The Duke Blue Devils baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate baseball program of Duke University, based in Durham, North Carolina, United States. The team has been a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference since the conference's founding in the 1954 season. The program's home venue is the Durham Bulls Athletic Park, which opened in 1995. As of the end of the 2019 season, the Blue Devils have appeared in three College World Series and 10 NCAA tournaments. They have won three ACC Championships. As of the start of the 2021 Major League Baseball season, 36 former Blue Devils players have played in Major League Baseball.

History The baseball program began varsity play in 1889. Led by Arthur Bradsher's 13–1 record they won the S.I.A.A. championship in 1904. The Trinity hurler struck out 169 batters during that championship season and walked only four batters the entire season.

The vast majority of the program's successes came under head coaches Jack Coombs and Ace Parker from 1929–1966. Coombs led the Blue Devils to five Southern Conference championships and to a fifth-place finish in the 1952 College World Series. Taking over upon Coombs' retirement after the 1952 season, Parker led Duke to the 1953 and 1961 College World Series, one Southern Conference championship, and three Atlantic Coast Conference championships. In 2016, Duke earned their first bid to the NCAA tournament since their 1961 College World Series run, ending a 55-year drought. Head coach Chris Pollard continued this success, leading the Blue Devils to the NCAA Super Regionals in 2018 and 2019. In 2021, the Blue Devils defeated NC State at the 2021 ACC tournament, winning their first ever ACC Championship.

Steroid controversy In 2005, the program was the target of a controversy involving the use of anabolic steroids. Five former players told the Duke Chronicle that head coach Bill Hillier had pressured players to use steroids, with two of those players admitting to having injected steroids in 2002. In an open letter published in the Chronicle, another former player, Evan Anderson, confirmed that Hillier had pressured players to use steroids. While Hillier denied the accusations, he was replaced as head coach after the 2005 season.

Conference affiliations Southern Conference − 1929–1953 Atlantic Coast Conference − 1954–present

Head coaches 1901 Mr. Schock 1 6–5 .545 1902–1907 Otis Stocksdale 6 76–37–4 .650 1908–1914 M.T. Adkins 7 104–67–4 .594 1915–1916 Claude West 2 14–26–3 .326 1917 Frank Manush 1 4–6–1 .364 1919 Lee Gooch 1 19–4–2 .760 1920 Chick Doak 1 10–9 .526 1921 Pat Egan 1 10–8–1 .526 1922 Herman G. Steiner 1 12–6 .667 1923–1924 Howard Jones 2 31–8 .795 1925 Bill Towe 1 9–9 .500 1926–1928 G.B. Whitted 3 28–29–1 .483 1929–1952 Jack Coombs 24 381–171–3 .686 1953–1966 Ace Parker 14 166–162–4 .500 1966–1967 James Bly 2 15–34 .306 1968–1970 Tom Butters 3 43–53–1 .443 1971–1977 Enos Slaughter 7 68–120 .362 1978–1984 Tom D'Armi 7 125–98–2 .556 1985–1987 Larry Smith 3 61–58–4 .496 1988–1999 Steve Traylor 12 356–286–1 .554 2000–2005 Bill Hillier 6 121–214 .361 2006–2012 Sean McNally 7 192–198–1 .492 2013–2025 Chris Pollard 13 420–295

Year by year record Season Coach Record Notes Overall Conference 1889 Unknown 0–0–1 — 1890 0–1 — 1891 No Team 1892 No Team 1893 No Team 1894 No Team 1895 No Team 1896 Unknown 7–1 — 1897 7–3 — 1898 4–4–1 — 1899 11–6 — 1900 8–4 — 1901 Mr. Schock 6–5 — 1902 Otis Stocksdale 12–8 — 1903 9–5–1 — 1904 14–3–2 — SIAA champions 1905 14–6–1 — 1906 8–7 — 1907 19–8 — 1908 M. T. Adkins 17–3–1 — 1909 18–7 — 1910 16–10–3 — 1911 16–9 — 1912 11–13 — 1913 15–13 — 1914 10–11 — 1915 Claude West 8–9–1 — 1916 6–17–1 — 1917 Frank Manush 4–6–1 — 1918 No Team Due To World War I 1919 Lee Gooch 19–4–2 — 1920 Chick Doak 10–9 — 1921 Pat Egan 10–8–1 — 1922 Herman G. Steiner 12–6 — 1923 Howard Jones 17–4 — 1924 14–4 — 1925 Bill Towe 9–9 — 1926 G.B. Whitted 7–12 — 1927 8–10 — 1928 13–7–1 — Southern Conference 1929 Jack Coombs 13–5 — 1930 17–5 — State Champions 1931 11–4 — State Champions 1932 15–7 — 1933 12–7 — 1934 20–4 — 1935 24–3 — 1936 18–7 — 1937 22–2 — Southern Conference Champions, State Champions 1938 18–3 — Southern Conference Champions, State Champions 1939 22–2 — Southern Conference Champions, State Champions 1940 16–7 — 1941 14–11 — 1942 15–7 — 1943 8–4 — 1944 9–7 — 1945 9–7 — 1946 15–8 — Big Four Champions 1947 18–10 13-6 Big Four Champions, State Champions 1948 15–12 — 1949 12–17–1 9-13 1950 11–18 — 1951 17–8 — Southern Conference Champions, Southern Conference Tournament champions, Co-Big Four Champions 1952 31–7 18-3Southern Conference Champions, College World Series (5th place) 1953Ace Parker 22–10 —Southern Conference Champions, College World Series (5th place) Atlantic Coast Conference 1954 Ace Parker 10–13 5–9 1955 10–11 6–6 1956 16–12–2 12–3–1 ACC Champions 1957 19–8 10–4 ACC Champions 1958 9–11 7–5 1959 9–16 5–10 1960 13–8–1 9–4–1 1961 16–11 11–3ACC Champions, College World Series (5th place) 1962 13–12–1 6–8 1963 15–10 8–6 1964 4–21 0–12 1965 8–17 5–9 1966 Ace Parker/James Bly 13–12 9–9 1967 James Bly 9–20 2–12 1968 Tom Butters 12–19 7–13 1969 12–18–1 7–13 1970 17–16 10–11 1971 Enos Slaughter 15–14 4–10 1972 12–16 3–7 1973 7–17 2–10 1974 9–16 3–8 1975 9–18 2–10 1976 7–23 1–11 1977 9–16 1–7 1978 Tom D'Armi 12–21 1–10 1979 12–18 1–11 1980 17–11 2–9 1981 29–10 6–6 1982 16–13–1 3–7 1983 14–12–1 1–8–1 1984 25–13 3–8 1985 Larry Smith 18–15–3 5–8–1 1986 25–17 2–12 1987 18–26–1 3–14 1988 Steve Traylor 10–35 3–16 1989 20–23 2–14 1990 28–25 4–15 1991 24–27 6–15 1992 38–16 12–12 1993 39–19–1 11–13 1994 33–20 16–8 1995 30–27 4–20 1996 39–19 11–13 1997 33–25 9–14 1998 38–20 8–15 1999 24–31 4–18 2000 Bil Hillier 17–41 5–19 2001 23–33 10–13 2002 24–34 4–20 2003 18–36 2–21 2004 25–31 8–16 2005 14–39 5–25 2006 Sean McNally 15–40 6–24 2007 29–25 8–22 2008 37–18–1 10–18–1 2009 35–24 15–15 2010 29–27 8–22 2011 26–30 7–23 2012 21–34 9–21 2013 Chris Pollard 26–29 9–21 2014 33–25 16–14 2015 31–22 10–19 2016 33–24 14–15 NCAA Regional 2017 30–28 12–18 2018 40–15 18–11 NCAA Super Regional 2019 35–27 15–15 NCAA Super Regional 2020 12-4 2-1 2021 33-22 16-17 ACC Tournament champions, NCAA Regional 2022 22-32 10-20 2023 39-24 16-13 NCAA Super Regional 2024 40-20 16-14 ACC Tournament champions, NCAA Regional 2025 41-21 17-13 Hosted NCAA Super Regional

NCAA tournament record 1952 1–2 .333 College World Series (6th place) 1953 1–2 .333 College World Series (6th place) 1956 3–3 .500 District 3 1957 3–2 .600 District 3 1961 3–2 .600 College World Series (6th place) 2016 0–2 .000 Columbia Regional 2018 5–3 .625 Lubbock Super Regional 2019 4–2 .667 Nashville Super Regional 2021 1–2 .333 Knoxville Regional 2023 4–3 .571 Charlottesville Super Regional 2024 1–2 .333 Norman Regional 2025 4-2 .667 Hosted Durham Super Regional

Individual awards ACC Baseball Player of the Year Ryan Jackson (1994)

ACC Baseball Coach of the Year Tom D'Armi (1981) Steve Traylor (1992)

Current and former major league players

Wayne Ambler Bob Brower Greg Burke Chris Capuano Griffin Conine Bobby Coombs Claude Corbitt John Courtright Brandy Davis Crash Davis Ron Davis Mort Flohr Nate Freiman Lee Griffeth Dick Groat Alex Hassan Bryce Jarvis Ryan Jackson Footer Johnson Wade Lefler Joey Loperfido James Marvel Bill McCahan Quinton McCracken Tim McKeithan Matt Mervis Pete Naktenis Dan Otero Ace Parker Graham Pauley John Poff Graeme Stinson Scott Schoeneweis Frank Seward Eddie Shokes Dave Smith Al Spangler Marcus Stroman Eric Tipton Mike Trombley Hal Wagner Ken Weafer Billy Werber

Major league Baseball Draft