St. Bonaventure Bonnies baseball

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St. Bonaventure Bonnies baseball
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University St. Bonaventure University
Head coach Jason Rathbun (3rd season)
Conference Atlantic 10
Location St. Bonaventure, New York
Home stadium Fred Handler Park
Nickname Bonnies
ColorsBrown and white [1]
   
NCAA Tournament appearances
2004
Conference tournament champions
A-10: 2004
Regular season conference champions
A-10 East: 2000, 2002

The St. Bonaventure Bonnies baseball team (formerly the St. Bonaventure Brown Indians) is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of St. Bonaventure University in St. Bonaventure, New York, United States. [2] The team is a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The team plays its home games at Fred Handler Park in St. Bonaventure, New York. The Bonnies are coached by Jason Rathbun.

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NCAA Tournament

St. Bonaventure has participated in the NCAA Division I baseball tournament once.

YearRegionRoundOpponentResult
2004 Coral Gables RegionalFirst Round
Lower Round 1
Miami
Florida Atlantic
L 3–6
L 2–14

Year-by-year results

Below is an incomplete table of St. Bonaventure's yearly records. It contains information dating only to 1984, when the program began competing in the Atlantic 10 Conference.

Statistics overview
SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Records unavailable (1882–1959)
Independent (1960–1968)
1960Fred Handler 0–4
1961Fred Handler 9–4
1962Fred Handler 5–5
1963Fred Handler 8–4
1964Fred Handler 5–6
1965Fred Handler 4–8
1966Fred Handler 4–5–1
1967Fred Handler 4–6
1968Fred Handler 4–6
Records Unavailable (1969)
Independent (1970–1971)
1970Fred Handler 4–12–1
1971Fred Handler 5–9
Records Unavailable (1972–1983)
Atlantic 10 Conference (1984–present)
1984Jim Pransky 6–19–10–125th (West)
1985Jim Pransky 17–131–84th (West)
1986Larry Sudbrook 13–262–94th (West)
1987Larry Sudbrook 11–184–104th (West)
1988Larry Sudbrook 26–217–94th (West)
1989Larry Sudbrook 9–254–104th (West)
1990Larry Sudbrook 22–19–17–93rd (West)
1991Larry Sudbrook 28–14–37–94th (West)
1992Larry Sudbrook 6–35 [a] 1–154th (West)
1993Larry Sudbrook 18–22–18–127th
1994Larry Sudbrook 27–1811–104th A-10 tournament
1995Larry Sudbrook 22–23–112–93rd A-10 tournament
1996Larry Sudbrook 19–1910–103rd (East)
1997Larry Sudbrook 19–269–12T-3rd (East)
1998Larry Sudbrook 21–218–10T-3rd (East)
1999Larry Sudbrook 24–2210–11T-3rd (East)
2000Larry Sudbrook 26–1613–81st (East) A-10 tournament
2001Larry Sudbrook 26–1912–105th
2002 Larry Sudbrook 30–1316–71st (East) A-10 tournament
2003 Larry Sudbrook 22–19–19–113rd (East)
2004 Larry Sudbrook 29–2214–72nd (East) NCAA Regional
2005 Larry Sudbrook 24–258–16T-4th (East)
2006 [3] Larry Sudbrook 29–2121–102nd A-10 tournament
2007 [4] Larry Sudbrook 26–2615–116th A-10 tournament
2008 [5] Larry Sudbrook 33–2515–146th A-10 tournament
2009 [6] Larry Sudbrook 27–2710–17T-11th
2010 [7] Larry Sudbrook 17–318–1914th
2011 [8] Larry Sudbrook 23–2313–11T-5th
2012 [9] Larry Sudbrook 23–2510–148th
2013 [10] Larry Sudbrook 20–289–1511th
2014 Larry Sudbrook 12–306–1712th
2015 Larry Sudbrook 16–28–23–2113th
2016 Larry Sudbrook 26–22–111-138th
2017 Larry Sudbrook 26-2215-83rd A-10 tournament
2018 Larry Sudbrook 10-336-1511th
A-10:722–792–13 [b] 310–444
Total:722–729–13 [c]

      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

  1. St. Bonaventure went 22–19 in 1992 but vacated 16 wins for using an ineligible player.
  2. Records incomplete.
  3. Records incomplete.

Major League Baseball

St. Bonaventure has had 17 Major League Baseball Draft selections since the draft began in 1965. [11]

Bonnies in the Major League Baseball Draft
YearPlayerRoundTeam
1967 George Carter52 Mets
1991 Marc Tramuta45 Dodgers
1993 Jon Phillips19 Astros
1994 Christopher Kurek46 Red Sox
1994 Brian Titus23 Brewers
1997 Ryan LaMattina58 Mets
1998 Ryan LaMattina22 Rockies
1999 Vance Cozier17 Giants
2000 Aaron Bouie22 Orioles
2006 John Zinnicker35 Blue Jays
2007 Brian Pellegrini12 Astros
2010 Jesse Bosnik13 Dodgers
2015 Steven Klimek33 Orioles
2016 Darius Vines 32 Astros
2016 Connor Grey 20 Diamondbacks
2017 Cole Peterson13 Tigers
2017 Aaron Phillips9 Giants

See also

References

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  2. "St. Bonaventure Bonnies". d1baseball.com. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
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  7. "2010 Schedule - St. Bonaventure". Gobonnies.sbu.edu. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
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  10. "St. Bonaventure - Season Statistics - St. Bonaventure". Gobonnies.sbu.edu. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  11. "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "St. Bonaventure University (St. Bonaventure, NY)"". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved 2015-06-13.