Yale Bulldogs baseball

Yale Bulldogs baseball
Yale Bulldogs baseball
2024 Yale Bulldogs baseball team
Founded	1865; 159 years ago
University	Yale University
Head coach	Brian Hamm (2nd season)
Conference	Ivy League
Location	New Haven, Connecticut
Home stadium	George H. W. Bush Field ; (Capacity: 6,200)
Nickname	Bulldogs, Eli’s
Colors	Yale blue and white;
College World Series runner-up
	1947, 1948
College World Series appearances
	1947, 1948
NCAA Tournament appearances
	1947, 1948, 1981, 1992, 1993, 2017
Regular season conference champions
	EIBL: 1932, 1937, 1946, 1947, 1956,; 1957, 1981, 1992; Ivy: 1993, 1994, 2017

The Yale Bulldogs baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, United States.^[2] The team is a member of the Ivy League, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. Yale's first baseball team was fielded in 1864. The team plays its home games at Bush Field in New Haven, Connecticut. The Bulldogs are coached by Brian Hamm.

History

Yale played its first baseball game on September 30, 1865 against Wesleyan College; Yale won 30 to 12.^[3]^[4] On July 23, 1868, Yale played its first championship game as an invitational against Harvard University, in which it lost 25–17. On June 5, 1869, Harvard visited Brooklyn and defeated Yale 41–24. Harvard would continue to dominate Yale in the Ivy League baseball conference, but Yale won two games in 1874.^[5]

In 1928, Yale Field was built to house the Yale baseball program. Yale's first game in their new stadium was played in 1928 against the Eastern League New Haven Professionals. The first pitch was thrown by Mayor Tower of New Haven. The result of the game was a 12–0 shutout by the road team.^[6]

Major leaguers pitcher Craig Breslow (Oakland A's and Boston Red Sox) and catcher Ryan Lavarnway (Boston Red Sox/Los Angeles Dodgers), among others, played baseball for the Bulldogs. Breslow led the Ivy League with a 2.56 ERA in 2002.^[7] Lavarnway led the NCAA in batting average (.467) and slugging percentage (.873) in 2007, set the Ivy League hitting-streak record (25), and through 2010 held the Ivy League record in career home runs (33).^[8] In August 2012, Breslow and Lavarnway, playing for the Red Sox, became the first Yale grads to be Major League teammates since 1949, and the first All-Yale battery in the major leagues since 1883.^[9] In September 2016 the two were again battery-mates, this time playing for Team Israel in the qualifiers for the 2017 World Baseball Classic.^[10]

Yale in the NCAA Tournament

Year	Record	Pct	Notes
1947	2–2	.500	College World Series Runner-up, Eastern Playoff Champion
1948	4–2	.667	College World Series Runner-up, Eastern Playoff Champion
1981	0–2	.000	Northeast Regional
1992	1–2	.333	Mideast Regional
1993	0–2	.000	Central I Regional
2017	2–2	.500	Corvallis Regional
TOTALS	9–12	.429

Major League Baseball

Bob Davis pitched for Yale and then pitched in Major League Baseball in 1958 and 1960. Yale has had 35 Major League Baseball Draft selections since the draft began in 1965.^[11]

Bulldogs in the Major League Baseball Draft
Year	Player	Round	Team
1968	Edward Goldstone	8	Phillies
1970	Steve Greenberg	17	Senators
1973	Robert Corcoran	29	Cardinals
1973	Dick Jauron	25	Cardinals
1981	Ron Darling	1	Rangers
1992	David Verduzco	35	Tigers
1993	Scott Eidle	53	Astros
1993	Manny Patel	30	Mariners
1993	Blair Hodson	19	Indians
1994	Keith Pelatowski	28	Cubs
1994	Dan Lock	2	Astros
1995	Dave Feuerstein	33	Rockies
1996	Dan Thompson	22	Brewers
1998	Tommy Kidwell	33	Cardinals
1998	Eric Gutshall	30	Cardinals
1999	Ben Johnstone	26	Cubs
1999	Todd Kasper	15	Diamondbacks
2000	Tony Coyne	23	Mets
2001	Jon Steitz	3	Brewers
2002	Craig Breslow	26	Brewers
2002	Matt McCarthy	21	Angels
2005	Josh Sowers	10	Blue Jays
2006	Jon Hollis	38	Rangers
2007	Marc Sawyer	15	Cubs
2008	Steven Gilman	36	Tigers
2008	Brian Irving	17	Giants
2008	Ryan Lavarnway	6	Red Sox
2009	Brandon Josselyn	25	Mariners
2010	Trygg Danforth	49	Red Sox
2011	Gant Elmore	49	Brewers
2011	Brook Hart	23	Rockies
2012	Charlie Neil	37	Tigers
2012	Nolan Becker	11	Reds
2012	Pat Ludwig	10	Pirates
2013	Rob Cerfolio	34	Dodgers

Undrafted players

Craig Breslow, MLB pitcher

Other notable players

National teams

Eric Brodkowitz, Israeli-American baseball pitcher for the Israel national baseball team
Ben Wanger, Israeli-American baseball pitcher for the Israel national baseball team

Notable in other fields

George H. W. Bush, 43rd Vice President of the United States, 41st President of the United States, first baseman 1947–1948
Ron DeSantis, 46th Governor of Florida, outfielder, led team in batting average in 2001, listed on roster as R. D. DeSantis while playing^[12]

References

^ "Yale Athletics Brand Guidelines" (PDF). December 1, 2021. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
^ "Yale Bulldogs". d1baseball.com. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
^ "ISSUU – Yale & Professional Baseball by Yale Athletics". Issuu. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
^ "Passed Balls". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 4.
^ "Early History of Harvard-Yale baseball". Retrieved October 6, 2014.
^ "Yale Field". Retrieved October 6, 2014.
^ "Six Leaguers Taken in MLB Draft". Ivyleaguesports.com. June 5, 2002. Archived from the original on June 14, 2006. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
^ "Ryan Lavarnway". Yalebulldogs.com. April 6, 2007. Retrieved August 19, 2011.
^ "Bulldogs in Beantown". Yale Daily News. September 5, 2012. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
^ Baseball alumni take on the world | Sporting Life | Yale Alumni Magazine
^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "Yale University (New Haven, CT)"". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
^ Morgan, Nancy (June 10, 2001). "Yale grad DeSantis is a hit on, off field". St. Petersburg Times. Archived from the original on September 24, 2001. Retrieved November 13, 2023.

External links

Official website

[1] "Yale Athletics Brand Guidelines" (PDF). December 1, 2021. Retrieved February 20, 2024.

[baseball-2] "Yale Bulldogs". d1baseball.com. Retrieved January 8, 2014.

[3] "ISSUU – Yale & Professional Baseball by Yale Athletics". Issuu. Retrieved October 6, 2014.

[4] "Passed Balls". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 4.

[5] "Early History of Harvard-Yale baseball". Retrieved October 6, 2014.

[6] "Yale Field". Retrieved October 6, 2014.

[7] "Six Leaguers Taken in MLB Draft". Ivyleaguesports.com. June 5, 2002. Archived from the original on June 14, 2006. Retrieved March 18, 2010.

[yalebulldogs1-8] "Ryan Lavarnway". Yalebulldogs.com. April 6, 2007. Retrieved August 19, 2011.

[9] "Bulldogs in Beantown". Yale Daily News. September 5, 2012. Retrieved September 26, 2013.

[10] Baseball alumni take on the world | Sporting Life | Yale Alumni Magazine

[draft-11] "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "Yale University (New Haven, CT)"". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 8, 2014.

[Yale_grad-12] Morgan, Nancy (June 10, 2001). "Yale grad DeSantis is a hit on, off field". St. Petersburg Times. Archived from the original on September 24, 2001. Retrieved November 13, 2023.

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v t e Yale Bulldogs baseball
Venues	Bush Field (1928–present)
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
College World Series appearances in italics

v t e Ivy League baseball
Teams	Brown Bears Columbia Lions Cornell Big Red Dartmouth Big Green Harvard Crimson Penn Quakers Princeton Tigers Yale Bulldogs
Championship	Ivy League Baseball Championship Series