3
1929
Tom King
4-4-1
1930
Unknown
N/A[ a]
1931
Unknown
N/A[ a]
1932
Unknown
N/A[ a]
1933
C. V. Money
7-1
1934
C. V. Money
6-3
1935
C. V. Money
0-7
1936
C. V. Money
5-4
1937
John Heldman
8-3
1938
John Heldman
11-1-1
1939
John Heldman
11-1
1940
John Heldman
9-2
1941
John Heldman
6-4
1942
John Heldman
5-4
No program (1943–1944)
Independent (1945–1962)
1945
John Heldman
8-2
1946
John Heldman
5-5
1947
John Heldman
10-7
1948
John Heldman
12-7
1949
John Heldman
9-7
1950
John Heldman
9-5
1951
John Heldman
12-4
1952
John Heldman
10-5-1
1953
John Heldman
8-7
1954
John Heldman
13-6
1955
John Heldman
15-3
1956
John Heldman
13-10
1957
John Heldman
15-0
1958
John Heldman
16-4-1
1959
John Heldman
11-11
1960
John Heldman
12-7-1
1961
John Heldman
15-6
1962
John Heldman
11-7
Independent:
330-158-6[ a]
Missouri Valley Conference (1963–1975)
1963
John Heldman
16-7
2nd
MVC Tournament
1964
John Heldman
15-8
2nd
MVC Tournament
1965
John Heldman
13-11
0-6
3rd (East)
1966
John Heldman
13-4
0-3
4th (East)
1967
Mario Cheppo
7-15
0-9
4th (East)
1968
Mario Cheppo
4-15
0-7
4th (East)
1969
Harold Adams
9-13
0-6
4th (East)
1970
Dale Orem
16-20-1
4-5
2nd (East)
1971
Dale Orem
20-22
4th
MVC Tournament
1972
Dale Orem
12-26
8th
MVC Tournament
1973
Dale Orem
18-30
6th
MVC Tournament
1974
Jim Zerilla
16-26
4th
MVC Tournament
1975
Jim Zerilla
25-28
5th
MVC Tournament
Missouri Valley:
184-225-1
4-36[ a]
Metro Conference (1976–1995)
1976
Jim Zerilla
29-24
4-1
Metro Tournament
1977
Jim Zerilla
26-27
Metro Tournament
1978
Jim Zerilla
27-16
1-1
Metro Tournament
1979
Jim Zerilla
18-27-1
3-6
Metro Tournament
1980
John Boles
38-21
6-3
Metro Tournament
1981
John Boles
37-48
6-7
Metro Tournament
1982
Derek Mann
22-17
4-3
Metro Tournament
1983
Derek Mann
25-18
4-2
1st (Northern)
Metro Tournament
1984
Derek Mann
31-11
6-1
1st (Northern)
Metro Tournament
1985
John Mason
20-30
5-11
Metro Tournament
1986
John Mason
18-33
3-13
7th
Metro Tournament
1987
John Mason
12-36
1-14
7th
Metro Tournament
1988
John Mason
18-35
6-11
7th
Metro Tournament
1989
John Mason
27-23
4-10
6th
Metro Tournament
1990
John Mason
15-29-1
4-10
t-7th
Metro Tournament
1991
Gene Baker
32-30
8-12
7th
Metro Tournament
1992
Gene Baker
37-24
10-8
2nd
Metro Tournament
1993
Gene Baker
18-41
3-11
7th
Metro Tournament
1994
Gene Baker
16-42
1-17
7th
Metro Tournament
1995
Gene Baker
17-42
5-16
7th
Metro Tournament
Metro:
483-574-2
84-157
Conference USA (1996–2005)
1996
Lelo Prado
18-36
6-15
8th
C-USA Tournament [ b]
1997
Lelo Prado
23-32
11-15
7th
C-USA Tournament [ b]
1998
Lelo Prado
31-24
14-13
5th
C-USA Tournament [ b]
1999
Lelo Prado
37-19
14-13
6th
C-USA Tournament [ b]
2000
Lelo Prado
17-37-1
10-16-1
8th
C-USA Tournament
2001
Lelo Prado
32-29
13-14
T–5th
C-USA Tournament
2002
Lelo Prado
39-18
21-9
2nd
NCAA Regional
2003
Lelo Prado
34-23
14-15
7th
C-USA Tournament
2004
Lelo Prado
26-30
13-17
8th
C-USA Tournament
2005
Lelo Prado
32-24
15-14
T–6th
C-USA Tournament
Conference USA:
289-272-1
131-141-1
Big East Conference (2006–2013)
2006
Lelo Prado
31-29
17-10
3rd
Big East Tournament
2007
Dan McDonnell
47–24
19–8
3rd
College World Series
2008
Dan McDonnell
41–21
16–11
4th
NCAA Regional
2009
Dan McDonnell
47–18
19–7
1st
NCAA Super Regional
2010
Dan McDonnell
50–14
21–6
1st
NCAA Regional
2011
Dan McDonnell
32–29
14–13
T–4th
Big East Tournament
2012
Dan McDonnell
41–22
18–9
T–1st
NCAA Regional
Big East:
289-157
124-64
Total: 1575-1386-10
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
Conference regular season champion
Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion
Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion
The following is a list of notable former Cardinals and the seasons in which they played for the program.[ 13]
Sean Green while pitching for the MLB 's New York Mets .Three Cardinals were selected in the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft : P Matt Koch by the New York Mets (3rd round), P Derek Self by the Washington Nationals (9th round), and P Justin Amlung by the Chicago Cubs (12th round).[ 14] [ 15] [ 16] [ 17]
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Records incomplete.
^ a b c d In this season, all teams in Conference USA qualiied for the postseason tournament.
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