Princeton University
- Location: Princeton, NJ
- Nickname: Tigers
- Conference: Ivy League 1993-present; Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League 1930?-1992
- Ballpark: Clarke Field 1961-present
College World Series Appearances: 1 1951
MLB stats of players who are school alumni
The most famous major league players who went to Princeton University are probably Moe Berg and George Sisler's son Dave Sisler. Val Picinich also attended for a year.
Commissioner Bowie Kuhn graduated from Princeton in 1947.
The most recent major league player from Princeton is Mike Ford, who made his debut in 2019.
Boileryard Clarke was the first full time head coach at Princeton and the school's home field is named for him.
One source says that baseball at Princeton began in 1858 when freshmen formed The Baseball Club of the Class of 1862 of Nassau Hall. Source: History
Coaches[edit]
- Boileryard Clarke, 1900-1902, 1910-1917, 1919-1927, and 1936-1944
- Arthur "Doc" Hillebrand, 1903-1905
- Wallace Cosgrove, 1906, 1909
- Doyle, 1907
- Arthur "Dutch" Meier, 1908
- Fred Dawson (college), 1918
- Byrd Douglas, 1928-1930
- Harry Hooper, 1931-1932
- Jack Jefferies, 1933-1935
- Charlie Caldwell, 1945-1946
- Matt Davidson, 1947-1948
- Emerson Dickman, 1949-1951
- Eddie Donovan, 1952-1975
- Len Rivers, 1976-1980
- Dick Hartnett, 1981
- Tom O'Connell, 1982-1997
- Scott Bradley, 1998-present
Assistant Coaches[edit]
- Dean Ehehalt, 1990
- Mark Leavitt
- Carl Lundgren, 1912-1913
- Don Maines, 1989
- Sean McDermott
- Chip Plante
Year-by-Year Record[edit]
Year | Overall Record | Conference Record | Notes | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1864 | 7-4 | ||||||
1865 | 3-3 | ||||||
1866 | 4-0 | ||||||
1867 | 5-2 | ||||||
1868 | 4-4 | ||||||
1869 | 2-2 | ||||||
1870 | 5-3 | ||||||
1871 | 5-0 | ||||||
1872 | 2-2 | ||||||
1873 | 8-2 | ||||||
1874 | 9-10 | ||||||
1875 | 7-8 | ||||||
1876 | 8-12 | ||||||
1877 | 9-12 | ||||||
1878 | 5-11 | ||||||
1879 | 8-8-2 | ||||||
1880 | 16-5 | ||||||
1881 | 11-14 | ||||||
1882 | 13-11 | ||||||
1883 | 16-9 | ||||||
1884 | 6-14-1 | ||||||
1885 | 14-11-1 | ||||||
1886 | 14-10 | ||||||
1887 | 7-8-2 | ||||||
1888 | 7-16-1 | ||||||
1889 | 11-10-1 | ||||||
1890 | 11-7-1 | ||||||
1891 | 15-6 | ||||||
1892 | 14-8 | ||||||
1893 | 16-11 | ||||||
1894 | 16-10 | ||||||
1895 | 21-6 | ||||||
1896 | 23-9 | ||||||
1897 | 25-5 | ||||||
1898 | 17-7 | ||||||
1899 | 18-9 | ||||||
1900 | 20-3 | ||||||
1901 | 20-2 | ||||||
1902 | 21-6 | ||||||
1903 | 15-6 | ||||||
1904 | 17-8 | ||||||
1905 | 24-8 | ||||||
1906 | 20-7 | ||||||
1907 | 22-9 | ||||||
1908 | 21-8 | ||||||
1909 | 18-10 | ||||||
1910 | 20-7-3 | ||||||
1911 | 18-8-2 | ||||||
1912 | 21-7-1 | ||||||
1913 | 15-11-1 | ||||||
1914 | 20-11 | ||||||
1915 | 18-14 | ||||||
1916 | 14-9 | ||||||
1917 | 0-3 | ||||||
1918 | 2-4 | ||||||
1919 | 9-10 | ||||||
1920 | 13-9 | ||||||
1921 | 17-9 | ||||||
1922 | 14-13 | ||||||
1923 | 21-4 | ||||||
1924 | 19-4 | ||||||
1925 | 15-8 | ||||||
1926 | 17-11 | ||||||
1927 | 11-14 | ||||||
1928 | 9-11 | ||||||
1929 | 12-14 | ||||||
1930 | 10-220-1 | 2-8 | |||||
1931 | 10-17-1 | 3-5 | |||||
1932 | 11-13 | 3-6 | |||||
1933 | 9-19 | 1-11 | |||||
1934 | 9-15-2 | 3-8 | |||||
1935 | 11-15 | 5-7 | |||||
1936 | 10-15-1 | 5-7 | |||||
1937 | 15-14-1 | 4-8 | |||||
1938 | 14-11 | 7-5 | |||||
1939 | 9-16 | 5-7 | |||||
1940 | 10-15-1 | 6-6 | |||||
1941 | 15-11 | 9-3 | |||||
1942 | 14-6 | 11-1 | |||||
1943 | 8-8 | 2-6 | |||||
1944 | 9-7 | 4-4 | |||||
1945 | 9-8 | 5-3 | |||||
1946 | 9-14 | 3-7 | |||||
1947 | 10-12 | 7-5 | |||||
1948 | 9-15 | 3-6 | |||||
1949 | 12-7-1 | 6-3 | |||||
1950 | 14-8 | 7-2 | |||||
1951 | 20-6 | 7-2 | CWS District Tournaments / CWS | ||||
1952 | 11-11 | 4-4 | |||||
1953 | 14-7-1 | 8-2-1 | |||||
1954 | 15-8 | 6-2 | |||||
1955 | 14-8 | 5-4 | |||||
1956 | 11-9-1 | 7-3 | |||||
1957 | 12-10-1 | 2-6-1 | |||||
1958 | 8-12-1 | 3-5 | |||||
1959 | 11-10 | 4-4 | |||||
1960 | 13-11 | 4-5 | |||||
1961 | 11-11-1 | 5-4 | |||||
1962 | 8-18-1 | 2-7 | |||||
1963 | 13-11 | 5-4 | |||||
1964 | 8-15-1 | 2-6-1 | |||||
1965 | 21-8 | 6-3 | CWS District Tournaments | ||||
1966 | 13-15-1 | 3-6 | |||||
1967 | 10-12 | 5-2 | |||||
1968 | 11-18 | 2-7 | |||||
1969 | 14-7-1 | 4-5 | |||||
1970 | 20-8 | 10-4 | |||||
1971 | 22-7-1 | 8-5-1 | |||||
1972 | 18-11-1 | 8-6 | |||||
1973 | 14-17 | 6-7 | |||||
1974 | 19-11-1 | 10-5 | |||||
1975 | 11-18-1 | 5-8-1 | |||||
1976 | 22-17-1 | 10-4 | |||||
1977 | 17-15 | 4-9 | |||||
1978 | 11-15 | 6-8 | |||||
1979 | 8-22 | 6-8 | |||||
1980 | 16-13 | 5-9 | |||||
1981 | 13-21-1 | 5-9 | |||||
1982 | 12-17 | 7-9 | |||||
1983 | 17-20-2 | 7-10-1 | |||||
1984 | 19-19-2 | 9-9 | |||||
1985 | 29-12 | 16-3 | CWS Regionals | ||||
1986 | 17-21 | 8-10 | |||||
1987 | 17-24-1 | 6-11-1 | |||||
1988 | 21-17 | 9-9 | |||||
1989 | 26-14-1 | 10-8 | |||||
1990 | 23-18 | 11-7 | |||||
1991 | 24-22 | 14-4 | CWS Regionals | ||||
1992 | 20-14 | 10-8 | |||||
1993 | 16-25 | 10-10 | |||||
1994 | 21-19 | 10-10 | |||||
1995 | 15-26 | 8-12 | |||||
1996 | 26-21 | 13-7 | Ivy / CWS Regionals | ||||
1997 | 20-25 | 10-10 | Ivy | ||||
1998 | 25-14 | 13-7 | Ivy | ||||
1999 | 25-20 | 15-5 | Ivy | ||||
2000 | 24-20 | 13-7 | Ivy / CWS Regionals | ||||
2001 | 23-25 | 14-6 | Ivy / CWS Regionals | ||||
2002 | 21-23 | 13-7 | Ivy | ||||
2003 | 27-23 | 15-5 | Ivy / CWS Regionals | ||||
2004 | 28-20 | 12-8 | Ivy / CWS Regionals | ||||
2005 | 17-24 | 10-10 | |||||
2006 | 18-26-1 | 11-9 | Ivy / CWS Regionals | ||||
2007 | 15-24 | 11-9 | |||||
2008 | 20-22 | 11-9 | |||||
2009 | 18-19 | 10-10 | |||||
2010 | 12-30 | 6-14 | |||||
2011 | 23-24 | 15-5 | Ivy | ||||
2012 | 20-19 | 13-7 | |||||
2013 | 14-28 | 11-9 | |||||
2014 | 14-26 | 8-12 | |||||
2015 | 7-32 | 3-13 | |||||
2016 | 24-21 | 13-7 | Ivy / CWS Regionals | ||||
2017 | 12-28-1 | 7-13 | |||||
2018 | 10-27 | 7-14 | |||||
2019 | 12-24 | 6-10 | |||||
2020 | 0-7 | 0-0 | |||||
2021 | Season cancelled | ||||||
2022 | 7-33 | 3-18 | |||||
2023 | 24-23 | 13-8 | Ivy | ||||
2024 | 18-26 | 12-9 | Ivy |
Further Reading[edit]
- Michael Clair: "Why Princeton has a geophysicist in its dugout", mlb.com, April 16, 2024. [1]
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