The UMass Minutemen baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the University of Massachusetts Amherst in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. The team is a member of the Mid-American 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.
Seasons
UMass in the NCAA tournament 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.
Coaching history 1877–19031905–1907 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 Mel 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 1948–1966 Earl Lorden 19 187–147–3 .567 1967–1987 Dick Bergquist 21 392–321–5 .549 1988–2017 Mike Stone 30 697–695–3 .501 2018–2025 Matt Reynolds 8 121-218-2 .356 2026-present Brandon ShileikisMax Weir 0 0-0 .000
UMass alumni in the MLB
Doug Clark Gary DiSarcina Nick Gorneault Bob Hansen Lee King Greg LaRocca Mark Brown Ed Connolly Chick Davies Mike Flanagan Kenny Greer Ralph Lumenti Chad Paronto Jeff Reardon Steve Shea Joe Sherman Dave Telgheder Ron Villone
Retired numbers No. Player Pos. Tenure No. ret. Ref. Dick Bergquist head coach 1967–87 1991 Obituary: Dick Bergquist, Record-Setting Baseball Coach on UMass.edu, 27 Feb 2019Traditions on Umassathletics.com
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See also List of NCAA Division I baseball programs
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