Butler Bulldogs baseball

The Butler Bulldogs baseball team represents Butler University in NCAA Division I college baseball. The Bulldogs play their home games at Bulldog Park.

Butler Bulldogs
2025 Butler Bulldogs baseball team
Founded	1901
University	Butler University
Head coach	Blake Beemer (3rd season)
Conference	Big East
Location	Indianapolis, Indiana
Home stadium	Bulldog Park (Capacity: 500)
Nickname	Bulldogs
Colors	Blue and white[1]
NCAA tournament appearances
2000
Conference tournament champions
Midwestern Collegiate Conference 1998, 2000
Conference regular season champions
Indiana Collegiate Conference 1969, 1974 Heartland Collegiate Conference 1979, 1980 Midwestern Collegiate Conference 1996, 1998, 1999

History

The Bulldogs first fielded a varsity baseball team in 1901.^[2] They began competition in the Big East Conference in 2014, as they left the Atlantic 10 Conference following the 2013 season.^[3] Before 2013, Butler competed in the Horizon League and the MCC.

NCAA Tournament

Butler has participated in the NCAA Division I baseball tournament once.

Year	Region	Round	Opponent	Result
2000	Palo Alto Super Regional	First Round Lower Round 1	Nebraska Wichita State	L 1–2 L 5–15

Notable alumni

• Oral Hildebrand - Major League player, 1931–1940
• Dan Johnson - Major League player, 2005–2015
• Pat Neshek - Major League player, 2006–2019

Head coaches

Coach Years Record Win Pct. Walter F. Kelly 1901–1908 7–21–1 .259 Jack McKay 1909 1–6–0 .143 G. Cullen Thomas 1910–1919 10–23–1 .309 Tony Hinkle 1921–1927, 1933–1941, 1947–1971 323–303–3 .516 George Clark 1928 9–4–1 .679 Willie McGill 1929, 1932 13–9–1 .587 Hugh Middlesworth 1942 9–10–0 .474 Walter Floyd 1943 3–3–0 .500 Frank "Pop" Hedden 1945 6–7–0 .462 Thomas M. Warner 1972–1974 58–64–0 .475 Scott Neat 1975–1991 278–384–3 .421 Steve Farley 1991–2016 588–754–2 .438 Dave Schrage 2017–2022 133–130–1 .506 Blake Beemer 2023–present 32–78 .291

Source: Butler Baseball Record Book^[2]

See also

• List of NCAA Division I baseball programs