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{{Short description|Baseball team of the Virginia Military Institute}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2017}}

{{Infobox College baseball team

|current = 2025 VMI Keydets baseball team

|name = VMI Keydets

|founded = 1866

|logo = VMI Keydets logo.svg

|logo_size = 150

|university = Virginia Military Institute

|conference = Southern

|division =

|location = Lexington, Virginia

|coach = Sam Roberts

|tenure = 3rd

|stadium = Gray–Minor Stadium

|capacity = 1,400

|nickname = Keydets

|national_champion =

|cws =

|ncaa_tourneys =

|conference_tournament =

|conference_champion =

}}

The VMI Keydets baseball team represents the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia.{{cite web| title=Virginia Military Institute Keydets |url=http://www.d1baseball.com/schools/vmi.htm|access-date=June 21, 2013}} The team is a member of the Southern Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. VMI's first baseball team was fielded in 1866. The team plays its home games at Gray–Minor Stadium in Lexington, Virginia. The Keydets are coached by Sam Roberts.

History

In fall 1866, just two years after the Virginia Military Institute had been burned down by David Hunter and the Union Army, a group of cadets got together and created the Institute's first organized baseball team. It was the first organized team from any sport. In the inaugural season, the Keydets had an astounding mark of 20–1–2, playing among in-state rivals such as Washington and Lee, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Randolph-Macon and Hampden-Sydney, and continuously so for the next several decades.

In 1921, the team started playing at recently built Alumni Memorial Field along with the football team. Both squads had, up to that point, been playing on the Parade Ground. It was not until the 1960s that the baseball team shifted to Patchin Field, and most recently in 2007, began playing in Gray-Minor Stadium.

Despite having many winning seasons throughout the 20th century and into the last decade, the Keydets have never been able to make the NCAA tournament. The 1993 team came closest to breaking the barrier with a run to the Southern Conference finals, and despite being an 8th seed, VMI upended three higher-seeded teams before bowing down to eventual champion Western Carolina.

Year-by-year results

{{Main|List of VMI Keydets baseball seasons}}

class="wikitable" | width="35%"

! width="*" | Year

! width="*" | Record (Conference)

! width="*" | Coach

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1950

| align="center" |4–14 (2–7)

| align="center" | Frank Summers

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1951

| align="center" |1–20 (0–12)

| align="center" | Frank Summers

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1952

| align="center" |1–13 (1–8)

| align="center" | Vince Ragunas

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1953

| align="center" |7–7 (4–4)

| align="center" | Chuck Noe

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1954

| align="center" |12–6 (6–4)

| align="center" | Chuck Noe

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1955

| align="center" |12–8 (6–7)

| align="center" | Chuck Noe

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1956

| align="center" |12–10 (7–7)

| align="center" | Jack Null

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1957

| align="center" |8–13 (4–6)

| align="center" | Jack Null

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1958

| align="center" |4–12 (2–8)

| align="center" | Jack Null

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1959

| align="center" |5–11 (5–10)

| align="center" | Weenie Miller

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1960

| align="center" |6–8 (5–8)

| align="center" | Weenie Miller

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1961

| align="center" | 7–7 (6–6)

| align="center" | Weenie Miller

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1962

| align="center" |8–7 (7–7)

| align="center" | Charlie McGinnis

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1963

| align="center" |14–11 (7–7)

| align="center" | Charlie McGinnis

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1964

| align="center" |11–12–1 (5–9)

| align="center" | Charlie McGinnis

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1965

| align="center" |15–9 (8–6)

| align="center" |Charlie McGinnis

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1966

| align="center" |10–13 (6–10)

| align="center" |Fred Kelly

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1967

| align="center" |9–11 (7–9)

| align="center" |Fred Kelly

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1968

| align="center" |7–8 (3–5)

| align="center" |Chuck Roys

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1969

| align="center" |10–12 (8–7)

| align="center" |Chuck Roys

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1970

| align="center" |6–13 (4–9)

| align="center" |Tom Sawyer

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1971

| align="center" |5–24 (1–15)

| align="center" |Tom Sawyer

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1972

| align="center" | 6–19 (3–13)

| align="center" |Phil Tucker

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1973

| align="center" |3–14 (0–11)

| align="center" |Phil Tucker

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1974

| align="center" |6–14 (5–9)

| align="center" |Donny White

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1975

| align="center" |2–18 (1–13)

| align="center" |Jerry Roane

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1976

| align="center" |6–23 (2–12)

| align="center" |Jerry Roane

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1977

| align="center" |5–19 (2–12)

| align="center" |Vern Beitzel

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1978

| align="center" |2–27 (0–14)

| align="center" |Vern Beitzel

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1979

| align="center" | 6–25 (0–15)

| align="center" |Vern Beitzel

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1980

| align="center" |4–22 (0–12)

| align="center" |Vern Beiztel

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1981

| align="center" |3–37 (0–16)

| align="center" |Jim Rowsey

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1982

| align="center" |11–29 (6–10)

| align="center" |Donny White

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1983

| align="center" |11–25 (5–9)

| align="center" |Donny White

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1984

| align="center" |16–18 (6–7)

| align="center" |Donny White

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1985

| align="center" |16–24 (8–10)

| align="center" |Donny White

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1986

| align="center" |15–25 (7–11)

| align="center" |Donny White

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1987

| align="center" |16–16–1 (8–4)

| align="center" |Donny White

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1988

| align="center" |20–20 (11–7)

| align="center" |Paul Maini

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1989

| align="center" | 16–23 (8–7)

| align="center" |Paul Maini

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1990

| align="center" |12–26 (6–8)

| align="center" |Paul Maini

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1991

| align="center" |2–35–1 (1–15)

| align="center" |Paul Maini

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1992

| align="center" |11–39 (4–15)

| align="center" |Chris Finwood

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1993

| align="center" |20–29 (5–15)

| align="center" |Chris Finwood

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1994

| align="center" |21–29 (10–13)

| align="center" |Chris Finwood

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1995

| align="center" |19–28 (10–14)

| align="center" |Scott Gines

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1996

| align="center" |17–29 (7–16)

| align="center" |Scott Gines

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1997

| align="center" |13–35 (6–13)

| align="center" |Scott Gines

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1998

| align="center" |14–35 (7–17)

| align="center" |Scott Gines

valign="center"

| align="center" | 1999

| align="center" |22–27 (13–16)

| align="center" |Scott Gines

valign="center"

| align="center" | 2000

| align="center" |19–30 (11–19)

| align="center" |Scott Gines

valign="center"

| align="center" | 2001

| align="center" |15–32 (8–19)

| align="center" |Tom Slater

valign="center"

| align="center" | 2002

| align="center" |10–41 (1–27)

| align="center" |Tom Slater

valign="center"

| align="center" | 2003

| align="center" |25–27 (16–14)

| align="center" |Tom Slater

valign="center"

| align="center" | 2004

| align="center" |23–32 (4–20)

| align="center" |Marlin Ikenberry

valign="center"

| align="center" | 2005

| align="center" |27–28 (11–13)

| align="center" |Marlin Ikenberry

valign="center"

| align="center" | 2006

| align="center" |30–25 (9–15)

| align="center" |Marlin Ikenberry

valign="center"

| align="center" | 2007

| align="center" |34–21 (10–11)

| align="center" |Marlin Ikenberry

valign="center"

| align="center" | 2008

| align="center" |29–26 (14–7)

| align="center" |Marlin Ikenberry

valign="center"

| align="center" | 2009

| align="center" |18–35 (10–15)

| align="center" |Marlin Ikenberry

valign="center"

| align="center" | 2010

| align="center" |33–22 (13–14)

| align="center" |Marlin Ikenberry

valign="center"

| align="center" | 2011

| align="center" |27–24–1 (14–13)

| align="center" |Marlin Ikenberry

valign="center"

| align="center" | 2012

| align="center" |16–36 (7–17)

| align="center" |Marlin Ikenberry

valign="center"

| align="center" | 2013

| align="center" |20–35 (6–18)

| align="center" |Marlin Ikenberry

valign="center"

| align="center" |2014

| align="center" |25–23 (11–16)

| align="center" |Marlin Ikenberry

VMI and MLB

VMI has had 31 Major League Baseball Draft selections since the draft began in 1965.{{cite web| title=MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "Virginia Military Institute (Lexington, VA)"|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com| url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?key_school=b354d911&exact=1&query_type=key_school|access-date=June 14, 2015}}

class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align:center"

! colspan=4 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|VMI Keydets|border=0|color=white}}" |Keydets in the Major League Baseball Draft

Year

! Player

! Round

! Team

1965

|{{sort name|Percy|Sensabaugh|nolink=1}}

| 51

| Orioles

1966

|{{sort name|Robin|Porter|nolink=1}}

| 24

| Pirates

1966

|{{sort name|Percy|Sensabaugh|nolink=1}}

| 4

| Senators

1989

|{{sort name|Andy|Beasley|nolink=1}}

| 17

| Athletics

1990

|{{sort name|Mark|Craft|nolink=1}}

| 11

| Athletics

1990

|{{sort name|Andy|Beasley|nolink=1}}

| 4

| Cardinals

1994

|{{sort name|Marc|Phillips|nolink=1}}

| 32

| Royals

1995

|{{sort name|David|Groseclose|nolink=1}}

| 22

| Rockies

1995

|{{sort name|Ryan|Glynn}}

| 4

| Rangers

1996

|{{sort name|Nathan|Shepperson|nolink=1}}

| 55

| Pirates

2003

|{{sort name|Phillip|Hendrix|nolink=1}}

| 35

| Brewers

2003

|{{sort name|Andy|Barden|nolink=1}}

| 19

| Braves

2003

|{{sort name|Jeremy|Harper|nolink=1}}

| 14

| Blue Jays

2005

|{{sort name|Matt|Acors|nolink=1}}

| 32

| Pirates

2006

|{{sort name|Kelly|Sweppenhiser|nolink=1}}

| 44

| Blue Jays

2007

|{{sort name|Corey|Bachman|nolink=1}}

| 40

| Cubs

2007

|{{sort name|Chad|Rice|nolink=1}}

| 24

| Pirates

2007

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

| 12

| Angels

2008

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

| 38

| Brewers

2008

|{{sort name|Trey|Barham|nolink=1}}

| 25

| Athletics

2008

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

| 9

| Brewers

2009

|{{sort name|Tanner|Biagini|nolink=1}}

| 50

| Athletics

2009

|{{sort name|Travis|Smink|nolink=1}}

| 31

| Astros

2010

|{{sort name|Jordan|Ballard|nolink=1}}

| 33

| Rockies

2011

|{{sort name|Sam|Roberts|nolink=1}}

| 26

| Athletics

2012

|{{sort name|Coby|Cowgill|nolink=1}}

| 23

| Rangers

2012

|{{sort name|Adam|Lopez|nolink=1}}

| 21

| White Sox

2014

|{{sort name|Connor|Bach|nolink=1}}

| 21

| Nationals

2014

|{{sort name|Reed|Garrett}}

| 16

| Rangers

2015

|{{sort name|Jordan|Tarsovich|nolink=1}}

| 22

| Dodgers

2015

|{{sort name|Matt|Winn|nolink=1}}

| 14

| Giants

In popular culture

The 1938 film, Brother Rat is set at the Virginia Military Institute. The film features Eddie Albert as the VMI baseball team's star pitcher, and Ronald Reagan as his catcher. The film's plot centers on Albert and Reagan as they attempt to win the big baseball game against rival Virginia. Portions of the film were shot on location at the VMI campus in Lexington. In 1940, the film was followed by a sequel, Brother Rat and a Baby, featuring the same lead cast members. The sequel film's plot centered on the since-graduated Albert's attempt to get a job as a baseball coach at his alma mater.{{cite web|date= March 12, 2014| title=Warner Archive Wednesday ~ Brother Rat (1938) and Brother Rat and a Baby (1940)|publisher=outofthepastblog.com| url=http://www.outofthepastblog.com/2014/03/brother-rat.html|access-date=June 28, 2014}}

See also

References

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External links

  • {{Official website}}

{{VMI Keydets baseball navbox}}

{{Virginia Military Institute}}

{{Southern Conference baseball navbox}}

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