Western Michigan University

• Location: Kalamazoo, MI
• Nickname: Broncos
• Conference: Mid-American Conference 1948-present
• Ballpark: Hyames Field

College World Series Apperances: 6 1952, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1963

MLB stats for players who are school alumni

College World Series runner-up in 1955

WMU was known as Western State Normal School until 1927, Western State Teachers College from 1927-1941, and Western Michigan College from 1941-1957.

Notable Alumni

• Ben Adams, college coach
• Keegan Akin, pitcher
• Agnes Allen, AAGPBL pitcher
• Bob Anderson, pitcher
• Walter Anderson, pitcher
• Johnny Bero, infielder
• Neil Berry, infielder
• Greg Bollo, pitcher
• Jim Bouton, pitcher
• Jeff Braley, minor league pitcher
• Chris Demetral, minor league infielder
• Mike Demetral, Greek national team infielder
• Scott Demetral, minor league infielder
• Dutch Dietz, pitcher
• Dan Dobbek, outfielder
• Dave Dombrowski, executive
• Brad Fischer, coach; minor league catcher and manager
• Randy Ford, college coach
• Harvey Freeman, pitcher
• John Goetz, pitcher
• Ken Hamlin, infielder
• Pauline Hill, AAGPBL outfielder
• Ethan Hollingsworth, minor league pitcher
• Brian Hostetler, minor league catcher
• Ron Jackson, infielder
• Brett Jacobson, minor league pitcher
• Jim Johnson, pitcher
• Len Johnston, minor league outfielder and manager
• Jeff Kaiser, pitcher
• Tom Kelly, college coach
• Kevin Kocks, college coach and scout
• Ernie Koob, pitcher
• Bill Lajoie, general manager
• Ray Louthen, college coach
• Charlie Maher, college coach
• Rich Maloney, college coach
• Charlie Maxwell, outfielder
• Scott Meyer, catcher
• Matt Mieske, outfielder
• Rudy Miller, infielder
• Pat Misch, pitcher
• Stubby Overmire, pitcher
• Walt Owens, college coach
• Walt Piggott, college coach
• Frank Quilici, infielder
• Dick Raklovits, minor league infielder
• Ribs Raney, pitcher
• Phil Regan, pitcher; manager
• Adam Rosales, infielder
• Jack Rumohr, minor league pitcher
• Brent Sachs, minor league infielder
• Frank Secory, outfielder and umpire
• Brian Sikorski, pitcher
• Joe Smaza, outfielder
• Mike Squires, infielder
• Joe Stephenson, catcher
• Allan Suter, minor league pitcher and author
• Wayne Terwilliger, infielder
• Ray Thomas, catcher
• John Vander Wal, outfielder
• Luke Wilcox, minor league outfielder
• Walt Williams, minor league pitcher

Coaches

• William Spaulding, 1911-1921
• Judson Hyames, 1922-1936
• Charlie Maher, 1937-1943, 1946-1967
• Gill, 1944-1945
• Bill Chambers, 1968-1975
• Fred Decker, 1976-2004
• Randy Ford, 2005-2010
• Billy Gernon, 2011-present

Assistant Coaches

• Bill Chambers, 1961-1967
• Fred Decker, 1968-1975
• Scott Demetral, 1996-2000; 2005-2010
• Jordan Keur, 2022-
• Rich Maloney, 1992-1995

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Post Season
1911	4-0
1912	5-1
1913	4-1-1
1914	7-2
1915	12-0-2
1916	8-2-1
1917	4-2
1918	3-5
1919	5-2
1920	7-0
1921	4-3
1922	10-5-1
1923	14-9
1924	12-2
1925	13-2
1926	12-2
1927	8-2
1928	10-5
1929	11-2
1930	7-9-1
1931	10-9
1932	13-3
1933	12-1
1934	15-1
1935	12-3
1936	7-7
1937	6-5
1938	6-7
1939	9-7
1940	13-6
1941	21-4
1942	8-9
1943	6-5
1944	10-6-1
1945	10-7-1
1946	8-7-1
1947	11-8-1
1948	16-5	6-2	CWS District Tournaments
1949	18-6-1	8-2	CWS District Tournaments
1950	15-9-1	9-1	CWS District Tournaments
1951	17-5	6-0	CWS District Tournaments
1952	18-7	8-0	CWS District Tournaments / CWS
1953	17-4	7-1
1954	13-8-1	6-4
1955	25-7	9-0	CWS District Tournaments / CWS
1956	9-10	5-2
1957	13-5	9-0	CWS District Tournaments
1958	23-8-1	10-0	CWS District Tournaments / CWS
1959	25-9	8-2	CWS District Tournaments / CWS
1960	7-14-1	3-4
1961	19-8	11-0	CWS District Tournaments / CWS
1962	17-6	9-0	CWS District Tournaments
1963	24-6	12-0	CWS District Tournaments / CWS
1964	18-6	7-4
1965	16-6	9-1
1966	21-5	8-1	CWS District Tournaments
1967	18-5	8-1	CWS District Tournaments
1968	17-11-1	6-3
1969	28-12	11-6
1970	22-14	8-6
1971	26-14	9-6
1972	14-18	4-7
1973	23-6-1	9-8-1
1974	22-19	5-9
1975	14-15	6-10
1976	25-22	8-10
1977	18-30	5-9
1978	27-15-1	10-4
1979	27-15	8-6
1980	32-22	8-9
1981	32-21-1	14-3-1	MAC
1982	34-17	12-4	MAC
1983	26-21	8-4	MAC
1984	23-34	14-16
1985	30-24-1	20-10
1986	30-25	18-12
1987	28-22	20-10
1988	33-22	18-14
1989	39-15-2	23-6	CWS Regionals
1990	30-20	16-9
1991	29-25	16-14
1992	25-26	14-16
1993	35-21	20-10	MAC
1994	30-23	18-12
1995	31-22-1	19-13
1996	17-34	10-21
1997	14-39	6-24
1998	26-29	16-16	MAC
1999	30-28	20-12	MAC
2000	26-27	10-18
2001	26-28	15-13
2002	22-25	12-13
2003	25-26	16-12
2004	21-33	7-17
2005	26-24	13-8	MAC
2006	30-22	16-9	MAC
2007	16-33	8-16
2008	29-23-1	12-12	MAC
2009	14-35	9-18
2010	12-42	5-22
2011	26-31	12-14	MAC
2012	26-29	14-12	MAC
2013	16-38	8-19
2014	24-31	11-16	MAC
2015	22-30	13-14	MAC
2016	22-34	11-13	MAC / CWS Regionals
2017	24-29	12-12	MAC
2018	23-25	12-13
2019	18-31	11-14
2020	9-6	0-0
2021	24-26	23-17
2022	18-36	15-24
2023	21-31	18-11	MAC