The Penn Quakers baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the

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, Pennsylvania. The team is a member of the

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, which is part of the

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's Division I. The team plays its home games at Meiklejohn Stadium in

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. The Quakers are coached by John Yurkow.

History

19th century

The University of Pennsylvania's first baseball team was fielded in 1875.

20th century

The Quakers won four championships in the

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, a baseball-only conference that existed from 1930 to 1992, which consisted of the eight

schools and

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and

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. Penn baseball has won two

title and has advanced to the

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six times.

21st century

In 2023, the fourth-seeded Penn team twice defeated third-seeded

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to win the program's second consecutive Ivy League Tournament title and earn a berth into the NCAA regional.

Postseason

The Quakers have made the

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six times.

Gallery

File:Thomas H. Cahill.jpg, Thomas H. Cahill File:Harvard College Base Ball Team, 1896; University of Pennsylvania, Base Ball Team, 1896 (NYPL b13537024-56408).jpg, The Penn baseball team in 1896 File:Zane Grey 1895.jpg,

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, graduated from Penn in 1896 File:John E Sheridan Pennsylvania Georgetown Baseball c1901.jpg, The Penn vs. Georgetown baseball program,

References

External links

* {{Authority control Baseball teams established in 1875