TCU Horned Frogs baseball

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TCU Horned Frogs
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Founded1896
Conference historyIndependent (1896–1922)
Southwest (1923–1996)
WAC (1997–2001)
Conference USA (2002–2005)
Mountain West (2006–2012)
Overall record2,215–1,663–25
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
ColorsPurple 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.

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History

The early years

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]

The Southwest Conference years

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 wandering years

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.

TCU's emergence under Jim Schlossnagle

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.

The Big 12 Conference era

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]

Kirk Saarloos Era

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.

Attendance

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.

YearHome
Games
Total
Attendance
Natl. Rank
by Total
Private School
Rank by Total
Average
Attendance
Natl. Rank
by Average
Private School
Rank by Average
2003 [4] 2838,5813471,378349
2004 [5] 2834,6574491,238449
2005 [6] 3046,8483591,562337
2006 [7] 2640,15843111,545388
2007 [8] 2951,3733791,771357
2008 [9] 3363,9592661,938296
2009 [10] 3271,0542652,220274
2010 [11] 2990,6872243,127192
2011 [12] 36149,3331114,148102
2012 [13] 32131,6101114,112112
2013 [14] 30107,1171323,570112
2014 [15] 34121,9571213,587131
2015 [16] 36147,335814,092101
2016 [17] 31132,7961314,284111

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-by-season results

Statistics overview
SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Independent (1896–1922)
1896Unknown 4–0–1
1897Alexander Easley 2–4
1898Unknown 1–0
1899Unknown 1–1
1900Unknown 2–0
1901Unknown 2–0
1902Unknown 0–2
1903Unknown 7–3
1904Unknown 7–5
1905Unknown 10–3
1906Unknown 10–3
1907Ellis Hardy 9–9
1908Ellis Hardy 20–6–2
1909Ellis Hardy 18–2–2
1910Ellis Hardy 10–1
1911M. A. Baldwin 8–6
1912Henry Lever 12–14
1913William Nance 17–5–1
1914William Nance 17–5–1
1915Fred Moore 1–11
1916Ewing Freeland 9–7
1917Unknown 6–4
1918Unknown 9–4
1919Fred Cahoon 12–6
1920Fred Cahoon 11–6–2
1921William Nance 20–2
1922William Nance 13–0
Southwest Conference (1923–1996)
1923William Nance 13–112–107th
1924William Nance 11–711–72nd
1925William Nance 9–3–29–32nd
1926Dutch Meyer 14–58–33rd
1927Dutch Meyer 7–137–134th
1928Dutch Meyer 7–136–124th
1929Dutch Meyer 8–128–124th
1930Dutch Meyer 13–513–52nd
1931Dutch Meyer 1–9–11–9–16th
1932Dutch Meyer 6–46–43rd
1933Dutch Meyer 9–19–11st
1934Dutch Meyer 8–66–63rd
1935Raymond Wolf 8–11–14–84th
1936Raymond Wolf 9–108–73rd
1937Howard Grubbs 7–96–94th
1938Howard Grubbs 3–113–115th
1939Howard Grubbs 5–115–11T–4th
1940Walter Roach 5–104–105th
1941Walter Roach 1–141–146th
1942Walter Roach 2–132–126th
No Team Fielded: World War II (1943–1944)
1945Dutch Meyer 7–47–42nd
1946Walter Roach 3–153–126th
1947Walter Roach 4–153–126th
1948Walter Roach 8–131–136th
1949Walter Roach 6–144–95th
1950Walter Roach 14–97–84th
1951Walter Roach 10–118–73rd
1952Walter Roach 13–128–73rd
1953Walter Roach 7–152–116th
1954Walter Roach 12–138–73rd
1955Walter Roach 8–13–22–13–26th
1956Dutch Meyer 18–813–21st NCAA District 6, L 0–2
1957Dutch Meyer 8–48–42nd
1958Clyde McDowell 6–124–95th
1959Clyde McDowell 11–134–106th
1960Clyde McDowell 3–13–23–115th
1961Clyde McDowell 7–166–8T–4th
1962Frank Windegger 12–116–94th
1963Frank Windegger 21–412–3T–1st
1964Frank Windegger 11–125–84th
1965Frank Windegger 12–134–116th
1966Frank Windegger 21–9–19–6T–1st
1967Frank Windegger 20–9–110–5T–1st
1968Frank Windegger 20–913–52nd
1969Frank Windegger 22–89–62nd
1970Frank Windegger 17–159–84th
1971Frank Windegger 22–199–84th
1972Frank Windegger 29–1312–6T–1st
1973Frank Windegger 31–1212–72nd
1974Frank Windegger 31–1714–103rd
1975Frank Windegger 29–1712–123rd
1976 Roger Williams 22–248–158th
1977Willie Maxwell 22–22–19–13–17th
1978Willie Maxwell 18–29–17–178th
1979Willie Maxwell 21–247–178th
1980Willie Maxwell 19–28–27–147th
1981Willie Maxwell 27–199–126th
1982Willie Maxwell 16–25–24–15–18th
1983Willie Maxwell 26–256–157th
1984Bragg Stockton 25–226–15T–7th
1985Bragg Stockton 35–179–126th
1986Bragg Stockton 31–295–16T–7th
1987Lance Brown 24–354–178th
1988Lance Brown 27–328–135th
1989Lance Brown 37–227–14T–6th
1990Lance Brown 27–324–178th
1991Lance Brown 34–2510–11T–4thSWC Tournament, L 2–2
1992Lance Brown 25–3014–226th
1993Lance Brown 34–225–136th
1994Lance Brown 38–2214–41stSWC Tournament, L 0–2
NCAA Midwest I Regional, L 1–2
1995Lance Brown 27–2911–135th
1996Lance Brown 34–3311–13T–4thSWC Tournament, L 1–2
Western Athletic Conference (1997–2001)
1997Lance Brown 26–2715–152nd (South)
1998Lance Brown 33–2318–112nd (South)WAC Tournament, L 0–2
1999Lance Brown 32–2619–102ndWAC Tournament, L 3–2
2000Lance Brown 22–3412–185th
2001Lance Brown 32–2821–153rd
Conference USA (2002–2005)
2002Lance Brown 30–2935–223rd C-USA tournament, L 1–2
2003Lance Brown 35–2222–82nd C-USA tournament, L 0–2
2004 Jim Schlossnagle 39–2619–114th C-USA tournament, W 5–1
NCAA Austin Regional, L 1–2
2005Jim Schlossnagle 41–2020–10T–2nd C-USA tournament, W 3–0
NCAA Waco Regional, L 1–2
Mountain West Conference (2006–2012)
2006Jim Schlossnagle 39–2317–51st MWC tournament, W 3–0
NCAA Norman Regional, L 1–2
2007Jim Schlossnagle 48–1420–31st MWC tournament, W 3–0
NCAA Houston Regional, L 2–2
2008Jim Schlossnagle 44–1919–51st MWC tournament, W 4–1
NCAA Stillwater Regional, L 1–2
2009Jim Schlossnagle 40–1815–51st MWC tournament, L 1–2
NCAA Fort Worth Regional, W 3–0
NCAA Austin Super Regional, L 1–2
2010Jim Schlossnagle 54–1419–51st 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
2011Jim Schlossnagle 43–1920–31st MWC tournament, L 1–2
NCAA Fort Worth Regional, L 1–2
2012Jim Schlossnagle 40–2218–6T–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)
2013Jim Schlossnagle 29–2812–12T–6th Big 12 tournament, L 1–2
2014 Jim Schlossnagle 48–1817–72nd 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 51–1518–51st 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 49–1815–93rd 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 50–1816–8T-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 33-2310-136th Big 12 tournament, L 3-1
2019 Jim Schlossnagle 34-2811-136th Big 12 tournament, L 3–2
NCAA Fayetteville Regional, L 2–2
2020 Jim Schlossnagle 11-4Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Jim Schlossnagle 41-1917-7T-1st Big 12 tournament, W 4–1
NCAA Fort Worth Regional, L 1–2
2022 Kirk Saarloos 38-2216-81st Big 12 tournament, L 1–2
NCAA College Station Regional, L 2–2
2023 Kirk Saarloos 44-2413-11T-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  
      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

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TCU Baseball All-Americans

YearPositionNameTeam
1921PPete Donahue
19271BBear Wolf
1934PSlim Kinzy
1948CFJim Busby
1956SSAl Paschal
1957OFCarl Warwick
1963PLance Brown
1970CJeff Newman
19732BPhil Turner
1974PFrank Johnstone
1985OFMike Ramsey
19881BRob Jones
19941BAdam Robson2nd
CDarren Tawwater3rd
PTim Grieve3rd
19983BRoyce Huffman2nd
19993BRoyce Huffman1st
2002OFTerry Trofholz2nd
2003PClayton Jerome3rd
2004PRobbie FindlayHM
2005P Lance Broadway 1st
2006P Jake Arrieta 2nd
1B Chad Huffman 3rd
2008P Andrew Cashner 3rd
2010P Steven Maxwell 2nd
P Matt Purke 2nd
C Bryan Holaday 2nd
2011PKyle Winkler2nd
2012PPreston Morrison3rd
2014PPreston Morrison2nd
2015PPreston Morrison2nd
2017C Evan Skoug 1st
Source: [19] [20]

Other baseball awards

Matt Purke pitched the first game of the 2010 College World Series for the Horned Frogs. Matt Purke pitching at the 2010 CWS.jpg
Matt Purke pitched the first game of the 2010 College World Series for the Horned Frogs.
AwardYearPositionName
Academic All-Americans19921B Scott Malone
Freshman All-Americans1996DHRoyce Huffman
2004OF Chad Huffman
3BShelby Ford
SSGermán Durán
2005DHMatt McGuirk
CAndrew Walker
2008PSean Hoelscher
2010P Matt Purke
SWC Player of the Year1963PLance Brown
19662BJimmy Duffy
SWC Freshman of the Year1996DHRoyce Huffman
WAC Player of the Year19993BRoyce Huffman
C-USA Pitcher of the year2003PClayton Jerome
2005P Lance Broadway
C-USA Player of the Year2004OF Chad Huffman
MWC Pitcher of the Year2006P Jake Arrieta
MWC Freshman of the Year2010PMatt Purke
MWC Pitcher of the Year2010PSteven Maxwell
Big12 Freshman of the Year20151BConner Wanhanen
Big12 Freshman of the Year2016DH/P Luken Baker
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Collegiate Baseball Freshman Pitcher of the Year2010PMatt Purke
Johnny Bench Award 2010C Bryan Holaday
Big 12 Conference Baseball Player of the Year 2017C Evan Skoug

Source: [19] [21]

Horned Frogs in Major League Baseball

NameTeamYears on Team
Louis Drucke New York Giants 1909–1912
Ona Dodd Pittsburgh Pirates 1912
Jim Haislip Philadelphia Phillies 1913
Claude Cooper New York Giants1913
Philadelphia Phillies1916–1917
Pete Donahue Cincinnati Reds 1921–1930
New York Giants1930–1931
Cleveland Indians 1931
Boston Red Sox 1932
A.S. DouglassCincinnati Reds1921–1925
Boob Fowler Cincinnati Reds1932–1925
Boston Red Sox1926
Leo Tankersley Chicago White Sox 1925
Bear WolfCincinnati Reds1927
Tex Carleton St. Louis Cardinals 1932–1934
Chicago Cubs 1935–1938
Brooklyn Dodgers 1940
Slim KinzyChicago White Sox1934
L. D. Meyer Chicago Cubs1937
Detroit Tigers 1940–1942
Cleveland Indians1945–1946
Randy Jackson Chicago Cubs1950–1955
1959
Brooklyn Dodgers1956–1957
Los Angeles Dodgers 1958
Cleveland Indians1958–1959
Jim Busby Chicago White Sox1950–1952
1955
Washington Senators 1952–1955
Cleveland Indians1956–1957
Baltimore Orioles 1957–1958
1960–1961
Boston Red Sox1959–1960
Houston Colt .45s 1962
Carl Warwick Los Angeles Dodgers 1961
St. Louis Cardinals1961–1962
1964–1965
Houston Colt .45s1962–1963
Baltimore Orioles1965
Chicago Cubs1966
Tommy Gramly Cleveland Indians1968
Chuck Machemehl Cleveland Indians1971
Jeff Newman Oakland Athletics 1976–1982
Boston Red Sox1983–1984
Freddie Benavides Cincinnati Reds1991–1992
Colorado Rockies1993
Montreal Expos1994
Tim Mauser Philadelphia Phillies 1991,1993
San Diego Padres 1993–1995
John Briscoe Oakland A's1991–1996
Chris Eddy Oakland A's1995
Glenn Dishman San Diego Padres 1995–1996
Philadelphia Phillies1996
Detroit Tigers 1997
Jeff Zimmerman Texas Rangers 1999–2001
Scott Atchison Seattle Mariners 2004–2005
San Francisco Giants 2007
Boston Red Sox2010-2012
New York Mets2013
Cleveland Indians2014-2015
Lance Broadway Chicago White Sox 2007–2009
New York Mets 2009
Yovani Gallardo Milwaukee Brewers2007-2015
Texas Rangers 2015
Baltimore Orioles 2016
Seattle Mariners 2017
Cincinnati Reds 2018
Texas Rangers2018
Geno Espineli San Francisco Giants2008
Andrew Cashner Chicago Cubs2010–2011
San Diego Padres 2012-2016
Miami Marlins 2016
Texas Rangers 2017
Baltimore Orioles 2018-2019
Boston Red Sox 2019
Jake Arrieta Baltimore Orioles2010–2013
Chicago Cubs2013-2017, 2021
Philadelphia Phillies2018-2020
San Diego Padres2021
Chad Huffman New York Yankees 2010
St. Louis Cardinals 2017
Sam Demel Arizona Diamondbacks 2010–2012
Matt Carpenter St. Louis Cardinals2011-2021
New York Yankees2022
San Diego Padres2023
St. Louis Cardinals2024
Bryan Holaday Detroit Tigers2012-2015
Texas Rangers2016
Boston Red Sox2016
Detroit Tigers2017
Miami Marlins2018–2019
Baltimore Orioles2020
Arizona Diamondbacks2021
Brandon Finnegan Kansas City Royals 2014-2015
Cincinnati Reds 2015-2018
Taylor Featherston Los Angeles Angels 2015
Philadelphia Phillies2016
Tampa Bay Rays2017
Matt Purke Chicago White Sox2016
Jason Coats Chicago White Sox2016
Nick Lodolo Cincinnati Reds2022-
Brandon Williamson Cincinnati Reds2023-
Luken Baker St. Louis Cardinals2023-

Source: [22]

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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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2017 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team</span>

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team</span>

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2019 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team</span>

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team</span>

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2021 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team</span>

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">TCU Horned Frogs soccer</span> American college soccer team

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Johnny Swaim</span> American basketball coach

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team</span> College Baseball Season

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.

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