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The Michigan Wolverines baseball program is a college baseball team that represents the University of Michigan in the Big Ten Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . The team has had nineteen head coaches since organized baseball began in 1891.[1] The current head coach is Erik Bakich who was hired in 2013.[2]
In those seasons, ten coaches have won conference championships with the Wolverines, four coaches have won conference tournament championships, and two coaches have won national championships: Ray Fisher and Don Lund . Fisher is the all-time leader in games coached (940), wins (636) and years coached (38). Bud Middaugh is the all-time leader in postseason appearances (9) and wins (25). Sport McAllister is the overall leader in winning percentage , while Chris Harrison has the lowest winning percentage.[3]
Key [ ]
Conference
CW
Wins
CL
Losses
CT
Ties
C%
Winning percentage
Postseason[A 2]
PA
Total Appearances[A 3]
PW
Total Wins
PL
Total Losses
WA
College World Series Appearances[A 4]
WW
College World Series Wins
WL
College World Series Losses
Championships
CC
Conference regular season
CT
Conference tournament[A 5]
NC
National championship
Coaches [ ]
List of head baseball coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards
*Statistics correct as of the end of the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season
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Name
Term[A 6]
Awards[A 7]
1
Pete Conway
1891–92
32
22
9
1
.703
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2
No coach
1893–95
60
44
15
1
.742
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3
Frank Sexton
1896, 1901–02
61
38
22
1
.631
15
12
0
.556
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1
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4
Charles F. Watkins
1897–98, 1900
34
16
17
1
.485
8
11
0
.421
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0
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5
Henry Clarke
1898–99
19
14
5
0
.737
5
2
0
.714
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1
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6
Skel Roach
1903
17
12
5
0
.706
7
3
0
.700
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0
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7
Jerome Utley
1904
15
10
5
0
.667
4
5
0
.444
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0
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8
Sport McAllister
1905–06, 1908–09
76
58
17
1
.770
14
6
0
.700
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1
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9
Bobby Lowe
1907
16
11
4
1
.719
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��
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10
Branch Rickey †
1910–13
104
68
32
4
.673
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11
Carl Lundgren
1914–20
142
93
43
6
.676
27
2
0
.931
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3
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12
Ray Fisher
1921–58
940
636
295
9
.681
283
135
0
.575
1
4
1
1
4
1
15
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1
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13
Don Lund
1959–62
136
80
53
3
.599
34
19
0
.642
2
10
4
1
4
1
1
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1
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14
Moby Benedict
1963–79
624
367
252
5
.592
168
80
0
.677
4
12
7
1
1
2
3
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15
Bud Middaugh
1980–89
612
465
146
1
.761
142
38
0
.789
9
25
19
4
3
8
10
5
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16
Bill Freehan
1990–95
334
166
167
1
.499
76
89
0
.461
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0
0
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17
Geoff Zahn
1996–2001
334
163
169
2
.491
78
80
0
.494
1
2
2
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1
1
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Big Ten (1997)
18
Chris Harrison
2002
53
21
32
0
.396
14
17
0
.452
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0
0
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19
Rich Maloney
2003–12
585
341
244
0
.583
160
117
0
.578
4
6
9
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3
2
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Big Ten (2007, 2008)
20
Erik Bakich
2013–present
482
294
188
1
.610
128
81
0
.612
4
11
10
1
4
2
0
1
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NCBWA (2019)
Notes [ ]
^ A running total of the number of coaches of the Michigan Wolverines. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is counted only once.
^ Postseason play involving the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship .
^ Postseason appearances include seasons with NCAA Division I Baseball Championship bids since the tournament began in 1947.
^ College World Series appearances include seasons with CWS bids since the tournament began in 1947.
^ The Big Ten Conference began a baseball tournament in 1981.
^ Michigan did not sponsor a baseball team in 1917.
^ National and conference coach of the year awards.
References [ ]
Venues People Seasons National Championships in bold ; College World Series appearances in italics