Wisconsin Badgers baseball
{{Infobox college baseball team
|current =
|name = Wisconsin Badgers baseball
|founded = {{Start date|1896}}
|defunct = {{end date and age|1991}}
|logo = Wisconsin Badgers logo.svg
|logo_size = 120
|university = University of Wisconsin–Madison
|conference = Big Ten
|division =
|location = Madison, Wisconsin
|stadium = Guy Lowman Field
|capacity =
|nickname = Badgers
|cws = 1950
|ncaa_tourneys =
|conference_tournament =
|conference_champion = 1902, 1912, 1930, 1946, 1950*
}}
The Wisconsin Badgers baseball team was the varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the University of Wisconsin–Madison in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. The team competed in NCAA Division I and were members of the Big Ten Conference. The school's first baseball team was fielded in 1900. The baseball program was discontinued at the conclusion of the 1991 season.{{cite web|date= April 18, 2009| title=Badgers should be playing ball again|work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |url=http://www.jsonline.com/sports/badgers/43201602.html |access-date=2012-11-09}}{{cite news|url=http://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/uw/2017/08/19/damato-26-years-later-uw-still-without-varsity-baseball/573788001/|title=26 years later, UW still without varsity baseball|date=August 19, 2017|agency=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|author=D'Amato, Gary|access-date=August 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821165709/http://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/uw/2017/08/19/damato-26-years-later-uw-still-without-varsity-baseball/573788001/|url-status=live|archive-date=August 21, 2017}}
History
=Big Ten Conference championships=
It won the Big Ten Conference championships in 1902, 1912, 1930, 1946, 1950*.[http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/ Events] cstv.com {{dead link|date=August 2023}}
From 1952{{Cite web|url=https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Image/IM76159|title=Dedication of Guy S. Lowman Field | Photograph|date=December 1, 2003|website=Wisconsin Historical Society}} until the time the program was suspended, Wisconsin played their home games at Guy Lowman Field, which was named for the program's coach during the 1918 season. He was also a professor, and the football and basketball coach at one point for the university.{{cite news |title=PROF. GUY S. LOWMAN, WISCONSIN EDUCATOR; Ex-Head of Physical Training Coached Basketball, Baseball |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1943/09/15/96565248.pdf |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=September 15, 1943 |access-date=May 21, 2012}} The newer field was built in 1971 and became the home of the softball program when they first took the field in 1996.{{cite web|url=https://www.wisconsin.edu/regents/download/meeting_materials/1997/december/12-4-97-Physical-Planning-and-Funding-Committee-Agenda-and-Materials.pdf|title=Physical Planning and Funding Committee |website=wisconsin.edu|access-date=17 August 2023}}
Year-by-year results
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! colspan=5 style="background:#dddddd;" | Wisconsin Baseball regular season records 1896–1991[http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/b1grecordsbookbase.pdf Big Records Book] cstv.com {{dead link|date=August 2023}} |
| Year
! W ! L ! % |
|---|
| 1896
| 0 | 5 | .000 |
| 1897
| 3 | 3 | .500 |
| 1898
| - | - | No Team |
| 1899
| 2 | 8 | .200 |
| 1900
| 4 | 3 | .571 |
| 1901
| 3 | 4 | .429 |
| 1902
| 5 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1903
| 2 | 9 | .182 |
| 1904
| 4 | 2 | .667 |
| 1905
| 4 | 8 | .333 |
| 1906
| - | - | No Team |
| 1907
| 2 | 3 | .400 |
| 1908
| 3 | 7 | .300 |
| 1909
| 3 | 7 | .300 |
| 1910
| 4 | 5 | .445 |
| 1911
| 4 | 7 | .364 |
| 1912
| 6 | 1 | .857 |
| 1913
| 3 | 6 | .333 |
| 1914
| 7 | 5 | .583 |
| 1915
| 7 | 3 | .700 |
| 1916
| 3 | 6 | .333 |
| 1917
| - | - | No Team |
| 1918
| 1 | 5 | .167 |
| 1919
| 1 | 6 | .143 |
| 1920
| 2 | 10 | .167 |
| 1921
| 8 | 4 | .667 |
| 1922
| 8 | 3 | .727 |
| 1923
| 5 | 4 | .556 |
| 1924
| 6 | 4 | .667 |
| 1925
| 4 | 8 | .333 |
| 1926
| 8 | 3 | .727 |
| 1927
| 4 | 5 | .444 |
| 1928
| 7 | 5 | .583 |
| 1929
| 8 | 4 | .667 |
| 1930
| 9 | 1 | .900 |
| 1931
| 5 | 4 | .556 |
| 1932
| 6 | 4 | .600 |
| 1933
| 5 | 5 | .500 |
| 1934
| 6 | 6 | .500 |
| 1935
| 5 | 6 | .455 |
| 1936
| 5 | 6 | .455 |
| 1937
| 5 | 4 | .556 |
| 1938
| 6 | 5 | .545 |
| 1939
| 6 | 6 | .500 |
| 1940
| 5 | 7 | .417 |
| 1941
| 5 | 6 | .455 |
| 1942
| 7 | 5 | .583 |
| 1943
| 5 | 3 | .625 |
| 1944
| 4 | 5 | .444 |
| 1945
| 8 | 4 | .667 |
| 1946
| 9 | 2 | .818 |
| 1947
| 6 | 4 | .600 |
| 1948
| 5 | 6 | .455 |
| 1949
| 3 | 9 | .250 |
| 1950
| 9 | 3 | .750 |
| 1951
| 5 | 5 | .500 |
| 1952
| 9 | 6 | .600 |
| 1953
| 6 | 5 | .545 |
| 1954
| 10 | 3 | .750 |
| 1955
| 7 | 8 | .467 |
| 1956
| 8 | 4 | .667 |
| 1957
| 3 | 7 | .300 |
| 1958
| 8 | 7 | .533 |
| 1959
| 9 | 6 | .600 |
| 1960
| 5 | 4 | .556 |
| 1961
| 5 | 9 | .357 |
| 1962
| 6 | 6 | .500 |
| 1963
| 8 | 6 | .571 |
| 1964
| 8 | 7 | .533 |
| 1965
| 6 | 9 | .400 |
| 1966
| 6 | 9 | .400 |
| 1967
| 11 | 6 | .647 |
| 1968
| 11 | 5 | .688 |
| 1969
| 7 | 7 | .500 |
| 1970
| 8 | 7 | .533 |
| 1971
| 9 | 9 | .500 |
| 1972
| 7 | 8 | .467 |
| 1973
| 8 | 8 | .500 |
| 1974
| 6 | 8 | .429 |
| 1975
| 9 | 9 | .500 |
| 1976
| 6 | 7 | .462 |
| 1977
| 7 | 11 | .389 |
| 1978
| 10 | 6 | .625 |
| 1979
| 13 | 5 | .722 |
| 1980
| 10 | 8 | .556 |
| 1981
| 3 | 13 | .188 |
| 1982
| 6 | 10 | .375 |
| 1983
| 6 | 10 | .375 |
| 1984
| 6 | 7 | .464 |
| 1985
| 3 | 13 | .188 |
| 1986
| 10 | 6 | .625 |
| 1987
| 5 | 11 | .313 |
| 1988
| 15 | 13 | .536 |
| 1989
| 9 | 19 | .321 |
| 1990
| 8 | 20 | .286 |
| 1991
| 6 | 22 | .214 |
NCAA tournament
Wisconsin made the NCAA Division I baseball tournament once.
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{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Wisconsin Badgers|Year|Round|Opponent|Result}} | |||
| 1950 | Upper Round 1 Upper Round 2 Lower Round 2 Semifinals | Colorado A&M Rutgers Alabama Rutgers | W 7–3 L 3–5 W 3–1 L 2–16 |
Major League Baseball
Wisconsin has had 38 Major League Baseball Draft selections since the draft began in 1965.{{cite web| title=MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "University of Wisconsin at Madison (Madison, WI)"|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com| url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?key_school=84ed5d25&exact=1&query_type=key_school |access-date=2013-10-23}}
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! colspan=4 style="{{NCAA color cell|Wisconsin Badgers}}" |Badgers in the Major League Baseball Draft |
| Year
! Player ! Round ! Team |
|---|
| 1965
|{{sort name|Joseph|Romary|nolink=1}} | 32 | Twins |
| 1965
|{{sort name|Rick|Hense|nolink=1}} | 11 | Senators |
| 1966
|{{sort name|Carlos|Evans|nolink=1}} | 2 | Orioles |
| 1966
|{{sort name|Vern|Geishert}} | 2 | Angels |
| 1967
|{{sort name|Gary|Pinnow|nolink=1}} | 22 | Giants |
| 1970
|{{sort name|Robert|Boschulte|nolink=1}} | 38 | Senators |
| 1971
|{{sort name|Lon|Galli|nolink=1}} | 28 | Twins |
| 1971
|{{sort name|Michael|Bauer|nolink=1}} | 2 | Royals |
| 1972
|{{sort name|John|Stoffel|nolink=1}} | 14 | Angels |
| 1974
|{{sort name|Timothy|Rappe|nolink=1}} | 33 | Reds |
| 1976
|{{sort name|Duane|Gustavson|nolink=1}} | 10 | Cubs |
| 1976
|{{sort name|Andrew|Pascarella|nolink=1}} | 6 | Brewers |
| 1977
|{{sort name|Thomas|Underhill|nolink=1}} | 5 | Indians |
| 1978
|{{sort name|Patrick|Seegers|nolink=1}} | 26 | Brewers |
| 1979
|{{sort name|Jack|Gurholt|nolink=1}} | 20 | Twins |
| 1979
|{{sort name|Lee|Wetenkamp|nolink=1}} | 20 |
| 1979
|{{sort name|Mike|Hart|dab=left-handed hitter}} | 13 | Mariners |
| 1980
|{{sort name|Tom|Klawitter}} | 19 | Dodgers |
| 1980
|{{sort name|Stephen|Marsden|nolink=1}} | 9 | Dodgers |
| 1981
|{{sort name|Dean|Rennicke|nolink=1}} | 14 | Dodgers |
| 1982
|{{sort name|Rob|Derksen}} | 16 | Brewers |
| 1982
|{{sort name|Scott|Sabo|nolink=1}} | 12 | Twins |
| 1983
|{{sort name|Dave|Verkuilen|nolink=1}} | 8 | Twins |
| 1983
|{{sort name|Joe|Scime|nolink=1}} | 7 | Braves |
| 1983
|{{sort name|Mark|Doran|nolink=1}} | 1 | Angels |
| 1984
|{{sort name|Ike|Bradley|nolink=1}} | 5 | Yankees |
| 1984
|{{sort name|Douglas|Konruff|nolink=1}} | 13 | Royals |
| 1985
|{{sort name|Jon|Shane|nolink=1}} | 17 | Yankees |
| 1988
|{{sort name|Scott|Fuller|nolink=1}} | 38 |
| 1988
|{{sort name|Michael|Noelke|nolink=1}} | 18 | Mets |
| 1988
|{{sort name|Tom|Fischer|nolink=1}} | 1 | Red Sox |
| 1989
|{{sort name|Scott|Cepicky}} | 23 |
| 1989
|{{sort name|Paul|Quantrill}} | 6 | Red Sox |
| 1990
|{{sort name|Lance|Painter}} | 25 | Padres |
| 1990
|{{sort name|Todd|Evers|nolink=1}} | 18 | Padres |
| 1990
|{{sort name|Rodney|Myers}} | 12 | Royals |
| 1990
|{{sort name|Kurt|Peltzer|nolink=1}} | 11 | Giants |
| 1991
|{{sort name|Thomas|Vilet|nolink=1}} | 23 | Phillies |
References
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{{University of Wisconsin–Madison}}
{{Big Ten baseball}}
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