Eckerd College

• Location: St. Petersburg, FL
• Nickname: Tritons
• Conference: Sunshine State Conference 1978-present
• Division: II
• Ballpark:

Division-II College World Series runner-up in 1977

Players who went here

Eckerd College was founded in 1960 as Florida Presbyterian College. The name was changed in 1972 after a $12.5 million donation from Jack Eckerd.

Eckerd has had several alumni who have played baseball professionally. In 2005, Ryan Searage was selected in the 18th round of the Major League Baseball Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates. The previous year, Billy Evers, the son of former Tampa Bay Devil Rays bench coach Bill Evers, also an Eckerd alumnus, was selected by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays as a right-handed pitcher. Florida Marlins reliever Jim Mecir is an Eckerd graduate, as well. Josh Beauregard ('03) had a successful year in Independent ball in 2005, following a release from the Oakland Athletics. The most famous baseball alum from Eckerd is former All-Star Steve Balboni, who hit 181 home runs in his major league career. To this day, Balboni still holds the Kansas City Royals' single-season home run record. Other notable alumni include Brian Sabean, general manager of the San Francisco Giants, Craig Albernaz, Brian Butterfield, Ismael Cruz, Dave DeFreitas, Billy Evers, Bruce Joyce, Tim Karkatselos, Joe Lefebvre, Bill Mathews, Jon Mueller, Dave Pano, Mickey Pina, Stan Saleski, Roy Silver and Carlos Tosca.

People who went here

• Craig Albernaz, minor league catcher
• Steve Balboni, infielder
• Ismael Cruz, minor league infielder; scout
• Dave DeFreitas, scout
• Billy Evers, minor league pitcher
• Bruce Joyce, college coach
• Tim Karkatselos, Bundesliga pitcher
• Joe Lefebvre, outfielder
• Bill Mathews, college coach
• Jim Mecir, pitcher
• Jon Mueller, minor league infielder; college coach
• Bill Norris, minor league infielder
• Dave Pano, minor league manager; college coach
• Mickey Pina, minor league outfielder
• Brian Sabean, general manager
• Stan Saleski, scout
• Ryan Searage, minor league outfielder
• Roy Silver, minor league outfielder and manager

Coaches

• Billy Wireman, 1963
• Bob Porterfield, 1964
• Al Brazle, 1965
• Lowe, 1966-1968
• Jones, 1969
• Mutert, 1970
• Bob Hale, 1971
• Bill Livesey, 1972-1977
• John Mayotte, 1978-1990
• Bill Mathews, 1991-2014
• Juan Ranero, 2015-2016
• Josh Beauregard, 2017-present

Assistant Coaches

• Rich Folkers, 1989-1992
• Bill Mathews, 1978-1981

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1963	3-6
1964	1-9
1965	2-10
1966	3-14
1967	4-7
1968	3-6
1969	4-10
1970	4-14
1971	12-8
1972	23-8-2
1973	27-10		Division II Regionals
1974	33-13		Division II Regionals
1975	27-14		Division II Regionals
1976	40-8		Division II Regionals
1977	34-9		Division II Regionals / Division II CWS
1978	33-9		Division II Regionals
1979	36-15		Division II Regionals
1980	36-15		Division II Regionals
1981	33-18	12-3	Division II Regionals
1982	35-12	12-9
1983	35-9	13-8
1984	36-15	15-13
1985	36-17	14-10
1986	35-15	14-10
1987	33-19	14-10	Division II Regionals
1988	28-18	11-9
1989	29-20	12-11
1990	31-21	10-14
1991	16-27	8-16
1992	24-26	9-15
1993	21-33-1	6-18
1994	25-22	6-14
1995	23-23	7-14
1996	21-29	4-17
1997	22-29	5-16
1998	24-28-1	7-11
1999	30-23	11-10
2000	19-31	5-16
2001	21-30	7-11
2002	26-29	6-15
2003	28-26	9-11
2004	21-31	7-14
2005	15-35	4-20
2006	14-35	5-19
2007	19-28	5-19
2008	16-34	4-20
2009	23-31	5-19
2010	20-28	3-21
2011	17-32	5-19
2012	19-28	3-18
2013	15-35	2-22
2014	27-22	11-13
2015	20-27	7-15
2016	17-28	5-19
2017	20-30	9-15
2018	22-27	10-20
2019	31-19	19-11	Division II Regionals
2020	9-10	3-3
2021	Cancelled
2022	19-29	12-18