Cincinnati Bearcats baseball

Cincinnati Bearcats
Founded: 1886
2016 Cincinnati Bearcats baseball team
University	University of Cincinnati
Conference	The American
Location	Cincinnati, OH
Head Coach	Ty Neal (3rd year)
Home Stadium	Marge Schott Stadium (Capacity: 3,085)
Nickname	Bearcats
Colors	Black and Red[1]
NCAA Tournament Appearances
1956, 1958, 1961, 1967, 1971, 1974
Conference Champions
Great Midwest: 1995 MVC: 1958, 1961, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1970 Buckeye: 1928, 1930

Cincinnati Bearcats baseball is the varsity intercollegiate team representing the University of Cincinnati in the sport of college baseball at the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).^[2] The team is led by Ty Neal, and plays its home games at Marge Schott Stadium on campus in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Bearcats are members of the American Athletic Conference.^[3] Some notable alumni include Hall of Famers Sandy Koufax and Miller Huggins, All-Star and World Series Champion Kevin Youkilis, and All-Star Josh Harrison.

Retired numbers

Cincinnati Bearcats retired numbers
No.	Player
1	Glen Sample
12	Ed Jucker
36	Kevin Youkilis

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Head coaches

Tenure	Coach	Years	G	W	L	T	Winning %
1897	Ralph Holterhoff	1	7	2	5	0	.286
1903–1904	Anthony Chez	2	16	8	7	1	.500
1910	Ernie Diehl	1	9	6	2	1	.666
1911	Cliff Hall	1	7	1	6	0	.143
1918	Jesse Williams	1	5	4	1	0	.800
1919–1928	Boyd Chambers	10	130	79	49	2	.608
1929–1932	Frank Rice	4	57	35	25	1	.344
1933	Robert Reuss	1	9	3	6	0	.333
1934–1936	Dana M. King	3	29	11	17	1	.379
1937	Walter Van Winkle	1	14	3	11	0	.214
1940	Bud Bonar	1	10	3	7	0	.300
1942–1943	Joseph A. Meyer	2	19	7	12	0	.368
1942–1946	Ray Nolting	1	8	6	2	0	.750
1947–1948	Bill Schwarberg	2	35	19	16	0	.528
1949	Bud Bonar	1	16	5	10	1	.454
1950–1951	Hank Zureick	2	34	17	17	0	.500
1952–1953	John Beckel	2	35	14	21	0	.400
1954–1960	Ed Jucker	7	125	87	38	0	.696
1961–1981	Glen Sample	20	740	391	349	0	.528
1982	Pat Quinn	1	46	14	32	0	.304
1983–1986	Tim Higgins	3	199	85	113	1	.430
1987–1990	Jim Schmitz	4	204	103	101	0	.505
1991–1992	Richard Skeel	2	106	50	56	0	.472
1993–1996	Bruce Gordon	4	194	69	125	0	.356
1997–2013	Brian Cleary	16	962	434	527	1	.451
2014–Present	Ty Neal	2	109	32	72	0	.339
			3,134	1,489	1,627	18	.478

*Records through the end of the 2015 Season ^[4]

Season-by-season results

Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Independent (1886–1909)
1886		2–0
No Team Fielded (1887–1892)
1893		0–1–1
1894		6–4
1895		6–3
No Team Fielded (1886–1896)
1897	Ralph Holterhoff	2–5
No Team Fielded (1898–1899)
1900	Miller Huggins	3–1
No Team Fielded (1901–1902)
1903	Anthony W. Chez	3–4
1904	Anthony W. Chez	5–3–1
1905		2–3
No Team Fielded (1906–1906)
1907	Ralph Inott	—
1908	Ralph Inott	—
1909	Ralph Inott	—
Ohio Athletic Conference (1910–1925)
1910	Ernie Diehl	6–2–1
1911	Cliff Hall	1–6
1912
1913
No Team Fielded (1914–1918)
1918	Dr. Jesse Feiring Williams	4–1
1919	Boyd Chambers	2–7
1920	Boyd Chambers	8–2	3–0	1st	State runner-up
1921	Boyd Chambers	7–4–1
1922	Boyd Chambers	8–6
1923	Boyd Chambers	10–2
1924	Boyd Chambers	7–6		2nd
1925	Boyd Chambers	8–6–1
Buckeye Athletic Association (1926–1938)
1926	Boyd Chambers	6–6	5–5	3rd
1927	Boyd Chambers	14–7	7–2	2nd
1928	Boyd Chambers		9–3	1st
1929	Frank E. Rice	12–7	8–2
1930	Frank E. Rice	11–10–1	6–2	T-1st
1931	Frank E. Rice	3–5	3–5
1932	Frank E. Rice	5–3	5–3
1933	Robert Reuss	3–6
1934	Dana M. King	3–6–1	3–2
1935	Dana M. King		3–2
1936	Dana M. King	5–9
1937	Walter Van Winkle	3–11
1938	Walter Van Winkle	—
Independent (1939–1946)
1939		—
1940	Bud Bonar	3–7
1941	Joseph A. Meyer
1942	Joseph A. Meyer	6–8
1943	Joseph A. Meyer	1–3
No Team Fielded: World War II (1944–1945)
1946	Ray Nolting	6–2
Mid-American Conference (1947–1952)
1947	William M. Schwarberg	8–8
1948	Walter Roach	11–8
1949	Reyman Bud Bonar	5–10–1	3–5–1
1950	Hank Zureick	8–10
1951	Hank Zureick	9–7
1952	John Beckel	5–11
Independent (1953–1956)
1953	John Beckel	9–10
1954	Ed Jucker	10–7
1955	Ed Jucker	13–4
1956	Ed Jucker	13–3			NCAA District 4, 0–1
Missouri Valley Conference (1957–1970)
1957	Ed Jucker	9–3
1958	Ed Jucker	17–6	18–3	1st	Declined postseason tournament bid
1959	Ed Jucker	13–7	6–2
1960	Ed Jucker	12–8	6–2		MVC Tournament 0–1
1961	Glen Sample	19–5–2	10–0		MVC Tournament 3–1 District 4 Playoffs, 1–2
1962	Glen Sample	17–11			MVC Tournament 0–1
1963	Glen Sample	12–18	5–3		MVC Tournament 2–2
1964	Glen Sample	10–14			MVC Tournament 0–1
1965	Glen Sample	21–15	5–3	2nd	MVC Tournament 0–2
1966	Glen Sample	12–14–1	2–4
1967	Glen Sample	19–11–1	6–1	1st	MVC Tournament 2–1 District 4 Playoffs, 1–2
1968	Glen Sample	14–13–1	3–5	3rd
1969	Glen Sample	18–14	5–1		MVC Tournament 1–2
1970	Glen Sample	15–13–1	7–1		MVC Tournament 0–2
Metro Conference (1971–1991)
1971	Glenn Sample	26–18			District 4 Playoffs, 2–2
1972	Glenn Sample	24–16–1
1973	Glenn Sample	22–17
1974	Glenn Sample	27–16–2			District 4 Playoffs, 0–2
1975	Glenn Sample	21–14
1976	Glenn Sample	19–31			Metro Tournament 0–1
1977	Glenn Sample	16–23			Metro Tournament 0–2
1978	Glenn Sample	21–24			Metro Tournament 1–2
1979	Glenn Sample	28–14			Metro Tournament 2–2
1980	Glenn Sample	18–19			Metro Tournament 0–2
1981	Glenn Sample	12–29			Metro Tournament 1–2
1982	Tom Higgins	14–32			Metro Tournament 1–2
1983	Tom Higgins	17–31	2–5		Metro Tournament 1–2
1984	Tom Higgins	13–29	0–10		Metro Tournament 2–2
1985	Tom Higgins	29–25	8–12		Metro Tournament 1–2
1986	Tom Higgins	26–28	9–9
1987	Jim Schmitz	31–21	5–8		Metro Tournament 3–2
1988	Jim Schmitz	28–21	7–10
1989	Jim Schmitz	21–30	3–14		Metro Tournament 2–2
1990	Lance Brown	23–29	5–10		Metro Tournament 3–2
1991	Richard Skeel	28–30	2–19		Metro Tournament 2–2
Great Midwest Conference (1992–1995)
1992	Richard Skeel	22–26	5–11		Great Midwest Tournament 2–2
1993	Bruce Gordon	16–29	3–15		Great Midwest Tournament 0–2
1994	Bruce Gordon	14–41	3–15	1st	Great Midwest Tournament 0–2
1995	Bruce Gordon	34–21	17–6	1st	Great Midwest Tournament 2–2
Conference USA (1996–2005)
1996	Bruce Gordon	5–34	1–19	9th	C-USA Tournament 0–1
1997	Brian Cleary	12–46	4–23	10th	C-USA Tournament 1–2
1998	Brian Cleary	15–38	4–20	10th	C-USA Tournament 0–1
1999	Brian Cleary	30–29	19–18	8th	C-USA Tournament 1–2
2000	Brian Cleary	35–25	11–16	6th	C-USA Tournament 3–1
2001	Brian Cleary	34–24	16–11	4th	C-USA Tournament 0–2
2002	Brian Cleary	26–29–1	11–18–1	9th
2003	Brian Cleary	15–39	7–22	11th
2004	Brian Cleary	15–40	6–24	11th
2005	Brian Cleary		10–19	10th
Big East Conference (2006–2013)
2006	Brian Cleary	32–26	13–14	7th	Big East Tournament, 0–1
2007	Brian Cleary	32–26	13–14	7th	Big East Tournament, 0–1
2008	Brian Cleary	39–20	19–8	2nd	Big East Tournament, 3–1
2009	Brian Cleary	29–29	13–14	8th	Big East Tournament, 0–1
2010	Brian Cleary	29–29	13–14	7th	Big East Tournament, 0–1
2011	Brian Cleary	30–27	14–13	5th	Big East Tournament, 0–1
2012	Brian Cleary	18–38	7–20	12th
2013	Brian Cleary	24–32	4–14	9th
American Athletic Conference (2014–present)
2014	Ty Neal	22–31	6–18	9th
2015	Ty Neal	15–41	6–18	8th	AAC Tournament, 0–1
2016	Ty Neal
Total:		1489–1627–18
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

5 NCAA Tournament Appearances ♦ 9 Conference Titles ^[4]

Cincinnati in the NCAA Tournament

• The NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament started in 1947.
• The format of the tournament has changed through the years.

Year Record Pct Notes 1956 0–1 .000 District 4 Playoff Game—Eliminated by Ohio 1961 1–2 .333 District 4 Playoffs – Loss to Michigan (double elimination series) 1967 1–2 .333 NCAA District 5 Playoffs – Lost to Oklahoma State 2–1 (double elimination series) 1971 2–2 .500 District 4 Playoffs – Defeated Michigan State, lost double elimination series to Southern Illinois 1974 0–2 .000 District 4 Playoffs – Defeated by Miami (OH), Southern Illinois

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All-Americans

Bill Faul – 1961 – 1st Team Billy Wolf – 1965 – 1st Team Pat Maginn – 1967 – 2nd Team Tim Burman – 1974 – Honorable Mention

Steve Barhorst – 1996 – Honorable Mention Kevin Youkilis – 2000 – 2nd Team Josh Harrison – 2008 – 2nd Team Lance Durham – 2009 – 2nd Team Ian Happ – 2015 – 1st Team

Freshman All-Americans

Chris Hamblen – 1999 Tony Maynard – 2001 Kyle Markle – 2002 Steve Blevins – 2006

Josh Harrison – 2006 Andrew Strenge – 2010 Justin Glass – 2011 Ian Happ – 2013

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Alumni

MLB drafted players

Cincinnati MLB Drafted Players
Year	Round	Overall Pick	Player	Team
2015	1	9	Ian Happ	CHC
2014	12	348	Connor Walsh	CWS
2012	8	261	Zach Isler	CWS
2012	14	430	Jake Proctor	MIN
2012	32	982	Christian McElroy	CIN
2011	20	625	Dan Jensen	CIN
2010	17	519	Brian Garman	MIL
2010	42	1276	Kevin Johnson	TEX
2009	11	333	Mike Spina	OAK
2009	14	430	Lance Durham	TOR
2009	38	1148	Kevin Johnson	FLA
2008	6	191	Josh Harrison	CHC
2008	7	216	Dan Osterbrock	MIN
2008	13	401	Tony Campana	CHC
2008	45	1355	Mike Spina	MIN
2007	24	725	John Baird	TB
2006	12	354	Logan Parker	CIN
2005	23	690	Mark Haske	DET
2005	31	941	Josh Kay	OAK
2002	13	382	Chris Hamblen	TEX
2001	8	243	Kevin Youkilis	BOS
2001	25	756	Curtus Moak	SF
2001	35	1066	Chris Hamblen	SF
1998	16	470	Casey McEvoy	CIN
1995	40	1119	Chris Murphy	COL
1992	43	1215	Bill Metzinger	COL
1991	32	838	George Glinatsis	SEA
1990	49	1241	George Glinatsis	CWS
1988	14	353	John Zaksek	CWS
1988	42	1079	Joe Tenhunfeld	PHI
1988	58	1352	Riley Stephens	CWS
1986	3	78	Dave Sala	STL
1985	19	474	Tom Summers	CIN
1984	19	475	Lalo Berezo	CIN
1982^1rg	10	241	James Bettis	MON
1978	16	407	Skeeter Barnes	CIN
1978	25	596	Mark Roush	ATL
1977^1rg	2	27	Bobby Sagers	MON
1977	23	556	Brady Baldwin	ATL
1977	28	669	Jeffrey Wilson	MON
1975^1sc	4	79	Timothy Burman	PIT
1974	33	641	Timothy Burman	PIT
1972	23	533	Denny Nagel	HOU
1972	28	642	Butch Alberts	PIT
1970	23	550	Rick DeFelice	CIN
1969^1rg	7	125	David Jakubs	STL
1967^1rg	7	125	John Meyer	CLE
1967^6sc	8	150	John Meyer	CLE
1966	36	675	John Meyer	NYM
1965	3	60	Billy Wolff	STL

^[5]

^6sc – June Secondary
^1rg – January Draft
^1sc – January Secondary Draft

Bearcats who have played in Major Leagues

• Josh Harrison
• Tony Campana
• Kevin Youkilis
• George Glinatsis
• Skeeter Barnes
• Butch Alberts
• Mike Hershberger
• Ed Brinkman
• Bill Faul
• Carl Bouldin
• Sandy Koufax
• Ethan Allen
• Jack Bushelman
• Miller Huggins

*listed chronologically from most recent, Includes Players who have played in more than one MLB season^[6]

Former Bearcats currently in the pros

Former Bearcats Currently in the Pros
Player	Years at Cincinnati	Current Team (Level)
Tony Campana	2007–08	LA Angels
Lance Durham	2009	Lakeland Flying Tigers (A)
Ian Happ	2013–15	South Bend Cubs (A)
Josh Harrison	2006–08	Pittsburgh Pirates
Zach Isler	2010–12	Birmingham Barons (AA)
Connor Walsh	2012–14	Kannapolis Intimidators (R)

^[7]

See also

• List of NCAA Division I baseball programs

References

1. UC Branding Standards (PDF). 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
2. "Cincinnati Bearcats". d1baseball.com. Retrieved 2015-04-23.
3. 2015 Media Guide. Cincinnati Bearcats. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
4. "2016 UC Baseball Media Guide". Retrieved 17 February 2016.
5. "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from University of Cincinnati". BaseballReference. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
6. "University of Cincinnati Major Leaguers". BaseballReference.com. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
7. "Cincinnati Bearcats in the Pros". GoBearcats.com. CBSi. Retrieved 17 February 2016.