:Cornell Big Red baseball

{{Infobox college baseball team

|current = 2025 Cornell Big Red baseball team

|name = Cornell Big Red baseball

|founded = {{Start date and age|1869}}

|logo = Cornell "C" logo.svg

|logo_size = 100

|university = Cornell University

|conference = Ivy League

|division =

|location = Ithaca, New York

|coach = Dan Pepicelli

|tenure = 10th

|stadium = Booth Field

|capacity = 500

|nickname = Big Red

|national_champion =

|cws =

|ncaa_tourneys = 1977, 2012

|conference_tournament =

|conference_champion = EIBL: 1939, 1940, 1952*, 1972, 1977, 1980
Ivy: 1959**, 1979**, 1982**, 2012
* Winner of South Division, no overall conference champion named
** Named Ivy League champion as highest-finishing Ivy League school in EIBL

}}

File:Cornell University Base Ball Team, 1896; Georgetown University Base Ball Team, 1896 (NYPL b13537024-56413) (cropped).jpg

File:Cornell University Hoy Baseball Field (cropped).jpg]]

The Cornell Big Red baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, United States.{{cite web|title=Cornell Big Red|publisher=d1baseball.com|url=http://www.d1baseball.com/schools/cornell.htm|access-date=2014-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315174826/http://www.d1baseball.com/schools/cornell.htm|archive-date=2014-03-15|url-status=dead}} The team is a member of the Ivy League, which is part of NCAA Division I. Cornell's first baseball team was fielded in 1869 and participated in the Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League (EIBL) until 1992. Since 2023, the team plays its home games at Booth Field in Ithaca, New York, following 101 years at Hoy Field.

History

=Davy Hoy=

David "Davy" F. Hoy, an alumnus and longtime university registrar, served as the university's baseball advisor for thirty years at the start of the 20th century. He traveled south with the team for spring training each year. Hoy baseball field was built at his urging in 1922, and named for him in 1923. Hoy threw out the first pitch on the field; the ball he used is preserved in the Kroch Library collections. Hoy was injured in a 1929 bus accident in Virginia while riding with the baseball team, and he died in December 1930 at age 67. Cornell's fight song, Give My Regards to Davy references "Davy" Hoy prominently.

Cornell in the NCAA Tournament

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{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Cornell Big Red|Year|Record|Pct|Notes}}

1977

| 2–2

| {{Winpct|2|2}}

| Northeast Regional

2012

| 0–2

| {{Winpct|0|2}}

| Chapel Hill Regional

| 2–4

| {{Winpct|2|4}}

Major League Baseball

Cornell has had 14 Major League Baseball Draft selections since the draft began in 1965.{{cite web|title=MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)" |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?key_school=c9b0c077&exact=1&query_type=key_school |access-date=2014-07-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727002614/http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?key_school=c9b0c077&exact=1&query_type=key_school |archive-date=2014-07-27 }}

class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align:center" ! colspan=4 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle\|Cornell Big Red\|color=white}}" \|Big Red in the Major League Baseball Draft
Year ! Player ! Round ! Team
1967 \|{{sort name\|Edward\|Cott\|nolink=1}} \| 9 \| Reds
1968 \|{{sort name\|Edward\|Cott\|nolink=1}} \| 5 \| Senators
1969 \|{{sort name\|Timothy\|McEnderfer\|nolink=1}} \| 34 \| Cardinals
1972 \|{{sort name\|Michael\|McGuire\|nolink=1}} \| 1 \| Tigers
1972 \|{{sort name\|Michael\|McGuire\|nolink=1}} \| 10 \| Pirates
1974 \|{{sort name\|Steve\|Hamrick\|nolink=1}} \| 15 \| Cubs
1977 \|{{sort name\|Kenneth\|Veenema\|nolink=1}} \| 11 \| Cubs
1999 \|{{sort name\|Brian\|Williamson\|nolink=1}} \| 32 \| Mets
2002 \|{{sort name\|Erik\|Rico\|nolink=1}} \| 22 \| Blue Jays
2003 \|{{sort name\|Chris\|Schutt\|nolink=1}} \| 7 \| Twins
2004 \|{{sort name\|Daniel\|Baysinger\|nolink=1}} \| 31 \| Cardinals
2006 \|{{sort name\|Everett\|Collis\|nolink=1}} \| 28 \| Mariners
2011 \|{{sort name\|Jadd\|Schmeltzer\|nolink=1}} \| 49 \| Red Sox
2014 \|{{sort name\|Brent\|Jones\|nolink=1}} \| 4 \| Diamondbacks

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! colspan=4 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Cornell Big Red|color=white}}" |Big Red in the Major League Baseball Draft

Year

! Player

! Round

! Team

1967

|{{sort name|Edward|Cott|nolink=1}}

| 9

| Reds

1968

|{{sort name|Edward|Cott|nolink=1}}

| 5

| Senators

1969

|{{sort name|Timothy|McEnderfer|nolink=1}}

| 34

| Cardinals

1972

|{{sort name|Michael|McGuire|nolink=1}}

| 1

| Tigers

1972

|{{sort name|Michael|McGuire|nolink=1}}

| 10

| Pirates

1974

|{{sort name|Steve|Hamrick|nolink=1}}

| 15

| Cubs

1977

|{{sort name|Kenneth|Veenema|nolink=1}}

| 11

| Cubs

1999

|{{sort name|Brian|Williamson|nolink=1}}

| 32

| Mets

2002

|{{sort name|Erik|Rico|nolink=1}}

| 22

| Blue Jays

2003

|{{sort name|Chris|Schutt|nolink=1}}

| 7

| Twins

2004

|{{sort name|Daniel|Baysinger|nolink=1}}

| 31

| Cardinals

2006

|{{sort name|Everett|Collis|nolink=1}}

| 28

| Mariners

2011

|{{sort name|Jadd|Schmeltzer|nolink=1}}

| 49

| Red Sox

2014

|{{sort name|Brent|Jones|nolink=1}}

| 4

| Diamondbacks

References

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{{cite news |title=David F. Hoy Dead; Cornell Registrar |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1930/12/07/102197269.html?pageNumber=40 |access-date=21 March 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=7 December 1930}}

{{cite news |last1=Stein |first1=Jeff |title=Trying to measure Lou Gehrig's massive home run at Cornell, 92 years later |url=https://ithacavoice.com/2015/03/trying-measure-lou-gehrigs-massive-home-run-cornell-92-years-later/ |access-date=6 July 2019 |publisher=The Ithaca Voice |date=3 March 2015 |quote=Percy Field ... served the Cornell community from the 1890s until 1922}}

}}

External links

{{Official website}}

Category:Baseball teams established in 1869

Category:1869 establishments in New York (state)