The 2020 Michigan Wolverines baseball team represented the University of Michigan in the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wolverines, led by head coach Erik Bakich in his eighth season, are a member of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Wilpon Baseball Complex in Ann Arbor, Michigan. On March 12, 2020, the Big Ten Conference cancelled the remainder of all winter and spring sports seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Previous season The Wolverines finished the 2019 season 50–22 overall, including 16–7 in conference play, finishing in second place in their conference. Following the conclusion of the regular season, the Wolverines qualified to play in the 2019 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament, where the Wolverines lost in the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament to Nebraska. Michigan received an at-large bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, where they advanced to the College World Series and lost in the championship game to Vanderbilt.

Preseason Michigan was the only Big Ten Conference team to appear in every national preseason top-25 ranking. The Wolverines were ranked No. 8 by Baseball America, No. 10 by Collegiate Baseball, No. 11 by ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll, No. 12 by NCBWA, and No. 13 by D1Baseball in their respective preseason polls.

Roster

Schedule 2020 Michigan Wolverines baseball game log Regular season (8–7) February (5–4) # Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord B1GRecord 1 February 14 vs. No. 2 Vanderbilt No. 13 Salt River Fields at Talking StickScottsdale, Arizona 4–3 Keizer (1–0) Brown (0–1) Paige (1) 4,500 1–0 – 2 February 15 vs. No. 13 Salt River Fields at Talking StickScottsdale, Arizona 8–5 Beers (1–0) Alvarez (0–1) Weston (1) 875 2–0 – 3 February 15 at No. 9 Arizona State No. 13 Phoenix Municipal StadiumPhoenix, Arizona 5–0 Hajjar (1–0) Benson (0–1) White (1) 4,740 3–0 – 4 February 16 vs. UConn No. 13 Salt River Fields at Talking StickScottsdale, Arizona 1–7 Krauth (1–0) Paige (0–1) — 502 3–1 – 5 February 21 vs. UConn No. 9 First Data FieldPort St. Lucie, Florida, 7–8 Haus (1–0) Keizer (1–1) Wurster (1) 250 3–2 – 6 February 22 vs. UConn No. 9 First Data FieldPort St. Lucie, Florida 14–2 Hajjar (2–0) Dunlop (0–1) Denner (1) 440 4–2 – 7 February 23 vs. UConn No. 9 First Data FieldPort St. Lucie, Florida 2–9 Krauth (2–0) Beers (1–1) — 475 4–3 – 8 February 28 at Cal Poly No. 16 Robin Baggett StadiumSan Luis Obispo, California 4–3 (10) Weston (1–0) Woo (0–2) — 1,898 5–3 – 9 February 29 at Cal Poly No. 16 Robin Baggett StadiumSan Luis Obispo, California 4–5 (10) Scott (1–1) White (0–1) — 2,040 5–4 – March (3–3) # Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord B1GRecord 10 March 1 at Cal Poly No. 16 Robin Baggett StadiumSan Luis Obispo, California 4–2 Beers (2–1) Thorpe (1–1) Keizer (1) 1,820 6–4 – 11 March 3 at Stanford No. 16 Klein Field at Sunken DiamondPalo Alto, California 4–5 Parthasarathy (1–0) Smith (0–2) Grech (2) 1,067 6–5 – 12 March 4 at No. 16 Evans DiamondBerkeley, California 5–0 Cleveland (1–0) Gather (0–1) — 758 7–5 – 13 March 6 at No. 24 No. 16 Eddy D. Field StadiumMalibu, California 2–12 Jensen (3–0) Criswell (0–1) Morrow (1) 432 7–6 – 14 March 7 at No. 24 Pepperdine No. 16 Eddy D. Field StadiumMalibu, California 7–4 Hajjar (3–0) Kniskern (2–1) Weston (2) 476 8–6 – 15 March 7 at No. 24 Pepperdine No. 16 Eddy D. Field StadiumMalibu, California 1–6 Groen (2–1) Beers (2–2) — 532 8–7 – 16 March 13 Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan, 17 March 14 Canisius Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 18 March 14 Canisius Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 19 March 15 Canisius Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 20 March 20 Purdue Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 21 March 21 Purdue Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 22 March 22 Purdue Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 23 March 25 Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 24 March 27 Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 25 March 28 Nevada Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 26 March 29 Nevada Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan April (0–0) # Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord B1GRecord 27 April 1 Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 28 April 3 at Illinois FieldChampaign, Illinois, 29 April 4 at Illinois Illinois FieldChampaign, Illinois 30 April 5 at Illinois Illinois FieldChampaign, Illinois 31 April 8 Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 32 April 10 Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 33 April 11 Ohio State Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 34 April 12 Ohio State Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 35 April 14 vs. Drayton McLane StadiumEast Lansing, Michigan, 36 April 17 at Medlar FieldState College, Pennsylvania 37 April 18 at Penn State Medlar FieldState College, Pennsylvania 38 April 19 at Penn State Medlar FieldState College, Pennsylvania 39 April 21 Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 40 April 24 Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 41 April 25 Nebraska Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 42 April 26 Nebraska Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan May (0–0) # Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord B1GRecord 43 May 1 at Indiana Bart Kaufman FieldBloomington, Indiana 44 May 2 at Indiana Bart Kaufman FieldBloomington, Indiana 45 May 3 at Indiana Bart Kaufman FieldBloomington, Indiana 46 May 5 Michigan State Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 47 May 8 at Minnesota Siebert FieldMinneapolis, Minnesota, 48 May 9 at Minnesota Siebert FieldMinneapolis, Minnesota 49 May 10 at Minnesota Siebert FieldMinneapolis, Minnesota 50 May 12 Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 51 May 14 Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 52 May 15 Iowa Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 53 May 16 Iowa Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan

Rankings

Major League Baseball draft The following Wolverines were selected in the 2020 Major League Baseball draft:

List of Drafted Players Name 2020 Class Pos. Team Overall Jeff Criswell Junior RHP Oakland Athletics 58th Jordan Nwogu Junior OF Chicago Cubs 88th Jesse Franklin V Junior OF Atlanta Braves 97th Jack Blomgren Junior INF Colorado Rockies 140th

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