The Michigan Wolverines baseball team represents the University of Michigan in NCAA Division I college baseball. Along with most other Michigan athletic teams, the baseball team participates in the Big Ten Conference. They play their home games at Ray Fisher Stadium.
The Wolverines have made the College World Series eight times, winning two national championships in 1953 and 1962. Michigan is the third winningest program in NCAA Division I baseball history, trailing only Fordham and Texas.
The team is currently coached by Tracy Smith, who replaced Erik Bakich who left Michigan to coach at Clemson.
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Championships
Stadium
The Wolverines play their home games in Ray Fisher Stadium. The stadium is named after Ray Fisher, who is the winningest coach in Michigan baseball history, with 636 victories and also the 1953 College World Series championship.
In 2008, alum and owner of the New York Mets MLB franchise, Fred Wilpon donated $9 million for the renovation of Fisher Stadium and Alumni Field. It is now known as the Wilpon Baseball and Softball Complex, but more commonly known as the Wilpon Baseball Complex.
Year-by-year results
This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by the Wolverines.
Michigan in the NCAA tournament
The NCAA Division I baseball tournament started in 1947.
The format of the tournament has changed through the years.
Individual honors
Retired numbers
Michigan has retired six uniform numbers to date. Below is the detailed list:
1 Never played for the Wolverines. He coached Michigan with a record 636 wins and led the team to 15 Big Ten championships apart from winning the 1953 College World Series.
National Awards
Jim Abbott (1987)
Casey Close (1986)
Erik Bakich (2019)
Conference Awards
Jim Paciorek (1982)
Rick Stoll (1983)
Barry Larkin (1984, 1985)
Casey Close (1986)
Jim Abbott (1988)
Scott Weaver (1995)
Nate Recknagel (2008)
Jordan Brewer (2019)
Larry Carroll (1984)
Jim Brauer (2005)
Zach Putnam (2008)
Connor O'Halloran (2023)
Scott Weaver (1993)
Jason Alcaraz (1996)
Jake Bivens (2015)
Geoff Zahn (1997)
Rich Maloney (2007, 2008)
Bill Freehan (1961; .585 batting average)
Carl Cmejrek (1965; .453 batting average)
Elliott Maddox (1968; .467 batting average)
Rick Leach (1978; .473 batting average)
George Foussianes (1979; .452 batting average)
Tony Evans (1981; .465 batting average)
Jim Paciorek, Ken Hayward (1982; .462 batting average)
University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor
The following 35 Michigan Wolverines baseball players and coaches (listed in order of induction) have been inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor:
Bill Freehan (1978) – baseball
Bennie Oosterbaan (1978) – football, basketball, baseball, basketball coach, football coach
Ray Fisher (1979) – baseball coach
George Sisler (1979) – baseball
Buck Giles (1980) – baseball
Harry Kipke (1981) – football, basketball, and baseball
Whitey Wistert (1981) – football and baseball
Bud Chamberlain (1982) – baseball
Jack Tompkins (1982) – hockey and baseball
Elmer Gedeon (1983) – track and baseball
Dick Wakefield (1983) – baseball
Elroy Hirsch (1984) – football, basketball, baseball, and track
Bob Chappuis (1984) – football and baseball
Don Lund (1984) – football, baseball, basketball, and coaching
Doug Roby (1985) – football and baseball
Branch Rickey (1985) – baseball coach
David M. Nelson (1986) – football and baseball
Wolverines in MLB
Note: Charlie Gehringer, Derek Jeter, and Ted Simmons are Baseball Hall of Fame inductees who were enrolled at Michigan, but never played for the baseball team.
Source: Baseball Reference