Stanford University

• Location: Palo Alto, CA

• Nickname: Cardinal (formerly Indians)

• Conference: Atlantic Coast Conference 2025- ; Pacific-10 Conference 1979-2024; Pacific-8 Conference 1967-1978; California Intercollegiate Baseball Association 1927-1943, 1946-1966; Pacific Coast Conference 1918-1926

• Ballpark: Klein Field at Sunken Diamond

• College World Series Appearances: 19 1953, 1967, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2021, 2022, & 2023

College World Series titles in 1987 and 1988

College World Series runner-up in 2000, 2001, 2003

Players who went here

Stanford University has sent 102 ballplayers to the major leagues through 2019. Prominent pitchers have included Mike Mussina, Jack McDowell, and Jim Lonborg, all with over 100 wins. Position players include Bob Boone, Steve Buechele, Ed Sprague, Mike Aldrete and Carlos Quentin. Active players through 2015 include Jed Lowrie, John Mayberry, Jr., Jason Castro, Sam Fuld, Jeremy Guthrie and Drew Storen.

Kenny Williams, general manager of the White Sox, also went there, and was a wide receiver on the football team, catching John Elway's passes.

Stanford's first player in the majors was Charlie Swindells, who appeared in 3 games with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1904. The famous football star Ernie Nevers appeared in the majors briefly from 1926-1928.

Harry Wolter was a long-time coach of Stanford baseball in the first half of the 20th Century. In 1928, he led the varsity team on a tour of Australia which made Stanford the first American team to visit the country and to play against the Australian national team.

Coaches

• Harry Wolter 1916, 1923-1943, 1946-1949
• R.T. Wilson 1917
• Melbourne "Bob" Evans 1919-1920
• W.D. Seay 1921-1922
• Everett Dean 1950-1955
• Dutch Fehring 1956-1967
• Ray Young 1968-1976
• Mark Marquess 1977-2017
• Dave Esquer, 2018-present

Assistant Coaches

• Rusty Filter, 2010-2017
• Jon Karcich, 2015-2017
• Dave Nakama, 1997-1998, 2002-2009
• Tommy Nicholson, 2018-2021
• Brock Ungricht, 2011-2016
• Ron Witmeyer, 1994-?

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1892	3-4
1893	11-1
1894	6-0
1895	4-1
1896	5-3
1897	3-3
1898	2-1
1899	0-2-2
1900	3-9
1901	9-4
1902	8-9
1903	5-11
1904	8-8
1905	7-10
1906	10-9
1907	9-10-2
1908	13-13
1909	8-8
1910	9-14
1911	5-11-1
1912	12-12
1913	15-5-1
1914	12-6-3
1915	10-10
1916	12-14-2
1917	10-12
1918	1-3	1-2
1919	6-2	2-0
1920	10-11	5-5
1921	7-9	0-3
1922	4-8	1-2
1923	11-11	2-3
1924	14-10	3-3
1925	7-10	2-1
1926	5-10	2-4
1927	8-13	5-7
1928	7-10	5-7
1929	10-11	4-10
1930	10-12	7-8
1931	18-5	15-3
1932	12-11	9-9
1933	8-19	4-5
1934	8-14-2	5-10
1935	2-13	2-13
1936	8-20	2-13
1937	13-10	8-7
1938	10-13	5-10
1939	14-11	8-7
1940	8-14-1	4-11
1941	12-13	5-10
1942	10-13-1	2-12
1943	10-12	5-7
1946	8-15	4-8
1947	19-11-1	7-8
1948	15-11	5-9
1949	18-12	7-8
1950	10-5	CWS District Tournaments
1951	21-13	9-9
1952	19-13-1	9-7
1953	29-15-1	10-6	CWS District Tournaments / CWS 5th (t)
1954	18-12	9-7
1955	19-15-1	9-7
1956	24-10-1	9-7
1957	17-13	7-9
1958	23-12	7-9
1959	21-13	9-7
1960	20-17	6-10
1961	26-17	5-11
1962	21-14	6-10
1963	24-11	8-8
1964	20-24	4-16
1965	32-13	11-9	CWS District Tournaments
1966	26-12-2	12-8
1967	36-6-1	10-1	CWS District Tournaments / CWS 3rd
1968	36-12	13-5
1969	34-12	16-5
1970	36-16-1	8-9
1971	39-20-1	11-6
1972	37-17-1	9-9
1973	37-20	9-9
1974	28-19	10-8
1975	37-22	9-9
1976	42-23	14-10
1977	43-23	5-13
1978	35-20-1	6-12
1979	35-23	13-17
1980	29-24	13-17
1981	43-22	16-14	CWS Regionals
1982	49-18-1	20-10	CWS Regionals / CWS 5th (t)
1983	41-17-1	20-10	CWS Regionals / CWS 5th (t)
1984	38-26-1	18-12	CWS Regionals
1985	47-15	23-7	CWS Regionals / CWS 5th (t)
1986	38-23	18-12	CWS Regionals
1987	53-17	21-9	CWS Regionals / CWS 1st
1988	46-23	18-12	CWS Regionals / CWS 1st
1989	30-28	12-18
1990	59-12	24-6	CWS Regionals / CWS 3rd
1991	39-23	18-12	CWS Regionals
1992	39-23	17-13	CWS Regionals
1993	27-28	10-20
1994	36-24	21-9	CWS Regionals
1995	40-25	20-10	CWS Regionals / CWS 5th (t)
1996	41-19	19-11	CWS Regionals
1997	45-20	21-9	CWS Regionals / CWS 4th
1998	42-14-1	22-8	CWS Regionals
1999	50-15	19-5	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS 3rd
2000	50-16	17-7	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS 2nd
2001	51-17	17-7	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS 2nd
2002	47-18	16-8	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS 4th
2003	51-18	18-6	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS 2nd
2004	46-14	16-8	CWS Regionals
2005	34-25	12-12	CWS Regionals
2006	33-27	11-13	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2007	28-28	9-15
2008	41-24-2	14-10	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS 4th
2009	30-25	13-14
2010	31-25	14-13	CWS Regionals
2011	35-22	14-12	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2012	41-18	18-12	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2013	32-22	16-14
2014	35-26	16-14	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2015	24-32	9-21
2016	31-23	15-15
2017	42-16	21-9	CWS Regionals
2018	46-12	22-8	CWS Regionals
2019	45-14	22-7	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2020	5-11	0-0
2021	39-17	17-10	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS
2022	47-18	21-9	Pac-12 / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS
2023	44-20	23-7	Pac-12 / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS

Further Reading

• Ray W. Nickson: "An Epoch in Australian Baseball: Stanford University's Tour of 1928", Baseball Research Journal, SABR, Vol. 47, Nr. 1 (spring 2018), pp. 23-28.