The Oregon Ducks baseball team represents the University of Oregon in NCAA Division I college baseball in the Big Ten Conference. The home games are played on campus at PK Park.

History Oregon played its first baseball game in 1877 and established the program in 1885.

The UO team made one College World Series appearance, in 1954, and was eliminated from the tournament after losing to Arizona and Massachusetts. A decade later in 1964, in the re-organized Athletic Association of Western Universities, Oregon was once again North Division champions, but lost at defending national champion USC in the district finals (today's super-regionals).

After the 1981 season, baseball and three other varsity sports were dropped by the university (men's gymnastics, women's golf, and women's soccer) due to a budget crisis, and baseball became a club sport in March 1983.

In July 2007, the university announced that it would again field a varsity baseball team, beginning with the 2009 season. One reason was the success of the rival Oregon State Beavers, who had repeated as College World Series champions a month earlier.

In the Ducks' first game in PK Park, they defeated the defending national champions, the Fresno State Bulldogs, 1–0 on a walk-off single by senior Andrew Schmidt. A sellout crowd of 2,777 was on hand for the game. After his eleventh season in 2019, head coach George Horton and the Ducks mutually agreed to part ways on May 28. Two weeks later on June 11, it was announced that Mark Wasikowski was the successor; he was previously an assistant at Oregon from 2012 through 2016, then was the head coach at Purdue in the Big Ten Conference. In his first full season as head coach of the Ducks, they hosted a regional as the 13th seed and finished second behind LSU.

Stadium

The Ducks previously played baseball at Howe Field (), south of McArthur Court, named in 1936 for Dr. Herbert Crombie Howe (1872–1940), the former chairman of the English department. Howe started teaching at UO in 1901 and was its original faculty representative to the Pacific Coast Conference in 1915, partially responsible for the league's founding. When the university dropped baseball after the 1981 season, the succeeding club team continued at Howe; in 1987, the field was converted to use by the softball team and later remodeled and renamed Jane Sanders Stadium. Softball was formerly played at Amazon Park, a city-owned park in Eugene.

Baseball became a club sport in 1983 and Oregon was the only Pac-10 school without a varsity baseball program through 2008. Following the reinstatement of baseball, announced in 2007, the university built PK Park, directly northeast of Autzen Stadium, formerly paved parking spaces. It opened for the Ducks in 2009 and since 2010, the park is also home for the minor league Eugene Emeralds of the High-A Northwest League, whose season runs from April through early-September.

Yearly Awards

Pac-12 Player of the Year Aaron Zavala (2021)

Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year Alex Keudell (2011)

Big Ten Coach of the Year Mark Wasikowski (2025)

Yearly results Oregon notes their first year of baseball as 1877, with 1906 as the first recorded season.

Year Coach Record Notes 1906 J. B. Knapp 1907 Hugo Bezdek 1908 H. B. Leonard 1909 Tom Kelly 6–3–1 1910 Tom Kelly 6–4–1 1911 Tom Kelly 9–6 1912 Homer Jamison 8–0 1913 Homer Jamison 1914 Hugo Bezdek 11–3 1915 Hugo Bezdek 6–3 1916 Hugo Bezdek 5–4 1917 Hugo Bezdek 1918 Dean Walker 10–2 1919 Shy Huntington 1–6 1920 Shy Huntington 11–9 1921 George Bohler 6–13 1922 George Bohler 2–15 1923 George Bohler 3–15 1924 Bill Reinhart 6–12–1 1925 Bill Reinhart 5–7 1926 Bill Reinhart 4–4 1927 Bill Reinhart 3–9 1928 Bill Reinhart 11–4 1929 Bill Reinhart 8–9 1930 Bill Reinhart 15–7 1931 Bill Reinhart 8–10 1932 Bill Reinhart 5–10 1933 Bill Reinhart 7–6 1934 Bill Reinhart 16–6 1935 Bill Reinhart 14–8 1936 Howard Hobson 13–11 1937 Howard Hobson 13–3 1938 Howard Hobson 17–9 1939 Howard Hobson 20–7 1940 Howard Hobson 17–11 1941 Howard Hobson 15–6 1942 Howard Hobson 20–5 1943 Howard Hobson 15–7 1944 Howard Hobson 1945 Howard Hobson 1946 Howard Hobson 18–9–1 1947 Howard Hobson 19–7 1948 Don Kirsch 12–6 1949 Don Kirsch 18–7 1950 Don Kirsch 12–11 1951 Don Kirsch 14–14 1952 Don Kirsch 19–12 1953 Don Kirsch 15–4 1954 Don Kirsch 18–8 11–5 in PCC North Div., 1st place, District 8 champion (now super regional), College World Series, 7th (tie) 1955 Don Kirsch 18–8 1956 Don Kirsch 18–8 1957 Don Kirsch 24–9–1 1958 Don Kirsch 19–8 1959 Don Kirsch 19–11 1960 Don Kirsch 12–7 1961 Don Kirsch 19–9 1962 Don Kirsch 29–9–1 1963 Don Kirsch 25–7 1964 Don Kirsch 31–11 11–5 in AAWU North Div., 1st place, runner-up in District 8 (now super regional) 1965 Don Kirsch 27–8–1 1966 Don Kirsch 21–18 1967 Don Kirsch 16–14 1968 Don Kirsch 25–15–1 1969 Don Kirsch 22–19 1970 Don Kirsch 1971 Mel Krause 19–18 1972 Mel Krause 24–13 1973 Mel Krause 23–13 1974 Mel Krause 26–19 1975 Mel Krause 20–19 1976 Mel Krause 20–18 1977 Mel Krause 14–27 1978 Mel Krause 23–24 1979 Mel Krause 29–27–1 1980 Mel Krause 19–21 1981 Mel Krause 16–21 does not include 2 wins vs. Lane CC – dropped program No varsity team from 1982–2008 (27 seasons), club sport only 2009 George Horton 14–42 4–23 in Pac-10, 10th place 2010 George Horton 40–24 13–14 in Pac-10, 5th place (tie), second at Regional 2011 George Horton 33–26 11–16 in Pac-10, 8th place 2012 George Horton 46–19 19–11 in Pac-12, 3rd place, #5 overall seed, hosted Regional and Super Regional 2013 George Horton 48–16 22–8 in Pac-12, 2nd place, #8 overall seed, hosted Regional 2014 George Horton 44–20 18–12 in Pac-12, 4th place, second at Regional 2015 George Horton 38–25 16–14 in Pac-12, 6th place, third at Regional 2016 George Horton 29–26 14–16 in Pac-12, 8th place (tie) 2017 George Horton 30–25 12–18 in Pac-12, 8th place 2018 George Horton 26–29 12–18 in Pac-12, 8th place (tie) 2019 George Horton 27–29 10–19 in Pac-12, 9th place 2020 Mark Wasikowski 8–7 0–0 in Pac-12, *Season cancelled due to COVID-19 2021 Mark Wasikowski 39–16 20–10 in Pac-12, 2nd Place, #14 overall seed, hosted Regional 2022 Mark Wasikowski 36–25 18–12 in Pac-12, 4th place, third at Regional 2023 Mark Wasikowski 41–22 16–14 in Pac-12, 6th Place, hosted Super Regional 2024 Mark Wasikowski 40–20 19–11 in Pac-12, 3rd Place, Super Regional 2025 Mark Wasikowski 42–16 22–8 in Big Ten, 1st Place, #12 overall seed, hosted Regional 2026 Mark Wasikowski 43–18 20–10 in Big Ten, 3rd Place, #11 overall seed, Super Regional

Oregon in the Pac-12 tournament

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Oregon in the Big Ten tournament

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Oregon in the NCAA tournament The NCAA Division I baseball tournament started in 1947. The format of the tournament has changed through the years.

1954 3–2   District 8 champion, College World Series (7th) 1964 0–2  District 8 runner-up (super regional) 2010 2–2  finished second in Regional 2012 4–2 5Regional and Super Regional host 2013 3–2 8Regional host 2014 2–2  finished second in Regional 2015 1–2 finished third in Regional 2021 2–2 14 Regional host 2022 1–2 finished third in Regional 2023 4–2 Super Regional host 2024 3–2 Super Regional 2025 0–2 12finished fourth in Regional 2026 3–2 11Super Regional TOTALS 28–26  

Former players Robby Ahlstrom Tyler Anderson Earl Averill Jr. Steve Baker Carson Bigbee Garrett Cleavinger Jonny DeLuca Tom Dodd Kyle Garlick Joe Gordon, Hall of Famer as a second baseman Ryon Healy Scott Heineman Cole Irvin Josh Kasevich Matt Krook Scott McGough Ryne Nelson Rikuu Nishida Stephen Nogosek David Peterson Jake Reed Don Reynolds Dave Roberts Jimmie Sherfy Ray Smith Spencer Steer Zack Thornton Kenyon Yovan Aaron Zavala

See also List of NCAA Division I baseball programs

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