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Wisconsin Badgers baseball

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Wisconsin Badgers
Founded1896 (1896)
Defunct1991
UniversityUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
ConferenceBig Ten
LocationMadison, Wisconsin
Home stadiumGuy Lowman Field
NicknameBadgers
ColorsCardinal and white[1]
   
College World Series appearances
1950
Regular season conference champions
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.[2][3]

History

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Big Ten Conference championships

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It won the Big Ten Conference championships in 1902, 1912, 1930, 1946, 1950*.[4]

From 1952[5] 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.[6] The newer field was built in 1971 and became the home of the softball program when they first took the field in 1996.[7]

Year-by-year results

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Wisconsin Baseball regular season records 1896–1991[8]
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

Major League Baseball

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Wisconsin has had 38 Major League Baseball Draft selections since the draft began in 1965.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Colors for Web". University of Wisconsin-Madison. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
  2. ^ "Badgers should be playing ball again". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. April 18, 2009. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
  3. ^ D'Amato, Gary (August 19, 2017). "26 years later, UW still without varsity baseball". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Archived from the original on August 21, 2017. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  4. ^ Events cstv.com [dead link]
  5. ^ "Dedication of Guy S. Lowman Field | Photograph". Wisconsin Historical Society. December 1, 2003.
  6. ^ "PROF. GUY S. LOWMAN, WISCONSIN EDUCATOR; Ex-Head of Physical Training Coached Basketball, Baseball" (PDF). The New York Times. Associated Press. September 15, 1943. Retrieved May 21, 2012.
  7. ^ "Physical Planning and Funding Committee" (PDF). wisconsin.edu. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  8. ^ Big Records Book cstv.com [dead link]
  9. ^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "University of Wisconsin at Madison (Madison, WI)"". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2013-10-23.