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Illinois Fighting Illini baseball

{{Short description|Baseball team of the University of Illinois}}

{{Infobox College baseball team

|current = 2025 Illinois Fighting Illini baseball team

|name = Illinois Fighting Illini baseball team

|founded = 1879

|logo = Illinois Fighting Illini logo.svg

|logo_size = 125

|university = University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

|athletic_director = Josh Whitman

|conference = Big Ten

|division =

|location = Champaign, Illinois

|coach = Dan Hartleb

|tenure = 20th

|stadium = Illinois Field

|capacity = 3,000

|nickname = Fighting Illini

|national_champion =

|cws =

|regional_champ = 2015

|ncaa_tourneys = 1947, 1948, 1962, 1963, 1989, 1990, 1998, 2000, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2024

|conference_tournament = 1989, 1990, 2000, 2011

|conference_champion = 1900, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1911, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1921, 1922, 1927, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1953, 1962, 1963, 1989, 1990, 1998, 2005, 2011, 2015, 2024

}}

The Illinois Fighting Illini baseball team represents the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in NCAA Division I college baseball. The baseball team participates in the Big Ten Conference. The Fighting Illini play all on-campus home games at Illinois Field. Coached by two-time Big Ten Coach of the Year Dan Hartleb, the Fighting Illini have appeared in five NCAA tournaments in his tenure.

History

=Coaching history=

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{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Illinois Fighting Illini|Coach|Years|Record|Conference
record|Conference
titles|NCAA
appearances}}
style="text-align:left"| No Coach1879–18812–1
style="text-align:left"| No Team18820–0
style="text-align:left"| No Coach1883–189130–17–1
style="text-align:left"| Edward K. Hall1892–189430–17
style="text-align:left"| No Coach189510–4
style="text-align:left"| George Huff1896–1919314–97–411
style="text-align:left"| George Clark192016–8
style="text-align:left"| Carl Lundgren1920–1934209–78–145
style="text-align:left"| Wally Roettger1935–1951212–109–64
style="text-align:left"| Lee Eilbracht1952–1978518–395–643
style="text-align:left"| Tom Dedin1979–1987268–234–6
style="text-align:left"| Augie Garrido1988–1990111–5722
style="text-align:left"| Richard "Itch" Jones1991–2005474–373–122
style="text-align:left"| Dan Hartleb2006–present567–419–1253–20035
style="text-align:center; {{NCAA secondary color cell|Illinois Fighting Illini}}"

| colspan="2"| Totals

2,764–1,796–39
({{Winning percentage|2764|1796|39}})		1,093–852–10
({{Winning percentage|1093|852|10}})		3012

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/2013-MG-History.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072200/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/2013-MG-History.pdf |date=2016-03-04 }} {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}

=Year-by-year results=

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{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Illinois Fighting Illini|Year|Head coach|Overall|Conference|Conf. finish|Notes}}
1879–1–0––No Coach
1880–1–0––No Coach
1881–0–1––No Coach
1882––––No Team
1883–3–0––No Coach
1884–1–1––No Coach
1885–1–0––No Coach
1886–4–2––No Coach
1887–4–4––No Coach
1888–3–4––No Coach
1889–1–2–1––No Coach
1890–5–3––No Coach
1891–8–2––No Coach
1892Ed Hall8–3–––
1893Ed Hall14–8–––
1894Ed Hall8–6–––
1895–10–4––No Coach
1896George Huff15–42–43rd–
1897George Huff6–53–3T-2nd–
1898George Huff6–74–63rd–
1899George Huff11–69–42nd–
1900George Huff12–28–21stBig Ten Champions
1901George Huff12–76–43rd–
1902George Huff12–48–32nd–
1903George Huff17–111–11stBig Ten Champions
1904George Huff24–48–21stBig Ten Champions
1905George Huff14–57–52nd–
1906George Huff13–38–31stBig Ten Champions
1907George Huff10–17–01stBig Ten Champions
1908George Huff11–311–31stBig Ten Champions
1909George Huff11–39–32nd–
1910George Huff14–011–01stBig Ten Champions
1911George Huff18–214–11stBig Ten Champions
1912George Huff13–3–110–2–12nd–
1913George Huff11–5–18–4T-2nd–
1914George Huff11–7–17–31stBig Ten Champions
1915George Huff18–1–19–1–11stBig Ten Champions
1916George Huff17–58–11stBig Ten Champions
1917George Huff13–78–32nd–
1918George Huff13–67–32nd–
1919George Huff13–57–42nd–
1920George Clark16–86–42nd–
1921Carl Lundgren17–310–11stBig Ten Champions
1922Carl Lundgren17–2–18–21stBig Ten Champions
1923Carl Lundgren14–6–17–43rd–
1924Carl Lundgren10–6–14–3–15th–
1925Carl Lundgren12–86–5T-5th–
1926Carl Lundgren16–7–17–4T-3rd–
1927Carl Lundgren10–7–37–3–1T-1stBig Ten Champions
1928Carl Lundgren32–12–56–68th–
1929Carl Lundgren13–7–26–54th–
1930Carl Lundgren15–58–22nd–
1931Carl Lundgren15–48–21stBig Ten Champions
1932Carl Lundgren10–57–32nd–
1933Carl Lundgren13–38–2T-2nd–
1934Carl Lundgren15–39–11stBig Ten Champions
1935Wally Roettger12–47–3T-2nd–
1936Wally Roettger13–48–22nd–
1937Wally Roettger14–39–11stBig Ten Champions
1938Wally Roettger8–84–4T-6th–
1939Wally Roettger7–7–24–58th–
1940Wally Roettger16–59–31stBig Ten Champions
1941Wally Roettger13–77–43rd–
1942Wally Roettger9–95–7T-5th–
1943Wally Roettger8–65–3T-3rd–
1944Wally Roettger9–3–25–2–23rd–
1945Wally Roettger10–10–16–5–14th–
1946Wally Roettger13–86–3T-3rd–
1947Wally Roettger22–69–31stBig Ten Champions
1948Wally Roettger20–7–110–21stBig Ten Champions
1949Wally Roettger9–8–16–5–15th–
1950Wally Roettger13–66–5T-4th–
1951Wally Roettger16–98–32nd–
1952Lee Eilbracht20–11–110–5T-1stBig Ten Champions
1953Lee Eilbracht17–610–3T-1stBig Ten Champions
1954Lee Eilbracht16–154–11T-9th–
1955Lee Eilbracht14–107–64th–
1956Lee Eilbracht15–18–14–1110th–
1957Lee Eilbracht17–97–4T-2nd–
1958Lee Eilbracht18–108–64th–
1959Lee Eilbracht22–99–6T-2nd–
1960Lee Eilbracht21–106–87th–
1961Lee Eilbracht22–89–44th–
1962Lee Eilbracht25–613–21stBig Ten Champions
1963Lee Eilbracht21–1510–51stBig Ten Champions
1964Lee Eilbracht9–221–1410th–
1965Lee Eilbracht14–98–65th–
1966Lee Eilbracht14–145–76th–
1967Lee Eilbracht17–215–119th–
1968Lee Eilbracht18–197–106th–
1969Lee Eilbracht22–2011–72nd–
1970Lee Eilbracht19–16–18–10T-6th–
1971Lee Eilbracht20–16–110–7–14th–
1972Lee Eilbracht16–215–98th–
1973Lee Eilbracht21–138–10T-7th–
1974Lee Eilbracht27–119–74th–
1975Lee Eilbracht25–17–14–11–19th–
1976Lee Eilbracht20–223–1210th–
1977Lee Eilbracht23–258–106th–
1978Lee Eilbracht25–22–16–129th–
1979Tom Dedin14–30–13–1510th–
1980Tom Dedin18–336–10T-6th–
1981Tom Dedin35–2611–32nd-West (4th Tourn.)–
1982Tom Dedin49–2314–21st-West (4th Tourn.)–
1983Tom Dedin23–24–26–9T-3rd-West–
1984Tom Dedin22–303–105th-West–
1985Tom Dedin46–2113–41st-West (4th Tourn.)–
1986Tom Dedin33–20–28–84th-West–
1987Tom Dedin32–249–7T-2nd-West–
1988Augie Garrido26–2012–167th–
1989Augie Garrido42–1617–11T-2ndBig Ten Tournament champions
1990Augie Garrido43–2119–9T-2ndBig Ten Tournament champions
1991Richard “Itch” Jones26–3013–157th–
1992Richard “Itch” Jones36–2016–124th–
1993Richard “Itch” Jones32–2312–16T-8th–
1994Richard “Itch” Jones26–2612–16T-7th–
1995Richard “Itch” Jones25–3114–14T-5th–
1996Richard “Itch” Jones37–2217–103rd–
1997Richard “Itch” Jones32–2717–11T-3rd–
1998Richard “Itch” Jones42–2119–51stBig Ten Champions
1999Richard “Itch” Jones34–2215–123rd–
2000Richard “Itch” Jones41–2317–11T-3rdBig Ten Tournament champions
2001Richard “Itch” Jones29–2813–145th–
2002Richard “Itch” Jones32–1914–15T-6th–
2003Richard “Itch” Jones27–2612–198th–
2004Richard “Itch” Jones22–3311–219th–
2005Richard “Itch” Jones33–23–120–121stBig Ten Champions
2006Dan Hartleb29–2915–17T-5th–
2007Dan Hartleb31–2716–145th–
2008Dan Hartleb31–2516–154th–
2009Dan Hartleb34–2016–84th–
2010Dan Hartleb26–2610–149th–
2011Dan Hartleb30–2715–91stBig Ten Champions
Big Ten Tournament champions
2012Dan Hartleb28–2511–13T-6th–
2013Dan Hartleb35–2014–10T-5th–
2014Dan Hartleb32–2117–73rd–
2015Dan Hartleb50–10–121–11stChampaign Regional champions
Big Ten Champions
School record 50 wins
School & Big Ten record 27 straight wins
2016Dan Hartleb28–2312–12T-8th–
2017Dan Hartleb23–289–1510th–
2018

|Dan Hartleb

|33-20

|15-9

|4th

|–

2019

|Dan Hartleb

|36-21

|15-9

|T-3rd

|

2020

|Dan Hartleb

|8-5

|

|

|

2021

|Dan Hartleb

|22-22

|22-22

|7th

|

2022

|Dan Hartleb

|31-22

|17-7

|T–2nd

|

2023

|Dan Hartleb

|25-27

|12-12

|T–7th

|

2024

|Dan Hartleb

|35-21

|18-6

|1st

|

Reference:{{cite web |title=Baseball - All-Time Season Stats |url=https://fightingillini.com/sports/2017/4/21/baseball-all-time-season-stats |website=University of Illinois Athletics |access-date=1 April 2025}}

=NCAA tournament results=

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{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Illinois Fighting Illini|Year|Record|Pct|Notes}}
19470-1.000Eastern Playoff
19480-2.000Eastern Playoff
19621-2.333District 4
19633-2.600District 4
19891-2.333Northeast Regional
19902-2.500South II Regional
19983-2.600South I Regional
20001-2.333Clemson Regional
20112-2.500Fullerton Regional
20131-2.333Nashville Regional
20153-2.600Champaign Super Regional
20190-2.000Oxford Regional
20241-2.333Lexington Super Regional

=Attendance records=

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|+ Top Attendance Figures at Illinois Field{{cite web |title=Baseball - Records - Attendance |url=https://fightingillini.com/sports/2016/2/8/BASE_AttendanceRecords.aspx |website=University of Illinois Athletics |access-date=1 April 2025}}

{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Illinois Fighting Illini|Rank|Attendance|Opponent|Date}}

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| 1.

| 5,214

| Ohio State

| May 8, 2009

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| 2.

| 4,229

| Iowa

| April 15, 1995

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| 3.

| 4,019

| Indiana

| April 17, 2015

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| 4.

| 3,800

| Michigan

| April 21, 1990

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| 5.

| 3,767

| Vanderbilt

| June 8, 2015

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| 6.

| 3,605

| Vanderbilt

| June 6, 2015

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| 7.

| 3,398

| Ohio

| May 29, 2015

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| 8.

| 3,394

| Northwestern

| April 16, 1994

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| 9.

| 3,227

| Ohio State

| May 4, 2018

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| 10.

| 3,185

| Indiana

| April 27, 2014

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Retired numbers

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|+ {{NCAA color cell|Illinois Fighting Illini}}"| Fighting Illini in professional baseball

colspan="2" style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Illinois Fighting Illini}}; text-align:center;"| MiLB
Total Currently Playing:

| align=center|6{{cite web |url=http://fightingillini.com/sports/2015/6/28/illiniinmlb.aspx?path=baseball |title= Fighting Illini in Minor League Baseball |access-date=May 31, 2018}}

colspan="2" style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Illinois Fighting Illini}}; text-align:center;"| MLB
All-Time Total MLB Players

| align=center|73{{Cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/university_of_illinois_baseball_players.shtml|title = University of Illinois Baseball Players Who Made it to a Major League Baseball Team | Baseball Almanac}}

Total Currently Playing:

| align=center|1

colspan="2" style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Illinois Fighting Illini}}; text-align:center;"| Notable achievements
Illini in the World Series:

| align=center|8

Number of World Series Titles
Claimed by Illini:

| align=center|12

National Baseball Hall of Famers:

| align=center|1

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|+Illinois Fighting Illini retired numbers

width=40px style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Illinois Fighting Illini}}" | No.

! width=150px style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Illinois Fighting Illini}}" |Player

! width=40px style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Illinois Fighting Illini}}" |Position

! width=100px style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Illinois Fighting Illini}}" |Career

5Lou Boudreau3B1937–1938

Current MLB players

Individual honors

=Player of the year awards=

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  • 2018

:Bren Spillane, (1B/OF), Collegiate Baseball Player of the Year{{cite web | url=http://baseballnews.com/2018-ncaa-div-1-baseball-all-americans/ | title=2018 NCAA Div 1 Baseball All-Americans | publisher=Collegiate Baseball Newspaper | date=May 31, 2018 | access-date=May 31, 2018}}

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=All-Americans=

Note that information below is referenced from Illinois Fighting Illini Media Guide.http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/mgsection6.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081417/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/mgsection6.pdf |date=2016-03-04 }} {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}

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  • 1947

:Andy Phillip, (1B)

:Lee Eilbracht, (C)

  • 1948

:Russ Steger, (OF)

  • 1951

:Dick Raklovits, (3B)

  • 1959

:Bob Klaus, (SS)

  • 1962

:Tom Fletcher, (P)

  • 1973

:Bob Polock, (2B)

  • 1987

:Darrin Fletcher, (C)

  • 1988

:Mark Dalesandro, (2B)

  • 1989

:Sean Mulligan, (C)

:Charles "Bubba" Smith, (UT)

  • 1990

:Mark Dalesandro, (2B)

  • 1991

:Sean Mulligan, (C)

:Charles "Bubba" Smith, (UT)

:Larry Sutton, (OF)

:Scott Spiezio, (IF)

  • 1992

:Larry Sutton, (OF)

  • 1993

:Scott Spiezio, (IF)

  • 1994

:Forry Wells, (OF)

:Tom Sinak, (OF)

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  • 1996

:Josh Klimek (SS)

:Brian McClure, (2B)

  • 1998

:James Tow, (P)

:D.J. Svihlik, (2B)

  • 1999

:James Tow, (P)

:D.J. Svihlik, (2B)

:Luke Simmons, (DH)

  • 2000

:Jason Anderson (P)

:Andy Schutzenhofer, (1B)

:D.J. Svihlik, (2B)

  • 2001

:Andy Dickinson (P)

  • 2002

:Andy Dickinson (P)

:Drew Davidson, (OF)

  • 2003

:Eric Eymann, (SS)

  • 2005

:Drew Davidson, (OF)

  • 2007

:Lars Davis (C)

  • 2013

:Justin Parr, (OF)

  • 2015

:Tyler Jay, (P)

  • 2016

:Cody Sedlock, (P)

  • 2018

:Bren Spillane, (1B/OF)

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Illini in the World Series

References

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External links

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  • {{Official website}}

{{University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus}}

{{Big Ten Conference baseball navbox}}

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