Vanderbilt University

• Location: Nashville, TN
• Nickname: Commodores
• Conference: Southeastern Conference 1934-present; Southern Conference
• Ballpark: Hawkins Field 2002-present

College World Series appearances: 5 2011, 2014, 2015, 2019 & 2021

College World Series title in 2014 and 2019

College World Series runner-up in 2015 and 2021

Stats of MLB players who went here

The Vanderbilt University Commodores, led by first round draft pick Jeremy Sowers, just missed making the College World Series in 2003 before losing to eventual national runner up the University of Texas at Austin on ESPN 2. They were ranked #1 nationally in 2007, led by David Price, Pedro Alvarez and Casey Weathers, but were eliminated prior to the 2007 College World Series.

Vanderbilt won its first national title by defeating the University of Virginia in the finals of the 2014 College World Series. Five years later, they won the championship again, defeating the University of Michigan in the finals.

Alumni

2008-2022 Logo

• Pedro Alvarez, infielder
• Jack Armstrong, Jr., drafted pitcher
• Bruce Barclay, college coach
• Andy Beal, minor league pitcher
• Tyler Beede, pitcher
• JJ Bleday, outfielder
• Hunter Bledsoe, minor league infielder
• Ben Bowden, pitcher
• Walker Buehler, pitcher
• Gary Burns, college coach
• Matt Buschmann, pitcher
• Vin Campbell, outfielder
• Curt Casali, catcher
• Chad Chop, coach
• Nick Christiani, pitcher
• Wilson Collins, outfielder
• Doc Cook, outfielder
• Joey Cora, infielder
• Caleb Cotham, pitcher
• Glenn Davis, minor league infielder
• W. Harrison Daniel, author
• Dominic de la Osa, minor league infielder-outfielder
• Jason Delay, catcher
• Rick Duncan, minor league infielder
• Jake Eder, pitcher
• Slim Embry, pitcher
• Alan Espinal, drafted catcher
• Brian Farley, minor league pitcher
• Tyler Ferguson, pitcher
• Ryan Flaherty, infielder
• Carson Fulmer, pitcher
• Paul Gagliano, Serie A1 infielder
• Grayson Garvin, minor league pitcher
• Sonny Gray, pitcher
• Conrad Gregor, minor league infielder
• Lew Hardage, college coach
• Brad Harvie, Canadian national team infielder
• Drew Hayes, pitcher
• Harvey Hendrick, infielder
• Taylor Hill, pitcher
• Mark Hindy, minor league pitcher
• Jeff Hoffman, minor league pitcher
• Brett Jacobson, minor league pitcher
• Clint Johnston, minor league pitcher
• Spencer Jones, minor league outfielder
• Connor Kaiser, infielder
• Matt Kata, infielder
• Dominic Keegan, minor league infielder
• Tony Kemp, outfielder
• Jeren Kendall, minor league outfielder
• Gil Kim, coach
• Jack Leiter, pitcher
• Melvin Lucas, college coach
• David Macias, coach
• Scotti Madison, infielder
• Justyn-Henry Malloy, outfielder
• Austin Martin, outfielder
• Tony Mansolino, coach
• Bob McConnell, researcher
• Clayton McCullough, coach
• Joel McKeithan, coach
• Gene Menees, minor league infielder
• Mike Minor, pitcher
• Grayson Moore, minor league pitcher
• Scrappy Moore, infielder
• Charlie Moran, catcher; umpire
• Mal Moss, pitcher
• Ryan Mullins, minor league pitcher
• Penn Murfee, pitcher
• Jess Neely, college coach
• Cesar Nicolas, minor league infielder and manager
• Bert Parke, minor league executive
• Josh Paul, catcher
• David Price, pitcher
• Mark Prior, pitcher
• Frank Pufall, college coach
• Randy Reese, outfielder
• Bryan Reynolds, outfielder
• Grantland Rice, writer
• Antoan Richardson, outfielder
• Kumar Rocker, pitcher
• Fred Russell, writer
• Ben Sanders, pitcher
• Scott Sanderson, pitcher
• RJ Schreck, minor league outfielder
• Dave Scobey, college coach
• Sam Selman, pitcher
• Rip Sewell, pitcher
• Jordan Sheffield, pitcher
• Ted Shipley, minor league infielder
• Greg Smith, scout
• Collin Snider, pitcher
• Bert Snow, minor league pitcher
• Jeremy Sowers, pitcher
• Charlie Sullivan, scout
• Dansby Swanson, infielder
• Greg Thomas, minor league outfielder
• Javier Vaz, minor league infielder
• Drew VerHagen, pitcher
• David Wallace, minor league outfielder and manager
• Casey Weathers, minor league pitcher
• Aaron Westlake, minor league infielder
• Mike Willis, pitcher
• Rhett Wiseman, minor league outfielder
• Kyle Wright, pitcher
• Mike Yastrzemski, outfielder
• Josh Zeid, pitcher

Coaches

• T.W. Davis, 1904
• Grantland Rice, 1908
• E.J. Hamilton, 1909-1910
• Anderson Weakley, 1911
• Herbert Sanborn, 1912-1913
• Dick Lyle, 1914
• Bill Schwartz, 1917, 1924-1940 and 1952
• Palmer, 1918
• Ray Morrison, 1919
• Byrd Douglas, 1920-1921
• Wallace Wade, 1922-1923
• James Scoggins, 1942, 1947
• Tommy Harrison, 1948
• Dave Scobey, 1949-1951, 1954-1956
• Woody Johnson, 1953
• Dick Richardson, 1957-1959, 1961
• Jerry Elliott, 1962
• Harley Boss, 1960, 1963-1964
• George Archie, 1965-1967
• Larry Schmittou, 1968-1978
• Roy Mewbourne, 1979-2002
• Tim Corbin, 2003-present

Assistant Coaches

• Blake Allen, 2005-2008; 2016
• John Barlowe
• Mike Baxter, 2018-
• Gary Burns, 1985-1991
• Jon Copeland, 2010
• Larry Day, 2009-2013
• Hill Denson
• Alan Dunn
• Cliff Godwin, 2005
• Ty Hawkins
• Travis Jewett, 2013-2016
• Derek Johnson, 2002-2012
• Paul Keyes, 1991-1994
• Jayson King, 2025-
• David Macias, 2014-2015 and 2018-2021
• Scott Stricklin, 2000-2001
• George Weicker, 1980-1984

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Post Season
1892	5-4
1893	5-3-2
1894	4-4
1895	3-0
1896	7-2-1
1897	8-4
1898	8-2-1
1899	5-4
1900	8-7
1901	9-3
1902	11-6-1
1903	15-2
1904	19-6
1905	22-5
1906	11-10
1907	15-5
1908	11-9-2
1909	7-12-1
1910	12-6
1911	8-7
1912	13-7
1913	8-10-2
1914	13-8-2
1915	15-13-2
1916	12-4
1917	1-0-1
1918	5-8
1919	3-3
1920	11-11
1921	20-8
1922	14-7
1923	12-6
1924	5-9
1925	10-8
1926	13-13
1927	11-12
1928	7-6
1929	17-5
1930	9-7
1931	7-7
1932	16-4
1933	9-1
1934	5-6
1935	10-2
1936	15-2
1937	11-4
1938	6-3
1939	11-5
1940	8-2
1941	8-10
1942	10-8-1
1943	14-8
1947	10-11	2-5
1948	11-9-2	7-8-1
1949	8-11-1	4-8
1950	6-16	4-13
1951	0-18-1	0-13-1
1952	4-16	2-13
1953	5-13	3-11
1954	11-9-1	8-7-1
1955	12-6	10-4
1956	6-15	3-12
1957	8-14	3-13
1958	4-9	2-6
1959	5-15	2-13
1960	8-13	5-8
1961	7-15	2-11
1962	2-18-2	0-16-2
1963	6-15	4-13
1964	7-14	4-12
1965	5-14	1-11
1966	2-16	1-12
1967	11-12	8-9
1968	7-15	2-13
1969	21-18	3-10
1970	24-16	5-10	SEC
1971	33-19	10-7	SEC
1972	35-15	13-5	SEC
1973	36-16	13-5	SEC / CWS District Tournaments
1974	37-22	11-4	SEC / CWS District Tournaments
1975	30-39	7-9
1976	27-23	12-12
1977	25-25-1	13-10	SEC
1978	31-17	10-13
1979	21-25	8-14
1980	34-21-1	13-9	SEC / CWS Regionals
1981	26-25-1	9-12-1
1982	28-17-2	11-12-1
1983	22-23-1	6-15
1984	28-17	9-11
1985	35-16	10-13
1986	25-29	9-18
1987	27-25	7-20
1988	30-23	11-16
1989	31-21-2	11-15-1
1990	28-30	12-13	SEC
1991	29-27	8-19
1992	29-24-1	11-12	SEC
1993	32-23-1	11-15-1	SEC
1994	28-30	10-20	SEC
1995	26-30	8-19	SEC
1996	29-25	14-16	SEC
1997	31-24	14-16
1998	25-28	6-24
1999	22-33	8-22
2000	21-33	5-24
2001	24-31	9-21
2002	24-27	7-21
2003	27-28	14-16	SEC
2004	45-19	16-14	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2005	34-21	13-17
2006	38-27	16-14	SEC / CWS Regionals
2007	54-13	22-8	SEC / CWS Regionals
2008	41-22	15-14	SEC / CWS Regionals
2009	37-27	12-17	SEC / CWS Regionals
2010	46-20	16-12	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2011	54-12	22-8	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS
2012	35-28	16-14	SEC / CWS Regionals
2013	54-12	26-3	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2014	51-21	17-13	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS
2015	51-21	20-10	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS
2016	43-19	18-12	SEC / CWS Regionals
2017	36-25-1	15-13-1	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2018	31-25	16-14	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2019	59-12	23-7	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS
2020	13-5	0-0
2021	40-15	19-10	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS
2022	39-23	14-16	SEC / CWS Regionals
2023	42-20	19-11	SEC / CWS Regionals
2024		13-17	SEC / CWS Regionals

Further Reading

• Anthony Castrovince: "Vanderbilt connections run deep at World Series: Price, Buehler among former Commodores on display in postseason", mlb.com, October 26, 2018. [1]