The Northwestern Wildcats baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, United States. The team competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I and are members of the Big Ten Conference.

The Wildcats have been to one NCAA tournament, in 1957. In 2017, the Wildcats made it to the Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament championship.

Stadiums

Rocky and Berenice Miller Park

Rocky and Berenice Miller Park is a baseball stadium in Evanston. 10/24/09 It has been the Wildcats' home stadium since 1943. The stadium is named after J. Roscoe Miller, Northwestern president from 1949 to 1970, and his wife. In 2013, Miller's daughter, Roxy, and her husband Richard Pepper, donated to renovate the stadium.

Head coaches 1888 Billy Sunday 1 6–4 1894–1897 John Kedzie 4 38–22 1898–1902 W. J. Bryan 5 30–53 1903 Horace Butterworth 1 3–13 1904 Harry Fleager 1 1–11 1905 Harley Parker 1 7–9 1906 Charles M. Hollister 1 3–7 1907–1908 A. B. Cunningham 2 4–14 1909–1911 A. G. Rundle 3 4–25 1912 L. C. Holsinger 1 3–6–1 1913 Dennis Grady 1 6–6 1914–1916 Fred J. Murphy 3 11–17–1 1917 Willie McGill 1 4–4 1921 Jack Sawtelle 1 6–10 1922 Henry Symanski 1 2–8 1923–1928, 1942–1943 Maury Kent 8 33–78–1 1929–1935 Paul Stewart 7 60–75 1936–1939 Burt Ingwersen 4 35–51 1940–1941 Stan Klores 2 25–24 1944–1946 Wesley Fry 3 28–28–1 1947–1948 Don Heap 2 21–25–1 1949–1961 Freddie Lindstrom 13 163–145–2 1962–1981 George McKinnon 20 304–391–6 1982–1986 Ron Wellman 5 180–97–4 1987 Larry Cochell 1 23–20–1 1988–2015 Paul Stevens 28 674–836–6 2016–2021 Spencer Allen 6 101–152 2022 Josh Reynolds 1 24–27 2023 Jim Foster 1 10–40 2024–present Ben Greenspan 1 18–34

NCAA tournament Northwestern has made the NCAA Division I baseball tournament once. 1957 District 4 Upper Round 1Lower RoundLower FinalFinals Game 1Finals Game 2Western MichiganAlmaWestern MichiganNotre Dame L 1–11W 11–2W 10–9 (10)W 9–2L 1–6

Player awards

First-team All-Americans The following is a listing of the selections listed in the 2025 Northwestern Baseball media guide.

1979 Bill Dierberger – American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) 1985 Joe Girardi (C) – ABCA 1986 Grady Hall – ABCA

1993 Mark Loretta (SS) – ABCA 2000 Jeremy Kurella (SS) – ABCA

Big Ten award winners

Player of the Year Award Mark Loretta (1993) Pitcher of the Year Chad Schroeder (1995) Dan Brauer (2006)

Freshman of the Year Award Keith Batchelder (1997) Eric Jokisch (2008)

See also Northwestern Wildcats baseball players, a list of notable players

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