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Oregon Ducks baseball

NCAA Division 1 college baseball team

NCAA Division 1 college baseball team

FieldValue
nameOregon Ducks baseball
current2026 Oregon Ducks baseball team
founded1877,
logoOregon Ducks logo.svg
logo_size100
universityUniversity of Oregon
conferenceBig Ten
locationEugene, Oregon
coachMark Wasikowski
tenure7th
stadiumPK Park
capacity5,000
nicknameDucks
cws1954
regional_champ2012, 2023, 2024
ncaa_tourneys1954, 1964, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
conference_tournament2023
conference_champion1918, 1928, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 2025

The Oregon Ducks baseball team represents the University of Oregon in NCAA Division I college baseball in the Big Ten Conference. The home games are played on campus at PK Park.

History

Oregon played its first baseball game in 1877 and established the program in 1885.

The UO team made one College World Series appearance, in 1954, and was eliminated from the tournament after losing to Arizona and Massachusetts. A decade later in 1964, in the re-organized Athletic Association of Western Universities, Oregon was once again North Division champions, but lost at defending national champion USC in the district finals (today's super-regionals).

After the 1981 season, baseball and three other varsity sports were dropped by the university (men's gymnastics, women's golf, and women's soccer) due to a budget crisis, and baseball became a club sport in March 1983.

In July 2007, the university announced that it would again field a varsity baseball team, beginning with the 2009 season. One reason was the success of the rival Oregon State Beavers, who had repeated as College World Series champions a month earlier.

In the Ducks' first game in PK Park, they defeated the defending national champions, the Fresno State Bulldogs, 1–0 on a walk-off single by senior Andrew Schmidt. A sellout crowd of 2,777 was on hand for the game. After his eleventh season in 2019, head coach George Horton and the Ducks mutually agreed to part ways on May 28. Two weeks later on June 11, it was announced that Mark Wasikowski was the successor; he was previously an assistant at Oregon from 2012 through 2016, then was the head coach at Purdue in the Big Ten Conference. In his first full season as head coach of the Ducks, they hosted a regional as the 13th seed and finished second behind LSU.

Stadium

The Ducks previously played baseball at Howe Field (), When the university dropped baseball after the 1981 season, the succeeding club team continued at Howe; in 1987, the field was converted to use by the softball team and later remodeled and renamed Jane Sanders Stadium. Softball was formerly played at Amazon Park, a city-owned park in Eugene.

Baseball became a club sport in 1983 and Oregon was the only Pac-10 school without a varsity baseball program through 2008. Following the reinstatement of baseball, announced in 2007, the university built PK Park, directly northeast of Autzen Stadium, formerly paved parking spaces. It opened for the Ducks in 2009 and since 2010, the park is also home for the minor league Eugene Emeralds of the High-A Northwest League, whose season runs from April through early-September.

Yearly Awards

[[Pac-12 Conference Baseball Player of the Year|Pac-12 Player of the Year]]

  • Aaron Zavala (2021)

[[Pac-12 Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Year|Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year]]

  • Alex Keudell (2011)

Yearly results

Oregon notes their first year of baseball as 1877, with 1906 as the first recorded season.

YearCoachRecordNotes
1906J. B. Knapp
1907Hugo Bezdek
1908H. B. Leonard
1909Tom Kelly6–3–1
1910Tom Kelly6–4–1
1911Tom Kelly9–6
1912Homer Jamison8–0
1913Homer Jamison
1914Hugo Bezdek11–3
1915Hugo Bezdek6–3
1916Hugo Bezdek5–4
1917Hugo Bezdek
1918Dean Walker10–2
1919Shy Huntington1–6
1920Shy Huntington11–9
1921George Bohler6–13
1922George Bohler2–15
1923George Bohler3–15
1924Bill Reinhart6–12–1
1925Bill Reinhart5–7
1926Bill Reinhart4–4
1927Bill Reinhart3–9
1928Bill Reinhart11–4
1929Bill Reinhart8–9
1930Bill Reinhart15–7
1931Bill Reinhart8–10
1932Bill Reinhart5–10
1933Bill Reinhart7–6
1934Bill Reinhart16–6
1935Bill Reinhart14–8
1936Howard Hobson13–11
1937Howard Hobson13–3
1938Howard Hobson17–9
1939Howard Hobson20–7
1940Howard Hobson17–11
1941Howard Hobson15–6
1942Howard Hobson20–5
1943Howard Hobson15–7
1944Howard Hobson
1945Howard Hobson
1946Howard Hobson18–9–1
1947Howard Hobson19–7
1948Don Kirsch12–6
1949Don Kirsch18–7
1950Don Kirsch12–11
1951Don Kirsch14–14
1952Don Kirsch19–12
1953Don Kirsch15–4
1954Don Kirsch18–811–5 in PCC North Div., 1st place, District 8 champion (now super regional), College World Series, 7th (tie)
1955Don Kirsch18–8
1956Don Kirsch18–8
1957Don Kirsch24–9–1
1958Don Kirsch19–8
1959Don Kirsch19–11
1960Don Kirsch12–7
1961Don Kirsch19–9
1962Don Kirsch29–9–1
1963Don Kirsch25–7
1964Don Kirsch31–1111–5 in AAWU North Div., 1st place, runner-up in District 8 (now super regional)
1965Don Kirsch27–8–1
1966Don Kirsch21–18
1967Don Kirsch16–14
1968Don Kirsch25–15–1
1969Don Kirsch22–19
1970Don Kirsch
1971Mel Krause19–18
1972Mel Krause24–13
1973Mel Krause23–13
1974Mel Krause26–19
1975Mel Krause20–19
1976Mel Krause20–18
1977Mel Krause14–27
1978Mel Krause23–24
1979Mel Krause29–27–1
1980Mel Krause19–21
1981Mel Krause16–21does not include 2 wins vs. Lane CC – dropped program
No varsity team from 1982–2008 (27 seasons), club sport only
2009George Horton14–424–23 in Pac-10, 10th place
2010George Horton40–2413–14 in Pac-10, 5th place (tie), second at Regional
2011George Horton33–2611–16 in Pac-10, 8th place
2012George Horton46–1919–11 in Pac-12, 3rd place, hosted Regional and Super Regional
2013George Horton48–1622–8 in Pac-12, 2nd place, hosted Regional
2014George Horton44–2018–12 in Pac-12, 4th place, second at Regional
2015George Horton38–2516–14 in Pac-12, 6th place, third at Regional
2016George Horton29–2614–16 in Pac-12, 8th place (tie)
2017George Horton30–2512–18 in Pac-12, 8th place
2018George Horton26–2912–18 in Pac-12, 8th place (tie)
2019George Horton27–2910–19 in Pac-12, 9th place
2020Mark Wasikowski8–70–0 in Pac-12, *Season cancelled due to COVID-19
2021Mark Wasikowski39–1620–10 in Pac-12, 2nd Place, hosted Regional
2022Mark Wasikowski36–2518–12 in Pac-12, 4th place, third at Regional
2023Mark Wasikowski41–2216–14 in Pac-12, 6th Place, hosted Super Regional
2024Mark Wasikowski40–2019–11 in Pac-12, 3rd Place, Super Regional

Oregon in the Pac-12 tournament

20240-2.004th

Oregon in the NCAA tournament

  • The NCAA Division I baseball tournament started in 1947.
  • The format of the tournament has changed through the years.
TOTALS25–22

Former players

  • Robby Ahlstrom
  • Tyler Anderson
  • Earl Averill Jr.
  • Steve Baker
  • Hunter Breault
  • Tom Dodd
  • Kyle Garlick
  • Joe Gordon, Hall of Famer as a second baseman
  • Ryon Healy
  • Cole Irvin
  • Matt Krook
  • Scott McGough
  • Stephen Nogosek
  • David Peterson
  • Don Reynolds
  • Dave Roberts
  • Jimmie Sherfy
  • Ray Smith
  • Spencer Steer
  • Zack Thornton
  • Kenyon Yovan
  • Aaron Zavala

References

References

  1. May, Jacob. (January 31, 2008). "Oregon unveils Duck baseball's Field of Dreams". [[Oregon Daily Emerald]].
  2. Rodman, Bob. (May 7, 1981). "A gloomy day for Ducks' oldest program". Eugene-Register Guard.
  3. Harvey, Paul III. (May 23, 1964). "Ducks clinch ND title". Eugene Register-Guard.
  4. Strite, Dick. (May 25, 1964). "Ducks can be as good as '54 team". Eugene Register-Guard.
  5. Harvey, Paul III. (May 28, 1964). "Oregon, USC nines seek district crown". Eugene Register-Guard.
  6. Harvey, Paul III. (May 31, 1964). "USC dumps Oregon". Eugene Register-Guard.
  7. (May 7, 1981). "UO axes baseball, gymnastics". Eugene-Register Guard.
  8. Rodman, Bob. (May 27, 1982). "The question isn't what for Howe". Eugene-Register Guard.
  9. Rodman, Bob. (March 1, 1983). "Oregon baseball* returns this weekend". Eugene Register-Guard.
  10. (July 14, 2007). "Baseball's back". Eugene Register-Guard.
  11. (July 14, 2007). "University of Oregon is bringing back baseball". Moscow-Pullman Daily News.
  12. Smith, Jeff. (July 14, 2007). "Baseball no longer a dead Duck". The Oregonian.
  13. (February 27, 2009). "Schmidt's Walk-Off Upsets Defending Champs". GoDucks.com.
  14. James Crepea. (May 28, 2019). "Oregon Ducks, baseball coach George Horton parting ways". Oregon Live LLC.
  15. James Crepea. (June 11, 2019). "Oregon Ducks hire Purdue's Mark Wasikowski, former UO assistant, as baseball coach". Oregon Live LLC.
  16. (April 25, 1936). "Now it's Howe Field". Eugene Register-Guard.
  17. "Howe Field". University of Oregon Athletics.
  18. Kayfes, Dave. (April 4, 1985). "UO baseball, out at home?". Eugene Register-Guard.
  19. "Jane Sanders Stadium". University of Oregon Athletics.
  20. (April 26, 1978). "Wet weather stops baseball, softball". Eugene Register-Guard.
  21. "2018 Record Book". Oregon Ducks Athletics.
  22. Strite, Dick. (May 23, 1954). "Oregon blanks OSC nine for NCAA spot". Eugene Register-Guard.
  23. Strite, Dick. (June 1, 1954). "Oregon wins regional title". Eugene Register-Guard.
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