| Current: | 2024 Ball State Cardinals baseball team |
| Ball State Cardinals | |
| University: | Ball State University |
| Conference: | Mid–American |
| Location: | Muncie, Indiana |
| Coach: | Rich Maloney |
| Tenure: | 19th overall |
| Stadium: | Ball Diamond |
| Capacity: | 1,700 |
| Nickname: | Cardinals |
| Ncaa Tourneys: | 1965, 1969, 2006, 2023 |
| Conference Tournament: | 2006, 2023 |
| Conference Champion: | 1998, 1999, 2001, 2014, 2022 |
The Ball State Cardinals baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, United States.[1] The team is a member of the Mid-American Conference West division, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. Ball State's first baseball team was fielded in 1920. The team plays its home games at Ball Diamond in Muncie, Indiana. The Cardinals are coached by Rich Maloney.
| 1965 | 0–2 | District 4 | ||
| 1969 | 2–2 | District 4 | ||
| 2006 | 1–2 | Lexington Regional | ||
| 2023 | 0–2 | Lexington Regional | ||
| 3-8 |
| 11 | San Diego Padres | OF | 1986 | ||
| 41 | Jeff Urban | San Francisco Giants | RHP | 1998 | |
| 21 | Baltimore Orioles | LF | 1999 | ||
| 1 | Pittsburgh Pirates | RHP | 2002 | ||
| 32 | Luke Hagerty | Chicago Cubs | RHP | 2002 | |
| 18 | Cleveland Indians | OF | 2003 | ||
| 20 | Kolbrin Vitek | Boston Redsox | RHP/2B | 2010 | |
| 34 | Arizona Diamondbacks | RHP | 2019 |
, Ball State has had eight players named the MAC Baseball Player of the Year, the most of any school in the conference.
| MAC Player of the Year[2] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Year | |
| 1986 | ||
| Ed Farris | 1996 | |
| 1999 | ||
| Shayne Ridley | 2000 | |
| 2003 | ||
| Kolbrin Vitek | 2010 | |
| Sean Godfrey | 2014 | |
| Alex Call | 2016 |
| MAC Freshman of the Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Larry Bigbie | 1997 | |
| Justin Wechsler | 1999 | |
| 2000 | ||
| Ben Snyder | 2005 | |
| Jarett Ridfleisch | 2014 | |
| 2018 | ||
| Ryan Brown | 2022 | |
| Keegan Johnson | 2024 |
| MAC Pitcher of the Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Year | |
| Bryan Bullington | 2001, 2002 | |
| Erik Morrison | 2005 | |
| Scott Baker | 2013 | |
| Drey Jameson | 2019 | |
| Tyler Schweitzer | 2022 | |
| Merritt Beeker | 2024 |