Georgia State Panthers | |
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2024 Georgia State Panthers baseball team | |
Founded | 1956 |
University | Georgia State University |
Head coach | Brad Stromdahl (5th season) |
Conference | Sun Belt East Division |
Location | Atlanta, Georgia |
Home stadium | GSU Baseball Complex (Capacity: 1,092) |
Nickname | Panthers |
Colors | Blue and white [1] |
NCAA Tournament appearances | |
2009 | |
Conference tournament champions | |
2009 | |
Regular season conference champions | |
1996, 1998 |
The Georgia State Panthers baseball team represents Georgia State University in NCAA Division I college baseball. The team currently competes in the Sun Belt Conference. It first began competing there before moving to the TAAC, and the CAA. Beginning July 1, 2013, Georgia State returned to the Sun Belt Conference for all sports. The Panthers play their home games at Georgia State's Panthersville sports complex in the GSU Baseball Complex.
The Georgia State Panthers baseball team first began playing in 1956 led by head coach Herbert "Stony" Burgess. The team would begin competition in the newly formed Sun Belt Conference in 1979 before moving to the Trans American Athletic Conference (TAAC) in 1984. The team joined the CAA in 2006. In 2014, the Panthers moved back to the Sun Belt Conference.
In its history, the team has been conference champions during the 1996 and 1998 season. Only during the 2009 season did the team win the conference tournament giving them an automatic berth into the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [2]
The program has produced one major league player. David Buchanan, a right-handed pitcher who played for the Panthers in 2010, made his major league debut on May 24, 2014. Buchanan made 35 starts on the mound for the Phillies over the 2014 and 2015 seasons.
On June 26, 2019, Brad Stromdahl was named the head coach of the program. [3]
Year | Record | Pct | Notes |
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2009 | 0–2 | .000 | Atlanta Regional |
TOTALS | 0–2 | .000 |
The Panthers play in the 1,092-seat GSU Baseball Complex located in Panthersville, GA, several miles from the main Georgia State campus. The left field measures 334 feet, the center field measures 385, while right field measures 338 feet. The outfield wall, which was installed prior to the 1998 season, came from the original home of the Atlanta Braves, Fulton County Stadium. [4]
In January 2021, it was revealed Georgia State plans on building a new 2,500 baseball stadium on the site of former Fulton County Stadium. Construction dates have not yet been announced. [5]
The Panthers have had 10 head coaches in the history of their baseball program:
Coach | Seasons | Wins | Losses | Ties | Win % | |
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10 | Brad Stromdahl | 2020–present | 57 | 70 | 0 | .449 |
9 | Greg Frady | 2007–2019 | 370 | 365 | 1 | .503 |
8 | Mike Hurst | 1993–2006 | 293 | 432 | 0 | .404 |
7 | Kurt Seibert | 1992–1993 | 12 | 55 | 0 | .179 |
6 | Gary Nave | 1983–1986 | 70 | 122 | 1 | .365 |
5 | Jim Dorsey | 1981–1982 | 32 | 71 | 0 | .311 |
4 | Jack Humphrey | 1979–1980 | 46 | 37 | 0 | .554 |
3 | Ron Kennett | 1970–1972 | 16 | 75 | 0 | .176 |
2 | Archie Crenshaw | 1965–1967 | 6 | 29 | 0 | .171 |
1 | Herbert "Stony" Burgess | 1956–1960 | 23 | 24 | 0 | .489 |
Year | Wins | Losses | Ties | Games | Championships | |
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1 | 1966 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 9 | |
2 | 1967 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 17 | |
3 | 1968 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Program dormant |
4 | 1969 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Program dormant |
5 | 1970 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 23 | |
6 | 1971 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 32 | |
7 | 1972 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 35 | |
8 | 1973 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Program dormant |
9 | 1974 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Program dormant |
10 | 1975 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Program dormant |
11 | 1976 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Program dormant |
12 | 1977 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Program dormant |
13 | 1978 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Program dormant |
14 | 1979 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 28 | |
15 | 1980 | 30 | 25 | 0 | 55 | |
16 | 1981 | 17 | 33 | 0 | 50 | |
17 | 1982 | 17 | 38 | 0 | 55 | |
18 | 1983 | 12 | 34 | 0 | 47 | |
19 | 1984 | 22 | 31 | 1 | 54 | |
20 | 1985 | 17 | 28 | 0 | 45 | |
21 | 1986 | 23 | 29 | 0 | 52 | |
22 | 1987 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Program dormant |
23 | 1988 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Program dormant |
24 | 1989 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Program dormant |
25 | 1990 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Program dormant |
26 | 1991 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Program dormant |
27 | 1992 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 32 | |
28 | 1993 | 12 | 35 | 0 | 47 | |
29 | 1994 | 12 | 42 | 0 | 54 | |
30 | 1995 | 20 | 33 | 0 | 53 | |
31 | 1996 | 21 | 32 | 0 | 53 | TAAC East regular season winner |
32 | 1997 | 23 | 30 | 0 | 53 | |
33 | 1998 | 23 | 29 | 0 | 52 | TAAC East regular season winner |
34 | 1999 | 23 | 33 | 0 | 56 | |
35 | 2000 | 31 | 28 | 0 | 59 | |
36 | 2001 | 20 | 35 | 0 | 55 | |
37 | 2002 | 24 | 32 | 0 | 56 | |
38 | 2003 | 25 | 29 | 0 | 54 | |
39 | 2004 | 18 | 36 | 0 | 54 | |
40 | 2005 | 25 | 32 | 0 | 57 | |
41 | 2006 | 26 | 31 | 0 | 57 | |
42 | 2007 | 26 | 32 | 0 | 58 | |
43 | 2008 | 33 | 23 | 0 | 56 | |
44 | 2009 | 39 | 22 | 0 | 61 | CAA Tournament Champions, NCAA Atlanta Regional |
45 | 2010 | 34 | 23 | 0 | 57 | |
46 | 2011 | 37 | 21 | 0 | 58 | |
47 | 2012 | 24 | 31 | 0 | 55 | |
48 | 2013 | 35 | 21 | 0 | 56 | |
49 | 2014 | 25 | 31 | 0 | 56 | |
50 | 2015 | 30 | 27 | 0 | 57 | |
51 | 2016 | 24 | 31 | 0 | 55 | |
52 | 2017 | 22 | 33 | 0 | 55 | |
53 | 2018 | 26 | 29 | 0 | 55 | |
54 | 2019 | 15 | 41 | 0 | 55 | |
55 | 2020 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 16 | (Season cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic) |
56 | 2021 | 18 | 37 | 0 | 55 |
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