Oregon Ducks baseball

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Oregon Ducks baseball
Baseball current event.svg 2025 Oregon Ducks baseball team
Oregon Ducks logo.svg
Founded1877, 148 years ago
University University of Oregon
Head coach Mark Wasikowski (6th season)
Conference Big Ten
Location Eugene, Oregon
Home stadium PK Park
(Capacity: 5,000)
Nickname Ducks
ColorsGreen and yellow [1]
   
College World Series appearances
1954
NCAA regional champions
2012, 2023, 2024
NCAA tournament appearances
1954, 1964, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Conference tournament champions
2023
Conference regular season champions
1918, 1928, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 2025

The Oregon Ducks baseball team represents the University of Oregon in NCAA Division I college baseball in the Big Ten Conference. The home games are played on campus at PK Park. [2]

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History

Oregon played its first baseball game in 1877 and established the program in 1885. [3]

The UO team made one College World Series appearance, in 1954, and was eliminated from the tournament after losing to Arizona and Massachusetts. A decade later in 1964, in the re-organized Athletic Association of Western Universities, Oregon was once again North Division champions, [4] [5] [6] but lost at defending national champion USC in the district finals (today's super-regionals). [7]

After the 1981 season, baseball and three other varsity sports were dropped by the university (men's gymnastics, women's golf, and women's soccer) due to a budget crisis, [3] [8] [9] and baseball became a club sport in March 1983. [10]

In July 2007, the university announced that it would again field a varsity baseball team, beginning with the 2009 season. One reason was the success of the rival Oregon State Beavers, [11] [12] [13] who had repeated as College World Series champions a month earlier.

In the Ducks' first game in PK Park, they defeated the defending national champions, the Fresno State Bulldogs, 1–0 on a walk-off single by senior Andrew Schmidt. A sellout crowd of 2,777 was on hand for the game. [14] After his eleventh season in 2019, head coach George Horton and the Ducks mutually agreed to part ways on May 28. [15] Two weeks later on June 11, it was announced that Mark Wasikowski was the successor; he was previously an assistant at Oregon from 2012 through 2016, then was the head coach at Purdue in the Big Ten Conference. [16] In his first full season as head coach of the Ducks, they hosted a regional as the 13th seed and finished second behind LSU.

Stadium

Hosting BYU in March 2011 Oregon Ducks baseball game vs BYU, 2011.jpg
Hosting BYU in March 2011

The Ducks previously played baseball at Howe Field ( 44°02′28″N123°04′26″W / 44.041°N 123.074°W / 44.041; -123.074 ), [9] south of McArthur Court, named in 1936 for Dr. Herbert Crombie Howe (1872–1940), the former chairman of the English department. Howe started teaching at UO in 1901 and was its original faculty representative to the Pacific Coast Conference in 1915, partially responsible for the league's founding. [17] When the university dropped baseball after the 1981 season, the succeeding club team continued at Howe; in 1987, the field was converted to use by the softball team and later remodeled and renamed Jane Sanders Stadium. [18] [19] [20] Softball was formerly played at Amazon Park, a city-owned park in Eugene. [21]

Baseball became a club sport in 1983 and Oregon was the only Pac-10 school without a varsity baseball program through 2008. Following the reinstatement of baseball, announced in 2007, [11] the university built PK Park, directly northeast of Autzen Stadium, formerly paved parking spaces. It opened for the Ducks in 2009 and since 2010, the park is also home for the minor league Eugene Emeralds of the High-A Northwest League, [2] whose season runs from April through early-September.

Yearly Awards

Pac-12 Player of the Year

Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year

Yearly results

Oregon notes their first year of baseball as 1877, with 1906 as the first recorded season. [22]

YearCoachRecordNotes
1906 J. B. Knapp
1907 Hugo Bezdek
1908 H. B. Leonard
1909 Tom Kelly 6–3–1
1910Tom Kelly6–4–1
1911Tom Kelly9–6
1912 Homer Jamison 8–0
1913Homer Jamison
1914Hugo Bezdek11–3
1915Hugo Bezdek6–3
1916Hugo Bezdek5–4
1917Hugo Bezdek
1918 Dean Walker 10–2
1919 Shy Huntington 1–6
1920Shy Huntington11–9
1921 George Bohler 6–13
1922George Bohler2–15
1923George Bohler3–15
1924 Bill Reinhart 6–12–1
1925Bill Reinhart5–7
1926Bill Reinhart4–4
1927Bill Reinhart3–9
1928Bill Reinhart11–4
1929Bill Reinhart8–9
1930Bill Reinhart15–7
1931Bill Reinhart8–10
1932Bill Reinhart5–10
1933Bill Reinhart7–6
1934Bill Reinhart16–6
1935Bill Reinhart14–8
1936 Howard Hobson 13–11
1937Howard Hobson13–3
1938Howard Hobson17–9
1939Howard Hobson20–7
1940Howard Hobson17–11
1941Howard Hobson15–6
1942Howard Hobson20–5
1943Howard Hobson15–7
1944Howard Hobson
1945Howard Hobson
1946Howard Hobson18–9–1
1947Howard Hobson19–7
1948 Don Kirsch 12–6
1949Don Kirsch18–7
1950Don Kirsch12–11
1951Don Kirsch14–14
1952Don Kirsch19–12
1953Don Kirsch15–4
1954Don Kirsch18–811–5 in PCC North Div., 1st place, [23] District 8 champion (now super regional), [24] College World Series, 7th (tie)
1955Don Kirsch18–8
1956Don Kirsch18–8
1957Don Kirsch24–9–1
1958Don Kirsch19–8
1959Don Kirsch19–11
1960Don Kirsch12–7
1961Don Kirsch19–9
1962Don Kirsch29–9–1
1963Don Kirsch25–7
1964Don Kirsch31–1111–5 in AAWU North Div., 1st place, [4] runner-up in District 8 (now super regional) [7]
1965Don Kirsch27–8–1
1966Don Kirsch21–18
1967Don Kirsch16–14
1968Don Kirsch25–15–1
1969Don Kirsch22–19
1970Don Kirsch
1971 Mel Krause 19–18
1972Mel Krause24–13
1973Mel Krause23–13
1974Mel Krause26–19
1975Mel Krause20–19
1976Mel Krause20–18
1977Mel Krause14–27
1978Mel Krause23–24
1979Mel Krause29–27–1
1980Mel Krause19–21
1981Mel Krause16–21does not include 2 wins vs. Lane CC – dropped program [3] [8]
No varsity team from 1982–2008 (27 seasons), club sport only
2009 George Horton 14–424–23 in Pac-10, 10th place
2010George Horton40–2413–14 in Pac-10, 5th place (tie), second at Regional
2011George Horton33–2611–16 in Pac-10, 8th place
2012George Horton46–1919–11 in Pac-12, 3rd place, hosted Regional and Super Regional
2013George Horton48–1622–8 in Pac-12, 2nd place, hosted Regional
2014George Horton44–2018–12 in Pac-12, 4th place, second at Regional
2015George Horton38–2516–14 in Pac-12, 6th place, third at Regional
2016George Horton29–2614–16 in Pac-12, 8th place (tie)
2017George Horton30–2512–18 in Pac-12, 8th place
2018George Horton26–2912–18 in Pac-12, 8th place (tie)
2019George Horton27–2910–19 in Pac-12, 9th place
2020 Mark Wasikowski 8–70–0 in Pac-12, *Season cancelled due to Covid-19
2021Mark Wasikowski39–1620–10 in Pac-12, 2nd Place, hosted Regional
2022 Mark Wasikowski36–2518–12 in Pac-12, 4th place, third at Regional
2023Mark Wasikowski41–2216–14 in Pac-12, 6th Place, hosted Super Regional
2024Mark Wasikowski40–2019–11 in Pac-12, 3rd Place, Super Regional

Oregon in the Pac-12 tournament

YearRecordPctSeedNotes
2022 0-2.004th
2023 4-01.006thTournament Champions
2024 0-2.004th

Oregon in the NCAA tournament

YearRecordPctNat'l
seed		Notes
1954 3–2.600  District 8 champion, College World Series (7th)
1964 0–2.000  District 8 runner-up (super regional)
2010 2–2.500 finished second in Regional
2012 4–2.6675 Regional and Super Regional host
2013 3–2.6008 Regional host
2014 2–2.500 finished second in Regional
2015 1–2.333finished third in Regional
2021 2–2.50013 Regional host
2022 1–2.333finished third in Regional
2023 4–2.667 Super Regional host
2024 3–2.600 Super Regional
2025 0–2.00012finished fourth in Regional
TOTALS25–22.532 

Former players

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Colors | University Communications". University of Oregon Brand and Style Guide. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  2. 1 2 May, Jacob (January 31, 2008). "Oregon unveils Duck baseball's Field of Dreams". Oregon Daily Emerald . (Eugene). Retrieved June 9, 2008.
  3. 1 2 3 Rodman, Bob (May 7, 1981). "A gloomy day for Ducks' oldest program". Eugene-Register Guard. (Oregon). p. 1C.
  4. 1 2 Harvey, Paul III (May 23, 1964). "Ducks clinch ND title". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  5. ↑ Strite, Dick (May 25, 1964). "Ducks can be as good as '54 team". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 3B.
  6. ↑ Harvey, Paul III (May 28, 1964). "Oregon, USC nines seek district crown". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 2B.
  7. 1 2 Harvey, Paul III (May 31, 1964). "USC dumps Oregon". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 3B.
  8. 1 2 "UO axes baseball, gymnastics". Eugene-Register Guard. (Oregon). May 7, 1981. p. 1C.
  9. 1 2 Rodman, Bob (May 27, 1982). "The question isn't what for Howe". Eugene-Register Guard. (Oregon). p. 1C.
  10. ↑ Rodman, Bob (March 1, 1983). "Oregon baseball* returns this weekend". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 5C.
  11. 1 2 "Baseball's back". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (editorial). July 14, 2007. p. A14.
  12. ↑ "University of Oregon is bringing back baseball". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). Associated Press. July 14, 2007. p. 1B.
  13. ↑ Smith, Jeff (July 14, 2007). "Baseball no longer a dead Duck". The Oregonian. (Portland). Retrieved July 14, 2007.
  14. ↑ "Schmidt's Walk-Off Upsets Defending Champs". GoDucks.com. February 27, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2009.
  15. ↑ James Crepea (May 28, 2019). "Oregon Ducks, baseball coach George Horton parting ways". www.oregonlive.com. Oregon Live LLC. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  16. ↑ James Crepea (June 11, 2019). "Oregon Ducks hire Purdue's Mark Wasikowski, former UO assistant, as baseball coach". www.oregonlive.com. Oregon Live LLC. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  17. ↑ "Now it's Howe Field". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. April 25, 1936. p. 2.
  18. ↑ "Howe Field". University of Oregon Athletics. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
  19. ↑ Kayfes, Dave (April 4, 1985). "UO baseball, out at home?". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  20. ↑ "Jane Sanders Stadium". University of Oregon Athletics. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
  21. ↑ "Wet weather stops baseball, softball". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). April 26, 1978. p. 6C.
  22. ↑ "2018 Record Book" (PDF). goducks.com. Oregon Ducks Athletics. pp. 1, 44. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  23. ↑ Strite, Dick (May 23, 1954). "Oregon blanks OSC nine for NCAA spot". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1C.
  24. ↑ Strite, Dick (June 1, 1954). "Oregon wins regional title". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 2B.
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