UMass Minutemen baseball

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UMass Minutemen baseball
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Founded1877 (1877)
University University of Massachusetts Amherst
Head coach Matt Reynolds (8th season)
Conference Atlantic 10
Location Amherst, Massachusetts
Home stadium Earl Lorden Field
Nickname Minutemen
ColorsMaroon and white [1]
   
College World Series appearances
1954, 1969
NCAA Tournament appearances
1954, 1955, 1956, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1978, 1995, 1996
Conference tournament champions
Yankee: 1952, 1957, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1980
A-10: 1980, 1994, 1995, 1996

The UMass Minutemen baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the University of Massachusetts Amherst in Amherst, Massachusetts, 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. Massachusetts' first baseball team was fielded in 1877. The team plays its home games at Earl Lorden Field in Amherst, Massachusetts. The Minutemen are coached by Matt Reynolds.

Contents

Seasons

Statistics overview
SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
UMass (Independent)(1877–1951)
1877No Coach 4-1
1878No Coach No Games
1879No Coach No Games
1880No Coach No Games
1881No Coach No Games
1882No Coach 1-1
1883No Coach 1-0
1884No Coach 0-1
1885No Coach 1-0
1886No Coach No Games
1887No Coach 4-6
1888No Coach 2-2
1889No Coach 5-2
1890No Coach No Games
1891No Coach 4-3
1892No Coach 5-2
1893No Coach 5-3
1894No Coach 0-7
1895No Coach 2-4
1896No Coach 3-3
1897No Coach 3-5
1898No Coach 3-7
1899No Coach 0-1
1900No Coach 3-7
1901No Coach 8-3
1902No Coach 2-6-1
1903No Coach 3-11
1904Bowler 4-10
1905No Coach 7-9
1906No Coach 5-10-1
1907No Coach 5-13
1908Breckenridge 10-6
1909No Coach 8-9
1910No Coach 5-11
1911Fitzmaurice 8-6-1
1912Fitzmaurice 9-6
1913Fitzmaurice 9-2
1914Fitzmaurice 10-6
1915Fitzmaurice 7-8
1916Fitzmaurice 3-8-1
1917No Coach 3-3
1918No Coach No Games
1919No Coach 1-11
1920Gore 6-8
1921Gore 13-4
1922Gore 9-8
1923Collins 1-11
1924Grayson 5-7
1925Ball 6-8-2
1926Ball 4-12
1927Ball 7-8
1928Ball 2-9
1929Ball 3-11
1930Ball 7-9
1931Ball 6-10
1932Taube 9-6
1933Taube 7-5
1934Taube 8-5
1935Taube 7-6
1936Caraway 2-10-1
1937Caraway 11-3
1938Caraway 10-3
1939Caraway 14-5-1
1940Caraway 3-8
1941Reid 3-11
1942Reid 5-6
1943Gill Played High School Teams
1944Briggs Played High School Teams
1945Eck Played High School Teams
1946Reid 3-7
1947Reid 3-12
1948Lorden 2-11
1949Lorden 5-11
1950Lorden 5-7
1951Lorden 10-8
UMass (Yankee Conference [3] )(1952–1980)
1952Lorden 12-74-2 Yankee Conference champions
1953Lorden 11-83-2
1954Lorden 15-74-2 College World Series
NCAA Tournament
New England Champions
1955Lorden 15-55-3 NCAA Tournament
1956Lorden 10-6-17-1-1 NCAA Tournament
1957Lorden 11-96-2 Yankee Conference champions
1958Lorden 7-115-5
1959Lorden 10-64-5
1960Lorden 10-75-5
1961Lorden 11-5-17-2-1
1962Lorden 15-57-3
1963Lorden 10-72-6
1964Lorden 7-10-13-6-1
1965Lorden 7-116-4
1966Lorden 14-67-3 NCAA Tournament
Yankee Conference champions
1967Bergquist 17-118-2 NCAA Tournament
New England champions
Yankee Conference champions
1968Bergquist 12-10-16-4
1969Bergquist 22-109-1 College World Series
NCAA Tournament
Yankee Conference champions
1970Bergquist 15-114-6
1971Bergquist 21-1012-3 NCAA Tournament
Yankee Conference champions
1972Bergquist 16-58-4
1973Bergquist 21-9-16-1 NCAA Tournament
Yankee Conference champions
1974Bergquist 9-160-8
1975Bergquist 11-184-4
1976Bergquist 24-133-5
1977Bergquist 20-175-3
1978Bergquist 23-225-3 NCAA Tournament
New England champions
Yankee Conference champions
1979Bergquist 24-177-3 Yankee Conference champions
UMass (Atlantic 10 Conference)(1980–1982)
1980Bergquist 19-13-27-3 Yankee Conference champions
A-10 Champions
1981Bergquist 22-174-42nd (East)
1982Bergquist 14-20-13-42nd (East)
UMass (ECAC New England)(1983–1983)
1983Bergquist 20-179-5
UMass (Atlantic 10 Conference)(1984–2025)
1984Bergquist 18-263-95th (East)
1985Bergquist 26-198-42nd (East) A-10 Tournament First Round
1986Bergquist 16-244-74th (East)
1987Bergquist 22-1610-42nd (East) A-10 Tournament Final
1988Stone 36-169-72nd (East) A-10 Tournament Final
1989Stone 17-275-114th (East)
1990Stone 26-2012-42nd (East) A-10 Tournament Semifinal
1991Stone 26-25-110-62nd (East) A-10 Tournament Final
1992Stone 25-1611-52nd (East) A-10 Tournament Semifinal
1993Stone 18-219-116th
1994Stone 31-1719-41stAtlantic 10 Reg. Season Champions
A-10 Tournament Semifinal
1995Stone 38-1419-51st NCAA Tournament
Atlantic 10 Champions
1996Stone 40-1315-51st (East) NCAA Tournament
Atlantic 10 Champions
1997Stone 35-1217-41st (East)Atlantic 10 Eastern Division Champions
A-10 Tournament Final
1998Stone 27-1215-31st (East)Atlantic 10 Eastern Division Champions
A-10 Tournament Semifinal
1999Stone 26-2313-81st (East)Atlantic 10 Eastern Division Champions
A-10 Tournament Semifinal
2000Stone 26-22-111-9-12nd (East) A-10 Tournament Final
2001Stone 27-1915-51stAtlantic 10 Regular Season Champions
A-10 Tournament Semifinal
2002Stone 21-269-155th (East)
2003Stone 26-1914-71st (East)Atlantic 10 Eastern Division Champions
A-10 Tournament Final
2004Stone 19-2610-144th (East)
2005Stone 16-339-153rd (East)
2006Stone 14-3011-1611th
2007Stone 22-2513-148th
2008Stone 18-2711-1611th
2009Stone 27-2616-114th A-10 Tournament Quarterfinal
2010Stone 19-2713-148th
2011Stone 17-29-18-15-112th
2012Stone 22-2214-104th A-10 Tournament First Round
2013Stone 14-317-1714th
2014Stone 15-3112-159th
2015Stone 16-2712-1210th
2016Stone 18-2711-138th
2017Stone 15-328-1611th
2018Reynolds 15-296-1812th
2019Reynolds 18-278-1410th
2020Reynolds 1-8 COVID-19 Pandemic
2021Reynolds 13-303-176th (North)
2022Reynolds 22-26-18-1611th
2023Reynolds 14-356-1811th
2024Reynolds 24-2913-116th A-10 Tournament First Round
UMass (Mid-American Conference)(2026–present)
Total:

      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

UMass in the NCAA tournament

YearCoachRecordNotes
1954 Earl E. Lorden3–2Eliminated by Missouri in the CWS.
1955 Earl E. Lorden1–1Eliminated by Springfield College in the District 1 playoffs.
1956 Earl E. Lorden0–1Eliminated by Vermont in the District 1 playoffs.
1966 Earl E. Lorden0–1Eliminated by Boston College in the District 1 playoffs.
1967 Dick Bergquist3–2Eliminated by Boston College in the District 1 playoffs.
1969 Dick Bergquist4–2Eliminated by Arizona State in the CWS.
1971 Dick Bergquist0–2Eliminated by Harvard in the District 1 playoffs.
1973 Dick Bergquist0–2Eliminated by Delaware in the District 1 playoffs.
1978 Dick Bergquist0–2Eliminated by Delaware in the Northeast Regional.
1995 Mike Stone0–2Eliminated by Texas A&M in the Atlantic II Regional.
1996 Mike Stone3–2Eliminated by Florida in the East Regional.
Totals14–1911 appearances
The format of the tournament has changed through the years.

Coaching history

TenureCoachSeasonsRecordPct.
1877–1903
1905–1907
No Coach3589–138–1.393
1904Pat Bowler14–10.286
1908W. Breckenridge110–6.625
1911–1916William Fitzmaurice646–21–2.681
1920–1922 Harold Gore 310–20.333
1923Herbert Collins11–11.083
1924Emory Grayson15–7.417
1925–1931 Lorin Ball 735–57–2.383
1932–1935 Melvin Taube 431–22.585
1936–1940 Elbert Caraway 540–29–2.577
1941–1942/1946-1947Fancis Reid414–36.380
1945 Thomas Eck 11–6–1.193
1948–1966 Earl Lorden 19187–147–3.567
1967–1987Dick Bergquist21392–321–5.549
1988–2017 Mike Stone 30697–695–3.501
2018–present Matt Reynolds 7107–184–1.366
Totals15 coaches148 seasons1692–1732–20.491

UMass alumni in the MLB

See also

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References

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