Penn State Nittany Lions
2023 Penn State Nittany Lions baseball team
Conference historyAtlantic 10 (1983–1991)
UniversityPennsylvania State University
Athletic directorPatrick Kraft
Head coachMike Gambino (1st season)
ConferenceBig Ten
LocationUniversity Park, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Home stadiumMedlar Field at Lubrano Park (2007–present)
(Capacity: 5,570)
NicknameNittany Lions
ColorsBlue and white[1]
   
College World Series runner-up
1957
College World Series appearances
1952, 1957, 1959, 1963, 1973
NCAA regional champions
2000
NCAA Tournament appearances
1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 2000
Regular season conference champions
1996

The Penn State Nittany Lions baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pennsylvania, United States. The team competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I and are members of the Big Ten Conference.

Season by Season Result

Season League Conference Head Coach Conference Results Regular Season Conference Results NCAA Tournament Results
Wins Losses Ties Wins Losses Ties
Penn State Nittany Lions
1952 NCAA Independent Joe Bedenk 15 4 0 Lost to Holy Cross in CWS Semi Finals
1955 NCAA Independent Regional: 3 Seed, Eliminated by Colgate in District 2 Semi-Finals
1956 NCAA Independent Regional: 1 Seed, Eliminated by NYU in District 2 Semi-Finals
1957 NCAA Independent 0 0 0 19 0 0 Regional: 2 Seed, 2-0 Defeated St. John's to win District 2

CWS: 3-2, Runner up to California

1958 NCAA Independent Lost to Lafayette in District 2 Semifinals
1959 NCAA Independent 15 4 0 District 2: Beat Temple and Ithaca to Win District

CWS: Lost to Oklahoma State in Semifinals

1962 NCAA Independent District 2: Lost to Ithaca in District 2 Semifinals
1963 NCAA Independent Chuck Medlar 13 4 0 District 2: Beat Rider and St. John's to advance to CWS

CWS: Eliminated by Texas in Lower Round 2

1965 NCAA Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 NCAA Independent 0 0 0 15 8 0
1967 NCAA Independent 0 0 0 16 8 1 Regional: 3 Seed, 1-2, Eliminated by St. John's in District 2 Lower Final
1968 NCAA Independent 0 0 0 10 12 0
1969 NCAA Independent 0 0 0 14 8 0
1970 NCAA Independent 0 0 0 17 8 0 Regional: 3 Seed, 1-2, Eliminated by Seton Hall in District 2 Lower Final
1971 NCAA Independent 0 0 0 15 6 0 Regional: 3 Seed,1-2, Eliminated by Saint Joseph's in District 2 Lower Final
1972 NCAA Independent 0 0 0 18 5 1 Regional: 2 Seed, 2-2, Eliminated by Temple in District 2 Finals
1973 NCAA Independent 0 0 0 19 7 0 West Windsor Reginal: 1 seed, 3-0, Defeated Temple in District 2 Finals

Omaha CWS: 8 Seed, 0-2, Eliminated by Oklahoma in District 2 Lower Round 1

1974 NCAA Independent 0 0 0 18 6 1 West Windsor Reginal: 4 Seed, 0-2, Eliminated by St. John's in District 2 Lower Round 1
1975 NCAA Independent 0 0 0 22 9 0 Regional: 3 Seed, 1-2, Eliminated by Michigan in Mideast Regional Lower Final
1976 NCAA Independent 0 0 0 18 8 0 Regional: 5 Seed, 0-2, Eliminated by Seton Hall in Northeast Regional Second Round
1977 NCAA Independent 0 0 0 18 6 0
1978 NCAA Independent 0 0 0 17 6 2
1979 NCAA Eastern8 0 0 0 20 5 0 5 Seed, 2-1
1980 NCAA Independent 0 0 0 17 7 0
1981 NCAA Independent 0 0 0 17 12 0
1982 NCAA Independent Shorty Stoner 0 0 0 17 11 0
1983 NCAA ATL10 9 1 0 16 23 0 1 Seed West Division, 0-2, Lost to Temple in Title Game
1984 NCAA ATL10 9 5 0 24 17 0 2 Seed West Division, 1-2, Lost to Temple in Lower Final
1985 NCAA ATL10 11 4 0 32 14 0 2 Seed West Division, 1-2, Lost to West Virginia in Lower Final
1986 NCAA ATL10 8 7 0 29 19 0 3 Seed West Division (Did not Qualify)
1987 NCAA ATL10 12 6 0 29 19 0 2 Seed West Division, 0-2, Lost to UMass in Lower Round 1
1988 NCAA ATL10 9 8 0 24 26 0 3 Seed West Division (Did not Qualify)
1989 NCAA ATL10 12 4 0 23 19 1 2 Seed West Division, 0-2, Lost to GWU in Lower Round 1
1990 NCAA ATL10 6 10 0 22 23 0 4 Seed West Division (Did not Qualify)
1991 NCAA ATL10 Joe Hindelang 14 6 0 25 20 0 1 Seed West Division, 1-2, Lost to Rutgers in Lower Final
1992 NCAA BigTen 11 17 0 24 24 0 8 Seed (Did not Qualify)
1993 NCAA BigTen 5 23 0 15 28 0 10 Seed (Did not Qualify)
1994 NCAA BigTen 12 15 0 25 24 0 6 Seed (Did not Qualify)
1995 NCAA BigTen 13 13 0 25 29 0 5 Seed (Did not Qualify)
1996 NCAA BigTen 19 8 0 32 24 0 1 Seed, 1-2, Eliminated by Illinois in Lower Final
1997 NCAA BigTen 12 14 0 29 24 0 6 Seed (Did not Qualify)
1998 NCAA BigTen 15 11 0 28 24 0 4 Seed, 1-2, Eliminated by Illinois in Lower Final
1999 NCAA BigTen 12 15 0 32 23 0 6 Seed (Did not Qualify)
2000 NCAA BigTen 18 9 0 41 17 0 2 Seed, 3-2, Eliminated by Illinois in Final Regional: Beat Army, Rutgers and North Carolina to win Montclair Regional

Super Regional: Lost to Texas

2001 NCAA BigTen 15 11 0 29 29 0 4 Seed, 1-2, Eliminated by Michigan in Third Round
2002 NCAA BigTen 11 19 0 23 30 0 10 Seed (Did not Qualify)
2003 NCAA BigTen 17 15 0 29 28 0 4 Seed, 3-2, Eliminated by Ohio State in Lower Final
2004 NCAA BigTen 17 15 0 28 29 0 6 Seed, 0-2, Eliminated by Michigan State in Lower Round 1
2005 NCAA BigTen Robbie Wine 13 19 0 28 27 0 8 Seed (Did not Qualify)
2006 NCAA BigTen 13 19 0 26 30 0 8 Seed (Did not Qualify)
2007 NCAA BigTen 20 10 0 31 26 0 3 Seed, 3-2, Eliminated by Minnesota in Lower Final
2008 NCAA BigTen 17 15 0 27 31 0 3 Seed, 1-2, Eliminated by Indiana in Lower Round 3
2009 NCAA BigTen 8 16 0 25 26 0 8 Seed (Did not Qualify)
2010 NCAA BigTen 9 15 0 22 30 0 10 Seed (Did not Qualify)
2011 NCAA BigTen 12 12 0 32 22 0 6 Seed, 0-2, Eliminated by Minnesota in Lower Round 1
2012 NCAA BigTen 15 9 0 29 27 0 3 Seed, 0-2, Eliminated by Nebraska in Lower Round 1
2013 NCAA BigTen 4 20 0 14 36 0 10 Seed (Did not Qualify)
2014 NCAA BigTen Rob Cooper 5 18 0 18 32 0 10 Seed (Did not Qualify)
2015 NCAA BigTen 6 16 0 18 30 0 12 Seed (Did not Qualify)
2016 NCAA BigTen 12 12 0 28 27 0 10 Seed (Did not Qualify)
2017 NCAA BigTen 4 20 0 18 37 0 13 Seed (Did not Qualify)
2018 NCAA BigTen 3 21 0 15 34 0 13 Seed (Did not Qualify)
2019 NCAA BigTen 4 18 0 22 27 0 13 Seed (Did not Qualify)
2020 NCAA BigTen 0 0 0 10 5 0 Was not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 NCAA BigTen 18 24 0 18 24 0 Was not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022 NCAA BigTen 26 29 0 11 13 0 6 Seed, 1-2, Eliminated by Rutgers in Second Round
Total 456 529 0 1326 1141 6 Final Standings, Tournament Record, Final Game

College World Series

Penn State baseball has appeared in the College World Series five times. Its best result was runner-up in 1957.[2][3]

Championship Results

College World Series[2][3]

YearRank
19524
19572
19594
19636
19738

Super Regionals[3]

YearRank
20002

Regionals[3]

YearRank
20001
19765
19753
19754
19744
19731
19722
19713
19703
19673
19631
19623
19591
19583
19571
19563
19553

All-Time Scores

  • 1952 (2-2)
    • Penn St. 5, Texas 3
    • Penn St. 12, Duke 7
    • Missouri 3, Penn St. 2
    • Holy Cross 15, Penn St. 4
  • 1957 (3-2)
    • Penn St. 7, Florida St. 0
    • Penn St. 4, Texas 1
    • California 8, Penn St. 0
    • Penn St. 5, Notre Dame 4
    • California 1, Penn St. 0
  • 1959 (2-2)
    • Penn St. 5, Connecticut 3
    • Oklahoma St. 8, Penn St. 6
    • Penn St. 7, Clemson 0
    • Oklahoma St. 4, Penn St. 3
  • 1963 (1-2)
    • Arizona 8, Penn St. 1
    • Penn St. 3, Western Mich. 0
    • Texas 6, Penn St. 4 (10innings)
  • 1973 (0-2)
    • Arizona St. 3, Penn St. 1
    • Oklahoma 6, Penn St. 0

[2]

Awards

Jace Diesing Sr. Most Outstanding Player Award

  • 1957: Cal Emery

[2]

Shutouts

  • 1957: Ed Drapcho, Penn St. vs. Florida St., 6-8-57 (7-0)
  • 1959: Ron Riese, Penn St. vs. Clemson, 6-15-59 (7-0)
  • 1963: Dick Noe, Penn St. vs. Western Mich., 6-11-63 (3-0)

[2]

Notable alumni

To date Penn State has had 89 players drafted and has been the alma mater to 24 MLB Players

Statistical Leaders

Batting[4]

Games Played

At Bats

Runs Scored

Hits

Doubles

Triples

Homeruns

Runs Batted In (RBI)

Stolen Bases

Caught Stealing

Walks

References

  1. ↑ Penn State Artwork (PDF). November 6, 2017. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "GENERAL CWS RECORDS" (PDF). Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Penn State University College World Series History". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Penn State Nittany Lions - Baseball History - The Baseball Cube". TheBaseballCube.com. Retrieved 2023-02-01.


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