Ball State University

• Location: Muncie, IN
• Nickname: Cardinals
• Conference: Mid-American Conference 1974-present; Midwestern Conference 1971-1972; Indiana Collegiate Conference 1951- ; Indiana Intercollegiate Conference -1950
• Ballpark: Ball Diamond

MLB stats of players who are school alumni

Ball State University, was known as Ball Teachers College until 1929, Ball State Teachers College until 1961 and Ball State College until 1965. Bryan Bullington was the first overall pick in the 2002 amateur draft, taken by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Notable Alumni

• CJ Alexander, infielder
• Dean Anna, infielder
• Larry Bigbie, outfielder
• Don Brandon, college coach
• Bryan Bullington, pitcher
• Alex Call, outfielder
• Kirby Campbell, minor league infielder and manager
• Aaron Etchison, scout
• Perci Garner, pitcher
• John Ginter, author
• Sean Godfrey, minor league player
• Anthony Gomez, minor league coach
• Harley Grossman, pitcher
• Luke Hagerty, minor league pitcher
• Jeremy Hazelbaker, outfielder
• Thomas Howard, outfielder
• Drey Jameson, pitcher
• Sam McConnell, pitcher
• Chayce McDermott, pitcher
• Travis Minix, minor league pitcher
• Joe Ness, minor league pitcher
• Kyle Nicolas, pitcher
• Tom Nichols, announcer
• Dennis Noonan, trainer
• Zach Plesac, pitcher
• Merv Rettenmund, outfielder
• Hal Rice, outfielder
• Bob Rickel, college coach
• Mike Roesler, pitcher
• Waldo Sauter, college coach
• Chase Sebby, minor league coach
• Richard Skeel, college coach
• Ben Snyder, minor league pitcher
• Brad Snyder, outfielder
• Kyle Stark, executive
• Adam Stevens, college coach
• Jeff Urban, minor league pitcher
• Kolbrin Vitek, minor league infielder
• Don Yaeger, author

Coaches

• Orville Sink, 1920-1921
• Norman Wann, 1927
• Paul Williams, 1922-1926, 1928-1943, 1945-1958
• Ray Louthen, 1959-1970
• Bob Rickel, 1971-1982
• Pat Quinn, 1983-1995
• Rich Maloney, 1996-2002, 2013-Present
• Greg Beals, 2003-2010
• Alex Marconi, 2011-2012

Assistant Coaches

• Therron Brockish, 1992
• Chris Fetter, 2016
• Dustin Glant, 2013, 2017-2019
• Matt Husted, 1999-2002
• Alex Marconi, 2006-2010
• Travis Minix, 2014
• Doug Schreiber, 1991-1992

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Post Season
1920	2-3
1921	5-2
1922	6-5
1923	7-4-1
1924	2-6
1925	2-8
1926	6-2
1927	3-6
1928	7-6
1929	6-4
1930	5-9
1931	4-8
1932	5-7
1933	6-6
1934	6-9
1935	8-2
1936	11-4
1937	9-6
1938	8-6
1939	12-3
1940	5-8
1941	7-8
1942	4-5
1943	2-6
1945	8-5-1
1946	5-7
1947	10-4
1948	5-7-1
1949	6-6
1950	6-6-1
1951	8-6
1952	7-7
1953	5-12
1954	6-9
1955	8-9
1956	1-9
1957	3-7
1958	3-12
1959	5-11
1960	16-11
1961	13-9
1962	12-9
1963	11-11
1964	14-7
1965	15-8-1		CWS District Tournaments
1966	14-9
1967	9-13
1968	20-11
1969	15-12		CWS District Tournaments
1970	14-16
1971	13-18	3-9
1972	15-16	2-10
1973	14-17
1974	13-12-1	4-10
1975	20-23	7-11
1976	34-14	9-9
1977	24-19-1	4-7
1978	16-22	4-10
1979	18-15	6-8
1980	14-18	5-11
1981	18-22	4-12
1982	10-21	0-12
1983	23-23-1	3-7-1
1984	28-26-1	14-15-1
1985	30-27-1	14-17-1
1986	34-25-1	17-15
1987	23-35-1	11-21
1988	21-39	9-23
1989	27-27	14-13
1990	21-33	8-19
1991	29-30-1	15-17
1992	23-27	14-13	MAC
1993	32-24	17-13	MAC
1994	17-32	4-22
1995	15-41	7-25
1996	32-20-1	16-14
1997	40-19	21-10	MAC
1998	39-18	23-8	MAC
1999	42-18	25-6	MAC
2000	34-23	18-8	MAC
2001	35-23	21-5	MAC
2002	34-23	17-9	MAC
2003	36-21	17-10	MAC
2004	28-28	14-10	MAC
2005	38-18	17-5	MAC
2006	38-22	16-9	MAC / CWS Regionals
2007	20-34	8-19
2008	28-25	12-11	MAC
2009	26-25	14-10	MAC
2010	29-29	19-8	MAC
2011	15-35	11-15
2012	14-36	9-18
2013	31-24	15-12	MAC
2014	39-18	22-4	MAC
2015	33-25	14-13	MAC
2016	32-26	15-9	MAC
2017	30-28	14-10	MAC
2018	32-24	17-10	MAC
2019	38-19	20-5	MAC
2020	7-9	0-0
2021	38-18	29-11
2022	39-17	32-7	MAC
2023	36-21	19-11	MAC / CWS Regionals
2024	35-23-1	18-12	MAC

Further Reading

• John Ginter: Baseball at Ball State, Arcadia Publishing, Mount Pleasant, SC, 2003. ISBN 9780738523019