William & Mary Tribe baseball

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William & Mary Tribe
Baseball current event.svg 2025 William & Mary Tribe baseball team
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Founded1895;130 years ago (1895)
University College of William & Mary
Head coach Rob McCoy (1st season)
Conference Coastal Athletic Association
Location Williamsburg, Virginia
Home stadium Plumeri Park
(Capacity: 1,000)
Nickname Tribe
ColorsGreen, gold, and silver [1]
     
NCAA tournament appearances
1983, 2001, 2013, 2016
Conference tournament champions
1983, 2001, 2016
Conference regular season champions
1906, 1911, 1914, 1915, 1983, 2001, 2014

The William & Mary Tribe baseball team represents the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia in NCAA Division I competition. The school's team, founded in 1895, currently competes in the Colonial Athletic Association and play their home games at the off-campus Plumeri Park.

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History

The Tribe have played in four NCAA tournaments, 1983, 2001, 2013, and 2016, but have never qualified for the College World Series. The Tribe's combined NCAA tournament record is 4–8 (.333). They have won seven conference championships, with the most recent coming in 2016. The team has an all-time record of 1,432–1,565–12 (.478) over 119 season of play. [2]

Conference affiliations

Venue

The William & Mary Tribe men's baseball team currently plays at off-campus Plumeri Park which opened in 2001 and has a seating capacity of 1,000. The stadium is named after William & Mary alumnus Joseph J. Plumeri II who also played on the baseball team as member of the Class of 1966. Previously, the baseball team played on campus on a field located next to Zable Stadium on land currently occupied by practice fields for the football team as part of the Jimmye Laycock Football Center.

Head coaches

The program's longest tenured head coaches was Jim Farr who served as head coach for 12 seasons from 1993 to 2005. [3]

Year(s)CoachSeasonsW-L-TPct
1895–1904Unknown107–8–1.469
1905–1906 J. Merrill Blanchard 25–01.000
1907 James H. Barry 1——
1908 H. B. White 1——
1909–1910 George E. O'Hearn 2——
1911 Frederick R. Savage
W. J. Young 		14–2.667
1912–1913Unknown28–23.258
1914–1916 Dexter W. Draper 333–14.702
1917 Samuel H. Hubbard 1——
1918 Bathurst Peachy 15–7.417
1919 Vernon Geddy 15–7.417
1920–1923 James G. Driver 446–26.639
1924–1928 J. Wilder Tasker 459–50–2.541
1929–1930 Harry Young 230–15.667
1931–1931, 1938 John Kellison 563–25.716
1935–1937 Bill Scott 333–27–1.549
1939–1941 Rube McCray 321–32–2.400
1941–1942 Albert H. Werner 215–16.484
1943–1945No team held———
1946 Sam B. Holt 114–4.778
1947 Richard F. Gallagher 19–9.500
1948 Marvin Bass 111–5.688
1949 Orlin Rogers 118–8.692
1950–1951 Howard Smith 211–27.289
1952, 1966–1970 H. Lester Hooker 692–81.532
1953–1957 Eric Tipton 533–54.380
1958–1959 Ed Derringe 27–23.233
1960–1964 Joe Agee 516–69.188
1965, 1979–1982 Maynard Weber 528–106.209
1971 Bo Rein 119–16.543
1972 George Pearce 115–18.455
1973 Les Roes 111–15.423
1974 Tony Zontini 18–17.320
1975–1978, 1982–1985 Ed Jones 8115–162–3.416
1986–1987 Joe Breeden 222–69.242
1988 Chris Rankin 117–28.378
1989–1992 Bill Harris 449–114–1.302
1993–2005 Jim Farr 13372–313–2.543
2006–2012 Frank Leoni 7196–178.524
2013 Jamie Pinzino 139–24.619 [4]
2014–2021 Brian Murphy 8189–307.381 [5]
2022–2024 Mike McRae 390–74.549
2025–present Rob McCoy 1
TOTALS481261,587–1,850–12.460

NCAA tournament results

YearRoundRecordResult
1983 East Regional North Carolina L, 0–11
James Madison L 8–13
2001 Clemson Regional Clemson L 1–4
South Alabama L 4–8
2013 Raleigh Regional Ole Miss W 4–2
NC State L 1–0
Ole MissW 4–1
NC StateL 2–9
2016 Charlottesville Regional#8 Virginia L 4−17
Bryant W 4−3
#8 VirginiaW 5−4
East Carolina L 4−8

Notable former players

Consensus All-Americans

Source [6]

PlayerPositionYear
Chris Rahl OF 2004
Michael Katz OF 2014

MLB players

PlayerPositionMajor League Teams
Bill Bray P Washington Nationals (2006); Cincinnati Reds (2006–2008, 2010–2012)
Adam Butler P Atlanta Braves (1998)
Brendan Harris IF Chicago Cubs (2004); Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals (2004–06); Cincinnati Reds (2006); Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2007); Minnesota Twins (2008–10)
Owen Kahn OF Boston Braves (1930)
Bud Metheny OF New York Yankees (1943–46)
Curtis Pride OF Montreal Expos (1993, 1995, 2001); Detroit Tigers (1996–97); Boston Red Sox (1997, 2000); Atlanta Braves (1998); New York Yankees (2003); Anaheim Angels (2004–06)
Vic Raschi P New York Yankees (1946–53); St. Louis Cardinals (1954–55); Kansas City Athletics (1956)
Chris Ray P Baltimore Orioles (2005–09); Texas Rangers (2009–10); San Francisco Giants (2010); Seattle Mariners (2011)
Will Rhymes 2B Detroit Tigers (2010–11); Tampa Bay Rays (2012)
Elwood Smith OF New York Giants (1926)
Ben Williamson 3B Seattle Mariners (2025)

MLB draftees

William & Mary has had 48 Major League Baseball Draft selections since the draft began in 1965. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "William & Mary University Colors – Brand Guidelines" . Retrieved November 5, 2022.
  2. ↑ "2015 William and Mary Tribe Baseball Quick Facts – William & Mary – Athletics at William & Mary". tribeathletics.com.
  3. 1 2 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2012-10-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ "William & Mary – Season Statistics". tribeathletics.com.
  5. ↑ "William & Mary – Season Statistics". tribeathletics.com.
  6. ↑ "Tribe in the Pros – William & Mary – Athletics at William & Mary". tribeathletics.com.
  7. ↑ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, Virginia)"". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved 2015-06-14.
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