UMass Minutemen baseball

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UMass Minutemen
UMass Amherst athletics logo.svg
Founded1877 (1877)
University University of Massachusetts Amherst
Head coach Matt Reynolds (7th 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.

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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
1947–1966 Earl Lorden 20187–146–3.561
1967–1987Dick Bergquist21392–321–5.549
1988–2017 Mike Stone 30697–695–3.501
2017–present Matt Reynolds 569–120–1.366
Totals15 coaches141 seasons1,616–1,617–20.500

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.

UMass alumni in the MLB

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References

  1. "University of Massachusetts Amherst Athletics Official Style Guide" (PDF). Retrieved July 4, 2021.
  2. "Massachusetts Minutemen". d1baseball.com. Retrieved 2013-03-15.