UMass Minutemen baseball

UMass Minutemen
2015 UMass Minutemen baseball team

Founded	1877 (1877)
University	University of Massachusetts Amherst
Conference	A-10
Location	Amherst, MA
Head coach	Mike Stone (28th year)
Home stadium	Earl Lorden Field
Nickname	Minutemen
Colors	Maroon and White^[1]
College World Series appearances
1954, 1969
NCAA Tournament appearances
1954, 1955, 1956, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1978, 1995, 1996
Conference tournament champions
Yankee: 1952, 1957, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1980 A-10: 1980, 1994, 1995, 1996

For information on all University of Massachusetts Amherst sports, see UMass Minutemen

The UMass Minutemen baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the University of Massachusetts Amherst in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States.^[2] The team is a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. Massachusetts' first baseball team was fielded in 1877. The team plays its home games at Earl Lorden Field in Amherst, Massachusetts. The Minutemen are coached by Mike Stone.

Coaching history

Tenure	Coach	Seasons	Record	Pct.
1877-1903/1905-1907	No Coach	35	89-138-1	.393
1904	Pat Bowler	1	4–10	.286
1908	W. Breckenridge	1	10-6	.625
1911–1916	William Fitzmaurice	6	46-21-2	.681
1920-1922	Harold Gore	3	10-20	.333
1923	Herbert Collins	1	1-11	.083
1924	Emory Grayson	1	5-7	.417
1925-1931	Lorin Ball	7	35-57-2	.383
1932-1935	Melvin Taube	4	31-22	.585
1936-1940	Elbert Caraway	5	40-29-2	.577
1941-1942/1946-1947	Fancis Reid	4	14-36	.380
1945	Thomas Eck	1	1-6-1	.193
1947-1966	Earl E. Lorden	20	187-146-3	.561
1967-1987	Dick Bergquist	21	392-321-5	.549
1988–Present	Mike Stone	25	619-547-3	.531
Totals	14 coaches	132 seasons	1,505-1,400-20	.518

Year	Coach	Record	Notes
1954	Earl E. Lorden	3-2	Eliminated by Missouri in the CWS.
1955	Earl E. Lorden	1-1	Eliminated by Springfield College in the District 1 playoffs.
1956	Earl E. Lorden	0–1	Eliminated by Vermont in the District 1 playoffs.
1966	Earl E. Lorden	0–1	Eliminated by Boston College in the District 1 playoffs.
1967	Dick Bergquist	3–2	Eliminated by Boston College in the District 1 playoffs.
1969	Dick Bergquist	4–2	Eliminated by Arizona State in the CWS.
1971	Dick Bergquist	0–2	Eliminated by Harvard in the District 1 playoffs.
1973	Dick Bergquist	0–2	Eliminated by Delaware in the District 1 playoffs.
1978	Dick Bergquist	0–2	Eliminated by Delaware in the Northeast Regional.
1995	Mike Stone	0–2	Eliminated by Texas A&M in the Atlantic II Regional.
1996	Mike Stone	3–2	Eliminated by Florida in the East Regional.
Totals		14–19	11 Appearances
The format of the tournament has changed through the years.

Atlantic 10 Conference baseball

Teams	Davidson Wildcats Dayton Flyers Fordham Rams George Mason Patriots George Washington Colonials La Salle Explorers UMass Minutemen Rhode Island Rams Richmond Spiders St. Bonaventure Bonnies Saint Joseph's Hawks Saint Louis Billikens VCU Rams

Championships & Awards	Tournament Major awards (Coach of the Year, Pitcher of the Year, Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year)

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