UMass Minutemen baseball

The UMass Minutemen baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the University of Massachusetts Amherst in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States.^[2] The team is a member of the Mid-American Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. Massachusetts' first baseball team was fielded in 1877. The team plays its home games at Earl Lorden Field in Amherst, Massachusetts.

UMass Minutemen baseball
2025 UMass Minutemen baseball team
Founded	1877; 148 years ago (1877)
University	University of Massachusetts Amherst
Head coach	Brandon Shileikis Max Weir (interim)
Conference	Mid-American
Location	Amherst, Massachusetts
Home stadium	Earl Lorden Field
Nickname	Minutemen
Colors	Maroon and white[1]
College World Series appearances
1954, 1969
NCAA tournament appearances
1954, 1955, 1956, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1978, 1995, 1996
Conference tournament champions
Yankee: 1952, 1957, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1980 A-10: 1980, 1994, 1995, 1996

Seasons

Statistics overview

Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
UMass (Independent) (1877–1951)
1877	No Coach	4-1
1878	No Coach	No Games
1879	No Coach	No Games
1880	No Coach	No Games
1881	No Coach	No Games
1882	No Coach	1-1
1883	No Coach	1-0
1884	No Coach	0-1
1885	No Coach	1-0
1886	No Coach	No Games
1887	No Coach	4-6
1888	No Coach	2-2
1889	No Coach	5-2
1890	No Coach	No Games
1891	No Coach	4-3
1892	No Coach	5-2
1893	No Coach	5-3
1894	No Coach	0-7
1895	No Coach	2-4
1896	No Coach	3-3
1897	No Coach	3-5
1898	No Coach	3-7
1899	No Coach	0-1
1900	No Coach	3-7
1901	No Coach	8-3
1902	No Coach	2-6-1
1903	No Coach	3-11
1904	Bowler	4-10
1905	No Coach	7-9
1906	No Coach	5-10-1
1907	No Coach	5-13
1908	Breckenridge	10-6
1909	No Coach	8-9
1910	No Coach	5-11
1911	Fitzmaurice	8-6-1
1912	Fitzmaurice	9-6
1913	Fitzmaurice	9-2
1914	Fitzmaurice	10-6
1915	Fitzmaurice	7-8
1916	Fitzmaurice	3-8-1
1917	No Coach	3-3
1918	No Coach	No Games
1919	No Coach	1-11
1920	Gore	6-8
1921	Gore	13-4
1922	Gore	9-8
1923	Collins	1-11
1924	Grayson	5-7
1925	Ball	6-8-2
1926	Ball	4-12
1927	Ball	7-8
1928	Ball	2-9
1929	Ball	3-11
1930	Ball	7-9
1931	Ball	6-10
1932	Taube	9-6
1933	Taube	7-5
1934	Taube	8-5
1935	Taube	7-6
1936	Caraway	2-10-1
1937	Caraway	11-3
1938	Caraway	10-3
1939	Caraway	14-5-1
1940	Caraway	3-8
1941	Reid	3-11
1942	Reid	5-6
1943	Gill	Played High School Teams
1944	Briggs	Played High School Teams
1945	Eck	Played High School Teams
1946	Reid	3-7
1947	Reid	3-12
1948	Lorden	2-11
1949	Lorden	5-11
1950	Lorden	5-7
1951	Lorden	10-8
UMass (Yankee Conference[3]) (1952–1980)
1952	Lorden	12-7	4-2		Yankee Conference champions
1953	Lorden	11-8	3-2
1954	Lorden	15-7	4-2		College World Series NCAA Tournament New England Champions
1955	Lorden	15-5	5-3		NCAA Tournament
1956	Lorden	10-6-1	7-1-1		NCAA Tournament
1957	Lorden	11-9	6-2		Yankee Conference champions
1958	Lorden	7-11	5-5
1959	Lorden	10-6	4-5
1960	Lorden	10-7	5-5
1961	Lorden	11-5-1	7-2-1
1962	Lorden	15-5	7-3
1963	Lorden	10-7	2-6
1964	Lorden	7-10-1	3-6-1
1965	Lorden	7-11	6-4
1966	Lorden	14-6	7-3		NCAA Tournament Yankee Conference champions
1967	Bergquist	17-11	8-2		NCAA Tournament New England champions Yankee Conference champions
1968	Bergquist	12-10-1	6-4
1969	Bergquist	22-10	9-1		College World Series NCAA Tournament Yankee Conference champions
1970	Bergquist	15-11	4-6
1971	Bergquist	21-10	12-3		NCAA Tournament Yankee Conference champions
1972	Bergquist	16-5	8-4
1973	Bergquist	21-9-1	6-1		NCAA Tournament Yankee Conference champions
1974	Bergquist	9-16	0-8
1975	Bergquist	11-18	4-4
1976	Bergquist	24-13	3-5
1977	Bergquist	20-17	5-3
1978	Bergquist	23-22	5-3		NCAA Tournament New England champions Yankee Conference champions
1979	Bergquist	24-17	7-3		Yankee Conference champions
UMass (Atlantic 10 Conference) (1980–1982)
1980	Bergquist	19-13-2	7-3		Yankee Conference champions A-10 Champions
1981	Bergquist	22-17	4-4	2nd (East)
1982	Bergquist	14-20-1	3-4	2nd (East)
UMass (ECAC New England) (1983–1983)
1983	Bergquist	20-17	9-5
UMass (Atlantic 10 Conference) (1984–2025)
1984	Bergquist	18-26	3-9	5th (East)
1985	Bergquist	26-19	8-4	2nd (East)	A-10 Tournament First Round
1986	Bergquist	16-24	4-7	4th (East)
1987	Bergquist	22-16	10-4	2nd (East)	A-10 Tournament Final
1988	Stone	36-16	9-7	2nd (East)	A-10 Tournament Final
1989	Stone	17-27	5-11	4th (East)
1990	Stone	26-20	12-4	2nd (East)	A-10 Tournament Semifinal
1991	Stone	26-25-1	10-6	2nd (East)	A-10 Tournament Final
1992	Stone	25-16	11-5	2nd (East)	A-10 Tournament Semifinal
1993	Stone	18-21	9-11	6th
1994	Stone	31-17	19-4	1st	Atlantic 10 Reg. Season Champions A-10 Tournament Semifinal
1995	Stone	38-14	19-5	1st	NCAA Tournament Atlantic 10 Champions
1996	Stone	40-13	15-5	1st (East)	NCAA Tournament Atlantic 10 Champions
1997	Stone	35-12	17-4	1st (East)	Atlantic 10 Eastern Division Champions A-10 Tournament Final
1998	Stone	27-12	15-3	1st (East)	Atlantic 10 Eastern Division Champions A-10 Tournament Semifinal
1999	Stone	26-23	13-8	1st (East)	Atlantic 10 Eastern Division Champions A-10 Tournament Semifinal
2000	Stone	26-22-1	11-9-1	2nd (East)	A-10 Tournament Final
2001	Stone	27-19	15-5	1st	Atlantic 10 Regular Season Champions A-10 Tournament Semifinal
2002	Stone	21-26	9-15	5th (East)
2003	Stone	26-19	14-7	1st (East)	Atlantic 10 Eastern Division Champions A-10 Tournament Final
2004	Stone	19-26	10-14	4th (East)
2005	Stone	16-33	9-15	3rd (East)
2006	Stone	14-30	11-16	11th
2007	Stone	22-25	13-14	8th
2008	Stone	18-27	11-16	11th
2009	Stone	27-26	16-11	4th	A-10 Tournament Quarterfinal
2010	Stone	19-27	13-14	8th
2011	Stone	17-29-1	8-15-1	12th
2012	Stone	22-22	14-10	4th	A-10 Tournament First Round
2013	Stone	14-31	7-17	14th
2014	Stone	15-31	12-15	9th
2015	Stone	16-27	12-12	10th
2016	Stone	18-27	11-13	8th
2017	Stone	15-32	8-16	11th
2018	Reynolds	15-29	6-18	12th
2019	Reynolds	18-27	8-14	10th
2020	Reynolds	1-8			COVID-19 Pandemic
2021	Reynolds	13-30	3-17	6th (North)
2022	Reynolds	22-26-1	8-16	11th
2023	Reynolds	14-35	6-18	11th
2024	Reynolds	24-29	13-11	6th	A-10 Tournament First Round
2025	Reynolds	14-34-1	7-23-0	12th
UMass (Mid-American Conference) (2026–present)
Total:
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

UMass in the NCAA tournament

Year	Coach	Record	Notes
1954	Earl E. Lorden	3–2	Eliminated by Missouri in the CWS.
1955	Earl E. Lorden	1–1	Eliminated by Springfield College in the District 1 playoffs.
1956	Earl E. Lorden	0–1	Eliminated by Vermont in the District 1 playoffs.
1966	Earl E. Lorden	0–1	Eliminated by Boston College in the District 1 playoffs.
1967	Dick Bergquist	3–2	Eliminated by Boston College in the District 1 playoffs.
1969	Dick Bergquist	4–2	Eliminated by Arizona State in the CWS.
1971	Dick Bergquist	0–2	Eliminated by Harvard in the District 1 playoffs.
1973	Dick Bergquist	0–2	Eliminated by Delaware in the District 1 playoffs.
1978	Dick Bergquist	0–2	Eliminated by Delaware in the Northeast Regional.
1995	Mike Stone	0–2	Eliminated by Texas A&M in the Atlantic II Regional.
1996	Mike Stone	3–2	Eliminated by Florida in the East Regional.
Totals		14–19	11 appearances
The format of the tournament has changed through the years.

Coaching history

Tenure Coach Seasons Record Pct. 1877–1903 1905–1907 No Coach 35 89–138–1 .393 1904 Pat Bowler 1 4–10 .286 1908 W. Breckenridge 1 10–6 .625 1911–1916 William Fitzmaurice 6 46–21–2 .681 1920–1922 Harold Gore 3 10–20 .333 1923 Herbert Collins 1 1–11 .083 1924 Emory Grayson 1 5–7 .417 1925–1931 Lorin Ball 7 35–57–2 .383 1932–1935 Mel Taube 4 31–22 .585 1936–1940 Elbert Caraway 5 40–29–2 .577 1941–1942/1946-1947 Fancis Reid 4 14–36 .380 1945 Thomas Eck 1 1–6–1 .193 1948–1966 Earl Lorden 19 187–147–3 .567 1967–1987 Dick Bergquist 21 392–321–5 .549 1988–2017 Mike Stone 30 697–695–3 .501 2018–present Matt Reynolds 7 107–184–1 .366 Totals 15 coaches 148 seasons 1692–1732–20 .491

UMass alumni in the MLB

• Doug Clark
• Gary DiSarcina
• Nick Gorneault
• Bob Hansen
• Lee King
• Greg LaRocca
• Mark Brown
• Ed Connolly
• Chick Davies
• Mike Flanagan
• Kenny Greer
• Ralph Lumenti
• Chad Paronto
• Jeff Reardon
• Steve Shea
• Joe Sherman
• Dave Telgheder
• Ron Villone

Retired numbers

No.	Player	Pos.	Tenure	No. ret.	Ref.
26	Dick Bergquist [n 1]	head coach	1967–87	1991	[4][5]

Notes

1. Bergquist holds the coaching record for the university (392–321–5).

See also

• List of NCAA Division I baseball programs