Illinois State Redbirds baseball

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Illinois State Redbirds Baseball
Baseball current event.svg 2025 Illinois State Redbirds baseball team
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Founded1890
University Illinois State University
Head coach Steve Holm (7th season)
Conference Missouri Valley
Location Normal, Illinois
Home stadium Duffy Bass Field
(Capacity: 1,000)
Nickname Redbirds
ColorsRed and white [1]
   
College World Series champions
1969 (College Division)
NCAA tournament appearances
2019, 2010, 1994, 1976
Conference tournament champions
2010, 1994

The Illinois State Redbirds baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. The team competes at the Division I level of the NCAA and is a member of the Missouri Valley Conference.

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History

The program's first year of competition was 1890. 16 players that played for Illinois State have played in Major League Baseball. [2]

Illinois State in the NCAA Tournament

YearRecordPctNotes
1976 1–2.333 Mideast Regional
1994 0–2.000 Midwest I Regional
2010 1–2.333 Louisville Regional
2019 2–2.500 Louisville Regional
TOTALS
4–8.333

Stadium

Illinois State plays at Duffy Bass Field, a 1,000-seat (1,200 including non-seating areas) facility located in the northwest corner of the university's campus in Normal. The field is named for the school's winningest baseball coach in its history. [3]

Head coaches

Records are through the end of the 2024 season

Year(s)CoachSeasonsW-L-TPct
1909 George Binnewies 19–1.900
1911–1923 Harrison Russell 1327–54–1.329
1924–1932 Clifford Horton 943–61.414
1933–1946 Howard Hancock 14120–112–2.513
1947–1963Harold Frye17224–207–2.517
1964–1988Duffy Bass25713–457–18.600
1989–2002Jeff Stewart14380–403–1.485
2003–2009 Jim Brownlee 7157–208.430
2010–2014 Mark Kingston 5173–102.629
2015–2018 Bo Durkac 482-134.380
2019–present Steve Holm 6136–157.464
Totals11 coaches116 seasons2,057–1,887–24.521

Redbirds in the Major Leagues

= MLB All-Star
AthleteYears in MLBMLB Teams
Ed Kinsella 1905, 1910 Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Browns
Buzz Capra 1971–1977 New York Mets, Atlanta Braves
Dave Bergman 1975, 1977–1992 New York Yankees, Houston Astros, San Francisco Giants, Detroit Tigers
Tom Wieghaus 1981, 1983–1984 Montreal Expos, Houston Astros
Paul Wagner 1992–1999Pittsburgh Pirates, Milwaukee Brewers, Cleveland Indians
Dan Kolb 1999-2007 Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers, Atlanta Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates
Matt Herges 1999–2009 Los Angeles Dodgers, Montreal Expos, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants, Arizona Diamondbacks, Florida Marlins, Colorado Rockies, Cleveland Indians
Jason Karnuth 2001, 2005 St. Louis Cardinals, Detroit Tigers
Eric Eckenstahler 2002–2003Detroit Tigers
Jason Pearson 2002–2003San Diego Padres, St. Louis Cardinals
Neal Cotts 2003–2009, 2013–2015 Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins
Jeremy Accardo 2005–2012San Francisco Giants, Toronto Blue Jays, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, Oakland Athletics
Brock Stewart 2016–presentLos Angeles Dodgers, Toronto Blue Jays, Minnesota Twins
Paul DeJong 2017–presentSt. Louis Cardinals, Toronto Blue Jays, San Francisco Giants, Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Royals
Ryan Court 2019 Seattle Mariners
Owen Miller 2021–presentCleveland Guardians, Milwaukee Brewers, Colorado Rockies

Source: Illinois State media guide [2]

References

  1. ↑ Redbird Athletics Identity Manual (PDF). November 29, 2018. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). Illinois State University Athletics . p. 8. Retrieved June 16, 2025.
  3. ↑ Kindred, Randy (March 14, 2007). "Former ISU coaching icon dies". The Pantagraph . Retrieved June 22, 2018.
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