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Founded | 1896 |
Conference history | Independent (1896–1922) Southwest (1923–1996) WAC (1997–2001) Conference USA (2002–2005) Mountain West (2006–2012) |
Overall record | 2,215–1,663–25 |
University | Texas Christian University |
Head coach | Kirk Saarloos (3rd season) |
Conference | Big 12 |
Location | Fort Worth, Texas |
Home stadium | Lupton Stadium (Capacity: 4,500) |
Nickname | Horned Frogs |
Colors | Purple and white [1] |
College World Series appearances | |
2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2023 | |
NCAA regional champions | |
2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2023 | |
NCAA Tournament appearances | |
1956, 1994, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 | |
Conference tournament champions | |
CUSA: 2004, 2005 MWC: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 Big 12: 2014, 2016, 2021, 2023 | |
Regular season conference champions | |
SWC: 1933, 1956, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1972, 1994 CUSA: 2004, 2005 MWC: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Big 12: 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022 |
The TCU Horned Frogs baseball team represents Texas Christian University in NCAA Division I baseball. The Frogs have competed in the Big 12 Conference since 2013 and previously competed in the Mountain West, Conference USA, Western Athletic Conference and Southwest Conference. Since February 2003, the Horned Frogs have played their home games at Lupton Stadium, located on the TCU campus in Fort Worth, Texas. The Frogs are led by head coach Kirk Saarloos.
TCU has fielded a baseball team since 1896, before the university found its permanent home in Fort Worth. The Horned Frog baseball team began playing baseball in the Southwest Conference (SWC) when it became a member of the conference in 1923. In their inaugural SWC season, the Frogs finished the year with a 13–11 overall record and a 2–10 conference record. [2]
In 1933 Dutch Meyer, most noted for his tenure as head coach of the two-time national champion football team, led TCU to its first SWC title with a 9–1 record. The Horned Frogs went on to win 4 more SWC titles in 1956, 1966, 1967 and 1994. The SWC baseball tournament began in 1977, but the Horned Frogs never earned a conference tournament title before the SWC dissolved following the 1996 baseball season.
The dissolution of the SWC in 1996 touched off a period of instability for the Horned Frogs that lasted nearly two decades, during which they made stops in six conferences. Following the dissolution of the SWC, the TCU Horned Frogs first joined the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). During the 1997 and 1998 seasons, TCU competed in the WAC South Division with the New Mexico Lobos, UNLV Rebels, and former SWC member Rice Owls. The Horned Frogs made two appearances in the WAC baseball tournament in the team's five seasons as a member of the WAC. Eight WAC member schools joined with schools from several other conferences to form the new Mountain West Conference (MWC) in 2000. Two seasons later, TCU joined the Houston Cougars, another former SWC member, in entering Conference USA (C-USA) for the 2002 season.
Longtime TCU head coach Lance Brown, a SWC hall-of-famer as both a TCU player and TCU coach, retired after the 2003 season. Through his career as TCU's skipper, Brown notched a school-record 517 wins. After Brown's departure, TCU would go on to make several more conference moves in the early 2000s and see an emergence of its baseball program as a perennial national power.
Jim Schlossnagle was hired as TCU's head coach in 2003 and coached his first season at TCU in Spring 2004. His impact was immediate. Former Head Coach Lance Brown had recruited several exceptional classes, which allowed Schlossnagle to coach his first TCU team to the program's first regular season conference championship in a decade, its first conference tournament championship in history, and its first NCAA tournament appearance since 1994. Under Schlossnagle, conference championships began piling up year after year, in conference after conference. Schlossnagle's Horned Frogs repeated as C-USA regular season and tournament champions in 2005, and once again earned a berth to the NCAA tournament.
Prior to the 2006 season, conference realignment again led TCU to change conferences as eight other C-USA members changed conference homes. The Horned Frogs joined the Mountain West Conference (MWC), where the Frogs competed for seven years (2006–2012). In each season in the MWC, TCU advanced to the NCAA tournament and won at least a share of the Mountain West regular season title. In those seven years, TCU also won four MWC Tournament championships. During this era, TCU won its first-ever NCAA Regional Championship in 2009, and repeated the feat in 2010 and 2012. In 2009, the Horned Frogs advanced to its first NCAA Super Regional, where the Texas Longhorns eliminated TCU from the Tournament. In 2010, TCU and Texas met again in an NCAA Super Regional, but the Horned Frogs emerged from the rematch—advancing to the College World Series for the first time in school history. TCU compiled a 3–2 record in its first CWS appearance, eventually falling in the national semifinal to UCLA.
In 2011, the MWC Champion Horned Frogs were eliminated from the NCAA tournament in the Fort Worth Regional, but TCU came storming back in 2012 by winning the College Station Regional over host Texas A&M. TCU advanced to the 2012 Los Angeles Super Regional, where they were again eliminated from NCAA tournament play by the Bruins.
After 16 combined seasons wandering through the Western Athletic Conference, Conference USA and Mountain West Conference (and after brief plan to join the Big East Conference), the Horned Frogs rejoined three former SWC rivals, the Baylor Bears, Texas Longhorns, and Texas Tech Red Raiders, as members of the Big 12 Conference. Pre-season expectations for the Horned Frogs were high after the 2012 Super Regional run, but TCU finished their inaugural season in the Big 12 with a 29–28 record. This season marked the first and only time under Jim Schlossnagle that the Horned Frogs failed to make the NCAA tournament and win a conference title.
The Horned Frogs showed tremendous improvement in their second year in the Big 12. TCU finished the 2014 regular season in second place and swept through the 2014 Big 12 tournament, 4–0, to earn the Big 12 Tournament title. This was the first Big 12 championship won by any TCU team since joining the league on July 1, 2012. The late-season surge earned TCU a coveted National Seed for the first time in the program's long history. TCU hosted and won the 2014 Fort Worth NCAA Regional. Then, as a National Seed, TCU earned the right to host its first Super Regional. The 2014 Fort Worth NCAA Super Regional matched the TCU Horned Frogs against the Pepperdine Waves, winners of the 2014 San Luis Obispo NCAA Regional. The Horned Frogs took 2 of 3 in the Super Regional series to advance to the 2014 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. In this, their second CWS appearance in program history, TCU notched a 1–2 record after winning its opening games versus Texas Tech, then falling to Virginia and Ole Miss.
In 2015, TCU earned its first Big 12 Regular season Baseball Championship. The Horned Frogs were the fifth different team in as many years to win the conference title, and their victory marked the ninth time in Big 12 history that the prior year's Tournament champion went on to win the following year's regular season crown. During the regular season, head coach Jim Schlossnagle notched his 200th conference win and 500th total win as TCU's head coach. The Frogs won their second NCAA Regional of the Big 12 era by defeating North Carolina State, and then hosted and defeated Texas A&M in the 2015 Fort Worth Super Regional to advance to the 2015 College World Series. This season marked the 11th season in 12 years that TCU won either a regular season or conference tournament championship, the fifth time in seven years that the Horned Frogs advanced to a Super Regional, and the third time in six years that TCU advanced to the College World Series.
After significant roster turnover due to graduation and the MLB Draft, 2016 was expected to be a rebuilding year for the Horned Frogs, yet TCU won the 2016 Big 12 Tournament and was selected to host and won their third consecutive NCAA Regional. The Frogs advanced to the College Station Super Regional, where they defeated Texas A&M to advance to the College World Series for the third consecutive year.
On June 9, 2021, Schlossnagle was named the head baseball coach of the Texas A&M Aggies, leaving the Horned Frogs. [3]
Schlossnagle’s longtime TCU pitching coach, Kirk Saarloos, took over the program after Schlossnagle left for Texas A&M.
In 2022, the Horned Frogs won the Big 12 regular season championship and made an appearance in the College Station Regional. Saarloos was awarded Big 12 Coach of the Year.
In 2023, the Horned Frogs finished 4th in the Big 12 regular season. They won the Big 12 Tournament championship, the Fayetteville regional against national #3 seed, Arkansas, and the Fort Worth Super regional against national #14 seed, Indiana State to clinch the program’s sixth College World Series appearance.
Since Lupton Stadium opened in 2003, annual total and average attendance for TCU baseball has steadily increased from approximately 1,500 fans per game to over 4,000 fans per game. The increase in attendance has coincided with the Horned Frogs’ 2010, 2014, 2015 and 2016 College World Series appearances and the 2010 Lupton Stadium seating expansion.
Total and average attendance at Lupton Stadium has ranked in the top 15 for NCAA home games since TCU's 2011 season. In 2015, TCU and Lupton ranked 8th nationally in total attendance, 10th national in average attendance, and led all private schools in the nation in total and average attendance.
Year | Home Games | Total Attendance | Natl. Rank by Total | Private School Rank by Total | Average Attendance | Natl. Rank by Average | Private School Rank by Average |
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2003 [4] | 28 | 38,581 | 34 | 7 | 1,378 | 34 | 9 |
2004 [5] | 28 | 34,657 | 44 | 9 | 1,238 | 44 | 9 |
2005 [6] | 30 | 46,848 | 35 | 9 | 1,562 | 33 | 7 |
2006 [7] | 26 | 40,158 | 43 | 11 | 1,545 | 38 | 8 |
2007 [8] | 29 | 51,373 | 37 | 9 | 1,771 | 35 | 7 |
2008 [9] | 33 | 63,959 | 26 | 6 | 1,938 | 29 | 6 |
2009 [10] | 32 | 71,054 | 26 | 5 | 2,220 | 27 | 4 |
2010 [11] | 29 | 90,687 | 22 | 4 | 3,127 | 19 | 2 |
2011 [12] | 36 | 149,333 | 11 | 1 | 4,148 | 10 | 2 |
2012 [13] | 32 | 131,610 | 11 | 1 | 4,112 | 11 | 2 |
2013 [14] | 30 | 107,117 | 13 | 2 | 3,570 | 11 | 2 |
2014 [15] | 34 | 121,957 | 12 | 1 | 3,587 | 13 | 1 |
2015 [16] | 36 | 147,335 | 8 | 1 | 4,092 | 10 | 1 |
2016 [17] | 31 | 132,796 | 13 | 1 | 4,284 | 11 | 1 |
The record attendance of 8,994 was set on June 10, 2023 when TCU hosted Indiana State in a 3-game NCAA Super Regional, surpassing the previous record of 8,812 set just one day earlier. 8,994 also set a new record for the largest crowd on a college campus for any school in Texas. [18]
Season | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Independent (1896–1922) | |||||||||
1896 | Unknown | 4–0–1 | |||||||
1897 | Alexander Easley | 2–4 | |||||||
1898 | Unknown | 1–0 | |||||||
1899 | Unknown | 1–1 | |||||||
1900 | Unknown | 2–0 | |||||||
1901 | Unknown | 2–0 | |||||||
1902 | Unknown | 0–2 | |||||||
1903 | Unknown | 7–3 | |||||||
1904 | Unknown | 7–5 | |||||||
1905 | Unknown | 10–3 | |||||||
1906 | Unknown | 10–3 | |||||||
1907 | Ellis Hardy | 9–9 | |||||||
1908 | Ellis Hardy | 20–6–2 | |||||||
1909 | Ellis Hardy | 18–2–2 | |||||||
1910 | Ellis Hardy | 10–1 | |||||||
1911 | M. A. Baldwin | 8–6 | |||||||
1912 | Henry Lever | 12–14 | |||||||
1913 | William Nance | 17–5–1 | |||||||
1914 | William Nance | 17–5–1 | |||||||
1915 | Fred Moore | 1–11 | |||||||
1916 | Ewing Freeland | 9–7 | |||||||
1917 | Unknown | 6–4 | |||||||
1918 | Unknown | 9–4 | |||||||
1919 | Fred Cahoon | 12–6 | |||||||
1920 | Fred Cahoon | 11–6–2 | |||||||
1921 | William Nance | 20–2 | |||||||
1922 | William Nance | 13–0 | |||||||
Southwest Conference (1923–1996) | |||||||||
1923 | William Nance | 13–11 | 2–10 | 7th | |||||
1924 | William Nance | 11–7 | 11–7 | 2nd | |||||
1925 | William Nance | 9–3–2 | 9–3 | 2nd | |||||
1926 | Dutch Meyer | 14–5 | 8–3 | 3rd | |||||
1927 | Dutch Meyer | 7–13 | 7–13 | 4th | |||||
1928 | Dutch Meyer | 7–13 | 6–12 | 4th | |||||
1929 | Dutch Meyer | 8–12 | 8–12 | 4th | |||||
1930 | Dutch Meyer | 13–5 | 13–5 | 2nd | |||||
1931 | Dutch Meyer | 1–9–1 | 1–9–1 | 6th | |||||
1932 | Dutch Meyer | 6–4 | 6–4 | 3rd | |||||
1933 | Dutch Meyer | 9–1 | 9–1 | 1st | |||||
1934 | Dutch Meyer | 8–6 | 6–6 | 3rd | |||||
1935 | Raymond Wolf | 8–11–1 | 4–8 | 4th | |||||
1936 | Raymond Wolf | 9–10 | 8–7 | 3rd | |||||
1937 | Howard Grubbs | 7–9 | 6–9 | 4th | |||||
1938 | Howard Grubbs | 3–11 | 3–11 | 5th | |||||
1939 | Howard Grubbs | 5–11 | 5–11 | T–4th | |||||
1940 | Walter Roach | 5–10 | 4–10 | 5th | |||||
1941 | Walter Roach | 1–14 | 1–14 | 6th | |||||
1942 | Walter Roach | 2–13 | 2–12 | 6th | |||||
No Team Fielded: World War II (1943–1944) | |||||||||
1945 | Dutch Meyer | 7–4 | 7–4 | 2nd | |||||
1946 | Walter Roach | 3–15 | 3–12 | 6th | |||||
1947 | Walter Roach | 4–15 | 3–12 | 6th | |||||
1948 | Walter Roach | 8–13 | 1–13 | 6th | |||||
1949 | Walter Roach | 6–14 | 4–9 | 5th | |||||
1950 | Walter Roach | 14–9 | 7–8 | 4th | |||||
1951 | Walter Roach | 10–11 | 8–7 | 3rd | |||||
1952 | Walter Roach | 13–12 | 8–7 | 3rd | |||||
1953 | Walter Roach | 7–15 | 2–11 | 6th | |||||
1954 | Walter Roach | 12–13 | 8–7 | 3rd | |||||
1955 | Walter Roach | 8–13–2 | 2–13–2 | 6th | |||||
1956 | Dutch Meyer | 18–8 | 13–2 | 1st | NCAA District 6, L 0–2 | ||||
1957 | Dutch Meyer | 8–4 | 8–4 | 2nd | |||||
1958 | Clyde McDowell | 6–12 | 4–9 | 5th | |||||
1959 | Clyde McDowell | 11–13 | 4–10 | 6th | |||||
1960 | Clyde McDowell | 3–13–2 | 3–11 | 5th | |||||
1961 | Clyde McDowell | 7–16 | 6–8 | T–4th | |||||
1962 | Frank Windegger | 12–11 | 6–9 | 4th | |||||
1963 | Frank Windegger | 21–4 | 12–3 | T–1st | |||||
1964 | Frank Windegger | 11–12 | 5–8 | 4th | |||||
1965 | Frank Windegger | 12–13 | 4–11 | 6th | |||||
1966 | Frank Windegger | 21–9–1 | 9–6 | T–1st | |||||
1967 | Frank Windegger | 20–9–1 | 10–5 | T–1st | |||||
1968 | Frank Windegger | 20–9 | 13–5 | 2nd | |||||
1969 | Frank Windegger | 22–8 | 9–6 | 2nd | |||||
1970 | Frank Windegger | 17–15 | 9–8 | 4th | |||||
1971 | Frank Windegger | 22–19 | 9–8 | 4th | |||||
1972 | Frank Windegger | 29–13 | 12–6 | T–1st | |||||
1973 | Frank Windegger | 31–12 | 12–7 | 2nd | |||||
1974 | Frank Windegger | 31–17 | 14–10 | 3rd | |||||
1975 | Frank Windegger | 29–17 | 12–12 | 3rd | |||||
1976 | Roger Williams | 22–24 | 8–15 | 8th | |||||
1977 | Willie Maxwell | 22–22–1 | 9–13–1 | 7th | |||||
1978 | Willie Maxwell | 18–29–1 | 7–17 | 8th | |||||
1979 | Willie Maxwell | 21–24 | 7–17 | 8th | |||||
1980 | Willie Maxwell | 19–28–2 | 7–14 | 7th | |||||
1981 | Willie Maxwell | 27–19 | 9–12 | 6th | |||||
1982 | Willie Maxwell | 16–25–2 | 4–15–1 | 8th | |||||
1983 | Willie Maxwell | 26–25 | 6–15 | 7th | |||||
1984 | Bragg Stockton | 25–22 | 6–15 | T–7th | |||||
1985 | Bragg Stockton | 35–17 | 9–12 | 6th | |||||
1986 | Bragg Stockton | 31–29 | 5–16 | T–7th | |||||
1987 | Lance Brown | 24–35 | 4–17 | 8th | |||||
1988 | Lance Brown | 27–32 | 8–13 | 5th | |||||
1989 | Lance Brown | 37–22 | 7–14 | T–6th | |||||
1990 | Lance Brown | 27–32 | 4–17 | 8th | |||||
1991 | Lance Brown | 34–25 | 10–11 | T–4th | SWC Tournament, L 2–2 | ||||
1992 | Lance Brown | 25–30 | 14–22 | 6th | |||||
1993 | Lance Brown | 34–22 | 5–13 | 6th | |||||
1994 | Lance Brown | 38–22 | 14–4 | 1st | SWC Tournament, L 0–2 NCAA Midwest I Regional, L 1–2 | ||||
1995 | Lance Brown | 27–29 | 11–13 | 5th | |||||
1996 | Lance Brown | 34–33 | 11–13 | T–4th | SWC Tournament, L 1–2 | ||||
Western Athletic Conference (1997–2001) | |||||||||
1997 | Lance Brown | 26–27 | 15–15 | 2nd (South) | |||||
1998 | Lance Brown | 33–23 | 18–11 | 2nd (South) | WAC Tournament, L 0–2 | ||||
1999 | Lance Brown | 32–26 | 19–10 | 2nd | WAC Tournament, L 3–2 | ||||
2000 | Lance Brown | 22–34 | 12–18 | 5th | |||||
2001 | Lance Brown | 32–28 | 21–15 | 3rd | |||||
Conference USA (2002–2005) | |||||||||
2002 | Lance Brown | 30–29 | 35–22 | 3rd | C-USA tournament, L 1–2 | ||||
2003 | Lance Brown | 35–22 | 22–8 | 2nd | C-USA tournament, L 0–2 | ||||
2004 | Jim Schlossnagle | 39–26 | 19–11 | 4th | C-USA tournament, W 5–1 NCAA Austin Regional, L 1–2 | ||||
2005 | Jim Schlossnagle | 41–20 | 20–10 | T–2nd | C-USA tournament, W 3–0 NCAA Waco Regional, L 1–2 | ||||
Mountain West Conference (2006–2012) | |||||||||
2006 | Jim Schlossnagle | 39–23 | 17–5 | 1st | MWC tournament, W 3–0 NCAA Norman Regional, L 1–2 | ||||
2007 | Jim Schlossnagle | 48–14 | 20–3 | 1st | MWC tournament, W 3–0 NCAA Houston Regional, L 2–2 | ||||
2008 | Jim Schlossnagle | 44–19 | 19–5 | 1st | MWC tournament, W 4–1 NCAA Stillwater Regional, L 1–2 | ||||
2009 | Jim Schlossnagle | 40–18 | 15–5 | 1st | MWC tournament, L 1–2 NCAA Fort Worth Regional, W 3–0 NCAA Austin Super Regional, L 1–2 | ||||
2010 | Jim Schlossnagle | 54–14 | 19–5 | 1st | MWC tournament, W 3–0 NCAA Fort Worth Regional, W 3–0 NCAA Austin Super Regional, W 2–1 NCAA College World Series, L 3–2 | ||||
2011 | Jim Schlossnagle | 43–19 | 20–3 | 1st | MWC tournament, L 1–2 NCAA Fort Worth Regional, L 1–2 | ||||
2012 | Jim Schlossnagle | 40–22 | 18–6 | T–1st | MWC tournament, L 1–2 NCAA College Station Regional, W 4–1 NCAA Los Angeles Super Regional, L 0–2 | ||||
Big 12 Conference (2013–present) | |||||||||
2013 | Jim Schlossnagle | 29–28 | 12–12 | T–6th | Big 12 tournament, L 1–2 | ||||
2014 | Jim Schlossnagle | 48–18 | 17–7 | 2nd | Big 12 tournament, W 4–0 NCAA Fort Worth Regional, W 3–0 NCAA Fort Worth Super Regional, W 2–1 NCAA College World Series, L 1–2 | ||||
2015 | Jim Schlossnagle | 51–15 | 18–5 | 1st | Big 12 tournament, L 0–2 NCAA Fort Worth Regional, W 4–1 NCAA Fort Worth Super Regional, W 2–1 NCAA College World Series, L 2–2 | ||||
2016 | Jim Schlossnagle | 49–18 | 15–9 | 3rd | Big 12 tournament, W 4–1 NCAA Fort Worth Regional, W 3–0 NCAA College Station Super Regional, W 2–1 NCAA College World Series, L 2–2 | ||||
2017 | Jim Schlossnagle | 50–18 | 16–8 | T-1st | Big 12 tournament, L 3–2 NCAA Fort Worth Regional, W 3–0 NCAA Fort Worth Super Regional, W 2-0 NCAA College World Series, L 3-2 | ||||
2018 | Jim Schlossnagle | 33-23 | 10-13 | 6th | Big 12 tournament, L 3-1 | ||||
2019 | Jim Schlossnagle | 34-28 | 11-13 | 6th | Big 12 tournament, L 3–2 NCAA Fayetteville Regional, L 2–2 | ||||
2020 | Jim Schlossnagle | 11-4 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||
2021 | Jim Schlossnagle | 41-19 | 17-7 | T-1st | Big 12 tournament, W 4–1 NCAA Fort Worth Regional, L 1–2 | ||||
2022 | Kirk Saarloos | 38-22 | 16-8 | 1st | Big 12 tournament, L 1–2 NCAA College Station Regional, L 2–2 | ||||
2023 | Kirk Saarloos | 44-24 | 13-11 | T-4th | Big 12 tournament, W 4–0 NCAA Fayetteville Regional, W 3–0 NCAA Fort Worth Super Regional, W 2–0 NCAA College World Series, L 2–2 | ||||
Total: | 2,422–1,782–25 | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
Year | Position | Name | Team |
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1921 | P | Pete Donahue | |
1927 | 1B | Bear Wolf | |
1934 | P | Slim Kinzy | |
1948 | CF | Jim Busby | |
1956 | SS | Al Paschal | |
1957 | OF | Carl Warwick | |
1963 | P | Lance Brown | |
1970 | C | Jeff Newman | |
1973 | 2B | Phil Turner | |
1974 | P | Frank Johnstone | |
1985 | OF | Mike Ramsey | |
1988 | 1B | Rob Jones | |
1994 | 1B | Adam Robson | 2nd |
C | Darren Tawwater | 3rd | |
P | Tim Grieve | 3rd | |
1998 | 3B | Royce Huffman | 2nd |
1999 | 3B | Royce Huffman | 1st |
2002 | OF | Terry Trofholz | 2nd |
2003 | P | Clayton Jerome | 3rd |
2004 | P | Robbie Findlay | HM |
2005 | P | Lance Broadway | 1st |
2006 | P | Jake Arrieta | 2nd |
1B | Chad Huffman | 3rd | |
2008 | P | Andrew Cashner | 3rd |
2010 | P | Steven Maxwell | 2nd |
P | Matt Purke | 2nd | |
C | Bryan Holaday | 2nd | |
2011 | P | Kyle Winkler | 2nd |
2012 | P | Preston Morrison | 3rd |
2014 | P | Preston Morrison | 2nd |
2015 | P | Preston Morrison | 2nd |
2017 | C | Evan Skoug | 1st |
Source: [19] [20] |
Award | Year | Position | Name |
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Academic All-Americans | 1992 | 1B | Scott Malone |
Freshman All-Americans | 1996 | DH | Royce Huffman |
2004 | OF | Chad Huffman | |
3B | Shelby Ford | ||
SS | Germán Durán | ||
2005 | DH | Matt McGuirk | |
C | Andrew Walker | ||
2008 | P | Sean Hoelscher | |
2010 | P | Matt Purke | |
SWC Player of the Year | 1963 | P | Lance Brown |
1966 | 2B | Jimmy Duffy | |
SWC Freshman of the Year | 1996 | DH | Royce Huffman |
WAC Player of the Year | 1999 | 3B | Royce Huffman |
C-USA Pitcher of the year | 2003 | P | Clayton Jerome |
2005 | P | Lance Broadway | |
C-USA Player of the Year | 2004 | OF | Chad Huffman |
MWC Pitcher of the Year | 2006 | P | Jake Arrieta |
MWC Freshman of the Year | 2010 | P | Matt Purke |
MWC Pitcher of the Year | 2010 | P | Steven Maxwell |
Big12 Freshman of the Year | 2015 | 1B | Conner Wanhanen |
Big12 Freshman of the Year | 2016 | DH/P | Luken Baker |
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Collegiate Baseball Freshman Pitcher of the Year | 2010 | P | Matt Purke |
Johnny Bench Award | 2010 | C | Bryan Holaday |
Big 12 Conference Baseball Player of the Year | 2017 | C | Evan Skoug |
Name | Team | Years on Team |
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Louis Drucke | New York Giants | 1909–1912 |
Ona Dodd | Pittsburgh Pirates | 1912 |
Jim Haislip | Philadelphia Phillies | 1913 |
Claude Cooper | New York Giants | 1913 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 1916–1917 | |
Pete Donahue | Cincinnati Reds | 1921–1930 |
New York Giants | 1930–1931 | |
Cleveland Indians | 1931 | |
Boston Red Sox | 1932 | |
A.S. Douglass | Cincinnati Reds | 1921–1925 |
Boob Fowler | Cincinnati Reds | 1932–1925 |
Boston Red Sox | 1926 | |
Leo Tankersley | Chicago White Sox | 1925 |
Bear Wolf | Cincinnati Reds | 1927 |
Tex Carleton | St. Louis Cardinals | 1932–1934 |
Chicago Cubs | 1935–1938 | |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 1940 | |
Slim Kinzy | Chicago White Sox | 1934 |
L. D. Meyer | Chicago Cubs | 1937 |
Detroit Tigers | 1940–1942 | |
Cleveland Indians | 1945–1946 | |
Randy Jackson | Chicago Cubs | 1950–1955 |
1959 | ||
Brooklyn Dodgers | 1956–1957 | |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 1958 | |
Cleveland Indians | 1958–1959 | |
Jim Busby | Chicago White Sox | 1950–1952 |
1955 | ||
Washington Senators | 1952–1955 | |
Cleveland Indians | 1956–1957 | |
Baltimore Orioles | 1957–1958 | |
1960–1961 | ||
Boston Red Sox | 1959–1960 | |
Houston Colt .45s | 1962 | |
Carl Warwick | Los Angeles Dodgers | 1961 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 1961–1962 | |
1964–1965 | ||
Houston Colt .45s | 1962–1963 | |
Baltimore Orioles | 1965 | |
Chicago Cubs | 1966 | |
Tommy Gramly | Cleveland Indians | 1968 |
Chuck Machemehl | Cleveland Indians | 1971 |
Jeff Newman | Oakland Athletics | 1976–1982 |
Boston Red Sox | 1983–1984 | |
Freddie Benavides | Cincinnati Reds | 1991–1992 |
Colorado Rockies | 1993 | |
Montreal Expos | 1994 | |
Tim Mauser | Philadelphia Phillies | 1991,1993 |
San Diego Padres | 1993–1995 | |
John Briscoe | Oakland A's | 1991–1996 |
Chris Eddy | Oakland A's | 1995 |
Glenn Dishman | San Diego Padres | 1995–1996 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 1996 | |
Detroit Tigers | 1997 | |
Jeff Zimmerman | Texas Rangers | 1999–2001 |
Scott Atchison | Seattle Mariners | 2004–2005 |
San Francisco Giants | 2007 | |
Boston Red Sox | 2010-2012 | |
New York Mets | 2013 | |
Cleveland Indians | 2014-2015 | |
Lance Broadway | Chicago White Sox | 2007–2009 |
New York Mets | 2009 | |
Yovani Gallardo | Milwaukee Brewers | 2007-2015 |
Texas Rangers | 2015 | |
Baltimore Orioles | 2016 | |
Seattle Mariners | 2017 | |
Cincinnati Reds | 2018 | |
Texas Rangers | 2018 | |
Geno Espineli | San Francisco Giants | 2008 |
Andrew Cashner | Chicago Cubs | 2010–2011 |
San Diego Padres | 2012-2016 | |
Miami Marlins | 2016 | |
Texas Rangers | 2017 | |
Baltimore Orioles | 2018-2019 | |
Boston Red Sox | 2019 | |
Jake Arrieta | Baltimore Orioles | 2010–2013 |
Chicago Cubs | 2013-2017, 2021 | |
Philadelphia Phillies | 2018-2020 | |
San Diego Padres | 2021 | |
Chad Huffman | New York Yankees | 2010 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 2017 | |
Sam Demel | Arizona Diamondbacks | 2010–2012 |
Matt Carpenter | St. Louis Cardinals | 2011-2021, 2024 |
New York Yankees | 2022 | |
San Diego Padres | 2023 | |
Bryan Holaday | Detroit Tigers | 2012-2015 |
Texas Rangers | 2016 | |
Boston Red Sox | 2016 | |
Detroit Tigers | 2017 | |
Miami Marlins | 2018–2019 | |
Baltimore Orioles | 2020 | |
Arizona Diamondbacks | 2021 | |
Brandon Finnegan | Kansas City Royals | 2014-2015 |
Cincinnati Reds | 2015-2018 | |
Taylor Featherston | Los Angeles Angels | 2015 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 2016 | |
Tampa Bay Rays | 2017 | |
Matt Purke | Chicago White Sox | 2016 |
Jason Coats | Chicago White Sox | 2016 |
Nick Lodolo | Cincinnati Reds | 2022- |
Brandon Williamson | Cincinnati Reds | 2023- |
Luken Baker | St. Louis Cardinals | 2023- |
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The TCU Horned Frogs are the athletic teams that represent Texas Christian University. The 18 varsity teams participate in NCAA Division I and in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) for football, competing mostly in the Big 12 Conference. The school was a founding member of the Southwest Conference and was a member of the Western Athletic Conference, Conference USA (CUSA), and the Mountain West Conference before joining the Big 12. Two TCU teams participate outside the Big 12 in sports not sponsored by that conference. The rifle team competes in the Patriot Rifle Conference, and the beach volleyball team moved to CUSA for 2023–24 after having been in the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association.
Charlie and Marie Lupton Baseball Stadium and Williams-Reilly Field is a baseball stadium located on the campus of Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth, Texas. It has been the home field of the TCU Horned Frogs baseball team since its opening on February 2, 2003.
Jim Schlossnagle is an American baseball coach and former pitcher, who is the current head baseball coach of the Texas A&M Aggies. He played college baseball at Elon from 1986 to 1989 for head coach Rick Jones. He then served as the head coach of the UNLV Rebels (2002–2003) and the TCU Horned Frogs (2004–2021).
The TCU Horned Frogs football team represents Texas Christian University (TCU) in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The Horned Frogs play their home games in Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on the TCU campus in Fort Worth. TCU began playing football in 1896 and has been a member of the Big 12 Conference since 2012.
The Texas A&M Aggie baseball team represents Texas A&M University in NCAA Division I college baseball. The Aggies have competed in the Southeastern Conference since 2013. The Aggies play home games at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park. The team is led by head coach Jim Schlossnagle.
TCU Diamond was a ballpark located on the campus of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, and was the home of the TCU Horned Frogs baseball program for four decades. The ballpark hosted 1,480 TCU baseball games over 41 years; in the time the Horned Frogs posted an overall 867–605–8 home record. The Horned Frogs won Southwest Conference regular season championships in 1963, 1966, 1967, 1972, and 1994 while calling the TCU Diamond home. During the TCU Diamond era, the Horned Frogs played in the Southwest Conference (SWC) (1962–1996), Western Athletic Conference (WAC) (1997–2001), and Conference USA (CUSA) (2002). After the opening of Lupton Stadium, the Frogs would go on to achieve a decade of unprecedented success under head coach Jim Schlossnagle in CUSA (2003–2005), the Mountain West Conference (MWC) (2006–2012), and the Big 12 Conference (2013–). In the first 13 years after the closing of the TCU Diamond, TCU baseball won 10 CUSA, MWC and Big 12 regular season conference championships, 7 CUSA, MWC and Big 12 conference tournament championships, appeared in 11 NCAA Tournaments, won 5 NCAA Tournament Regional championships, and advanced to the program's first 3 College World Series, making the CWS semifinal round in two of those three trips.
The TCU Horned Frogs men's basketball team represents Texas Christian University, located in Fort Worth, Texas, in NCAA Division I men's basketball competition. Since 2016, the Horned Frogs have been led by TCU Lettermen's Hall of Fame member, head coach Jamie Dixon. TCU has competed in the Big 12 Conference since 2012, and previously competed in the Mountain West Conference (2005–2012), Conference USA (2001–2005), Western Athletic Conference (1996–2001) and Southwest Conference (1923–1996). The Horned Frogs play their home games on campus at Ed & Rae Schollmaier Arena, formerly known as Daniel–Meyer Coliseum, which reopened in December 2015 after a $72 million renovation.
The 2014 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 2014 college baseball season. TCU competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as a member of the Big 12 Conference. The Horned Frogs played home games at Lupton Stadium on the university's campus in Fort Worth, Texas. Eleventh year head coach Jim Schlossnagle led the Horned Frogs.
The 2015 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team represented Texas Christian University during the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Horned Frogs played their home games at Lupton Stadium as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by head coach Jim Schlossnagle, in his 12th year at TCU.
The 2016 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team represented Texas Christian University during the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Horned Frogs played their home games at Charlie & Marie Lupton Baseball Stadium as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by head coach Jim Schlossnagle, the winningest coach in TCU baseball history, in his 13th year at TCU.
The 2017 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team represented Texas Christian University during the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Horned Frogs played their home games at Charlie & Marie Lupton Baseball Stadium as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by head coach Jim Schlossnagle, the winningest coach in TCU baseball history, in his 14th year at TCU.
The 2018 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team represented Texas Christian University during the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Horned Frogs played their home games at Charlie & Marie Lupton Baseball Stadium as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by head coach Jim Schlossnagle, the winningest coach in TCU baseball history, in his 15th year at TCU.
The 2019 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team represents Texas Christian University during the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Horned Frogs play their home games at Charlie & Marie Lupton Baseball Stadium as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They are led by head coach Jim Schlossnagle, the winningest coach in TCU baseball history, in his 16th year at TCU.
The 2010 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team represented Texas Christian University in the 2010 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Horned frogs were coached by Jim Schlossnagle, in his 7th season with the Horned Frogs, and played home games at Lupton Stadium.
The 2020 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team represents Texas Christian University during the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Horned Frogs play their home games at Lupton Stadium as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They are led by head coach Jim Schlossnagle, in his 17th season at TCU.
The 2021 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team represented Texas Christian University during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Horned Frogs played their home games at Lupton Stadium as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by head coach Jim Schlossnagle, in his 18th and final season at TCU.
The TCU Horned Frogs women's soccer team represents Texas Christian University in NCAA Division I college soccer. The team is part of the Big 12 Conference and plays home matches at Garvey-Rosenthal Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas. The Horned Frogs are currently led by head coach Eric Bell, who has led the team to five consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances and a Big 12 conference title.
Johnny Ray Swaim was an NCAA Division I head basketball coach from 1967 to 1977. He attended high school in Graham, Texas, where he lettered in four sports: basketball, baseball, football, and track. He was recruited by several Texas universities, but chose to attend Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth, Texas on a full four year basketball scholarship. While at TCU Swaim was a part of five Southwest Conference Championships as a player and coach and led his team to two NCAA Division I Men's Basketball tournaments. In 1968 and 1970 he was voted the Southwest Conference Coach of the Year. In 1975, he was named to TCU's 60-year All-time Basketball Team, and in 1983, he was inducted into the TCU Letterman's Hall of Fame.
The 2022 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team represented Texas Christian University during the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Horned Frogs played their home games at Lupton Stadium as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by head coach Kirk Saarloos, in his inaugural year as head coach and tenth season at TCU.