Albany Great Danes baseball

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Albany Great Danes
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University University at Albany
Head coach Jon Mueller (26th season)
Conference America East
Location Albany, New York
Home stadium Varsity Field
Nickname Great Danes
ColorsPurple and gold [1]
   
NCAA tournament appearances
2007
Conference tournament champions
2007

The Albany Great Danes baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the University at Albany in Albany, New York, United States. [2] The team is a member of the America East Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. It plays home games at Varsity Field on the university's campus in Albany, New York. The Great Danes are coached by Jon Mueller.

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History

Albany's baseball program played its first season in 1958. After spending several decades in Division III, it began the transition to Division I in the mid-1990s along with the school's other teams.

Division I

It played its first season in Division I in 2000, also hiring head coach Jon Mueller that year. After competing as an independent in 2000 and in the New York State Baseball Conference in 2001, it played its first season in the America East in 2002. In 2004, the Great Danes set a program record with 37 wins and reached their first Division I postseason, going 1–2 at that season's America East tournament. In 2007, the team won the AEC tournament as the third seed to reach its first NCAA tournament at any level. As the fourth seed at the Fayetteville Regional, Albany went 0–2, losing 9–0 to host Arkansas and 21–11 to second seed Creighton. [3]

A Great Danes pitcher at George C. Page Stadium in 2010 Dave Kubiak.jpg
A Great Danes pitcher at George C. Page Stadium in 2010

NCAA Tournament

Albany has participated in the NCAA Division I baseball tournament once. They have a record of 0–2.

YearRegionRoundOpponentResult
2007 Louisville RegionalFirst Round
Lower Round 1		Arkansas
Creighton		L 0–9
L 11–21

Year-by-year results

Below is a table of Albany's yearly records as an NCAA Division I baseball program. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Statistics overview
SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Independent (1958)
1958 Doc Sauers 6–8
NYSIAC/SUNYAC [a] – College/DIII (1959–1995)
1959 Doc Sauers 6–10
1960Bob Burlingame 7–8
1961Bob Burlingame 9–5
1962Bob Burlingame 6–10
1963Bob Burlingame 6–5
1964Bob Burlingame 5–8
1965Bob Burlingame 5–9
1966Bob Burlingame 3–10
1967Bob Burlingame 6–9–1
1968Bob Burlingame 7–10
1969Bob Burlingame 11–6
1970Bob Burlingame 8–11
1971Bob Burlingame 9–4–1
1972Bob Burlingame 8–7–1
1973Bob Burlingame 8–7
1974Bob Burlingame 7–11
1975Bob Burlingame 6–13
1976Bob Burlingame 10–13–1
1977Bob Burlingame 15–8
1978Bob Burlingame 9–9–2
1979Bob Burlingame 12–14
1980 Richard Skeel 7–12
1981 [b] Richard Skeel
1982Mark Collins 9–10
1983 [b] David Haight
1984Ed Zaloom 11–12–1
1985Ed Zaloom 12–13–1
1986Ed Zaloom 17–9
1987Ed Zaloom 18–9
1988Ed Zaloom 9–11
1989Ed Zaloom 8–13
1990Ed Zaloom 4–11
1991Ed Zaloom 12–12
1992Ed Zaloom 14–11
1993Ed Zaloom 11–7
1994Ed Zaloom 13–11
1995Doug O'Brey 9–21
NYSIAC/SUNYAC [a] :317–349–8
New England Collegiate Conference – DII (1996–1999)
1996Doug O'Brey 14–22–1
1997Doug O'Brey 19–17
1998Doug O'Brey 19–15
1999Doug O'Brey 21–21ECAC Tournament
NECC:73–75–1
Independent – DI (2000)
2000Jon Mueller 19–24
New York State Baseball Conference (2001)
2001Jon Mueller 15–323–7t-5th
America East Conference (2002–present)
2002 Jon Mueller 20–308–14t-6th
2003 Jon Mueller 20–3210–145th
2004 Jon Mueller 37–1414–7t-2nd America East tournament
2005 Jon Mueller 20–1910–11t-5th
2006 Jon Mueller 20–3212–104th America East tournament
2007 Jon Mueller 29–2913–113rd NCAA Regional
2008 Jon Mueller 17–37–110–146th
2009 Jon Mueller 26–31–115–92nd America East tournament
2010 Jon Mueller 13–4010–144th America East tournament
2011 Jon Mueller 21–3111–114th America East tournament
2012 Jon Mueller 22–32–116–82nd America East tournament
2013 Jon Mueller 23–2516–143rd America East tournament
2014 Jon Mueller 12–337–17t-6th
2015 Jon Mueller 14–287–136th
2016 Jon Mueller 23–309–155th America East tournament
2017 Jon Mueller 26–2610–134th America East tournament
2018 Jon Mueller 20–289–146th America East tournament
2019 Jon Mueller 28–2314–92nd America East tournament
2020 Jon Mueller 7–50–0Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Jon Mueller 22–2520–181st (Division A) America East tournament
2022 Jon Mueller 22–2511–19t-3rd (Division A) America East tournament
America East:476–631–3232–255
Total:895–1,092-12

      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

MLB draft

As of 2020, nine players have been selected from Albany in the Major League Baseball draft and none have reached the majors. The highest selections have been Michael Kenney (9th round, 211th overall in 1974) and Stephen Woods Jr. (8th round, 245th overall in 2016). [9]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 The SUNYAC was known as the New York State Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (NYSIAC) from 1959 to 1963.
  2. 1 2 Records unavailable.

References

  1. ↑ UAlbany Athletics Brand Guidelines (PDF). January 30, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Albany Great Danes". d1baseball.com. Archived from the original on 2013-04-23. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
  3. ↑ "Creighton Hammers Albany". Lincoln Journal Star. Associated Press. June 1, 2007. Archived from the original on May 23, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Annual Conference Standings". BoydsWorld.com. Boyd Nation. Archived from the original on April 24, 2013. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  5. ↑ "2013 America East Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). AmericaEast.com. America East Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 24, 2013. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  6. ↑ "2014 Albany Baseball Media Guide". Albany Sports Information. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  7. ↑ "History: Celebrating 55 Years of Athletic Excellence". SUNYAC.com. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  8. ↑ DePasquale, Brian. "Mueller Named Baseball Coach". Albany.edu. Archived from the original on May 10, 2013. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
  9. ↑ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from". Baseball-Reference.com . Sports Reference . Retrieved 30 December 2020.
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