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UMass Minutemen baseball
2025 UMass Minutemen baseball team
Founded1877 (1877)
UniversityUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
Head coachMatt Reynolds (8th season)
ConferenceAtlantic 10
LocationAmherst, Massachusetts
Home stadiumEarl Lorden Field
NicknameMinutemen
ColorsMaroon 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

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 Atlantic 10 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. The Minutemen are coached by Matt Reynolds.

Seasons

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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
UMass (Mid-American Conference) (2026–present)
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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

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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

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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 Melvin 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

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "University of Massachusetts Amherst Athletics Official Style Guide" (PDF). Retrieved July 4, 2021.
  2. ^ "Massachusetts Minutemen". d1baseball.com. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
  3. ^ "2024 UMass Baseball Record Book" (PDF). UMass Athletics. umassathletics.com. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
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