Louisville Cardinals baseball

Louisville Cardinals
Founded: 1909
2015 Louisville Cardinals baseball team
University	University of Louisville
Conference	ACC
Location	Louisville, KY
Head Coach	Dan McDonnell (9th year)
Home Stadium	Jim Patterson Stadium (Capacity: 4,000)
Nickname	Cardinals
Colors	Red and Black[1]
College World Series Appearances
2007, 2013, 2014
NCAA Tournament Appearances
2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Conference Tournament Champions
2008, 2009
Conference Champions
1983, 1984, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

The Louisville Cardinals baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate baseball program of the University of Louisville, located in Louisville, Kentucky. The program was a member of the NCAA Division I American Athletic Conference for the 2014 season and joined the Atlantic Coast Conference in July 2014. The Cardinals have played at Jim Patterson Stadium since the venue opened during the 2005 season. Dan McDonnell has been the program's head coach since the start of the 2007 season. As of the end of the 2014 season, the program has appeared in eight NCAA Tournaments and three College World Series. In conference postseason play, it has won two Big East Conference Baseball Tournaments. In regular season play, it has won two Metro Conference titles, four Big East Conference titles, one American Athletic Conference title, and one Atlantic Coast Conference title. Louisville also set the ACC record for most conference wins in a season with 25 on May 16, 2015.^[2] As of the start of the 2013 Major League Baseball season, four former Cardinals have appeared in Major League Baseball.

Conference affiliations

• Independent (1909–1912, 1920–1922, 1924–1942, 1945–1962)
• Missouri Valley Conference (1963–1975)
• Metro Conference (1976–1995)
• Conference USA (1996–2005)
• Big East Conference (2006–2013)
• American Athletic Conference (2013–2014)
• Atlantic Coast Conference (2014–present)

Venues

Early venues

Early in its history, Louisville played many home games at Eclipse Park in Louisville, until the venue burned down in 1922. Other early venues included the Belknap Campus Diamond, Shawnee Park, Manual Stadium, and St. Xavier Field.^[3]

Parkway Field

Parkway Field, located on the university's campus, was the program's home sporadically from 1923–1960 and full-time from 1961–1995. The grandstand that allowed professional baseball to be played at the venue in the first half of the 20th century was torn down in 1961.^[3][4]

Derby City Field

For all of the 1996 and 1997 seasons and parts of the 1998 and 1999 seasons, the Cardinals played at Derby City Field.^[3]

Old Cardinal Stadium

Jim Patterson Stadium in 2007.

From the start of the 1998 season through mid-April 2005, Louisville played at Old Cardinal Stadium. The Cardinals played a full schedule at Cardinal Stadium from 2000 to 2004 and portions of their schedule there in 1998, 1999, and 2005. At points in its history, the stadium was also home to the Louisville football program, minor league baseball teams, and minor league football teams.^[3][5]

Jim Patterson Stadium

Since partway through the 2005 season, the program has played at Jim Patterson Stadium, located on Louisville's campus. The venue has a capacity of 4,000 spectators, cost $8.5 million, and is named for businessman and former Louisville baseball player Jim Patterson.^[6] It underwent $4 million renovations prior to the 2013 season to increase its capacity and upgrade its facilities.^[7] It has hosted Five NCAA Regionals (2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015) and two Super Regionals (2007 and 2015).^[8] Jim Patterson Stadium is conveniently located just behind Papa Johns Cardinal Stadium, home of the Louisville Cardinals football stadium. In effort to build JPS, Tino Martinez donated money and has his initials above the press box behind home plate. He is the son-in-law of former head coach, Lelo Prado.

Head coaches

Dan McDonnell, the program's current head coach, is Louisville's wins leader, with 407. Lelo Prado, the program's head coach from 1996–2006, is second, with 320. John Heldman, who served as head coach for 26 seasons, is the program's longest tenured head coach.^[9]

Tenure(s) Coach Seasons W-L-T Pct 1909 A. P. Hauss 1 3-2 .600 1910 J. B. Helm 1 3-2 .600 1911–1912 A. L. Bass 2 8-3[lower-alpha 1] .727 1920–1922 Tommy Kienzle 3 8-6-1[lower-alpha 1] .567 1924–1925 Fred Enke 2 7-6 .538 1926–1929 Tom King 4 30-10-1[lower-alpha 1] .750 1930–1932 Unknown 3 — — 1933–1936 C. V. Money 4 18-15[lower-alpha 1] .545 1937–1942, 1945–1966 John Heldman 26 309-149-4[lower-alpha 1] .673 1967–1968 Mario Cheppo 2 11-30 .268 1969 Harold Adams 1 9-13 .401 1970–1973 Dale Orem 4 66-98-1[lower-alpha 1] .403 1974–1979 Jim Zerilla 6 141-148-1 .488 1980–1981 John Boles 2 75-69 .521 1982–1984 Derek Mann 3 78-46 .629 1985–1990 John Mason 6 110-186-1 .372 1991–1995 Gene Baker 5 120-179 .401 1996–2006 Lelo Prado 11 320-301-1 .515 2007–present Dan McDonnell 9 407-172 .702 Totals 18 96 1624-1406-10 .536 Current coaching staff Louisville's coaching staff for the 2016 season is as follows:[10] Head coach – Dan McDonnell Assistant head coach – Roger Williams Assistant coach – Eric Snider Assistant coach – Adam Vrable Year-by-year records Below is a table of the program's yearly records. Louisville's first season of varsity intercollegiate baseball was 1909. It did not sponsor a team from 1913–1919, in 1923 (not enough players), or from 1943–1944 (World War II).[9][11][12][13][14] Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason Independent (1909–1912) 1909 A. P. Hauss 3-2 1910 J. B. Helm 3-2 1911 A. L. Bass 8-3 1912 A. L. Bass N/A[lower-alpha 1] No program (1913–1919) Independent (1920–1922) 1920 Tommy Kienzle N/A[lower-alpha 1] 1921 Tommy Kienzle 6-2 1922 Tommy Kienzle 2-3-1 No program (1923–1923) Independent (1924–1942) 1924 Fred Enke 6-3 1925 Fred Enke N/A[lower-alpha 1] 1926 Tom King 13-2 1927 Tom King 8-1 1928 Tom King 5-3 1929 Tom King 4-4-1 1930 Unknown N/A[lower-alpha 1] 1931 Unknown N/A[lower-alpha 1] 1932 Unknown N/A[lower-alpha 1] 1933 C. V. Money 7-1 1934 C. V. Money 6-3 1935 C. V. Money 0-7 1936 C. V. Money 5-4 1937 John Heldman 8-3 1938 John Heldman 11-1-1 1939 John Heldman 11-1 1940 John Heldman 9-2 1941 John Heldman 6-4 1942 John Heldman 5-4 No program (1943–1944) Independent (1945–1962) 1945 John Heldman 8-2 1946 John Heldman 5-5 1947 John Heldman 10-7 1948 John Heldman 12-7 1949 John Heldman 9-7 1950 John Heldman 9-5 1951 John Heldman 12-4 1952 John Heldman 10-5-1 1953 John Heldman 8-7 1954 John Heldman 13-6 1955 John Heldman 15-3 1956 John Heldman 13-10 1957 John Heldman 15-0 1958 John Heldman 16-4-1 1959 John Heldman 11-11 1960 John Heldman 12-7-1 1961 John Heldman 15-6 1962 John Heldman 11-7 Independent: 330-158-6[lower-alpha 1] Missouri Valley Conference (1963–1975) 1963 John Heldman 16-7 2nd MVC Tournament 1964 John Heldman 15-8 2nd MVC Tournament 1965 John Heldman 13-11 0-6 3rd (East) 1966 John Heldman 13-4 0-3 4th (East) 1967 Mario Cheppo 7-15 0-9 4th (East) 1968 Mario Cheppo 4-15 0-7 4th (East) 1969 Harold Adams 9-13 0-6 4th (East) 1970 Dale Orem 16-20-1 4-5 2nd (East) 1971 Dale Orem 20-22 4th MVC Tournament 1972 Dale Orem 12-26 8th MVC Tournament 1973 Dale Orem 18-30 6th MVC Tournament 1974 Jim Zerilla 16-26 4th MVC Tournament 1975 Jim Zerilla 25-28 5th MVC Tournament Missouri Valley: 184-225-1 4-36[lower-alpha 1] Metro Conference (1976–1995) 1976 Jim Zerilla 29-24 4-1 Metro Tournament 1977 Jim Zerilla 26-27 Metro Tournament 1978 Jim Zerilla 27-16 1-1 Metro Tournament 1979 Jim Zerilla 18-27-1 3-6 Metro Tournament 1980 John Boles 38-21 6-3 Metro Tournament 1981 John Boles 37-48 6-7 Metro Tournament 1982 Derek Mann 22-17 4-3 Metro Tournament 1983 Derek Mann 25-18 4-2 1st (Northern) Metro Tournament 1984 Derek Mann 31-11 6-1 1st (Northern) Metro Tournament 1985 John Mason 20-30 5-11 Metro Tournament 1986 John Mason 18-33 3-13 7th Metro Tournament 1987 John Mason 12-36 1-14 7th Metro Tournament 1988 John Mason 18-35 6-11 7th Metro Tournament 1989 John Mason 27-23 4-10 6th Metro Tournament 1990 John Mason 15-29-1 4-10 t-7th Metro Tournament 1991 Gene Baker 32-30 8-12 7th Metro Tournament 1992 Gene Baker 37-24 10-8 2nd Metro Tournament 1993 Gene Baker 18-41 3-11 7th Metro Tournament 1994 Gene Baker 16-42 1-17 7th Metro Tournament 1995 Gene Baker 17-42 5-16 7th Metro Tournament Metro: 483-574-2 84-157 Conference USA (1996–2005) 1996 Lelo Prado 18-36 6-15 8th C-USA Tournament[lower-alpha 2] 1997 Lelo Prado 23-32 11-15 7th C-USA Tournament[lower-alpha 2] 1998 Lelo Prado 31-24 14-13 5th C-USA Tournament[lower-alpha 2] 1999 Lelo Prado 37-19 14-13 6th C-USA Tournament[lower-alpha 2] 2000 Lelo Prado 17-37-1 10-16-1 8th C-USA Tournament 2001 Lelo Prado 32-29 13-14 T–5th C-USA Tournament 2002 Lelo Prado 39-18 21-9 2nd NCAA Regional 2003 Lelo Prado 34-23 14-15 7th C-USA Tournament 2004 Lelo Prado 26-30 13-17 8th C-USA Tournament 2005 Lelo Prado 32-24 15-14 T–6th C-USA Tournament Conference USA: 289-272-1 131-141-1 Big East Conference (2006–2013) 2006 Lelo Prado 31-29 17-10 3rd Big East Tournament 2007 Dan McDonnell 47–24 19–8 3rd College World Series 2008 Dan McDonnell 41–21 16–11 4th NCAA Regional 2009 Dan McDonnell 47–18 19–7 1st NCAA Super Regional 2010 Dan McDonnell 50–14 21–6 1st NCAA Regional 2011 Dan McDonnell 32–29 14–13 T–4th Big East Tournament 2012 Dan McDonnell 41–22 18–9 T–1st NCAA Regional 2013 Dan McDonnell 51-14 20-4 1st College World Series Big East: 340-171 144-68 Louisville Cardinals baseball (American Athletic Conference) (2014) 2014 Dan McDonnell 50–17 19–5 1st College World Series American Athletic Conference: 50-17 19-5 Louisville Cardinals baseball (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2015–present) 2015 Dan McDonnell 46–16 25–5 1st (Atlantic) Advanced to 3rd straight Super Regionals by Defeating Morehead State 7-2, Defeating Michigan twice 4-3 and 13-4 Atlantic Coast Conference: 46-16 25-5 Total: 1722-1433-10       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 Notable former players The following is a list of notable former Cardinals and the seasons in which they played for the program.[15] Sean Green while pitching for the MLB's New York Mets. Chris Cates (2004–2007) Chris Dominguez (2006–2009) Adam Duvall (2008–2010) Sean Green (1998–2000) Zach Jackson (2002–2003) Fred Koster (1926–1928) Trystan Magnuson (2004–2007) Dale Orem (1957–1960) B. J. Rosenberg (2004–2008) 2012 MLB draft Three Cardinals were selected in the 2012 Major League Baseball draft: P Matt Koch by the New York Mets (3rd round), P Derek Self by the Washington Nationals (9th round), and P Justin Amlung by the Chicago Cubs (12th round).[16] All three signed professional contracts with their respective teams.[17][18][19] See also List of NCAA Division I baseball programs Louisville Cardinals Notes Records incomplete. In this season, all teams in Conference USA qualiied for the postseason tournament. References "Primary Color Palette". University of Louisville. March 23, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2015. Jones, Steve (May 17, 2015). "McDonnell proud of ACC record but moving ahead". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved January 23, 2016. 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