Oregon Ducks baseball
2023 Oregon Ducks baseball team
Founded1877, 147 years ago
UniversityUniversity of Oregon
Head coachMark Wasikowski (4th season)
ConferencePac-12
LocationEugene, Oregon
Home stadiumPK Park
(Capacity: 5,000)
NicknameDucks
ColorsGreen and yellow[1]
   
College World Series appearances
1954
NCAA regional champions
2012, 2023
NCAA Tournament appearances
1954, 1964, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2021, 2022, 2023
Conference tournament champions
2023
Regular season conference champions
1918, 1928, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957

The Oregon Ducks baseball team represents the University of Oregon in NCAA Division I college baseball in the Pac-12 Conference. The home games are played on campus at PK Park.[2]

History

Oregon played its first baseball game in 1877 and established the program in 1885.[3]

The UO team made one College World Series appearance, in 1954, and was eliminated from the tournament after losing to Arizona and Massachusetts. A decade later in 1964, in the re-organized Athletic Association of Western Universities, Oregon was once again North Division champions,[4][5][6] but lost at defending national champion USC in the district finals (today's super-regionals).[7]

After the 1981 season, baseball and three other varsity sports were dropped by the university (men's gymnastics, women's golf, and women's soccer) due to a budget crisis,[3][8][9] and baseball became a club sport in March 1983.[10]

In July 2007, the university announced that it would again field a varsity baseball team, beginning with the 2009 season. One reason was the success of the rival Oregon State Beavers,[11][12][13] who had repeated as College World Series champions a month earlier.

In the Ducks' first game in PK Park, they defeated the defending national champions, the Fresno State Bulldogs, 1–0 on a walk-off single by senior Andrew Schmidt. A sellout crowd of 2,777 was on hand for the game.[14] After his eleventh season in 2019, head coach George Horton and the Ducks mutually agreed to part ways on May 28.[15] Two weeks later on June 11, it was announced that Mark Wasikowski was the successor; he was previously an assistant at Oregon from 2012 through 2016, then was the head coach at Purdue in the Big Ten Conference.[16] In his first full season as head coach of the Ducks, they hosted a regional as the 13th seed and finished second behind LSU.

Stadium

Hosting BYU in March 2011

The Ducks previously played baseball at Howe Field (44°02′28″N 123°04′26″W / 44.041°N 123.074°W / 44.041; -123.074),[9] south of McArthur Court, named in 1936 for Dr. Herbert Crombie Howe (1872–1940), the former chairman of the English department. Howe started teaching at UO in 1901 and was its original faculty representative to the Pacific Coast Conference in 1915, partially responsible for the league's founding.[17] When the university dropped baseball after the 1981 season, the succeeding club team continued at Howe; the field was converted to use by the Ducks' women's softball team in 1987.[18][19] Softball was formerly played at Amazon Park.[20]

Baseball became a club sport in 1983 and Oregon was the only Pac-10 school without a varsity baseball program through 2008. Following the reinstatement of baseball, announced in 2007,[11] the university built PK Park, directly northeast of Autzen Stadium, formerly paved parking spaces. It opened for the Ducks in 2009 and since 2010, the park is also home for the minor league Eugene Emeralds of the short season Northwest League,[2] whose season runs from mid-June through August.

Yearly Awards

Pac-12 Player of the Year

Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year

  • Alex Keudell (2011)

Yearly results

Oregon notes their first year of baseball as 1877, with 1906 as the first recorded season.[21]

Year Coach Record Notes
1906J. B. Knapp
1907Hugo Bezdek
1908H. B. Leonard
1909Tom Kelly6–3–1
1910Tom Kelly6–4–1
1911Tom Kelly9–6
1912Homer Jamison8–0
1913Homer Jamison
1914Hugo Bezdek11–3
1915Hugo Bezdek6–3
1916Hugo Bezdek5–4
1917Hugo Bezdek
1918Dean Walker10–2
1919Shy Huntington1–6
1920Shy Huntington11–9
1921George Bohler6–13
1922George Bohler2–15
1923George Bohler3–15
1924William Reinhart6–12–1
1925William Reinhart5–7
1926William Reinhart4–4
1927William Reinhart3–9
1928William Reinhart11–4
1929William Reinhart8–9
1930William Reinhart15–7
1931William Reinhart8–10
1932William Reinhart5–10
1933William Reinhart7–6
1934William Reinhart16–6
1935William Reinhart14–8
1936Howard Hobson13–11
1937Howard Hobson13–3
1938Howard Hobson17–9
1939Howard Hobson20–7
1940Howard Hobson17–11
1941Howard Hobson15–6
1942Howard Hobson20–5
1943Howard Hobson15–7
1944Howard Hobson
1945Howard Hobson
1946Howard Hobson18–9–1
1947Howard Hobson19–7
1948Don Kirsch12–6
1949Don Kirsch18–7
1950Don Kirsch12–11
1951Don Kirsch14–14
1952Don Kirsch19–12
1953Don Kirsch15–4
1954Don Kirsch18–811–5 in PCC North Div., 1st place,[22] District 8 champion (now super regional),[23] College World Series, 7th (tie)
1955Don Kirsch18–8
1956Don Kirsch18–8
1957Don Kirsch24–9–1
1958Don Kirsch19–8
1959Don Kirsch19–11
1960Don Kirsch12–7
1961Don Kirsch19–9
1962Don Kirsch29–9–1
1963Don Kirsch25–7
1964Don Kirsch31–1111–5 in AAWU North Div., 1st place,[4] runner-up in District 8 (now super regional)[7]
1965Don Kirsch27–8–1
1966Don Kirsch21–18
1967Don Kirsch16–14
1968Don Kirsch25–15–1
1969Don Kirsch22–19
1970Don Kirsch
1971Mel Krause19–18
1972Mel Krause24–13
1973Mel Krause23–13
1974Mel Krause26–19
1975Mel Krause20–19
1976Mel Krause20–18
1977Mel Krause14–27
1978Mel Krause23–24
1979Mel Krause29–27–1
1980Mel Krause19–21
1981Mel Krause16–21does not include 2 wins vs. Lane CC – dropped program[3][8]
No varsity team from 1982–2008 (27 seasons), club sport only
2009George Horton14–424–23 in Pac-10, 10th place
2010George Horton40–2413–14 in Pac-10, 5th place (tie), second at Regional
2011George Horton33–2611–16 in Pac-10, 8th place
2012George Horton46–1919–11 in Pac-12, 3rd place, hosted Regional and Super Regional
2013George Horton48–1622–8 in Pac-12, 2nd place, hosted Regional
2014George Horton44–2018–12 in Pac-12, 4th place, second at Regional
2015George Horton38–2516–14 in Pac-12, 6th place, third at Regional
2016George Horton29–2614–16 in Pac-12, 8th place (tie)
2017George Horton30–2512–18 in Pac-12, 8th place
2018George Horton26–2912–18 in Pac-12, 8th place (tie)
2019George Horton27–2910–19 in Pac-12, 9th place
2020Mark Wasikowski8–70–0 in Pac-12, *Season cancelled due to Covid-19
2021Mark Wasikowski39–1620–10 in Pac-12, 2nd Place, hosted Regional
2022Mark Wasikowski36–2518–12 in Pac-12, 4th place, third at Regional
2023Mark Wasikowski41–2216–14 in Pac-12, 6th Place, hosted Super Regional

Oregon in the Pac-12 tournament

Year Record Pct Seed Notes
2022 0-2 .00 4th
2023 4-0 1.00 6th Won the tournament

Oregon in the NCAA tournament

Year Record Pct Nat'l
seed		 Notes
1954 3–2 .600   District 8 champion, College World Series (7th)
1964 0–2 .000   District 8 runner-up (super regional)
2010 2–2 .500   finished second in Regional
2012 4–2 .667 5 Regional and Super Regional host
2013 3–2 .600 8 Regional host
2014 2–2 .500   finished second in Regional
2015 1–2 .333 finished third in Regional
2021 2–2 .500 13 Regional host
2022 1–2 .333 finished third in Regional
2023 4–2 .667 Super Regional host
TOTALS 22–20 .524  

Current roster

Name Number Position Year
Isaac Ayon1Right-handed PitcherSophomore
Jack Scanlon2CatcherSophomore
Brennan Milone3InfielderSophomore
Josh Kasevich4InfielderSophomore
Gavin Grant5InfielderJunior
Christian Ciuffetelli7Right-handed PitcherJunior
Sam Novitske9InfielderJunior
Taylor Holder11OutfielderRedshirt Freshman
Matt Dallas12Right-handed PitcherJunior
Drew Cowley15InfielderJunior
Bennett Thompson16CatcherFreshman
Chase Meggers19CatcherFreshman
Logan Mercado20Right-handed PitcherSophomore
Jace Stoffal21Right-handed PitcherSophomore
Andrew Mosiello23Right-handed PitcherSophomore
Kolby Somers24Left-handed PitcherSenior
Jacob Walsh25First BasemanFreshman
Colby Shade26OutfielderSophomore
Josiah Cromwick27CatcherSophomore
Bryce Boettcher28UtilitySophomore
Rio Britton30Left-handed PitcherSophomore
Tanner Smith31OutfielderJunior
Jacob Hughes33Right-handed PitcherFreshman
Scott Ellis34Right-handed PitcherSophomore
Anthony Hall35OutfielderSophomore
Caleb Sloan36Right-handed PitcherJunior
Tyler Ganus37UtilitySophomore
William Riley39UtilitySenior
Garrett Cutting41InfielderFreshman
Logan Paustian43CatcherFreshman
Dylan Sabia45Right-handed PitcherSenior
Aiden Van Rensum46InfielderFreshman
Tommy Brandenburg47Right-handed PitcherFreshman
Cho Tofte50Right-handed PitcherFreshman
Adam Maier51Right-handed PitcherSophomore
Stone Churby52Right-handed PitcherJunior
RJ Gordon66Right-handed PitcherSophomore
Anson Aroz77CatcherFreshman

Former players

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Colors | University Communications". University of Oregon Brand and Style Guide. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  2. 1 2 May, Jacob (January 31, 2008). "Oregon unveils Duck baseball's Field of Dreams". Oregon Daily Emerald. (Eugene). Retrieved June 9, 2008.
  3. 1 2 3 Rodman, Bob (May 7, 1981). "A gloomy day for Ducks' oldest program". Eugene-Register Guard. (Oregon). p. 1C.
  4. 1 2 Harvey, Paul III (May 23, 1964). "Ducks clinch ND title". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  5. ↑ Strite, Dick (May 25, 1964). "Ducks can be as good as '54 team". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 3B.
  6. ↑ Harvey, Paul III (May 28, 1964). "Oregon, USC nines seek district crown". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 2B.
  7. 1 2 Harvey, Paul III (May 31, 1964). "USC dumps Oregon". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 3B.
  8. 1 2 "UO axes baseball, gymnastics". Eugene-Register Guard. (Oregon). May 7, 1981. p. 1C.
  9. 1 2 Rodman, Bob (May 27, 1982). "The question isn't what for Howe". Eugene-Register Guard. (Oregon). p. 1C.
  10. ↑ Rodman, Bob (March 1, 1983). "Oregon baseball* returns this weekend". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 5C.
  11. 1 2 "Baseball's back". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (editorial). July 14, 2007. p. A14.
  12. ↑ "University of Oregon is bringing back baseball". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). Associated Press. July 14, 2007. p. 1B.
  13. ↑ Smith, Jeff (July 14, 2007). "Baseball no longer a dead Duck". The Oregonian. (Portland). Retrieved July 14, 2007.
  14. ↑ "Schmidt's Walk-Off Upsets Defending Champs". GoDucks.com. February 27, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2009.
  15. ↑ James Crepea (May 28, 2019). "Oregon Ducks, baseball coach George Horton parting ways". www.oregonlive.com. Oregon Live LLC. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  16. ↑ James Crepea (June 11, 2019). "Oregon Ducks hire Purdue's Mark Wasikowski, former UO assistant, as baseball coach". www.oregonlive.com. Oregon Live LLC. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  17. ↑ "Now it's Howe Field". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. April 25, 1936. p. 2.
  18. ↑ "Howe Field". University of Oregon Athletics. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
  19. ↑ Kayfes, Dave (April 4, 1985). "UO baseball, out at home?". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  20. ↑ "Wet weather stops baseball, softball". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). April 26, 1978. p. 6C.
  21. ↑ "2018 Record Book" (PDF). goducks.com. Oregon Ducks Athletics. pp. 1, 44. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  22. ↑ Strite, Dick (May 23, 1954). "Oregon blanks OSC nine for NCAA spot". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1C.
  23. ↑ Strite, Dick (June 1, 1954). "Oregon wins regional title". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 2B.
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