Ball State Cardinals baseball


Contributors to Wikimedia projects

Article Images

The Ball State Cardinals baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, United States.[2] The team is a member of the Mid-American Conference West division, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. Ball State's first baseball team was fielded in 1920. The team plays its home games at Ball Diamond in Muncie, Indiana. The Cardinals are coached by Rich Maloney.

Ball State Cardinals
2024 Ball State Cardinals baseball team
Founded1920
UniversityBall State University
Head coachRich Maloney (19th overall season)
ConferenceMid–American
LocationMuncie, Indiana
Home stadiumBall Diamond
(Capacity: 1,700)
NicknameCardinals
ColorsCardinal and white[1]
   
NCAA Tournament appearances
1965, 1969, 2006, 2023
Conference tournament champions
2006, 2023
Regular season conference champions
1998, 1999, 2001, 2014, 2022

Ball State in the NCAA tournament

edit

Year Record Pct Notes
1965 0–2 .000 District 4
1969 2–2 .500 District 4
2006 1–2 .333 Lexington Regional
2023 0–2 .000 Lexington Regional

TOTALS

 3-8 .273

First-Round MLB Draft Picks

edit

Pick Player Team Position Year
11 Thomas Howard San Diego Padres OF 1986
41 Jeff Urban San Francisco Giants RHP 1998
21 Larry Bigbie Baltimore Orioles LF 1999
1 Bryan Bullington Pittsburgh Pirates RHP 2002
32 Luke Hagerty Chicago Cubs RHP 2002
18 Brad Snyder Cleveland Indians OF 2003
20 Kolbrin Vitek Boston Redsox RHP/2B 2010
34 Drey Jameson Arizona Diamondbacks RHP 2019

As of 2024, Ball State has had eight players named the MAC Baseball Player of the Year, the most of any school in the conference.

  1. ^ "Brand Colors - Ball State University". Retrieved May 23, 2017.
  2. ^ "Ball State Cardinals". d1baseball.com. Archived from the original on 2013-04-22. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
  3. ^ a b c d "2016 Mid-American Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). getsomemaction.com. Mid-American Conference. Retrieved 14 July 2021.