Maryland Terrapins baseball

History

During the 2014 and 2015 seasons, Maryland made consecutive conference tournament championship game appearances and posted back-to-back campaigns of 40 or more wins, a first in school history. The Terps have made multiple appearances in various top-25 national college baseball polls in each of the last two seasons and was voted the 2015 preseason favorite to win the Big Ten Conference title, its first season competing in the league.

After failing to make the NCAA tournament for 43 years, the Terrapins earned berths in the 2014 and 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournaments. In 2014, Maryland Baseball beat South Carolina in the Columbia Regional to advance to the NCAA tournament Super Regional round for the first time in school history. The following year, they once again advanced to the Super Regional by defeating top seed UCLA in the Los Angeles Regional. Both years they were defeated by Virginia in the Super Regional Round.

Maryland has participated in nine NCAA tournaments: 1965, 1970, 1971, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022, and 2023. The program has won six regular season conference championships in its history. In 2023, Maryland won its first conference tournament defeating Iowa, 4–0.

Facilities

Shipley Field at Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium (1952–present)

Shipley Field at Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium, often referred to simply as "The BOB", has been the home of the Maryland baseball team for more than 60 years. The team's playing field was moved to its current location in 1952, and became Shipley Field in 1956. The ballpark is located right in the heart of the Maryland campus, in between Byrd Stadium and the Artificial Turf Facility. The facility's current seating capacity is 2,500. Its playing surface is Sportexe Synthetic Turf in the infield and Bermuda Grass in the outfield and the dimensions are 320 down the left field line, 380 to center and 325 down the right field line.

In 1982, Shipley Field was the site of an exhibition game between the Terps and Earl Weaver's Baltimore Orioles. Eight years later, in 1990, the Soviet baseball team paid a visit to Shipley Field to take on the Terps in an exhibition series. The stadium has been hosting night games since a set of permanent lights were installed prior to the 1994 season. Shipley Field is named after legendary Terps' coach H. Burton Shipley, who was the Maryland skipper from 1924 to 1960.

On May 8, 2010, Shipley Field was officially dedicated as Shipley Field at Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium in honor of former Maryland baseball player, Bob "Turtle" Smith '63. Bob and his wife Carol had previously established a fully endowed baseball scholarship, called the "Bob "Turtle" Smith & Carol B. Smith and Family Endowed Baseball Scholarship" A new turf infield, an upgraded warning track, a new brick backstop, a new outfield fence and an upgraded scoreboard were installed prior to the 2011 season.

Eric Milton Family Clubhouse

Prior to the start of Maryland's game against the Miami Hurricanes on Saturday, April 13, 2013 head coach John Szefc and the Terrapin baseball program held a dedication ceremony to unveil the Eric Milton Family Clubhouse.

The Terps' clubhouse, which is located within the Varsity Team House just beyond the left-field fence at Shipley Field at Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium, received a facelift with significant help from former Terrapin Eric Milton (1994–96) and his family.

The renovation included the installation of 38 custom cherry-wood lockers, new carpeting and flooring, new signage, and the addition of an awards wall and a custom counter for kitchen appliances.

The Shell

In 2011, a 5,000 square foot hitting and pitching facility, nicknamed, "The Shell", was installed behind the left-field fence at Shipley Field at Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium and adjacent to the Varsity Team House.

Notable alumni

• Bosey Berger
• Tom Bradley
• Tom Brown
• Brett Cecil
• Mark Ciardi
• Bob Ferris
• Kevin Hart
• Buck Herzog
• Gene Hiser
• Vic Keen
• Charlie Keller
• Hal Keller
• Mike Knode
• Justin Maxwell
• Eric Milton
• Simon Nicholls
• Jim Norris
• Sherry Robertson
• Jeff Schaefer
• Steve Schmoll
• Ron Swoboda
• Chris "Bubba" Alleyne
• Matt Shaw
• Luke Shliger
• Nick Lorusso

Current MLB roster

Former Terrapins on current MLB rosters.

Individual honors

All-Americans

Conference Honors

ACC Player of the Year

All-ACC

Big Ten Freshman of the Year

Big Ten Player of the Year

Big Ten Coach of the Year

NCAA tournament Record

References

Maryland Baseball, Year-By-Year Record http://www.terptalk.com/2010/05/08/maryland-dedicates-baseball-stadium-to-bob-turtle-smith/ http://www.umterps.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=29700&ATCLID=207287006

References

1. (31 May 2015). "Terps Knock off Tournament's Top Team, Set Single Season Wins Record".
2. (February 11, 2015). "Maryland Tabbed Big Ten Baseball Preseason Favorite". Big Ten Conference.
3. "For Maryland baseball team, historic weekend sinks in as NCAA super regional looms".
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5. (2023-05-28). "BIG TEN TOURNEY CHAMPS! Top-Seeded Terps Win First-Ever Big Ten Tournament Title, 4-0".
6. (2010-05-09). "Maryland Dedicates Baseball Stadium To Bob "Turtle" Smith". Terp Talk.
7. Maryland Athletics. "Bob 'Turtle' Smith and Carol B. Smith and Family Endowed Baseball Scholarship". UMTerps.com.
8. "Terps Unveil Renovated Clubhouse". UMTerps.com.
9. "All-Americans". UMTerps.com.
10. "Conference Honors". UMTerps.com.