Murray State University

• Location: Murray, KY
• Nickname: Thoroughbreds (Baseball only, Racers for all other sports)
• Conference: Missouri Valley Conference 2023- ; Ohio Valley Conference 1949-2022
• Ballpark: Reagan Field 1989-present

College World Series Appearances: 1: 2025

Murray State University was known as Murray State College until 1966. Origionally known as the Thoroughbreds, all other sports teams adopted the modern mascot Racers in 1961. The baseball team was the only team on campus that maintained as the Thoroughbreds through 2014 before also adopting Racers.

Coaches

• Carlisle Cutchin, 1928–1932, 1941, 1946-1953
• Waldo Sauter, 1956-1957
• Johnny Reagan, 1958-1993
• Mike Thieke, 1994-2003
• Rob McDonald, 2004-2014
• Kevin Moulder, 2015-2018
• Dan Skirka, 2019-

Assistant Coaches

• Grayson Crawford, 2016-2017
• Lloyd Gage, 2010-2016
• David Jarvis, 1993-1997
• Rob McDonald, 1990-1992
• Joe Migliaccio, 2018
• Chris Moddelmog
• Bart Osborne, 1998-2003
• Luis Reyes, 2015-2017
• Daron Schoenrock, 1986-1987
• Dan Skirka, 2010-2014
• Andrew Stepp, 2018
• Mike Thieke, 1990-1993
• Paul Wyczawski, 2003-2010

Notable Alumni

• Al Giordano, minor league catcher
• Pat Jarvis, pitcher
• Rob McDonald, college coach
• Chris Moddelmog, college coach
• Jack Perconte, infielder
• Mike Perconte, minor league pitcher
• Carl Powis, outfielder
• Johnny Reagan, college coach
• Josh Ridgway, college coach
• Mark Riggins, scout
• Kirk Rueter, pitcher
• Daron Schoenrock, college coach
• Dan Skirka, college coach
• Britt Smith, college coach
• Mike Thieke, college coach
• Seth Zartman, college coach

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Post Season
1928	5-7
1929	11-6
1930	10-8
1931	6-10
1932	4-7-1
1941	7-8
1946	3-7
1947	12-7-1
1948	13-10
1949	6-10-1	4-6
1950	8-7	3-3
1951	5-7	3-5
1952	2-8	1-4
1953	6-4	2-0
1954	5-4	3-1
1955	5-11	4-3
1956	7-7	3-3
1957	7-8	3-3
1958	14-5	7-2
1959	14-5	8-2
1960	10-5	4-2
1961	19-7	10-2	OVC
1962	14-12-1	8-4
1963	27-4-1	9-0-1	OVC
1964	16-10	8-4	OVC
1965	24-6	9-1	OVC
1966	16-11-1	6-4	OVC
1967	20-7-1	9-1	OVC
1968	14-13	6-4
1969	20-8	7-4
1970	22-16	8-2	OVC
1971	24-15-1	--	OVC
1972	25-13	--
1973	30-11-2	10-1	OVC
1974	36-14-1	8-5	OVC
1975	40-9	11-1	OVC / CWS Regionals
1976	36-12	7-5
1977	29-15	7-5
1978	26-18	5-7
1979	27-10-2	10-5-1	OVC / CWS Regionals
1980	20-15	7-5	OVC
1981	26-18	6-6
1982	25-14	9-5
1983	28-11	8-4	OVC
1984	20-15	7-5	OVC
1985	18-21	8-4	OVC
1986	16-27	5-7
1987	20-23	10-7	OVC
1988	13-24	10-14
1989	23-16	9-8	OVC
1990	16-25	2-11
1991	24-18	14-3	OVC
1992	12-27	6-15
1993	9-31	6-16
1994	24-25	10-8	OVC
1995	21-28	10-10
1996	20-31	6-14	OVC
1997	24-30	8-16
1998	19-33	13-11	OVC
1999	30-25-1	13-11	OVC
2000	20-31	11-12	OVC
2001	28-26-1	10-11	OVC
2002	20-33	10-11	OVC
2003	25-31	9-11	OVC / CWS Regionals
2004	17-35	11-16
2005	28-31	15-12	OVC
2006	15-40	8-19
2007	18-35	12-13	OVC
2008	21-30	12-14
2009	34-21-1	13-8-1	OVC
2010	28-28-1	12-8-1	OVC
2011	19-32	9-13
2012	23-33	8-19
2013	21-33	9-21
2014	23-29	14-16
2015	16-40	11-19
2016	27-29	15-15
2017	29-30	15-15	OVC
2018	27-29	13-16	OVC
2019	24-30	16-14	OVC
2020	10-7	2-1
2021	33-25	18-12	OVC
2022	30-25	11-13	OVC
2023	31-28	14-13	MVC
2024	37-20	17-10	MVC
2025			MVC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS