University of Michigan

• Location: Ann Arbor, MI
• Nickname: Wolverines
• Conference: Big Ten Conference 1896-1906, 1918-present
• Ballpark: Ray Fisher Stadium

College World Series Appearances: 8 1953, 1962, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984 & 2019

Players who went here

College World Series titles in 1953 and 1962

College World Series runner-ups in 2019

Famous alumni

Dozens of major league players have attended the University of Michigan.

Hall of Famers Charlie Gehringer, Barry Larkin, Ted Simmons and George Sisler went here.

All-Stars Bill Freehan, Steve Howe, John Mayberry, Steve Ontiveros, J.J. Putz, Chris Sabo, Lary Sorensen and Dick Wakefield went to the school as well.

University Of Michigan baseball through time

The book Baseball at the University of Michigan indicates that the first student team was formed in 1863. The earliest teams were rather informal, sometimes playing few games in a season. The 1873 team featured Frank Bliss, who later came to the majors. The team expanded its play in 1882.

The University of Michigan played in the 1882 college championship series in the Western Baseball League, in that league's second year in existence. That same year, the college team played and lost to a professional team (April 1882). Playing catcher for that squad was Moses Fleetwood Walker. Walker would leave the school in 1883 and sign with the Toledo Blue Stockings (at time, in the Northwestern League). In 1884, the Toledo Blue Stockings joined the major league level American Association. The point of this discussion, is that the University of Michigan included in its historical group of player, a man by the name of Moses Fleetwood Walker, who would integrate professional baseball in 1884 (see Walker's page for discussion of possible earlier integration by other individuals). See the team picture at right. Walker is the black fellow.

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Coaches

1953 Michigan baseball team; Bill Mogk in front row center to the right of coach Ray Fisher.

• Pete Conway, 1891-1892
• Sport McAllister 1905-1906, 1908-1909
• Branch Rickey, 1910-1913
• Carl Lundgren, 1914-1916, 1918-1920
• Ray Fisher, 1921-1958
• Don Lund, 1959-1962
• Moby Benedict, 1962-1979
• Bud Middaugh, 1980-1989
• Bill Freehan, 1990-1995
• Geoff Zahn, 1996-2001
• Chris Harrison, 2002
• Rich Maloney, 2003-2012
• Erik Bakich, 2013-2022
• Tracy Smith, 2023-present

Assistant Coaches

• Jake Boss, Jr., 2005-2007
• Michael Brdar, 2019
• John Clarkson, 1895
• Chris Fetter, 2018-2020
• Tyler Graham, 2023-
• Ben Greenspan, 2023
• Brock Huntzinger, 2023-
• Matt Husted, 2008-2012
• Brandon Inge, 2021-2022
• Ted Mahan, 1987-1991
• Jeff Mercer, 2011
• Steve Merriman, 1995, 2002, 2012, 2021-2022

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Post Season
1880	2-4
1881	3-3
1882	10-3
1883	3-3
1884	8-1-1
1885	2-1
1886	5-2
1887	3-4
1888	6-3-1
1889	4-3
1890	8-3
1891	10-3
1892	12-6-1
1893	14-4
1894	11-8
1895	19-3-1
1896	17-4-1	6-3
1897	4-8	2-6
1898	15-6	7-3
1899	14-5	5-2
1900	12-9-1	6-5
1901	13-8	8-2
1902	8-10	1-7
1903	12-5	7-3
1904	10-5	4-5
1905	16-3	9-3
1906	12-7	5-3
1907	11-4-1
1908	12-4
1909	18-3-1
1910	17-8
1911	16-10-1
1912	14-10-2
1913	21-4-1
1914	22-6
1915	16-17-3
1916	9-12-2
1918	16-1	9-1
1919	13-1	9-0
1920	17-6-1	9-1
1921	21-4	10-2
1922	21-6	9-3
1923	22-4	10-0
1924	13-3	8-2
1925	17-8	7-4
1926	16-7	9-2
1927	16-8	8-4
1928	22-5	11-1
1929	15-6	7-2
1930	9-15-1	3-6
1931	11-7	5-4
1932	19-15-1	4-5
1933	12-4	8-2
1934	15-9	6-6
1935	11-11	6-5
1936	20-5	9-1
1937	16-8	5-6
1938	14-12	4-6
1939	18-9-2	8-4
1940	10-12	7-5
1941	24-8	10-2
1942	17-9	10-2
1943	8-4	3-2
1944	15-4-1	8-0
1945	20-1	8-0
1946	18-3	6-2
1947	18-10	7-4
1948	21-6	10-2	CWS District Tournaments
1949	18-9-2	8-4
1950	18-9	9-3
1951	13-10	4-8
1952	16-7	8-4
1953	21-9	10-3	CWS District Tournaments / CWS
1954	22-9	10-5
1955	17-11	8-7
1956	17-9	6-5
1957	17-7	7-4
1958	18-1	7-8
1959	10-17-2	5-7
1960	19-12-1	7-7
1961	20-11	10-2	CWS District Tournaments
1962	31-13	12-3	CWS District Tournaments / CWS
1963	21-11	7-7
1964	19-16	10-4
1965	18-14	10-5
1966	22-11	10-3
1967	24-12	10-4
1968	17-16	9-5
1969	14-21-1	8-6
1970	16-18	7-7
1971	23-13-1	10-5
1972	18-13-1	9-5
1973	22-16	12-6
1974	18-14-1	7-5
1975	28-12	13-3	CWS Regionals
1976	22-19-1	9-4	CWS Regionals
1977	33-15	14-4	CWS Regionals
1978	30-17	13-3	CWS Regionals / CWS
1979	22-14	10-4
1980	36-18-1	14-2	CWS Regionals / CWS
1981	41-20	10-4	Big Ten / CWS Regionals / CWS
1982	44-10	13-3	Big Ten
1983	50-9	13-2	Big Ten / CWS Regionals / CWS
1984	43-20	11-5	Big Ten / CWS Regionals / CWS
1985	55-10	14-2	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
1986	47-12	13-3	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
1987	52-12	13-3	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
1988	48-19	20-8	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
1989	49-16	21-6	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
1990	33-24	14-14
1991	34-23-1	15-13
1992	21-32	11-17
1993	25-30	13-14
1994	29-29	13-15	Big Ten
1995	24-29	10-16
1996	24-30	17-11	Big Ten
1997	36-22	17-9	Big Ten
1998	21-27-1	9-15
1999	34-30	15-13	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
2000	20-32-1	10-18
2001	28-28	10-14	Big Ten
2002	21-32	14-17
2003	30-27	16-14
2004	34-26	19-13	Big Ten
2005	42-19	17-12	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
2006	43-21	23-9	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
2007	42-19	21-7	Big Ten / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2008	46-14	26-5	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
2009	30-25	9-15
2010	35-22	14-10	Big Ten
2011	17-37	7-16
2012	22-34	8-16
2013	29-27	14-10	Big Ten
2014	30-29-1	13-11	Big Ten
2015	39-25	14-10	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
2016	36-21	13-10	Big Ten
2017	42-17	16-8	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
2018	33-21	15-8	Big Ten
2019	50-22	16-7	Big Ten / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS
2020	8-7	0-0
2021	27-17	27-17	CWS Regionals
2022	34-26	12-12	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
2023	28-28	13-11	Big Ten
2024	32-28	14-10	Big Ten