The 2021 Michigan Wolverines baseball team represented the University of Michigan in the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wolverines, led by head coach Erik Bakich in his ninth season, are a member of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Wilpon Baseball Complex in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Previous season The Wolverines finished the 2020 season 8–7 overall, in a season shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Preseason On November 6, 2020, former Michigan pitching coach Chris Fetter was named pitching coach for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB).

On January 29, 2021, Steve Merriman was named pitching coach and Brandon Inge was named volunteer assistant coach for the Wolverines.

Michigan was ranked No. 20 by Baseball America and No. 18 by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper in the preseason polls, the only Big Ten Conference team named in each poll. Redshirt sophomore Steven Hajjar was named to the Preseason All-America Third Team. On March 4, the Big Ten Coaches voted Michigan as the preseason favorite to win the conference.

Roster

Schedule 2021 Michigan Wolverines baseball game log Regular season (27–17) March (11–4) # Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord B1GRecord 1 March 6 vs. Iowa Dell DiamondRound Rock, Texas 4–2 Weiss (1–0) Beutel (0–1) — 150 1–0 1–0 2 March 7 vs. Iowa Dell DiamondRound Rock, Texas 3–8 (7) Nedved (1–0) Weston (0–1) — 150 1–1 1–1 3 March 7 vs. Iowa Dell DiamondRound Rock, Texas 7–0 Denner (1–0) Baumann (0–1) — 150 2–1 2–1 4 March 8 vs. Iowa Dell DiamondRound Rock, Texas 11–4 Dragani (1–0) Lee (0–1) — 150 3–1 3–1 5 March 12 vs. Purdue Fluor FieldGreenville, South Carolina 9–1 Hajjar (1–0) Johnson (0–1) — 225 4–1 4–1 6 March 13 vs. Purdue Fluor FieldGreenville, South Carolina 4–0 (7) Weston (1–1) Schapira (0–2) — 225 5–1 5–1 7 March 13 vs. Purdue Fluor FieldGreenville, South Carolina 9–2 Dragani (2–0) Starnes (0–1) — 225 6–1 6–1 8 March 14 vs. Purdue Fluor FieldGreenville, South Carolina 11–6 Pace (1–0) Daniel (0–1) — 225 7–1 7–1 9 March 19 No. 22 Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 4–7 Lavender (2–0) Dragani (2–1) — 250 7–2 7–2 10 March 20 Illinois No. 22 Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 8–1 Weston (2–1) Gowens (1–1) — 250 8–2 8–2 11 March 21 No. 22 Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 8–7 Smith (1–0) Beatson (0–1) — 250 9–2 9–2 12 March 22 Michigan State No. 18 Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 0–3 Powers (1–1) Beers (0–1) Iverson (3) 250 9–3 9–3 13 March 26 at No. 18 Medlar FieldState College, Pennsylvania 2–3 (10) Mellott (1–0) Weiss (1–1) — 238 9–4 9–4 14 March 27 at Penn State No. 18 Medlar FieldState College, Pennsylvania 17–4 Weston (3–1) Larkin (0–3) — 1 10–4 10–4 15 March 27 at Penn State No. 18 Medlar FieldState College, Pennsylvania 8–6 (10) Weiss (2–1) Miller (0–1) — 351 11–4 11–4 April (8–5) # Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord B1GRecord 16 April 3 Northwestern No. 25 Shipley FieldCollege Park, Maryland 5–2 Pace (2–0) Boeckle (1–2) Weiss (1) 100 12–4 12–4 17 April 4 Northwestern No. 25 Shipley FieldCollege Park, Maryland 1–4 Lavelle (4–0) Dragani (2–2) Lawrence (3) 100 12–5 12–5 18 April 4 at Maryland No. 25 Shipley FieldCollege Park, Maryland 6–5 Weiss (3–1) Falco (1–1) — 150 13–5 13–5 19 April 5 at Maryland No. 25 Shipley FieldCollege Park, Maryland 7–17 Blohm (2–0) Paige (0–1) Bello (3) 100 13–6 13–6 20 April 9 Ohio State No. 25 Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 4–7 Gahm (1–0) Pace (2–1) Brock (7) 250 13–7 13–7 21 April 10 Ohio State No. 25 Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 7–0 Weston (4–1) Lonsway (1–4) — 250 14–7 14–7 22 April 11 Ohio State No. 25 Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 16–7 Denner (2–0) Neely (1–1) — 250 15–7 15–7 23 April 16 at No. 25 Siebert FieldMinneapolis, Minnesota 21–5 Hajjar (2–0) Fredrickson (0–2) — 100 16–7 16–7 24 April 17 at Minnesota No. 25 Siebert FieldMinneapolis, Minnesota 4–0 Weiss (4–1) Duffy (0–4) — 96 17–7 17–7 25 April 18 at Minnesota No. 25 Siebert FieldMinneapolis, Minnesota 9–5 Denner (3–0) Culliver (0–2) Weiss (2) 87 18–7 18–7 26 April 23 No. 23 Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 6–4 Pace (3–1) Muller (1–2) Weiss (3) 250 19–7 19–7 27 April 24 Rutgers No. 23 Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 2–4 Wereski (5–2) Weston (4–2) McLain (2) 250 19–8 19–8 28 April 25 Rutgers No. 23 Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 2–3 Teller (2–2) Denner (3–1) Sinibaldi (1) 250 19–9 19–9 — April 30 at Northwestern Rocky Miller ParkEvanston, Illinois Cancelled due to COVID-19 protocols May (8–8) # Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord B1GRecord — May 1 at Northwestern Rocky Miller ParkEvanston, Illinois Cancelled due to COVID-19 protocols 29 May 1 Illinois Rocky Miller ParkEvanston, Illinois 4–5 (7) Kirschsieper (3–3) Weiss (4–2) — 80 19–10 19–10 30 May 1 Illinois Rocky Miller ParkEvanston, Illinois 18–8 Beers (1–1) Lavender (5–1) — 80 20–10 20–10 31 May 2 Illinois Rocky Miller ParkEvanston, Illinois 7–13 O'Hara (3–0) Denner (3–2) — 45 20–11 20–11 32 May 2 Illinois Rocky Miller ParkEvanston, Illinois 19–4 Dragani (3–2) Lader (0–1) — 45 21–11 21–11 33 May 7 at Michigan State Drayton McLane Baseball StadiumEast Lansing, Michigan 5–1 Hajjar (3–0) Eria (3–5) Weiss (4) 300 22–11 22–11 34 May 8 at Michigan State Drayton McLane Baseball StadiumEast Lansing, Michigan 3–1 Weston (5–2) Bennett (0–1) — 300 23–11 23–11 35 May 9 at Michigan State Drayton McLane Baseball StadiumEast Lansing, Michigan 2–10 Benschoter (2–4) Denner (3–3) — 300 23–12 23–12 36 May 14 No. 21 Indiana Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 10–3 Hajjar (4–0) Sommer (5–3) — 250 24–12 24–12 37 May 15 No. 21 Indiana Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 8–13 Brown (5–2) Weston (5–3) — 250 24–13 24–13 38 May 16 No. 21 Indiana Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 6–1 Denner (4–3) Bierman (5–3) Proctor (1) 250 25–13 25–13 39 May 21 Maryland No. 24 Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 8–11 (11) Ramsey (4–1) Proctor (0–1) — 250 25–14 25–14 40 May 22 Maryland No. 24 Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 14–3 Weston (6–3) Savacool (7–2) — 250 26–14 26–14 41 May 23 Maryland No. 24 Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 3–7 Burke (4–3) Denner (4–4) — 250 26–15 26–15 42 May 28 at No, 20 Nebraska Hawks FieldLincoln, Nebraska 0–1 Povich (6–1) Hajjar (4–1) Schwellenbach (8) 5,434 26–16 26–16 43 May 29 at No. 20 Nebraska Hawks FieldLincoln, Nebraska 2–0 Weston (7–3) Hroch (5–2) Weiss (5) 7,650 27–16 27–16 44 May 29 at No. 20 Nebraska Hawks FieldLincoln, Nebraska 3–5 Perry (2–0) Dragani (3–3) Schwellenbach (9) 7,650 27–17 27–17 Postseason (0–2) # Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord RegionalRecord 45 June 4 vs. UConn Frank Eck StadiumSouth Bend, Indiana 1–6 Peterson (8–1) Hajjar (4–2) — 1,825 27–18 0–1 46 June 5 vs. Central Michigan Frank Eck StadiumSouth Bend, Indiana 2–8 Patty (9–2) Weston (7–4) — 1,825 27–19 0–2

Rankings

Awards and honors

All-Big TenPlayerSelectionRef. Ted Burton First Team Steven Hajjar First Team Griffin Mazur Second Team Benjamin Sems Second Team Tito Flores Second Team Cameron Weston Second Team Jimmy Obertop Third Team Willie Weiss Third Team

Major League Baseball draft The following Wolverines were selected in the 2021 Major League Baseball draft:

List of Drafted Players Name 2021 Class Pos. Team Overall Steven Hajjar RS Sophomore RHP Minnesota Twins 61st Benjamin Sems Fifth year SS Colorado Rockies 440th Blake Beers Senior RHP Oakland Athletics 578th

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