Wisconsin Badgers baseball explained

Wisconsin Badgers baseball
University:University of Wisconsin–Madison
Conference:Big Ten
Location:Madison, Wisconsin
Stadium:Guy Lowman Field
Nickname:Badgers
Cws:1950
Conference Champion:1902, 1912, 1930, 1946, 1950*

The Wisconsin Badgers baseball team was the varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the University of Wisconsin–Madison in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. The team competed in NCAA Division I and were members of the Big Ten Conference. The school's first baseball team was fielded in 1900. The baseball program was discontinued at the conclusion of the 1991 season.[1] [2]

History

Big Ten Conference championships

It won the Big Ten Conference championships in 1902, 1912, 1930, 1946, 1950*.[3]

From 1952[4] until the time the program was suspended, Wisconsin played their home games at Guy Lowman Field, which was named for the program's coach during the 1918 season. He was also a professor, and the football and basketball coach at one point for the university.[5] The newer field was built in 1971 and became the home of the softball program when they first took the field in 1996.[6]

Year-by-year results

Wisconsin Baseball regular season records 1896–1991[7]
YearWL%
189605.000
189733.500
1898--No Team
189928.200
190043.571
190134.429
1902501.000
190329.182
190442.667
190548.333
1906--No Team
190723.400
190837.300
190937.300
191045.445
191147.364
191261.857
191336.333
191475.583
191573.700
191636.333
1917--No Team
191815.167
191916.143
1920210.167
192184.667
192283.727
192354.556
192464.667
192548.333
192683.727
192745.444
192875.583
192984.667
193091.900
193154.556
193264.600
193355.500
193466.500
193556.455
193656.455
193754.556
193865.545
193966.500
194057.417
194156.455
194275.583
194353.625
194445.444
194584.667
194692.818
194764.600
194856.455
194939.250
195093.750
195155.500
195296.600
195365.545
1954103.750
195578.467
195684.667
195737.300
195887.533
195996.600
196054.556
196159.357
196266.500
196386.571
196487.533
196569.400
196669.400
1967116.647
1968115.688
196977.500
197087.533
197199.500
197278.467
197388.500
197468.429
197599.500
197667.462
1977711.389
1978106.625
1979135.722
1980108.556
1981313.188
1982610.375
1983610.375
198467.464
1985313.188
1986106.625
1987511.313
19881513.536
1989919.321
1990820.286
1991622.214

Major League Baseball

Wisconsin has had 38 Major League Baseball Draft selections since the draft began in 1965.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: April 18, 2009. Badgers should be playing ball again. . 2012-11-09.
  2. News: 26 years later, UW still without varsity baseball. August 19, 2017. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. D'Amato, Gary. August 21, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170821165709/http://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/uw/2017/08/19/damato-26-years-later-uw-still-without-varsity-baseball/573788001/. live. August 21, 2017.
  3. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/ Events
  4. Web site: Dedication of Guy S. Lowman Field | Photograph. December 1, 2003. Wisconsin Historical Society.
  5. News: PROF. GUY S. LOWMAN, WISCONSIN EDUCATOR; Ex-Head of Physical Training Coached Basketball, Baseball . . . September 15, 1943 . May 21, 2012.
  6. Web site: Physical Planning and Funding Committee . wisconsin.edu. 17 August 2023.
  7. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/b1grecordsbookbase.pdf Big Records Book
  8. Web site: MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "University of Wisconsin at Madison (Madison, WI)". Baseball-Reference.com. 2013-10-23.

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