Northwestern Wildcats baseball

{{Infobox College baseball team

|name = Northwestern Wildcats baseball

|current = 2025 Northwestern Wildcats baseball team

|logo = Northwestern Wildcats logo.svg

|logo_size = 100

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

|university = Northwestern University

|athletic_director =

|coach = Ben Greenspan

|tenure = 2nd

|conference = Big Ten

|division =

|location = Evanston, Illinois

|stadium = Rocky Miller Park

|capacity = 600

|nickname = Wildcats

|conference_history =

|record =

|national_champion =

|cws =

|ncaa_tourneys = 1957

|conference_tournament =

|conference_champion = 1940, 1957

}}

The Northwestern Wildcats baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, United States. The team competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I and are members of the Big Ten Conference.

The Wildcats have been to 1 NCAA tournament in 1957. In 2017, the Wildcats made it to the Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament championship.{{Cite web|last=Zucker|first=Joseph|title=Iowa Cruises to 2017 Big Ten Baseball Championship over Northwestern|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2712232-iowa-cruises-to-2017-big-ten-baseball-championship-over-northwestern|access-date=2022-02-15|website=Bleacher Report|language=en}}

Stadiums

=Rocky and Berenice Miller Park=

Rocky and Berenice Miller Park is a baseball stadium in Evanston, Illinois.{{cite web |url=http://nusports.cstv.com/facilities/rocky-miller-park.html |title=Rocky Miller Park |publisher=Northwestern University |work=www.nusports.cstv.com |access-date=October 24, 2009 |archive-date=December 8, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091208045226/http://nusports.cstv.com/facilities/rocky-miller-park.html |url-status=live }} 10/24/09 It is the home stadium of the Northwestern University Wildcats college baseball team since 1943. The stadium is named after J. Roscoe Miller, an Northwestern President from 1949 to 1970 and his wife. In 2013, Miller's daughter, Roxy and her husband Richard Pepper, donated the money to renovate the stadium.{{cite web |title=The Dream Has Become a Reality: Rocky and Berenice Miller Park | url=http://www.nusports.com/news/2016/3/30/baseball-the-dream-has-become-a-reality-rocky-and-berenice-miller-park.aspx?path=baseball | publisher=NUSports | date=March 30, 2016 | access-date=June 29, 2016}}

Head coaches

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{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Northwestern Wildcats|Year(s)|Coach|Seasons|W–L–T|Pct}}

1888

| Billy Sunday

| 1

| 6–4

| {{winpct|6|4}}

1894–1897

| John Kedzie

| 4

| 38–22

| {{winpct|38|22}}

1898–1902

| W. J. Bryan

| 5

| 30–53

| {{winpct|30|53}}

1903

| Horace Butterworth

| 1

| 3–13

| {{winpct|3|13}}

1904

| Harry Fleager

| 1

| 1–11

| {{winpct|1|11}}

1905

| Harley Parker

| 1

| 7–9

| {{winpct|7|9}}

1906

| Charles M. Hollister

| 1

| 3–7

| {{winpct|3|7}}

1907–1908

| A. B. Cunningham

| 2

| 4–14

| {{winpct|4|14}}

1909–1911

| A. G. Rundle

| 3

| 4–25

| {{winpct|4|25}}

1912

| L. C. Holsinger

| 1

| 3–6–1

| {{winpct|3|6|1}}

1913

| Dennis Grady

| 1

| 6–6

| {{winpct|6|6}}

1914–1916

| Fred J. Murphy

| 3

| 11–17–1

| {{winpct|11|17|1}}

1917

| Willie McGill

| 1

| 4–4

| {{winpct|4|4}}

1921

| Jack Sawtelle

| 1

| 6–10

| {{winpct|6|10}}

1922

| Henry Symanski

| 1

| 2–8

| {{winpct|2|8}}

1923–1928, 1942–1943

| Maury Kent

| 8

| 33–78–1

| {{winpct|33|78|1}}

1929–1935

| Paul Stewart

| 7

| 60–75

| {{winpct|60|75}}

1936–1939

| Burt Ingwersen

| 4

| 35–51

| {{winpct|35|51}}

1940–1941

| Stan Klores

| 2

| 25–24

| {{winpct|25|24}}

1944–1946

| Wesley Fry

| 3

| 28–28–1

| {{winpct|28|28|1}}

1947–1948

| Don Heap

| 2

| 21–25–1

| {{winpct|21|25|1}}

1949–1961

| Freddie Lindstrom

| 13

| 163–145–2

| {{winpct|163|145|2}}

1962–1981

| George McKinnon

| 20

| 304–391–6

| {{winpct|304|391|6}}

1982–1986

| Ron Wellman

| 5

| 180–97–4

| {{winpct|180|97|4}}

1987

| Larry Cochell

| 1

| 23–20–1

| {{winpct|32|20|1}}

1988–2015

| Paul Stevens

| 28

| 674–836–6

| {{winpct|674|836|6}}

2016–2021

| Spencer Allen

| 6

| 101–152

| {{winpct|101|152}}

2022

| Josh Reynolds

| 1

| 24–27

| {{winpct|24|27}}

2023

| Jim Foster

| 1

| 10–40

| {{winpct|10|40}}

2024–present

| Ben Greenspan

| 1

| 18–34

| {{winpct|18|34}}

{{CollegeSecondaryHeader|team=Northwestern Wildcats|Totals|30|128|1,827–2,232–24|{{winpct|1827|2232|24}}}}

{{cite web |url=https://nusports.com/documents/2019/2/28/2018_Baseball_Record_Book.pdf |title=2018 Baseball Record Book |publisher=Northwestern University |work=www.nusports.com |access-date=July 7, 2020}}

NCAA tournament

Northwestern has made the NCAA Division I baseball tournament once.{{cite web |url=https://dailynorthwestern.com/2018/05/25/lateststories/baseball-six-decades-ago-northwestern-made-it-to-college-baseballs-biggest-stage/ |title=Baseball: Six decades ago, Northwestern made it to college baseball's biggest stage |author=Peter Warren |date=May 25, 2018 |publisher=The Daily Northwestern |work=www.dailynorthwestern.com |access-date=July 7, 2020}}

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{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Northwestern Wildcats|Year|Region|Round|Opponent|Result}}

1957

District 4

Upper Round 1
Lower Round
Lower Final
Finals Game 1
Finals Game 2

Western Michigan
Alma
Western Michigan
Notre Dame

L 1–11
W 11–2
W 10–9 (10)
W 9–2
L 1–6

Player awards

=First-team All-Americans=

The following is a listing of the selections listed in the 2018 Northwestern Baseball Media Guide on nusports.com.{{cite web |url=https://nusports.com/documents/2019/2/28/2018_Baseball_Record_Book.pdf |title=2018 Baseball Record Book |work=www.nusports.com}}