Missouri State Bears baseball

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Missouri State Bears
Baseball current event.svg 2025 Missouri State Bears baseball team
Missouri State Athletics wordmark.svg
Founded1964 (1964)
University Missouri State University
Head coach Joey Hawkins (1st season)
Conference Conference USA
Location Springfield, Missouri
Home stadium Hammons Field
(Capacity: 8,000)
Nickname Bears
ColorsMaroon and white [1]
   
College World Series appearances
2003
NCAA regional champions
2003, 2015, 2017
NCAA tournament appearances
1987, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022
Conference tournament champions
1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1996, 1997, 2015, 2018, 2022
Conference regular season champions
1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2025

The Missouri State Bears baseball team represents Missouri State University, which is located in Springfield, Missouri. The Bears are an NCAA Division I college baseball program that competes in Conference USA. They began competing in Division I in 1983 and joined the Missouri Valley Conference in 1991 after seven seasons with the Mid-Continent Conference. They joined Conference USA in 2025.

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The Missouri State Bears play all home games on campus at John Q. Hammons Field. Under the direction of former head coach Keith Guttin, the Bears have played in 12 NCAA Tournaments, and they reached the College World Series in 2003. Over their 29 seasons in the Missouri Valley Conference, they have won six MVC regular-season titles and four MVC tournaments.

Since the program's inception in 1964, 20 Bears have gone on to play in Major League Baseball, highlighted by three-time All-Star and 2006 NL MVP Ryan Howard.

Missouri State in the NCAA Tournament

YearRecordPctNotes
1987 0–2.000 West II Regional
1995 0–2.000 West Regional
1996 2–2.500 Central I Regional
1997 2–2.500 Central Regional
1999 2–2.500 Fayetteville Regional
2002 2–2.500 Lincoln Regional
2003 5-3.625 College World Series 7th Place , Columbus Super Regional Champions, Lincoln Regional Champions
2012 1–2.333 Coral Gables Regional
2015 4–2.667 Fayetteville Super Regional, hosted Springfield Regional
2017 3-3.500 Forth Worth Super Regional, Fayetteville Regional Champions
2018 1–2.333 Oxford Regional
2022 1–2.333 Stillwater Regional
TOTALS
23-26.469

References

  1. "Colors - Identity Standards - Missouri State University". February 5, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2016.