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Founded | 1948 |
University | Binghamton University |
Head coach | Tim Sinicki (32nd season) |
Conference | America East |
Location | Vestal, New York |
Home stadium | Baseball Complex (Capacity: 1,000) |
Nickname | Bearcats |
Colors | Dark green, white, and black [1] |
NCAA Tournament appearances | |
2009, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2022 | |
Conference tournament champions | |
2009, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2022 | |
Regular season conference champions | |
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2017 |
The Binghamton Bearcats baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Binghamton University in Vestal, 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. The team plays its home games at Varsity Field in Vestal, New York. The Bearcats are coached by Tim Sinicki.
Year | Record | Pct | Notes |
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2009 | 1–2 | .333 | Greenville Regional |
2013 | 0–2 | .000 | Raleigh Regional |
2014 | 0–2 | .000 | Stillwater Regional |
2016 | 0–2 | .000 | College Station Regional |
2022 | 0–2 | .000 | Stanford Regional |
TOTALS | 1-10 | .091 |
Below is a table of the program's yearly records since its inception. [3] [4] [5]
Season | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Independent (1948–1973) | |||||||||
1948 | Bob Redman | 5–6 | |||||||
1949 | Andy Cook | 0–3 | |||||||
1950 | Andy Cook | 2–7 | |||||||
1951 | Andy Cook | 2–6–1 | |||||||
1952 | Dick Hoover | 1–6 | |||||||
No program (1953–1961) | |||||||||
Independent (1962–1973) | |||||||||
1962 | Dave Henderson | 0–5 | |||||||
1963 | Dave Henderson | 2–2 | |||||||
1964 | John Affleck | 2–8 | |||||||
1965 | John Affleck | 5–3–1 | |||||||
1966 | John Affleck | 4–7 | |||||||
1967 | John Affleck | 3–6 | |||||||
1968 | John Affleck | 5–6 | |||||||
1969 | John Affleck | 3–8 | |||||||
1970 | John Affleck | 6–7 | |||||||
1971 | John Affleck | 10–6 | |||||||
1972 | John Affleck | 8–5 | |||||||
1973 | Tim Schum | 15–7 | |||||||
State University of New York Athletic Conference (1974–1997) | |||||||||
1974 | Tim Schum | 14–16 | |||||||
1975 | Tim Schum | 19–16 | ECAC Tournament | ||||||
1976 | Tim Schum | 14–14 | ECAC Tournament | ||||||
1977 | Tim Schum | 20–12 | ECAC Tournament | ||||||
1978 | Tim Schum | 20–11 | |||||||
1979 | Dave van Woert | 15–13 | |||||||
1980 | Jerry Bracken/ Greg Partigianoni | 14–24 | |||||||
1981 | Greg Partigianoni | 7–28 | |||||||
1982 | Dan McCormack | 9–21 | |||||||
1983 | Dan McCormack | 7–22 | |||||||
1984 | Dan McCormack | 17–25 | |||||||
1985 | Dan McCormack | 12–13 | |||||||
1986 | Dan McCormack | 10–14–1 | |||||||
1987 | Dan McCormack | 10–21 | |||||||
1988 | Dan McCormack | 19–11 | |||||||
1989 | Dan McCormack | 8–11 | |||||||
1990 | Dan McCormack | 11–15 | |||||||
1991 | Dan McCormack | 5–27 | |||||||
1992 | Dan McCormack | 9–16 | |||||||
1993 | Tim Sinicki | 12–14 | 4–8 | 3rd (East) | |||||
1994 | Tim Sinicki | 17–15 | 7–5 | 2nd (East) | |||||
1995 | Tim Sinicki | 20–17 | 7–5 | 2nd (East) | ECAC Tournament | ||||
1996 | Tim Sinicki | 19–16 | 6–6 | 2nd (East) | ECAC Tournament | ||||
1997 | Tim Sinicki | 26–10–1 | 8–4 | 2nd (East) | ECAC Tournament | ||||
Independent (1998) | |||||||||
1998 | Tim Sinicki | 14–18–1 | |||||||
Division III: | 421–518–5 | 32–28 [lower-alpha 1] | |||||||
New England Collegiate Conference (DII) (1999–2000) | |||||||||
1999 | Tim Sinicki | 17–22 | 8–10 | 6th | |||||
2000 | Tim Sinicki | 26–19 | 9–5 | 3rd | ECAC Tournament | ||||
Division II: | 43–41 | 17–15 | |||||||
New York State Baseball Conference (DI) (2001–2001) | |||||||||
2001 | Tim Sinicki | 19–26–1 | 5–5 | 2nd | NYSBC Tournament | ||||
America East Conference (2002–present) | |||||||||
2002 | Tim Sinicki | 17–34 | 8–12 | 5th | |||||
2003 | Tim Sinicki | 10–40–1 | 2–20 | 7th | |||||
2004 | Tim Sinicki | 22–21 | 9–11 | 6th | |||||
2005 | Tim Sinicki | 23–26–1 | 12–8 | 4th | America East tournament | ||||
2006 | Tim Sinicki | 27–23–1 | 12–11 | 5th | |||||
2007 | Tim Sinicki | 28–19 | 17–5 | 1st | America East tournament | ||||
2008 | Tim Sinicki | 29–26 | 15–8 | 1st | America East tournament | ||||
2009 | Tim Sinicki | 30–22 | 13–7 | 1st | NCAA Greenville Regional | ||||
2010 | Tim Sinicki | 31–20 | 21–3 | 1st | America East tournament | ||||
2011 | Tim Sinicki | 21–28 | 13–10 | 3rd | America East tournament | ||||
2012 | Tim Sinicki | 23–26 | 13–9 | 3rd | America East tournament | ||||
2013 | Tim Sinicki | 30–25 | 16–13 | 2nd | NCAA Raleigh Regional | ||||
2014 | Tim Sinicki | 25–27 | 11–12 | 2nd | NCAA Stillwater Regional | ||||
2015 | Tim Sinicki | 17–24–2 | 6–16–1 | 7th | |||||
2016 | Tim Sinicki | 30–25 | 19–5 | 1st | NCAA College Station Regional | ||||
2017 | Tim Sinicki | 30–11 | 15–4 | 1st | |||||
2018 | Tim Sinicki | 18-30-1 | 9-15 | 7th | |||||
2019 | Tim Sinicki | 24-26 | 12-9 | 3rd | America East tournament | ||||
2020 | Tim Sinicki | 5-7 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | ||||||
2021 | Tim Sinicki | 16-20 | 16-20 | 3rd (Division B) | |||||
2022 | Tim Sinicki | 22-29 | 15-15 | 2nd (Division B) | NCAA Stanford Regional | ||||
Division I: | 497–535–7 | 259–225–1 | |||||||
Total: | 961–1094–12 | ||||||||
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