List of Michigan Wolverines baseball seasons
This is a list of Michigan Wolverines baseball seasons. The Michigan Wolverines baseball program is a college baseball team that represents the University of Michigan in the Big Ten Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Michigan has played their home games at Ray Fisher Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan since 1923.
The Wolverines have won 35 conference regular season championships, ten conference tournaments, and have appeared in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship 26 times, advancing to the College World Series on eight occasions, and have won the national championship twice.[1]
Season results
| National Champions | College World Series berth | NCAA tournament berth | Conference Tournament champions | Conference/Division Regular season Champions |
| Season | Head coach | Conference | Season results | Tournament results | Final Poll[A 1] | ||||||||||||
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| Overall | Conference | Conference | Postseason[A 2] | BA | CB | Coaches | |||||||||||
| Wins | Losses | Ties | % | Wins | Losses | Ties | % | Finish | |||||||||
| Michigan Wolverines | |||||||||||||||||
| 1866 | No Coach | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1867 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1868 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1869 | No records available | ||||||||||||||||
| 1870 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1871 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1872 | No Coach | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1873 | No records available | ||||||||||||||||
| 1874 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1875 | No Coach | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1876 | No records available | ||||||||||||||||
| 1877 | No Coach | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1878 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1879 | No records available | ||||||||||||||||
| 1880 | No Coach | 2 | 4 | 0 | .333 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1881 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1882 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .769 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1883 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1884 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .850 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1885 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .667 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1886 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1887 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1888 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .650 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1889 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1890 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .727 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1891 | Pete Conway | 10 | 3 | 0 | .769 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1892 | 12 | 6 | 1 | .658 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1893 | No Coach | 14 | 4 | 0 | .778 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1894 | 11 | 8 | 0 | .579 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1895 | 19 | 3 | 1 | .848 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1896 | Frank Sexton | Western Conference | 17 | 4 | 1 | .848 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | 2nd | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1897 | Charles F. Watkins | 4 | 8 | 0 | .333 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .250 | 4th | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1898 | Watkins / Clarke | 15 | 6 | 0 | .714 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 2nd | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1899 | Henry Clarke | 14 | 5 | 0 | .737 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 1st | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1900 | Charles F. Watkins | Big Nine | 12 | 9 | 1 | .568 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .545 | 3rd | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1901 | Frank Sexton | 13 | 8 | 0 | .619 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 1st | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1902 | 8 | 10 | 0 | .444 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .125 | 5th | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1903 | R.C "Skel" Roach | 12 | 5 | 0 | .706 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 2nd | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1904 | Jerome Utley | 10 | 5 | 0 | .667 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .444 | 4th | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1905 | L.W. McAllister | 16 | 3 | 0 | .842 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .750 | 1st | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1906 | 12 | 7 | 0 | .632 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .625 | 2nd | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1907 | R.L. Lowe | 11 | 4 | 1 | .719 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1908 | L.W. McAllister | 12 | 4 | 0 | .750 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1909 | 18 | 3 | 1 | .841 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1910 | Branch Rickey | 17 | 8 | 0 | .680 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1911 | 16 | 10 | 1 | .611 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1912 | 14 | 10 | 2 | .577 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1913 | 21 | 4 | 1 | .827 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1914 | Carl Lundgren | 22 | 6 | 0 | .786 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1915 | 16 | 17 | 3 | .486 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1916 | 9 | 12 | 2 | .435 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1917 | No team fielded due to World War I | ||||||||||||||||
| 1918 | Big Ten | 16 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1st | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1919 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1st | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1920 | 17 | 6 | 1 | .729 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1st | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1921 | Ray Fisher | 21 | 4 | 0 | .840 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 2nd | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1922 | 21 | 6 | 0 | .778 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .750 | 3rd | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1923 | 22 | 4 | 0 | .846 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1st | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1924 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .813 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 | T-1st | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1925 | 17 | 8 | 0 | .680 | 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 | 15 | 6 | 0 | .714 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 1st | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1930 | 9 | 15 | 1 | .380 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .333 | 7th | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1931 | 11 | 7 | 0 | .611 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .556 | T-5th | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1932 | 19 | 15 | 1 | .557 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .444 | 7th | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1933 | 12 | 4 | 0 | .750 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 | T-2nd | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1934 | 15 | 9 | 0 | .625 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .500 | T-3rd | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1935 | 11 | 11 | 0 | .500 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .545 | 5th | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1936 | 20 | 5 | 0 | .800 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1st | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1937 | 16 | 8 | 0 | .667 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .455 | 6th | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1938 | 14 | 12 | 0 | .538 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 8th | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1939 | 18 | 9 | 2 | .655 | 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 | T-1st | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1943 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 6th | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1944 | 15 | 4 | 1 | .775 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1st | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1945 | 20 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1st | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1946 | 18 | 3 | 0 | .857 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 2nd | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1947 | 18 | 10 | 0 | .643 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .636 | 3rd | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1948 | 21 | 6 | 0 | .778 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 1st | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1949 | 18 | 9 | 2 | .655 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | T-1st | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1950 | 18 | 9 | 0 | .667 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .750 | T-1st | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1951 | 13 | 10 | 0 | .565 | 4 | 8 | 0 | .333 | T-8th | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1952 | 16 | 7 | 0 | .696 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | T-1st | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1953 | 21 | 9 | 0 | .700 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .769 | 1st | — | National champions | — | — | — | |||
| 1954 | 22 | 9 | 0 | .710 | 10 | 5 | 0 | .667 | T-3rd | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 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 | T-2nd | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1958 | 18 | 12 | 0 | .600 | 7 | 8 | 0 | .467 | T-6th | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1959 | Don Lund | 10 | 17 | 2 | .379 | 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 Regional | — | 12 | — | |||
| 1962 | 31 | 13 | 0 | .705 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .800 | 2nd | — | National champions | — | 1 | — | |||
| 1963 | Moby Benedict | 21 | 11 | 0 | .656 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .500 | 5th | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1964 | 19 | 16 | 0 | .543 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .714 | 2nd | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1965 | 18 | 14 | 0 | .563 | 10 | 5 | 0 | .667 | 2nd | — | — | — | 15 | — | |||
| 1966 | 22 | 11 | 0 | .667 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .769 | 3rd | — | — | — | 21 | — | |||
| 1967 | 24 | 12 | 0 | .667 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .714 | 2nd | — | — | — | 16 | — | |||
| 1968 | 17 | 16 | 0 | .515 | 9 | 5 | 0 | .643 | 4th | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1969 | 14 | 21 | 1 | .403 | 8 | 6 | 0 | .571 | 3rd | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1970 | 16 | 18 | 0 | .471 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .500 | 5th | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1971 | 23 | 13 | 1 | .635 | 10 | 5 | 0 | .667 | 2nd | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1972 | 18 | 13 | 1 | .578 | 9 | 5 | 0 | .643 | T-3rd | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1973 | 22 | 16 | 0 | .579 | 12 | 6 | 0 | .667 | 2nd | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1974 | 18 | 14 | 1 | .561 | 7 | 5 | 0 | .583 | 3rd | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1975 | 28 | 12 | 0 | .700 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .813 | 1st | — | Mideast Regional | — | 17 | — | |||
| 1976 | 22 | 19 | 1 | .536 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .692 | 1st | — | Mideast Regional | — | 20 | — | |||
| 1977 | 33 | 15 | 0 | .688 | 14 | 4 | 0 | .778 | 2nd | — | Midwest Regional | — | 19 | — | |||
| 1978 | 30 | 17 | 0 | .638 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .813 | 1st | — | College World Series | — | 6 | — | |||
| 1979 | 22 | 14 | 0 | .611 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .714 | 3rd | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1980 | Bud Middaugh | 36 | 18 | 1 | .664 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 1st | — | College World Series | — | 6 | — | ||
| 1981 | 41 | 20 | 0 | .672 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .714 | 1st (East) | 1st | College World Series | 12 | 8 | — | |||
| 1982 | 44 | 10 | 0 | .815 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .813 | T-1st (East) | Semifinals | — | 17 | — | — | |||
| 1983 | 50 | 9 | 0 | .847 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 1st (East) | 1st | College World Series | 3 | 4 | — | |||
| 1984 | 43 | 20 | 0 | .683 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 1st (East) | 1st | College World Series | 20 | 7 | — | |||
| 1985 | 55 | 10 | 0 | .846 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 1st (East) | Semifinals | South I Regional | 9 | 10 | — | |||
| 1986 | 47 | 12 | 0 | .797 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .813 | 1st (East) | 1st | Mideast Regional | 16 | 28 | — | |||
| 1987 | 52 | 12 | 0 | .813 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .813 | 1st (East) | 1st | Northeast Regional | 19 | 23 | — | |||
| 1988 | 48 | 19 | 0 | .716 | 20 | 8 | 0 | .714 | 1st | Semifinals | Central Regional | 24 | 19 | — | |||
| 1989 | 49 | 16 | 0 | .754 | 21 | 6 | 0 | .778 | 1st | Finals | West II Regional | 19 | 12 | — | |||
| 1990 | Bill Freehan | 33 | 24 | 0 | .579 | 14 | 14 | 0 | .500 | 5th | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 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 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1994 | 29 | 29 | 0 | .500 | 13 | 15 | 0 | .464 | T-3rd | Finals | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1995 | 24 | 29 | 0 | .453 | 10 | 16 | 0 | .385 | 10th | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1996 | Geoff Zahn | 24 | 30 | 0 | .444 | 17 | 11 | 0 | .607 | 4th | First Round | — | — | — | — | ||
| 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 | South Bend Regional | — | — | — | |||
| 2000 | 20 | 32 | 1 | .387 | 10 | 18 | 0 | .357 | 8th | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2001 | 28 | 28 | 0 | .500 | 10 | 14 | 0 | .417 | 6th | Finals | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2002 | Chris Harrison | 21 | 32 | 0 | .396 | 14 | 17 | 0 | .452 | 8th | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003 | Rich Maloney | 30 | 27 | 0 | .526 | 16 | 14 | 0 | .533 | 3rd | Third Round | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004 | 34 | 26 | 0 | .567 | 19 | 13 | 0 | .594 | T-3rd | Semifinals | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2005 | 42 | 19 | 0 | .689 | 17 | 12 | 0 | .586 | T-4th | Second Round | Atlanta Regional | — | — | — | |||
| 2006 | 43 | 21 | 0 | .672 | 23 | 9 | 0 | .719 | 1st | 1st | Atlanta Regional | — | — | — | |||
| 2007 | 42 | 19 | 0 | .689 | 21 | 7 | 0 | .750 | 1st | Second Round | Corvallis Super Regional | — | — | — | |||
| 2008 | 46 | 14 | 0 | .767 | 26 | 5 | 0 | .839 | 1st | 1st | Ann Arbor Regional | 22 | 20 | 22 | |||
| 2009 | 30 | 25 | 0 | .545 | 9 | 15 | 0 | .375 | 7th | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2010 | 35 | 22 | 0 | .614 | 14 | 10 | 0 | .583 | 2nd | Semifinals | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2011 | 17 | 37 | 0 | .315 | 7 | 16 | 0 | .304 | 10th | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2012 | 22 | 34 | 0 | .393 | 8 | 16 | 0 | .333 | 10th | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2013 | Erik Bakich | 29 | 27 | 0 | .518 | 14 | 10 | 0 | .583 | T-5th | First Round | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014 | 30 | 29 | 1 | .508 | 13 | 11 | 0 | .542 | T-4th | Semifinals | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2015 | 39 | 25 | 0 | .609 | 14 | 10 | 0 | .583 | T-3rd | 1st | Louisville Regional | — | — | — | |||
| 2016 | 36 | 21 | 0 | .632 | 13 | 10 | 0 | .565 | 5th | Second Round | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2017 | 42 | 17 | 0 | .712 | 16 | 8 | 0 | .667 | 2nd | First Round | Chapel Hill Regional | — | — | — | |||
| 2018 | 32 | 21 | 0 | .604 | 15 | 8 | 0 | .652 | 3rd | Second Round | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2019 | 50 | 22 | 0 | .694 | 16 | 7 | 0 | .696 | 2nd | Semifinals | College World Series Runner-up | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 2020 | 8 | 7 | 0 | .533 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 7th | Cancelled | Cancelled[A 3] | — | — | — | |||
| 2021 | 27 | 19 | 0 | .587 | 27 | 17 | 0 | .614 | 3rd | — | South Bend Regional | — | — | — | |||
| 2022 | 34 | 28 | 0 | .548 | 12 | 12 | 0 | .500 | 5th | 1st | Louisville Regional | — | — | — | |||
| 2023 | Tracy Smith | 28 | 28 | 0 | .500 | 13 | 11 | 0 | .542 | 6th | Semifinals | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2024 | 32 | 28 | 0 | .533 | 14 | 10 | 0 | .583 | T-4th | Semifinals | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2025 | 33 | 23 | 0 | .589 | 16 | 14 | 0 | .533 | T-6th | Pool Play | — | — | — | — | |||
Notes
- ^ Collegiate Baseball began team rankings in 1959. Baseball America began in 1981. The Coaches' Poll (published by USA Today's Sports Weekly and ESPN) began in 1992.
- ^ Postseason play involving the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship began in 1947.
- ^ All remaining winter and spring championships cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
References
- ^ "Michigan Baseball Year-By-Year Results". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. June 26, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2019.