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The Michigan Wolverines baseball team represents the University of Michigan

University of Michigan

The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...

in NCAA Division I college baseball

College baseball

College baseball is baseball that is played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education. Compared to football and basketball, college competition in the United States plays a less significant contribution to cultivating professional players, as the minor leagues primarily...

. Along with most other Michigan athletic teams, the baseball team participates in the Big Ten Conference

Big Ten Conference

The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its twelve member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Nebraska in the west to Pennsylvania in the east...

. The Wolverines play their home games in Ray Fisher Stadium

Ray Fisher Stadium

Ray Fisher Stadium is a baseball stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It is the home field of the University of Michigan Wolverines college baseball team. The stadium holds 4,000 people and opened in 1923. Ray Fisher Stadium received extensive renovations and was reopened as part of the University's...

and they are currently coached by Rich Maloney.

Stadium

The Wolverines play their home games in Ray Fisher Stadium

Ray Fisher Stadium

. The stadium is named after Ray Fisher

Ray Fisher

Ray Lyle Fisher was an American professional baseball pitcher. He pitched all or part of ten seasons in Major League Baseball. His debut game took place on July 2, 1910. His final game took place on October 2, 1920...

, who is the winningest coach in Michigan baseball history, with 636 wins and also the 1953 College World Series

1953 College World Series

The 1953 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 11 to June 16. The seventh tournament's champion was Michigan, coached by Ray Fisher. The Most Outstanding Player was J.L. Smith of Texas....

championship.

Head coaches

Coach	Years	Seasons	Record	Pct
Peter Conway Pete Conway Peter J. Conway was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for five seasons with the Buffalo Bisons , Kansas City Cowboys , Detroit Wolverines , and Pittsburg Alleghenys . He won two games for Detroit in the 1887 World Series and followed in 1888 with a season record of 30 wins and 14...	1891–1892	2	22-9-1	.710
Frank Sexton Frank Sexton (baseball) Frank Joseph Sexton was a baseball player and coach. He played college baseball for Brown University from 1890 to 1893 and for the University of Michigan in 1894. He also played professional baseball from 1890 to 1897, including one season in Major League Baseball as a pitcher for the Boston...	1896, 1901–19089	3	38-22	.633
Charles F. Watkins Charles F. Watkins Charles Franklin Watkins was an American physician, surgeon and physiotherapist. He played college baseball for the University of Michigan and later served as the coach of the Michigan Wolverines baseball team for three years...	1897–1898, 1900	3	16-17	.485
Henry T. Clarke Henry Clarke (baseball) Henry Tefft Clarke, Jr. was an American baseball player and coach, lawyer and politician. He played Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Spiders in 1897 and the Chicago Orphans in 1898. He was also a coach for the Michigan Wolverines baseball team...	1898–1899	2	14-5	.737
R.C. "Skel" Roach Skel Roach Rudolph Charles "Skel" Roach was a baseball player and coach. He played professional baseball from 1895 to 1905, including one game in Major League Baseball with the Chicago Orphans on August 9,...	1903	1	12-5	.706
Jerome Utley Jerome Utley Jerome Adams "Jerry" Utley was an American baseball player and coach, contracting engineer, hotelier and boxing promoter. He played and coached college baseball for the Michigan Wolverines baseball team in the early 1900s. He also briefly coached and played minor league baseball from 1905 to 1906...	1904	1	10-5	.667
Lew "Sport" McAllister Sport McAllister Lewis William "Sport" McAllister was a professional baseball player. He played seven seasons in Major League Baseball with the Cleveland Spiders , Detroit Tigers , and Baltimore Orioles . He was a versatile switch hitter who played every position during his major league career...	1905–1906, 1908–1909	4	58-17-1	.770
Bobby Lowe Bobby Lowe Robert Lincoln "Bobby" Lowe , nicknamed "Link", was an American baseball player, coach and scout. He played Major League Baseball for the Boston Beaneaters , Chicago Cubs , Pittsburgh Pirates , and Detroit Tigers...	1907	1	11-4-1	.719
Branch Rickey Branch Rickey Wesley Branch Rickey was an innovative Major League Baseball executive elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967...	1910–1913	4	68-32-4	.673
Carl Lundgren Carl Lundgren Carl Leonard "Lundy" Lundgren was an American baseball and football player and coach.Lundgren played football and baseball for the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and played eight seasons of Major League Baseball as a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. In eight years with the Cubs, he compiled...	1914–1920	7	93-43-6	.676
Ray Fisher Ray Fisher Ray Lyle Fisher was an American professional baseball pitcher. He pitched all or part of ten seasons in Major League Baseball. His debut game took place on July 2, 1910. His final game took place on October 2, 1920...	1921–1958	38	636-295-8	.682
Don Lund Don Lund Donald Andrew Lund is a former backup outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers , St. Louis Browns and Detroit Tigers . He batted and threw right-handed....	1959–1962	4	80-53-3	.599
Moby Benedict Moby Benedict Milbry Eugene "Moby" Benedict is a former baseball shortstop and coach.A native of Detroit, Michigan, Benedict played baseball at Detroit Southwestern High School before attending the University of Michigan. He played for the Michigan Wolverines from 1953–1956 and played for the College World...	1963–1979	18	367-252-5	.592
Bud Middaugh Bud Middaugh Forest L. "Bud" Middaugh is a former American baseball coach. He was the head baseball coach at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio from 1968 to 1979 and at the University of Michigan from 1980 to 1989. He compiled a record of 359-173 at Miami, leading the Redhawks to three Mid-American Conference...	1980–1989	10	465-146-1	.761
Bill Freehan Bill Freehan William Ashley Freehan is a former professional baseball player. He played his entire Major League Baseball career as a catcher for the Detroit Tigers...	1990–1995	6	166-167-1	.499
Geoff Zahn Geoff Zahn Geoffery Clayton Zahn is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. During a 13-year career, he pitched from 1973-1985 for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs of the National League and the Minnesota Twins and California Angels of the American League...	1996–2001	6	163-169-2	.491
Chris Harrison Chris Harrison (baseball coach) Chris Harrison is a former American baseball coach. He was the interim head coach of the Michigan Wolverines baseball team from October 2001 to May 2002. He joined the Michigan coaching staff in September 1995 as an assistant baseball coach under Geoff Zahn; he remained in that position for six...	2002	1	21-32	.396
Rich Maloney	2003–Present	6	237-126	.653

Year-by-year results

*Through the end of the 2008 season.

Information Source: http://www.mgoblue.com/baseball/article.aspx?id=66154

Year-by-Year Results
cellpadding="1" border="1" cellspacing="0" width="80%" class="wikitable sortable">	Year	Coach	Record	Notes
1866	No Coach	3-0
1867	No Coach	4-1
1868	No Coach	2-0
1869	No Records Available
1870
1871
1872	No Coach	1-0
1873	No Records Available
1874	No Records Available
1875	No Coach	2-2
1876	No Records Available
1877	No Coach	1-1
1878	No Coach	1-0
1879	No Records Available
1880	No Coach	2-4
1881	No Coach	3-3
1882	No Coach	10-3
1883	No Coach	3-3
1884	No Coach	8-1-1
1885	No Coach	2-1
1886	No Coach	5-2
1887	No Coach	3-4
1888	No Coach	6-3-1
1889	No Coach	4-3
1890	No Coach	8-3
1891	Pete Conway Pete Conway Peter J. Conway was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for five seasons with the Buffalo Bisons , Kansas City Cowboys , Detroit Wolverines , and Pittsburg Alleghenys . He won two games for Detroit in the 1887 World Series and followed in 1888 with a season record of 30 wins and 14...	10-3
1892	Pete Conway	12-6-1
1893	No Coach	14-4
1894	No Coach	11-8
1895	No Coach	19-3-1
1896	Frank Sexton Frank Sexton (baseball) Frank Joseph Sexton was a baseball player and coach. He played college baseball for Brown University from 1890 to 1893 and for the University of Michigan in 1894. He also played professional baseball from 1890 to 1897, including one season in Major League Baseball as a pitcher for the Boston...	17-4-1
1897	Charles F. Watkins Charles F. Watkins Charles Franklin Watkins was an American physician, surgeon and physiotherapist. He played college baseball for the University of Michigan and later served as the coach of the Michigan Wolverines baseball team for three years...	4-8
1898	Charles F. Watkins / Henry Clarke Henry Clarke (baseball) Henry Tefft Clarke, Jr. was an American baseball player and coach, lawyer and politician. He played Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Spiders in 1897 and the Chicago Orphans in 1898. He was also a coach for the Michigan Wolverines baseball team...	15-6
1899	Henry Clarke	14-5
1900	Charles F. Watkins	12-9-1
1901	Frank Sexton	13-8
1902	Frank Sexton	8-10
1903	Skel Roach Skel Roach Rudolph Charles "Skel" Roach was a baseball player and coach. He played professional baseball from 1895 to 1905, including one game in Major League Baseball with the Chicago Orphans on August 9,...	12-5
1904	Jerome Utley Jerome Utley Jerome Adams "Jerry" Utley was an American baseball player and coach, contracting engineer, hotelier and boxing promoter. He played and coached college baseball for the Michigan Wolverines baseball team in the early 1900s. He also briefly coached and played minor league baseball from 1905 to 1906...	10-5
1905	Sport McAllister Sport McAllister Lewis William "Sport" McAllister was a professional baseball player. He played seven seasons in Major League Baseball with the Cleveland Spiders , Detroit Tigers , and Baltimore Orioles . He was a versatile switch hitter who played every position during his major league career...	16-3
1906	Sport McAllister	12-7
1907	Bobby Lowe Bobby Lowe Robert Lincoln "Bobby" Lowe , nicknamed "Link", was an American baseball player, coach and scout. He played Major League Baseball for the Boston Beaneaters , Chicago Cubs , Pittsburgh Pirates , and Detroit Tigers...	11-4-1
1908	Sport McAllister	12-4
1909	Sport McAllister	18-3-1
1910	Branch Rickey Branch Rickey Wesley Branch Rickey was an innovative Major League Baseball executive elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967...	17-8
1911	Branch Rickey	16-10-1
1912	Branch Rickey	14-10-2
1913	Branch Rickey	21-4-1
1914	Carl Lundgren Carl Lundgren Carl Leonard "Lundy" Lundgren was an American baseball and football player and coach.Lundgren played football and baseball for the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and played eight seasons of Major League Baseball as a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. In eight years with the Cubs, he compiled...	22-6
1915	Carl Lundgren	16-7-3
1916	Carl Lundgren	9-12-3
1917	Carl Lundgren	No Season Due to World War I World War I World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
1918	Carl Lundgren	16-1
1919	Carl Lundgren	13-1
1920	Carl Lundgren	17-6-1
1921	Ray Fisher Ray Fisher Ray Lyle Fisher was an American professional baseball pitcher. He pitched all or part of ten seasons in Major League Baseball. His debut game took place on July 2, 1910. His final game took place on October 2, 1920...	21-4
1922	Ray Fisher	21-6
1923	Ray Fisher	22-4
1924	Ray Fisher	13-3
1925	Ray Fisher	17-8
1926	Ray Fisher	16-7
1927	Ray Fisher	16-8
1928	Ray Fisher	22-5
1929	Ray Fisher	15-6
1930	Ray Fisher	9-15-1
1931	Ray Fisher	11-7
1932	Ray Fisher	19-15-1
1933	Ray Fisher	12-4
1934	Ray Fisher	15-9
1935	Ray Fisher	11-11
1936	Ray Fisher	20-5
1937	Ray Fisher	16-8
1938	Ray Fisher	14-12
1939	Ray Fisher	18-9-2
1940	Ray Fisher	10-12
1941	Ray Fisher	24-8
1942	Ray Fisher	17-9
1943	Ray Fisher	8-4
1944	Ray Fisher	15-4-1
1945	Ray Fisher	20-1
1946	Ray Fisher	18-3
1947	Ray Fisher	18-10
1948	Ray Fisher	21-6
1949	Ray Fisher	18-9-2
1950	Ray Fisher	18-9
1951	Ray Fisher	13-10
1952	Ray Fisher	16-7
1953	Ray Fisher	21-9	College World Series 1953 College World Series The 1953 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 11 to June 16. The seventh tournament's champion was Michigan, coached by Ray Fisher. The Most Outstanding Player was J.L. Smith of Texas.... (Champions)
1954	Ray Fisher	22-9
1955	Ray Fisher	17-11-1
1956	Ray Fisher	17-9
1957	Ray Fisher	17-7
1958	Ray Fisher	18-12
1959	Don Lund Don Lund Donald Andrew Lund is a former backup outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers , St. Louis Browns and Detroit Tigers . He batted and threw right-handed....	10-17-2
1960	Don Lund	19-12-1
1961	Don Lund	20-11
1962	Don Lund	31-13	College World Series 1962 College World Series The 1962 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska from June 11 to June 16. The sixteenth tournament's champion was the University of Michigan, coached by Don Lund... (Champions)
1963	Moby Benedict Moby Benedict Milbry Eugene "Moby" Benedict is a former baseball shortstop and coach.A native of Detroit, Michigan, Benedict played baseball at Detroit Southwestern High School before attending the University of Michigan. He played for the Michigan Wolverines from 1953–1956 and played for the College World...	21-11
1964	Moby Benedict	19-16
1965	Moby Benedict	18-14
1966	Moby Benedict	22-11
1967	Moby Benedict	24-12
1968	Moby Benedict	17-16
1969	Moby Benedict	14-21-1
1970	Moby Benedict	16-18
1971	Moby Benedict	23-13-1
1972	Moby Benedict	18-13-1
1973	Moby Benedict	22-16
1974	Moby Benedict	18-14-1
1975	Moby Benedict	28-12
1976	Moby Benedict	22-19-1
1977	Moby Benedict	33-15
1978	Moby Benedict	30-17	College World Series 1978 College World Series The 1978 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 2 to June 8. The thirty-second tournament's champion was the University of Southern California, coached by Rod Dedeaux... (5th Place)
1979	Moby Benedict	22-14
1980	Bud Middaugh Bud Middaugh Forest L. "Bud" Middaugh is a former American baseball coach. He was the head baseball coach at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio from 1968 to 1979 and at the University of Michigan from 1980 to 1989. He compiled a record of 359-173 at Miami, leading the Redhawks to three Mid-American Conference...	36-18-1	College World Series 1980 College World Series The 1980 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from May 30 to June 6. The thirty-fourth tournament's champion was the University of Arizona, coached by Jerry Kindall... (5th Place)
1981	Bud Middaugh	41-20	College World Series 1981 College World Series The 1981 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from May 30 to June 8. The thirty-fifth tournament's champion was Arizona State University coached by Jim Brock... (7th Place)
1982	Bud Middaugh	44-10
1983	Bud Middaugh	50-9	College World Series 1983 College World Series The 1983 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 3 to June 11. The thirty-seventh tournament's champion was The University of Texas, coached by Cliff Gustafson... (3rd Place)
1984	Bud Middaugh	43-20	College World Series 1984 College World Series The 1984 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 1 to June 10. The thirty-eighth tournament's champion was California State University, Fullerton, coached by Augie Garrido... (7th Place)
1985	Bud Middaugh	55-10
1986	Bud Middaugh	47-12
1987	Bud Middaugh	52-12
1988	Bud Middaugh	48-19
1989	Bud Middaugh	49-16
1990	Bill Freehan Bill Freehan William Ashley Freehan is a former professional baseball player. He played his entire Major League Baseball career as a catcher for the Detroit Tigers...	33-24
1991	Bill Freehan	34-23-1
1992	Bill Freehan	21-32
1993	Bill Freehan	25-30
1994	Bill Freehan	29-29
1995	Bill Freehan	24-29
1996	Geoff Zahn Geoff Zahn Geoffery Clayton Zahn is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. During a 13-year career, he pitched from 1973-1985 for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs of the National League and the Minnesota Twins and California Angels of the American League...	24-30
1997	Geoff Zahn	36-22
1998	Geoff Zahn	21-27-1
1999	Geoff Zahn	34-30
2000	Geoff Zahn	20-32-1
2001	Geoff Zahn	28-28
2002	Chris Harrison	21-32
2003	Rich Maloney	30-27
2004	Rich Maloney	34-26
2005	Rich Maloney	42-19
2006	Rich Maloney	43-21
2007	Rich Maloney	42-19
2008	Rich Maloney	46-14

Michigan in the NCAA Tournament

The NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
The NCAA Division I Baseball Championship tournament is held each year from May through June and features 64 college baseball teams in the United States, culminating in the College World Series....

started in 1947.
The format of the tournament has changed through the years.

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Stadium

Head coaches

Year-by-year results

Michigan in the NCAA Tournament

See also