Rutgers Scarlet Knights Baseball is the varsity intercollegiate team representing Rutgers University in the sport of college baseball at the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The team plays its home games at Bainton Field on campus in Piscataway, New Jersey. The Scarlet Knights are members of the Big Ten Conference, which they joined prior to the 2014 season.
History The program's first year of competition was 1870. For their first 37 seasons, the program competed without a head coach, compiling a record of 102-157-1.
Fred Hill era (1984–2014) The 2007 baseball squad tied the school record for victories with 42 and tallied numbers of 63 home runs and 425 RBIs, good enough for second-most in school history. The team finished in first place in the Big East in the regular season, and won the 2007 Big East Conference baseball tournament A record high 6 players would be selected in the 2007 Major League Baseball draft. The home runs record would go on to be broken in the 2010 season.
Joe Litterio era (2014–2019) Under head coach Joe Litterio, Rutgers Baseball made the transition from the American Athletic Conference to the Big Ten Conference.
Steve Owens era (2020-present) On May 28, 2019, Joe Litterio's contract was not renewed. On June 26 2019, Steve Owens was announced as the new head coach of the Rutgers program.
Rutgers in the NCAA tournament 1950 3–2 College World Series 5th place 1966 1–2 District 2 1968 0–2 District 2 1970 0–2 District 2 1986 0–2 Northeast Regional 1988 1–2 Northeast Regional 1990 4–2 Northeast Regional 1991 0–2 Central Regional 1993 1–2 Mideast Regional 1998 1–2 Atlantic II Regional 1999 0–2 Lubbock Regional 2000 1–2 Hosted Montclair Regional 2001 2–2 Lincoln Regional 2003 1–2 Tallahassee Regional 2007 1–2 Charlottesville Regional 16-30
Stadium Rutgers plays at Bainton Field located on the campus of Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey.
Head coaches
Records are through the end of the 2021 season Year(s) Coach Seasons W-L-T Pct 1870–1906 No Coach 36 102-157-1 .394 1907 Frank Gordon 1 3–8 .273 1908–1911 Frank Cox 4 18–35 .340 1912–1915 Walter S. Brodie 4 43–61 .414 1916–1917 Sandy Piez 2 6–11 .353 1918–1925 Frank Cox 8 38-61-1 .386 1926–1931 Fred Jacklitsch 6 43–42 .506 1932–1937 J. Wilder Tasker 6 35-53-2 .400 1938–1949 Charles Ward 11 104-76-2 .577 1950–1960 George Case 10 116-84-3 .579 1961–1983 Matt Bolger 22 304-277-7 .523 1984–2014 Fred Hill 30 941–662–7 .587 2015–2019 Joe Litterio 6 140–174–1 .446 2020–present Steve Owens 5 132–95 Taken from the Rutgers Baseball 2021 Fact Book
Major League Baseball , at least 25 former Scarlet Knights, including Todd Frazier, Eric Young and David DeJesus, have played in Major League Baseball and 72 players have been selected from the school in the Major League Baseball draft.
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