The 2019 Michigan Wolverines baseball team represented the University of Michigan in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wolverines, led by head coach Erik Bakich in his seventh season, were a member of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Wilpon Baseball Complex in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Wolverines finished the season with a 50–22 record, including 16–7 in conference play, marking their first 50 win season since 1987.

The Wolverines received an at-large bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. They defeated Creighton in the regional finals and UCLA in the super regionals to advance to the College World Series for the first time since 1984. They became the first Big Ten Conference team to advance to the College World Series since Indiana in 2013, and the first Big Ten Conference team to advance to the championship round in the College World Series since Ohio State in 1966.

Previous season The Wolverines finished the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season 33–21 overall, including 15–8 in conference play, finishing in third place in their conference. Following the conclusion of the regular season, the Wolverines qualified to play in the 2018 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament. The Wolverines would eventually lose in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament to Ohio State by a score of 3–5.

Preseason Michigan was the only Big Ten Conference team to appear in every national preseason top-25 ranking. The Wolverines were ranked No. 17 by D1Baseball, No. 20 by Baseball America, No. 23 by NCBWA and No. 25 by ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll in their respective preseason polls.

Roster

Schedule 2019 Michigan Wolverines baseball game log Regular season (38–16) February (6–0) # Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord B1GRecord 1 February 15 vs No. 17 First Data FieldPort St. Lucie, Florida, 10–0 Henry (1–0) Gallagher (0–1) — 375 1–0 – 2 February 16 vs Binghamton No. 17 First Data FieldPort St. Lucie, Florida 5–4 Kauffmann (1–0) Miller (0–1) Weiss (1) 325 2–0 – 3 February 17 vs Binghamton No. 17 First Data FieldPort St. Lucie, Florida 12–2 Criswell (1–0) VanScoter (0–1) — 325 3–0 – 4 February 22 at The Citadel No. 17 Joseph P. Riley Jr. ParkCharleston, South Carolina, 2–0 Henry (2–0) Merritt (0–2) — 358 4–0 – 5 February 23 at The Citadel No. 17 Joseph P. Riley Jr. ParkCharleston, South Carolina 9–1 Kauffmann (2–0) Connolly (1–1) — 622 5–0 – 6 February 24 at The Citadel No. 17 Joseph P. Riley Jr. ParkCharleston, South Carolina 6–3 Weiss (1–0) Spence (1–1) Keizer (1) 278 6–0 – March (13–7) # Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord B1GRecord 7 March 1 at CSUN No. 17 Matador FieldNorthridge, California 2–1 Henry (3–0) Armstrong (0–1) Weiss (2) 346 7–0 – — March 2 at CSUN Postponed 8 March 3 at CSUN No. 17 Matador FieldNorthridge, California 4–2 Kauffmann (3–0) Moore (1–1) Weiss (3) 394 8–0 – 9 March 3 at CSUN No. 17 Matador FieldNorthridge, California 2–5 Nunez (3–0) Criswell (1–1) Schriever (3) 394 8–1 – 10 March 5 at Long Beach State No. 16 Blair FieldLong Beach, California 7–8 Pacheco (1–1) Beers (0–1) Spacke (1) 1,007 8–2 – 11 March 8 at #2 UCLA No. 16 Jackie Robinson StadiumLos Angeles, California 7–5 Henry (4–0) Pettway (0–1) Weiss (4) 1,271 9–2 – 12 March 9 at USC No. 16 Dedeaux FieldLos Angeles, California 1–4 Esqueda (1–0) Kauffmann (3–1) Lunn (1) 658 9–3 – 13 March 10 vs. Oklahoma State No. 16 Dodger StadiumLos Angeles, California 2–3 (10) Basso (1–0) Weiss (1–1) Leeper (3) — 9–4 – 14 March 14 Manhattan Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan, 5–1 Henry (5–0) Takacs (0–4) — 215 10–4 – 15 March 15 Manhattan Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 23–2 Kauffmann (4–1) Galvan (0–3) — 352 11–4 – 16 March 16 Manhattan Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 16–7 Keizer (1–0) Cain (2–1) Weiss (5) 379 12–4 – 17 March 17 Manhattan Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 4–0 (7) Paige (1–0) Stuart (1–2) — 387 13–4 – 18 March 19 Western Michigan No. 24 Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 12–5 Cleveland (1–0) Mullen (1–3) — 446 14–4 – 19 March 21 at #19 Texas Tech No. 24 Dan Law FieldLubbock, Texas, 2–11 Dallas (2–0) Henry (5–1) — 3,334 14–5 – 20 March 22 at #19 Texas Tech No. 24 Dan Law FieldLubbock, Texas 3–10 Kilian (2–2) Kauffmann (4–2) — 3,302 14–6 – 21 March 23 at #19 Texas Tech No. 24 Dan Law FieldLubbock, Texas 5–8 Freeman (2–0) Cleveland (1–1) Beeter (4) 4,432 14–7 – 22 March 23 vs. Stetson No. 24 Dan Law FieldLubbock, Texas 16–6 Paige (2–0) Peto (0–4) — 4,432 15–7 – 23 March 27 San Jose State Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 1–0 (7) Cleveland (2–1) Polack (1–1) Kauffmann (1) — 16–7 – 24 March 27 San Jose State Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 3–0 (7) Smith (1–0) Konishi (0–2) Weiss (6) — 17–7 – 25 March 29 at Michigan State Drayton McLane StadiumEast Lansing, Michigan, 6–3 Henry (6–1) Erla (1–5) — 1,318 18–7 1–0 26 March 30 Michigan State Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 16–2 Kauffmann (5–2) Tyranski (0–5) — 1,115 19–7 2–0 — March 31 at Michigan State Postponed April (12–4) # Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord B1GRecord 27 April 3 Toledo Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 8–2 Cleveland (2–1) McAtee (0–1) — 617 20–7 – 28 April 5 Minnesota Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 4–6 Meyer (3–1) Henry (6–2) Schulze (4) 703 20–8 2–1 29 April 6 Minnesota Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 5–3 Weiss (2–1) Duffy (0–1) — 1,168 21–8 3–1 30 April 7 Minnesota Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 8–0 Criswell (2–1) Culliver (2–2) — 1,037 22–8 4–1 31 April 9 Indiana State Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 7–8 (10) Ward (3–1) Weiss (2–2) Grauer (6) 442 22–9 – 32 April 10 Indiana State Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 6–4 (6) Weisenburger (1–0) Klein (0–1) — 369 23–9 – 33 April 12 at Ohio State Bill Davis StadiumColumbus, Ohio, 5–10 Burhenn (5–1) Henry (6–3) — 1,815 23–10 4–2 34 April 13 at Ohio State Bill Davis StadiumColumbus, Ohio 4–10 Lonsway (5–3) Kauffmann (5–3) Pfennig (2) 5,280 23–11 4–3 35 April 13 at Ohio State Bill Davis StadiumColumbus, Ohio 3–2 Criswell (3–1) Smith (3–2) — 5,280 24–11 5–3 36 April 13 Bowling Green Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 10–5 Cleveland (3–1) Egnor (0–3) — 478 25–11 – — April 19 Northwestern Postponed 37 April 20 Northwestern Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 4–1 Kauffmann (6–3) Lavelle (3–5) Weiss (7) 950 26–11 6–3 38 April 21 Northwestern Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 3–2 Keizer (2–0) Bader (1–3) Weiss (8) 1,134 27–11 7–3 39 April 21 Northwestern Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 10–1 Criswell (4–1) D'Alise (0–1) — 1,134 28–11 8–3 40 April 26 Rutgers Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 8–3 Kauffmann (7–3) Rutkowski (2–4) — 981 29–11 9–3 41 April 27 Rutgers Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 10–1 Henry (7–3) Genuario (2–4) — 751 30–11 10–3 42 April 28 Rutgers Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 4–1 (10) Keizer (3–0) Brito (3–4) — 823 31–11 11–3 May (7–5) # Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord B1GRecord 43 May 3 at Maryland Shipley FieldCollege Park, Maryland 10–7 Kauffmann (8–3) Parsons (8–3) Weiss (9) 633 32–11 12–3 44 May 4 at Maryland Shipley FieldCollege Park, Maryland 10–4 Henry (8–3) Thompson (2–5) — 817 33–11 13–3 45 May 5 at Maryland Shipley FieldCollege Park, Maryland 13–1 Criswell (5–1) LaBonte (1–6) — 185 34–11 14–3 46 May 7 Michigan State Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 7–0 Keizer (4–0) Olson (0–4) — 1,027 35–11 – 47 May 8 Eastern Michigan Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 10–1 Cleveland (4–1) Koons (0–1) — 904 36–11 – 48 May 10 Indiana Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 4–10 Milto (7–5) Kauffmann (8–4) — 1,418 36–12 14–4 49 May 11 Indiana Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 8–10 Gordon (5–4) Henry (8–4) Lloyd (5) 1,540 36–13 14–5 50 May 12 Indiana Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 6–5 (11) Paige (4–0) Sloan (2–3) — 945 37–13 15–5 51 May 14 at Kentucky Kentucky Proud ParkLexington, Kentucky, 4–7 Ramsey (4–6) Cleveland (4–2) Coleman (5) 3,224 37–14 – 52 May 16 at Nebraska Hawks FieldLincoln, Nebraska, 2–5 Palkert (4–3) Kauffmann (8–5) Gomes (11) 4,724 37–15 15–6 53 May 17 at Nebraska Hawks FieldLincoln, Nebraska 0–7 Fisher (6–3) Henry (8–5) — — 37–16 15–7 54 May 17 at Nebraska Hawks FieldLincoln, Nebraska 10–8 Criswell (6–1) Schanaman (1–2) Weisenburger (1) 6,888 38–16 16–7 Postseason (12–6) # Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord B1GTRecord 55 May 22 vs. Ohio State TD Ameritrade Park OmahaOmaha, Nebraska, 1–2 Pfennig (2–3) Kauffmann (8–6) Magno (11) — 38–17 0–1 56 May 23 vs. No. 20 Illinois TD Ameritrade Park OmahaOmaha, Nebraska 5–4 Weisenburger (2–0) Acton (2–3) — — 39–17 1–1 57 May 24 vs. Maryland TD Ameritrade Park OmahaOmaha, Nebraska 10–4 Henry (9–5) Blohm (1–2) — — 40–17 2–1 58 May 25 vs. Nebraska TD Ameritrade Park OmahaOmaha, Nebraska 18–8 Weisenburger (3–0) Eddins (6–3) Beers (1) — 41–17 3–1 59 May 25 vs. Nebraska TD Ameritrade Park OmahaOmaha, Nebraska 3–7 Palkert (5–3) Keizer (4–1) Gomes (12) 11,038 41–18 3–2 # Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord RegionalRecord 60 May 31 vs. No. 22 Creighton Goss StadiumCorvallis, Oregon 6–0 Kauffmann (9–6) Ragan (8–3) — 3,122 42–18 1–0 61 June 1 vs. Cincinnati Goss StadiumCorvallis, Oregon 10–4 Criswell (7–1) Murray (3–2) — 3,092 43–18 2–1 62 June 2 vs. No. 22 Creighton Goss StadiumCorvallis, Oregon 7–11 Kametas (3–0) Weisenburger (3–1) — 3,078 43–19 2–1 63 June 3 vs. No. 22 Creighton Goss StadiumCorvallis, Oregon 17–6 Beers (1–1) Sakowski (7–1) — 3,058 44–19 3–1 # Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord Record 64 June 7 vs. No. 1 (1) UCLA Jackie Robinson StadiumLos Angeles, California 3–2 Kauffmann (10–6) Garcia (10–1) Criswell (1) 1,904 45–19 1–0 65 June 8 vs. No. 1 (1) UCLA Jackie Robinson StadiumLos Angeles, California 4–5 (12) Powell (4–3) Cleveland (4–3) — 1,967 45–20 1–1 66 June 9 vs. No. 1 (1) UCLA Jackie Robinson StadiumLos Angeles, California 4–2 Henry (10–5) Mora (3–3) Keizer (2) 2,031 46–20 2–1 # Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord CWSRecord 67 June 15 vs. No. 8 Texas Tech TD Ameritrade Park OmahaOmaha, Nebraska, 5–3 Kauffmann (11–6) Dallas (7–1) Criswell (2) 24,148 47–20 1–0 68 June 17 vs. Florida State TD Ameritrade Park OmahaOmaha, Nebraska 2–0 Henry (11–5) Van Eyk (10–4) — 23,541 48–20 2–0 69 June 21 vs. No. 8 Texas Tech TD Ameritrade Park OmahaOmaha, Nebraska 15–3 Kauffmann (12–6) Dallas (7–2) Criswell (3) 20,944 49–20 3–0 70 June 24 vs. No. 2 Vanderbilt TD Ameritrade Park OmahaOmaha, Nebraska 7–4 Henry (12–5) Fellows (13–2) Criswell (4) 24,707 50–20 4–0 71 June 25 vs. No. 2 Vanderbilt TD Ameritrade Park OmahaOmaha, Nebraska 1–4 Rocker (12–5) Paige (4–1) — 25,017 50–21 4–1 72 June 26 vs. No. 2 Vanderbilt TD Ameritrade Park OmahaOmaha, Nebraska 2–8 Hickman (9–0) Kauffmann (12–7) Eder (4) 20,007 50–22 4–2

Rankings

Awards and honors

Weekly AwardsPlayerAward Date awardedRef. Tommy Henry Big Ten Pitcher of the WeekNCBWA National Pitcher of the Week February 25, 2019 Tommy Henry Big Ten Pitcher of the Week March 4, 2019 Karl Kauffmann Big Ten Pitcher of the Week April 29, 2019

Individual AwardsPlayerAwardRef. Jordan Brewer Big Ten Player of the Year Erik Bakich NCBWA National Coach of the Year

All-Big TenPlayerSelectionRef. Jordan Brewer First Team Jeff Criswell First Team Jordan Nwogu First Team Jack Blomgren Second Team Joe Donovan Third Team Jimmy Kerr Third Team Jesse Franklin Third Team Karl Kauffmann Third Team Willie Weiss Freshman Team

All-AmericanPlayerSelectionRef. Jordan Brewer Third Team Karl Kauffmann Third Team Willie Weiss Freshman Team Tommy Henry Honorable Mention

Major League Baseball draft The following Wolverines were selected in the 2019 Major League Baseball draft: