The Princeton Tigers baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of

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, United States. The team is a member of the

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, which is part of the

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's Division I. Princeton's first baseball team was fielded in 1864. The team plays its home games at Bill Clarke Field in

. The Tigers are coached by Scott Bradley. The Tigers won 10

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championships, and have claimed 8

titles, advancing to the

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12 times and the

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once, in 1951. Baseball was the first varsity sport at Princeton, and Bill Clarke was the first paid coach at the university. The Tigers also appeared in the first televised

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game in 1939 against Columbia.

Princeton in the NCAA Tournament

Notable players

* Mike Chernoff – baseball general manager of the

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* Mike Ford-

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First Baseman *

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- First collegiate player to throw a

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and first player to pitch a

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, either amateur or professional * William Stryker Gummere - First player to use the hook-slide in baseball *William S. Schenck - First player to wear a chest protector in baseball

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Princeton in the NCAA Tournament

Notable players

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