Northwestern Wildcats baseball

Northwestern Wildcats baseball
Northwestern Wildcats baseball
2024 Northwestern Wildcats baseball team
Founded	1869; 155 years ago
University	Northwestern University
Head coach	Ben Greenspan (1st season)
Conference	Big Ten
Location	Evanston, Illinois
Home stadium	Rocky Miller Park ; (Capacity: 600)
Nickname	Wildcats
Colors	Purple and white;
NCAA Tournament appearances
	1957
Regular season conference champions
	1940, 1957

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.

The Wildcats have been to 1 NCAA tournament in 1957. In 2017, the Wildcats made it to the Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament championship.^[2]

Stadiums

Rocky and Berenice Miller Park

Rocky and Berenice Miller Park is a baseball stadium in Evanston, Illinois.^[3] 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.^[4]

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
2016–2021	Spencer Allen	6	101–152	.399
2022	Josh Reynolds	1	24–27	.471
2023	Jim Foster	1	10–40	.200
2024–present	Ben Greenspan	1	18–34	.346
Totals	30	128	1,827–2,232–24	.450

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NCAA tournament

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.^[7]

1979

Bill Dierberger – American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)

1985

Joe Girardi (C) – ABCA

1986

Grady Hall – ABCA

1993

Mark Loretta (SS) – ABCA

2000

Jeremy Kurella (SS) – ABCA

Big Ten award winners

Player of the Year Award

Mark Loretta (1993)

Pitcher of the Year

Chad Schroeder (1995)

Dan Brauer (2006)

Freshman of the Year Award

Keith Batchelder (1997)

Eric Jokisch (2008)

References

^ "Northwestern University's Guide to Using Marks, Colors, Trademarks, and Logos" (PDF). September 21, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
^ Zucker, Joseph. "Iowa Cruises to 2017 Big Ten Baseball Championship over Northwestern". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
^ "Rocky Miller Park". www.nusports.cstv.com. Northwestern University. Archived from the original on December 8, 2009. Retrieved October 24, 2009. 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.

External links

Official website

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[1] "Northwestern University's Guide to Using Marks, Colors, Trademarks, and Logos" (PDF). September 21, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2016.

[2] Zucker, Joseph. "Iowa Cruises to 2017 Big Ten Baseball Championship over Northwestern". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2022-02-15.

[3] "Rocky Miller Park". www.nusports.cstv.com. Northwestern University. Archived from the original on December 8, 2009. Retrieved October 24, 2009. 10/24/09

[4] "The Dream Has Become a Reality: Rocky and Berenice Miller Park". NUSports. March 30, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2016.

[5] "2018 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). www.nusports.com. Northwestern University. Retrieved July 7, 2020.

[6] 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.

[7] "2018 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). www.nusports.com.

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v t e Big Ten Conference baseball
Current teams	Illinois Fighting Illini Indiana Hoosiers Iowa Hawkeyes Maryland Terrapins Michigan Wolverines Michigan State Spartans Minnesota Golden Gophers Nebraska Cornhuskers Northwestern Wildcats Ohio State Buckeyes Oregon Ducks Penn State Nittany Lions Purdue Boilermakers Rutgers Scarlet Knights UCLA Bruins USC Trojans Washington Huskies
Former teams	Chicago Maroons (1896–1946) Wisconsin Badgers (1900–1991)
Championships & awards	List of Big Ten Conference baseball champions Big Ten Conference baseball tournament Major awards Coach of the Year Player of the Year Pitcher of the Year Freshman of the Year

v t e Northwestern Wildcats baseball
Venues	Rocky and Berenice Miller Park (1943–present)
People	Notable players
Seasons	1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1881 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics