Cincinnati Bearcats Baseball
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

The Cincinnati Bearcats baseball team represents The University of Cincinnati in
NCAA Division I NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest division of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States, which accepts players globally. D-I schools include the major collegiate athlet ...
intercollegiate men's baseball competition. The Bearcats currently compete in the Big 12 Conference. The University of Cincinnati began varsity intercollegiate competition in baseball in 1886. Former Bearcats who have gone on to success in
Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (baseball), National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB i ...
include
Sandy Koufax Sanford Koufax (; né Braun; born December 30, 1935), nicknamed "the Left Arm of God", is an American former baseball pitcher who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from 195 ...
and manager Miller Huggins, 3-time All-Star and 2-time World Series Champion Kevin Youkilis, and 2-time MLB All-Star Josh Harrison. Cincinnati plays home games on UC's campus at
UC Baseball Stadium UC Baseball Stadium (formerly UC Ballpark and Marge Schott Stadium) is a baseball stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio, on the campus of the University of Cincinnati. It is the home field of the Cincinnati Bearcats. The stadium holds 3,085 people and ope ...
. The 2023 baseball season marked the program's last season as a member of the AAC. In September 2021, Cincinnati,
Houston Houston ( ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the county seat, seat of ...
, and UCF accepted bids to join the
Big 12 The Big 12 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference in the United States. It consists of 16 full-member universities (3 private universities and 13 public universities) in the states of Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Ohio, Okla ...
. On June 10, 2022 the
American Athletic Conference The American Athletic Conference (AAC), also known as The American, is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States, featuring 13 full member universities and 6 affiliate member universities that compete in t ...
and the three schools set to depart from the league (Cincinnati, Houston, UCF) announced that they had reached a buyout agreement that will allow those schools to join the
Big 12 Conference The Big 12 Conference is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States. It consists of 16 full-member universities (3 private universities and 13 public universities) in the states of Arizona, Colorado, Florida ...
in 2023.


Head coaches

Source:


Year-by-year results

''As of end through 2023 Season''


Cincinnati in the NCAA tournament

*The
NCAA Division I baseball tournament The NCAA Division I Baseball Championship is held each year from May through June and features 64 college baseball teams in the United States, culminating in the eight-team Men's College World Series (MCWS) at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Oma ...
started in 1947. *The format of the tournament has changed through the years.


Team records


Single Game

Source:


No Hitters

There have been 6 No-Hitters in Cincinnati baseball history, the last one occurred in 1995.


Retired numbers

Source:


All-Americans

* First Team All-Americans :1961 Bill Faul :1965 Billy Wolf :2015 Ian Happ * Second Team All-Americans :1967 Pat Maginn :2000 Kevin Youkilis :2008 Josh Harrison :2009 Lance Durham * Third Team All-Americans :1962 Bill Faul :2001 Kevin Youkilis *Honorable Mentions :1974 Tim Burman :1996 Steve Barhorst *Freshman All-Americans :1999 Chris Hamblen :2001 Tony Maynard :2002 Kyle Markle :2006 Steve Blevins :2006 Josh Harrison :2010 Andrew Strenge :2011 Justin Glass :2013 Ian Happ


Cincinnati and MLB

Cincinnati has had 22 players reach
Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (baseball), National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB i ...
(MLB). Some notable alumni to reach the majors include Tony Campana and Josh Harrison who made their MLB debuts during the 2011 season. Two former Bearcats Miller Huggins and
Sandy Koufax Sanford Koufax (; né Braun; born December 30, 1935), nicknamed "the Left Arm of God", is an American former baseball pitcher who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from 195 ...
are members of the
Baseball Hall of Fame The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is a history museum and hall of fame in Cooperstown, New York, operated by a private foundation. It serves as the central collection and gathering space for the history of baseball in the United S ...
. This list of Cincinnati Bearcats baseball players includes former members of the Cincinnati Bearcats baseball team that represents the
University of Cincinnati The University of Cincinnati (UC or Cincinnati, informally Cincy) is a public university, public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. It was founded in 1819 and had an enrollment of over 53,000 students in 2024, making it the ...
, who have played in one or more regular season
Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (baseball), National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB i ...
(MLB) games. * Butch Alberts *
Ethan Allen Ethan Allen ( – February 12, 1789) was an American farmer, writer, military officer and politician. He is best known as one of the founders of Vermont and for the capture of Fort Ticonderoga during the American Revolutionary War, and wa ...
* Skeeter Barnes *
Carl Bouldin Carl Edward Bouldin (born September 17, 1939) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher who also played college baseball and college basketball for the University of Cincinnati, where he was a member of the NCAA Championship-winning 19 ...
* Ed Brinkman
All Star, Gold Glove * Jack Bushelman * Tony Campana * Bill Faul * George Glinatsis * Josh Harrison
2× MLB All-Star * Mike Hershberger * Ian Happ * Miller Huggins
Baseball Hall of Fame The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is a history museum and hall of fame in Cooperstown, New York, operated by a private foundation. It serves as the central collection and gathering space for the history of baseball in the United S ...
manager
*
Sandy Koufax Sanford Koufax (; né Braun; born December 30, 1935), nicknamed "the Left Arm of God", is an American former baseball pitcher who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from 195 ...

Baseball Hall of Fame The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is a history museum and hall of fame in Cooperstown, New York, operated by a private foundation. It serves as the central collection and gathering space for the history of baseball in the United S ...
r, 7× MLB All-Star, NL MVP, 3× Cy Young Award
* Ryan Noda * Art Warren * Joey Wiemer * Kevin Youkilis
3x MLB All Star, Gold Glove, Hank Aaron Award


All Time MLB Draft Picks

''Note: the first
Major League Baseball draft The Major League Baseball draft (officially the Rule 4 Draft; also known as the first-year player draft or amateur draft) is the primary mechanism by which Major League Baseball (MLB) assigns amateur baseball players from high schools, colleg ...
was held in 1965.'' 6sc – June Secondary
1rg – January Draft
1sc – January Secondary Draft Source:


See also

*
List of NCAA Division I baseball programs The following is a list of schools that participate in NCAA Division I baseball. In the 2024 season, 300 Division I schools competed. These teams compete to go to the 64-team Division I baseball tournament and then to Omaha, Nebraska Omaha ...
*
Cincinnati Bearcats The Cincinnati Bearcats are the college sports, athletic teams that represent the University of Cincinnati. The teams compete in the NCAA's Division I and the Football Bowl Subdivision as members of the Big 12 Conference. The Bearcats were pr ...


References


External links

* {{Big 12 Conference baseball navbox