| Current: | 2024 Illinois Fighting Illini baseball team |
| Illinois Fighting Illini baseball team | |
| Founded: | 1879 |
| University: | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| Conference: | Big Ten |
| Location: | Champaign, Illinois |
| Coach: | Dan Hartleb |
| Tenure: | 19th |
| Stadium: | Illinois Field |
| Capacity: | 3,000 |
| Nickname: | Fighting Illini |
| Regional Champ: | 2015 |
| Ncaa Tourneys: | 1947, 1948, 1962, 1963, 1989, 1990, 1998, 2000, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2024 |
| Conference Tournament: | 1989, 1990, 2000, 2011 |
| Conference Champion: | 1900, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1911, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1921, 1922, 1927, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1953, 1962, 1963, 1989, 1990, 1998, 2005, 2011, 2015, 2024 |
The Illinois Fighting Illini baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in Champaign, Illinois, United States. The team competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I and are members of the Big Ten Conference.
| No Coach | 1879–1881 | 2–1 | ||||
| No Team | 1882 | 0–0 | ||||
| No Coach | 1883–1891 | 30–17–1 | ||||
| 1892–1894 | 30–17 | |||||
| No Coach | 1895 | 10–4 | ||||
| 1896–1919 | 314–97–4 | 11 | ||||
| 1920 | 16–8 | |||||
| 1920–1934 | 209–78–14 | 5 | ||||
| 1935–1951 | 212–109–6 | 4 | ||||
| 1952–1978 | 518–395–6 | 4 | 3 | |||
| 1979–1987 | 268–234–6 | |||||
| 1988–1990 | 111–57 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 1991–2005 | 474–373–1 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 2006–present | 532–398–1 | 253–194 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 2,729–1,775–39 | 1,075–846–10 | 30 | 11 | ||
| 1879 | – | 1–0 | – | – | No Coach |
| 1880 | – | 1–0 | – | – | No Coach |
| 1881 | – | 0–1 | – | – | No Coach |
| 1882 | – | – | – | – | No Team |
| 1883 | – | 3–0 | – | – | No Coach |
| 1884 | – | 1–1 | – | – | No Coach |
| 1885 | – | 1–0 | – | – | No Coach |
| 1886 | – | 4–2 | – | – | No Coach |
| 1887 | – | 4–4 | – | – | No Coach |
| 1888 | – | 3–4 | – | – | No Coach |
| 1889 | – | 1–2–1 | – | – | No Coach |
| 1890 | – | 5–3 | – | – | No Coach |
| 1891 | – | 8–2 | – | – | No Coach |
| 1892 | Ed Hall | 8–3 | – | – | – |
| 1893 | Ed Hall | 14–8 | – | – | – |
| 1894 | Ed Hall | 8–6 | – | – | – |
| 1895 | – | 10–4 | – | – | No Coach |
| 1896 | George Huff | 15–4 | 2–4 | 3rd | – |
| 1897 | George Huff | 6–5 | 3–3 | T-2nd | – |
| 1898 | George Huff | 6–7 | 4–6 | 3rd | – |
| 1899 | George Huff | 11–6 | 9–4 | 2nd | – |
| 1900 | George Huff | 12–2 | 8–2 | 1st | Big Ten Champions |
| 1901 | George Huff | 12–7 | 6–4 | 3rd | – |
| 1902 | George Huff | 12–4 | 8–3 | 2nd | – |
| 1903 | George Huff | 17–1 | 11–1 | 1st | Big Ten Champions |
| 1904 | George Huff | 24–4 | 8–2 | 1st | Big Ten Champions |
| 1905 | George Huff | 14–5 | 7–5 | 2nd | – |
| 1906 | George Huff | 13–3 | 8–3 | 1st | Big Ten Champions |
| 1907 | George Huff | 10–1 | 7–0 | 1st | Big Ten Champions |
| 1908 | George Huff | 11–3 | 11–3 | 1st | Big Ten Champions |
| 1909 | George Huff | 11–3 | 9–3 | 2nd | – |
| 1910 | George Huff | 14–0 | 11–0 | 1st | Big Ten Champions |
| 1911 | George Huff | 18–2 | 14–1 | 1st | Big Ten Champions |
| 1912 | George Huff | 13–3–1 | 10–2–1 | 2nd | – |
| 1913 | George Huff | 11–5–1 | 8–4 | T-2nd | – |
| 1914 | George Huff | 11–7–1 | 7–3 | 1st | Big Ten Champions |
| 1915 | George Huff | 18–1–1 | 9–1–1 | 1st | Big Ten Champions |
| 1916 | George Huff | 17–5 | 8–1 | 1st | Big Ten Champions |
| 1917 | George Huff | 13–7 | 8–3 | 2nd | – |
| 1918 | George Huff | 13–6 | 7–3 | 2nd | – |
| 1919 | George Huff | 13–5 | 7–4 | 2nd | – |
| 1920 | George Clark | 16–8 | 6–4 | 2nd | – |
| 1921 | Carl Lundgren | 17–3 | 10–1 | 1st | Big Ten Champions |
| 1922 | Carl Lundgren | 17–2–1 | 8–2 | 1st | Big Ten Champions |
| 1923 | Carl Lundgren | 14–6–1 | 7–4 | 3rd | – |
| 1924 | Carl Lundgren | 10–6–1 | 4–3–1 | 5th | – |
| 1925 | Carl Lundgren | 12–8 | 6–5 | T-5th | – |
| 1926 | Carl Lundgren | 16–7–1 | 7–4 | T-3rd | – |
| 1927 | Carl Lundgren | 10–7–3 | 7–3–1 | T-1st | Big Ten Champions |
| 1928 | Carl Lundgren | 32–12–5 | 6–6 | 8th | – |
| 1929 | Carl Lundgren | 13–7–2 | 6–5 | 4th | – |
| 1930 | Carl Lundgren | 15–5 | 8–2 | 2nd | – |
| 1931 | Carl Lundgren | 15–4 | 8–2 | 1st | Big Ten Champions |
| 1932 | Carl Lundgren | 10–5 | 7–3 | 2nd | – |
| 1933 | Carl Lundgren | 13–3 | 8–2 | T-2nd | – |
| 1934 | Carl Lundgren | 15–3 | 9–1 | 1st | Big Ten Champions |
| 1935 | Wally Roettger | 12–4 | 7–3 | T-2nd | – |
| 1936 | Wally Roettger | 13–4 | 8–2 | 2nd | – |
| 1937 | Wally Roettger | 14–3 | 9–1 | 1st | Big Ten Champions |
| 1938 | Wally Roettger | 8–8 | 4–4 | T-6th | – |
| 1939 | Wally Roettger | 7–7–2 | 4–5 | 8th | – |
| 1940 | Wally Roettger | 16–5 | 9–3 | 1st | Big Ten Champions |
| 1941 | Wally Roettger | 13–7 | 7–4 | 3rd | – |
| 1942 | Wally Roettger | 9–9 | 5–7 | T-5th | – |
| 1943 | Wally Roettger | 8–6 | 5–3 | T-3rd | – |
| 1944 | Wally Roettger | 9–3–2 | 5–2–2 | 3rd | – |
| 1945 | Wally Roettger | 10–10–1 | 6–5–1 | 4th | – |
| 1946 | Wally Roettger | 13–8 | 6–3 | T-3rd | – |
| 1947 | Wally Roettger | 22–6 | 9–3 | 1st | Big Ten Champions |
| 1948 | Wally Roettger | 20–7–1 | 10–2 | 1st | Big Ten Champions |
| 1949 | Wally Roettger | 9–8–1 | 6–5–1 | 5th | – |
| 1950 | Wally Roettger | 13–6 | 6–5 | T-4th | – |
| 1951 | Wally Roettger | 16–9 | 8–3 | 2nd | – |
| 1952 | Lee Eilbracht | 20–11–1 | 10–5 | T-1st | Big Ten Champions |
| 1953 | Lee Eilbracht | 17–6 | 10–3 | T-1st | Big Ten Champions |
| 1954 | Lee Eilbracht | 16–15 | 4–11 | T-9th | – |
| 1955 | Lee Eilbracht | 14–10 | 7–6 | 4th | – |
| 1956 | Lee Eilbracht | 15–18–1 | 4–11 | 10th | – |
| 1957 | Lee Eilbracht | 17–9 | 7–4 | T-2nd | – |
| 1958 | Lee Eilbracht | 18–10 | 8–6 | 4th | – |
| 1959 | Lee Eilbracht | 22–9 | 9–6 | T-2nd | – |
| 1960 | Lee Eilbracht | 21–10 | 6–8 | 7th | – |
| 1961 | Lee Eilbracht | 22–8 | 9–4 | 4th | – |
| 1962 | Lee Eilbracht | 25–6 | 13–2 | 1st | Big Ten Champions |
| 1963 | Lee Eilbracht | 21–15 | 10–5 | 1st | Big Ten Champions |
| 1964 | Lee Eilbracht | 9–22 | 1–14 | 10th | – |
| 1965 | Lee Eilbracht | 14–9 | 8–6 | 5th | – |
| 1966 | Lee Eilbracht | 14–14 | 5–7 | 6th | – |
| 1967 | Lee Eilbracht | 17–21 | 5–11 | 9th | – |
| 1968 | Lee Eilbracht | 18–19 | 7–10 | 6th | – |
| 1969 | Lee Eilbracht | 22–20 | 11–7 | 2nd | – |
| 1970 | Lee Eilbracht | 19–16–1 | 8–10 | T-6th | – |
| 1971 | Lee Eilbracht | 20–16–1 | 10–7–1 | 4th | – |
| 1972 | Lee Eilbracht | 16–21 | 5–9 | 8th | – |
| 1973 | Lee Eilbracht | 21–13 | 8–10 | T-7th | – |
| 1974 | Lee Eilbracht | 27–11 | 9–7 | 4th | – |
| 1975 | Lee Eilbracht | 25–17–1 | 4–11–1 | 9th | – |
| 1976 | Lee Eilbracht | 20–22 | 3–12 | 10th | – |
| 1977 | Lee Eilbracht | 23–25 | 8–10 | 6th | – |
| 1978 | Lee Eilbracht | 25–22–1 | 6–12 | 9th | – |
| 1979 | Tom Dedin | 14–30–1 | 3–15 | 10th | – |
| 1980 | Tom Dedin | 18–33 | 6–10 | T-6th | – |
| 1981 | Tom Dedin | 35–26 | 11–3 | 2nd-West (4th Tourn.) | – |
| 1982 | Tom Dedin | 49–23 | 14–2 | 1st-West (4th Tourn.) | – |
| 1983 | Tom Dedin | 23–24–2 | 6–9 | T-3rd-West | – |
| 1984 | Tom Dedin | 22–30 | 3–10 | 5th-West | – |
| 1985 | Tom Dedin | 46–21 | 13–4 | 1st-West (4th Tourn.) | – |
| 1986 | Tom Dedin | 33–20–2 | 8–8 | 4th-West | – |
| 1987 | Tom Dedin | 32–24 | 9–7 | T-2nd-West | – |
| 1988 | Augie Garrido | 26–20 | 12–16 | 7th | – |
| 1989 | Augie Garrido | 42–16 | 17–11 | T-2nd | Big Ten Tournament champions |
| 1990 | Augie Garrido | 43–21 | 19–9 | T-2nd | Big Ten Tournament champions |
| 1991 | Richard “Itch” Jones | 26–30 | 13–15 | 7th | – |
| 1992 | Richard “Itch” Jones | 36–20 | 16–12 | 4th | – |
| 1993 | Richard “Itch” Jones | 32–23 | 12–16 | T-8th | – |
| 1994 | Richard “Itch” Jones | 26–26 | 12–16 | T-7th | – |
| 1995 | Richard “Itch” Jones | 25–31 | 14–14 | T-5th | – |
| 1996 | Richard “Itch” Jones | 37–22 | 17–10 | 3rd | – |
| 1997 | Richard “Itch” Jones | 32–27 | 17–11 | T-3rd | – |
| 1998 | Richard “Itch” Jones | 42–21 | 19–5 | 1st | Big Ten Champions |
| 1999 | Richard “Itch” Jones | 34–22 | 15–12 | 3rd | – |
| 2000 | Richard “Itch” Jones | 41–23 | 17–11 | T-3rd | Big Ten Tournament champions |
| 2001 | Richard “Itch” Jones | 29–28 | 13–14 | 5th | – |
| 2002 | Richard “Itch” Jones | 32–19 | 14–15 | T-6th | – |
| 2003 | Richard “Itch” Jones | 27–26 | 12–19 | 8th | – |
| 2004 | Richard “Itch” Jones | 22–33 | 11–21 | 9th | – |
| 2005 | Richard “Itch” Jones | 33–23–1 | 20–12 | 1st | Big Ten Champions |
| 2006 | Dan Hartleb | 29–29 | 15–17 | T-5th | – |
| 2007 | Dan Hartleb | 31–27 | 16–14 | 5th | – |
| 2008 | Dan Hartleb | 31–25 | 16–15 | 4th | – |
| 2009 | Dan Hartleb | 34–20 | 16–8 | 4th | – |
| 2010 | Dan Hartleb | 26–26 | 10–14 | 9th | – |
| 2011 | Dan Hartleb | 30–27 | 15–9 | 1st | Big Ten Champions Big Ten Tournament champions |
| 2012 | Dan Hartleb | 28–25 | 11–13 | T-6th | – |
| 2013 | Dan Hartleb | 35–20 | 14–10 | T-5th | – |
| 2014 | Dan Hartleb | 32–21 | 17–7 | 3rd | – |
| 2015 | Dan Hartleb | 50–10–1 | 21–1 | 1st | Champaign Regional champions Big Ten Champions School record 50 wins School & Big Ten record 27 straight wins |
| 2016 | Dan Hartleb | 28–23 | 12–12 | T-8th | – |
| 2017 | Dan Hartleb | 23–28 | 9–15 | 10th | – |
| 2018 | Dan Hartleb | 33-20 | 15-9 | 4th | – |
| 2019 | Dan Hartleb | 36-21 | 15-9 | T-3rd | |
| 2020 | Dan Hartleb | 8-5 | |||
| 2021 | Dan Hartleb | 22-22 | 22-22 | 7th | |
| 2022 | Dan Hartleb | 31-22 | 17-7 | T–2nd | |
| 2023 | Dan Hartleb | 25-27 | 12-12 | T–7th | |
Reference:[2]
| 1947 | 0-1 | .000 | Eastern Playoff | |
| 1948 | 0-2 | .000 | Eastern Playoff | |
| 1962 | 1-2 | .333 | District 4 | |
| 1963 | 3-2 | .600 | District 4 | |
| 1989 | 1-2 | .333 | Northeast Regional | |
| 1990 | 2-2 | .500 | South II Regional | |
| 1998 | 3-2 | .600 | South I Regional | |
| 2000 | 1-2 | .333 | Clemson Regional | |
| 2011 | 2-2 | .500 | Fullerton Regional | |
| 2013 | 1-2 | .333 | Nashville Regional | |
| 2015 | 3-2 | .600 | Champaign Super Regional | |
| 2019 | 0-2 | .000 | Oxford Regional |
| 1. | 5,214 | Ohio State | May 8, 2009 |
| 2. | 4,229 | Iowa | April 15, 1995 |
| 3. | 4,019 | Indiana | April 17, 2015 |
| 4. | 3,800 | Michigan | April 21, 1990 |
| 5. | 3,767 | Vanderbilt | June 8, 2015 |
| 6. | 3,605 | Vanderbilt | June 6, 2015 |
| 7. | 3,398 | Ohio | May 29, 2015 |
| 8. | 3,394 | Northwestern | April 16, 1994 |
| 9. | 3,185 | Indiana | April 27, 2014 |
| 10. | 3,125 | Indiana | April 18, 2015 |
| MiLB | ||
|---|---|---|
| Total Currently Playing: | 6[4] | |
| MLB | ||
| All-Time Total MLB Players | 73[5] | |
| Total Currently Playing: | 1 | |
| Notable achievements | ||
| Illini in the World Series: | 8 | |
| Number of World Series Titles Claimed by Illini: | 12 | |
| National Baseball Hall of Famers | 1 | |
| width=40px style="" | No. | width=150px style="" | Player | width=40px style="" | Position | width=100px style="" | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1937–1938 |
Bren Spillane, (1B/OF), Collegiate Baseball Player of the Year[6]
Note that information below is referenced from Illinois Fighting Illini Media Guide.[7]
Andy Phillip, (1B)
Lee Eilbracht, (C)
Russ Steger, (OF)
Dick Raklovits, (3B)
Bob Klaus, (SS)
Tom Fletcher, (P)
Bob Polock, (2B)
Darrin Fletcher, (C)
Mark Dalesandro, (2B)
Sean Mulligan, (C)
Charles "Bubba" Smith, (UT)
Mark Dalesandro, (2B)
Sean Mulligan, (C)
Charles "Bubba" Smith, (UT)
Larry Sutton, (OF)
Scott Spiezio, (IF)
Larry Sutton, (OF)
Scott Spiezio, (IF)
Forry Wells, (OF)
Tom Sinak, (OF)
Josh Klimek (SS)
Brian McClure, (2B)
James Tow, (P)
D.J. Svihlik, (2B)
James Tow, (P)
D.J. Svihlik, (2B)
Luke Simmons, (DH)
Jason Anderson (P)
Andy Schutzenhofer, (1B)
D.J. Svihlik, (2B)
Andy Dickinson (P)
Andy Dickinson (P)
Drew Davidson, (OF)
Eric Eymann, (SS)
Drew Davidson, (OF)
Lars Davis (C)
Justin Parr, (OF)
Tyler Jay, (P)
Cody Sedlock, (P)
Bren Spillane, (1B/OF)