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First Varsity Game	May 26, 1866 v. Ann Arbor, 33-11 W, Ann Arbor, MI
Stadia	Ray Fisher Stadium (1923-present)
National Championships	2 – 1953, 1962
Conference Regular Season Championships	35 – 1899, 1901, 1905, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1936, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1948, 1949, 1590, 1952, 1953, 1961, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1997, 2006, 2007, 2008
Conference Tournament Championships	10 – 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1999, 2006, 2008, 2015, 2022

All Time Coaches Record

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Coach	Years	W	L	T	%	B1G W	B1G L	B1G T	B1G %	# B1G Regular Season Championhips	# B1G Tourn. Championships	NCAAT Appearances	NCAA Regional Championships	National Championships
[No Coach]	1866-1890	68	34	2	0.663
Peter Conway	1891-1892	22	9	1	0.710
[No Coach]	1893-1895	44	15	1	0.741
Frank Sexton	1896, 1901-1902	38	22	1	0.613	15	12	0	0.556	1
C.F. Watkins	1897-1898, 1900	31	23	1	0.714	15	14	1
Henry T. Clark	1899	14	5		0.737	5	2		0.714	1
R.C. "Skel" Roach	1903	12	5		0.706	7	3		0.700
Jerome Utley	1904	10	5		0.667	4	5		0.444
L.W. McAllister	1905-1906, 1908-1909	58	17	1	0.770	14	6		0.700	1
Robert L. Lowe	1907	11	4	1	0.719
Branch Rickey	1910-1913	69	31	4	0.673
Carl Lundgren	1914-1920	94	33	6	0.676	27	2		0.931	3
Derrill Pratt*	1921	0	0		0.000
Ray Fisher	1921-1958	637	294	8	0.679	283	185	1	0.677	15		1	1	1
Don Lund	1959-1962	83	55	3	0.599	34	19		0.643	1		2	1	1
Moby Benedict	1963-1979	367	251	5	0.581	168	82	1	0.677	3		4	1
Budd Middaugh	1980-1989	465	146	1	0.761	142	37		0.789	8^	5	9	4
Bill Freehan	1990-1995	166	167	1	0.499	76	89		0.411
Geoff Zahn	1996-2001	163	149	2	0.491	78	80		0.484	1	1	1
Chris Harrison	2002	21	32		0.396	14	17		0.542
Rich Maloney	2003-2012	341	244		0.583	160	117		0.578	3	2	4	1
Eric Bakich	2013-2022	328	216	1	0.602	140	93		0.601			5	1
Tracy Smith	2023-	93	79		0.541	43	35		0.551
Totals		3111	1872	38	0.623	1225	749	3	0.620	35	7	26	9	2

No results available for 1869-1871, 1873-1874, 1876, 1879
Michigan did not compete in the Big Ten from 1907-1917.
The 1917 season was cancelled due to World War I, and the 2020 season was suspended prior to conference play due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
*Derrill “Del” Pratt played for the New York Yankees in 1918-1920. Following the 1920 season he was traded to the Red Sox, but decided to retire. He was hired as U-M baseball coach to replace Carl Lundgren (with a recommendation from Branch Rickey) and served as an assistant football coach and freshman basketball coach. He began preparing the 1921 team, but the Red Sox coaxed him out of retirement before the first game of the season.
^Betweeen 1981 and 1987 the Big Ten Conference played in a division format, and the conference tournament winner was the only officially recognized Big Ten Champion. Michigan won or tied the Big Ten Eastern Division every year during this period.

Michigan Baseball Retired Numbers

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1	11	16	31	33	44
Moby Benedict	Bill Freehan	Barry Larkin	Jim Abbott	Don Lund	Ray Fisher
Player: 1954-1956 Head Coach: 1963-1979	Player: 1961	Player: 1983-1985	Player: 1986-1988	Player: 1943-1945	Head Coach: 1921-1958
Retired: 1979	Retired: 1977	Retired: May 1, 2010	Retired: April 18, 2009	Retired: May 9, 1999	Retired: May 13, 2000

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Year	W	L	T	%	B1G W	B1G L	B1G T	B1G %	B1G Finish	B1G Tourn Finish	NCAA Tournament Finish	All-Americans
1866	4	0	0	1.000
1867	4	0	0	1.000
1868	2	0	0	1.000
1869	1	0	0	1.000
1870	2	1	0	.667
1874	2	0	0	1.000
1875	1	2	0	.333
1877	1	1	0	.500
1878	1	1	0	.500
1879	2	2	0	.500
1880	0	2	0	.000
1881	3	3	0	.500
1882	10	3	0	.769
1883	3	3	0	.500
1884	7	1	1	.833
1885	2	1	0	.667
1886	4	2	0	.667
1887	4	4	0	.500
1888	6	3	1	.500
1889	4	3	0	.571
1890	8	3	0	.727
1891	10	4	0	.714
1892	12	6	1	.658
1893	14	4	0	.778
1894	11	8	0	.579
1895	18	3	2	.826
1896	17	4	1	.795	6	3	0	.667	2nd
1897	5	12	0	.263	2	6	0	.250	4th
1898	15	6	0	.714	7	3	0	.700	2nd
1899	14	5	0	.737	5	2	0	.714	1st
1900	12	9	1	.568	6	5	1	.542	3rd
1901	13	8	0	.619	8	2	0	.800	1st
1902	8	10	0	.440	1	7	0	.125	5th
1903	12	5	0	.706	7	0	0	.700	2nd
1904	10	5	0	.667	4	5	0	.444	4th
1905	16	3	0	.842	9	3	0	.750	1st
1906	12	7	0	.632	5	3	0	.625	2nd
1907	11	4	1	.719
1908	12	4	0	.750
1909	18	3	1	.841
1910	17	8	0	.680
1911	14	10	1	.580
1912	14	10	2	.577
1913	21	4	1	.827
1914	22	6	0	.786
1915	15	7	3	.660
1916	9	12	2	.435
1917
1918	16	1	0	.941	1	0	0	.900	1st
1919	13	1	0	.929	9	0	0	1.000	1st
1920	18	6	1	.740	9	1	0	.900	1st
1921	20	4	0	.833	10	2	0	.833	2nd
1922	19	6	0	.760	9	3	0	.692	3rd
1923	21	5	0	.808	10	0	0	1.000	1st
1924	14	7	0	.667	8	2	0	.800	T1st
1925	15	8	0	.600	7	4	0	.636	4th
1926	16	7	0	.696	9	2	0	.818	1st
1927	16	8	0	.667	8	4	0	.667	3rd
1928	22	5	0	.815	11	1	0	.917	1st
1929	13	6	0	.619	7	2	0	.778	1st
1930	9	15	1	.380	3	6	1	.350	7th
1931	13	9	1	.587	5	4	0	.556	T5th
1932	9	10	1	.475	4	5	0	.444	7th
1933	12	4	0	.750	8	2	0	.800	T2nd
1934	14	10	0	.583	6	6	0	.500	T3rd
1935	11	11	0	.500	6	5	0	.545	5th
1936	20	5	0	.800	9	1	0	.900	1st
1937	15	9	0	.625	5	6	0	.466	6th
1938	13	13	0	.500	4	6	0	.400	8th
1939	17	9	2	.643	8	4	0	.667	3rd
1940	10	12	0	.455	7	5	0	.583	5th
1941	24	8	0	.750	10	2	0	.833	1st
1942	17	9	0	.654	10	2	0	.833	T1st
1943	8	4	0	.667	3	2	0	.600	6th
1944	15	4	1	.755	8	0	0	1.000	1st
1945	20	1	.	.952	8	0	0	1.000	1st
1946	18	2	0	.900	6	2	0	.750	2nd
1947	18	10	0	.643	7	4	0	.636	3rd
1948	21	6	0	.778	10	2	0	.833	T1st
1949	18	9	2	.704	8	4	0	.667	T1st			1
1950	18	9	0	.667	9	3	0	.750	T1st
1951	12	11	0	.522	4	8	0	.333	T8th
1952	16	7	0	.696	8	4	0	.667	T1st
1953	21	9	0	.710	10	3	0	.769	T1st		College World Series Champion	3
1954	22	9	0	.710	10	5	0	.667	T3rd
1955	17	11	1	.603	8	7	0	.533	5th
1956	17	9	0	.654	6	5	0	.545	4th
1957	17	7	0	.708	7	4	0	.636	T2nd			1
1958	18	12	0	.600	7	8	0	.467	T6th
1959	12	17	0	.413	5	7	0	.417	7th
1960	19	12	1	.609	7	7	0	.500	5th
1961	20	11	0	.645	10	2	0	.833	1st		District 4 (2nd)	1
1962	31	13	0	.705	12	3	0	.800	2nd		College World Series Champion
1963	21	11	0	.656	7	7	0	.500	5th
1964	18	16	0	.529	10	4	0	.714	2nd
1965	19	14	0	.576	10	5	0	.667	2nd
1966	22	11	0	.667	10	3	0	.769	3rd			1
1967	24	12	0	.667	10	4	0	.714	2nd
1968	17	16	0	.515	9	5	0	.643	4th
1969	14	22	0	.389	8	8	0	.500	T5th
1970	16	19	0	.457	7	7	0	.500	5th
1971	23	13	1	.635	10	5	1	.656	2nd			1
1972	18	13	1	.578	9	5	0	.643	T3rd
1973	22	16	0	.579	12	6	0	.667	2nd			1
1974	18	14	1	.561	7	5	0	.583	3rd			1
1975	28	12	0	.700	13	3	0	.813	1st		Mideast Regional (2nd)
1976	22	20	1	.523	9	4	0	.692	1st		Mideast Regional (2nd)
1977	33	15	0	.688	14	4	0	.778	2nd		Midwest Regional (2nd)
1978	30	17	0	.638	13	3	0	.813	1st		College World Series (T5th)	1
1979	22	14	0	.611	10	4	0	.714	3rd			2
1980	36	18	1	.664	14	2	0	.875	1st		College World Series (T5th)	1
1981	41	20	0	.672	10	4	0	.714	1st-East	1st	College World Series (T7th)	1
1982	44	10	0	.815	13	3	0	.813	T1st-East	3rd		3
1983	50	9	0	.847	13	2	0	.867	1st-East	1st	College World Series (3rd)	3
1984	43	20	0	.683	11	5	0	.688	1st-East	1st	College World Series (T7th)	1
1985	55	10	0	.846	14	2	0	.875	1st-East	3rd	South I Regional (2nd)	4
1986	47	12	0	.797	13	3	0	.813	1st-East	1st	Mideast Regional (2nd)	1
1987	52	12	0	.813	13	3	0	.813	1st-East	1st	Northeast Regional (4th)	1
1988	48	19	0	.716	20	8	0	.714	1st	3rd	Central Regional (3rd)	1
1989	49	16	0	.754	21	6	0	.778	1st	2nd	West II Regional (2nd)	1
1990	33	24	0	.579	14	14	0	.500	5th			1
1991	34	23	1	.595	15	13	0	.536	5th
1992	21	32	0	.396	11	17	0	.393	9th
1993	25	30	0	.455	13	14	0	.481	7th			3
1994	29	29	0	.500	13	15	0	.464	T3rd	2nd
1995	24	29	0	.453	10	16	0	.385	10th			1
1996	24	30	0	.444	17	11	0	.607	4th	4th		2
1997	36	22	0	.621	17	9	0	.654	1st
1998	21	27	1	.439	9	15	0	.375	6th
1999	34	30	0	.531	15	13	0	.536	4th	1st	Regional (2nd)	2
2000	20	32	1	.387	10	18	0	.357	8th
2001	28	28	0	.500	10	14	0	.417	6th	2nd
2002	21	32	0	.396	14	17	0	.452	8th
2003	30	27	0	.526	16	14	0	.533	3rd	4th		1
2004	34	26	0	.567	19	13	0	.594	T3rd	3rd
2005	42	19	0	.689	17	12	0	.586	T4th	5th	Regional (3rd)	1
2006	43	21	0	.672	23	9	0	.714	1st	1st	Regional (3rd)	2
2007	42	19	0	.689	21	7	0	.750	1st	5th	Super Regional (2nd)	2
2008	46	14	0	.767	26	5	0	.839	1st	1st	Regional (3rd)	3
2009	30	25	0	.545	9	15	0	.375	7th
2010	35	22	0	.614	14	10	0	.583	2nd	3rd		2
2011	17	37	0	.315	7	16	0	.304	10th			2
2012	22	34	0	.393	8	6	0	.333	10th			1
2013	29	27	0	.518	14	10	0	.583	T5th	6th		5
2014	30	29	1	.508	13	11	0	.542	T4th	T3rd		3
2015	39	25	0	.609	14	10	0	.583	T3rd	1st	Regional (2nd)	5
2016	36	21	0	.632	13	10	0	.565	5th	5th		1
2017	42	17	0	.712	16	8	0	.667	2nd	T7th	Regional (4th)	1
2018	33	21	0	.611	15	8	0	.652	3rd	5th		3
2019	50	22	0	.694	16	7	0	.696	2nd	T3rd	College World Series Runner-Up	5
2020	8	7	0	.533
2021	27	19	0	.587	27	17	0	.614	3rd		Regional (4th)
2022	34	28	0	.548	12	12	0	.500	5th	1st	Regional (2nd)
2023	28	28	0	.500	13	11	0	.542	6th	T3rd		1
2024	32	28	0	.533	14	10	0	.533	4th	4th		1
2025	33	23	0	.589	16	14	0	.533	7th	Pool Play
Totals	3112	1871	38									78

No results available for 1869-1871, 1873-1874, 1876, 1879
Michigan did not compete in the Big Ten from 1907-1917.
The 1917 season was cancelled due to World War I, and the 2020 season was suspended prior to conference play due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Individual Honors

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Golden Spikes Award
1987	Jim Abbot	Pitcher

Baseball America Player of the Year
1986	Casey Close	Right Field

American Baseball Coaches Association 1st Team All-American
1953	Bruce Haynam	Shortstop
1955	Don Eaddy	3rd base
1957	Ken Tippery	2nd base
1961	Bill Freehan	Catcher
1982	Jim Paciorek	Outfield
1984	Barry Larkin	Shortstop
1985	Barry Larkin	Shortstop
1986	Casey Close	Outfield

Baseball America 1st Team All-American
1982	Jim Paciorek	Outfield
1983	Chris Sabo	3rd base
1985	Barry Larkin	Shortstop
1985	Mike Watters	Outfield
1986	Casey Close	Outfield

The Sporting News 1st Team All-Americans
1971	Jim Burton	Pitcher
1979	Steve Howe	Pitcher
1979	Rick Leach	Outfield
1983	Chris Sabo	3rd base
1985	Barry Larkin	Shortstop
1988	Jim Abbott	Pitcher

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