Temple University

• Location: Philadelphia, PA
• Nickname: Owls
• Conference: American Athletic Conference 2014; Atlantic-10 Conference 1983-2013; East Coast Conference 1975-1982
• Ballpark: Skip Wilson Field

College World Series Appearance: 2 1972 & 1977

MLB players who are school alumni

The most prominent major leaguers from Temple University (through 2007) are Bobby Higginson and Dick Gernert. Higginson is also the last player from Temple to make the majors.

Temple announced in December 2013 that it would cut 7 sports including baseball at the end of the 2013-2014 school year [1].

Notable Alumni

• Amer Abugherir, minor league pitcher
• Arshwin Asjes, minor league pitcher
• George Bennett, college coach
• Rex Bowen, scout
• Michael Briglia, college coach
• Bob Bunnell, college coach
• Elmer Burkart, pitcher
• Ernie Casale, college coach
• Bill Conlin, writer
• Dave DeFreitas, scout
• Adam DiMichele, drafted pitcher
• Pete Filson, pitcher
• Don Flynn, college coach
• Dick Gernert, infielder
• George Gilham, catcher
• Purnal Goldy, outfielder
• Bobby Higginson, outfielder
• Joe Hindelang, college coach
• Matt Hockenberry, minor league pitcher
• Jim Honochick, umpire
• Rob Kell, minor league pitcher
• Joe Kerrigan, pitcher, manager
• Dick Koecher, pitcher
• Steve Kolinsky, scout
• Garry Maddox, outfielder
• Devitt Moore, scout
• Eddie Lyons, college coach
• Jeff Manto, infielder
• Edward Martin, college coach
• John Marzano, catcher
• Dave Myers, minor league infielder and manager
• Bill Patton, catcher
• Stan Pawloski, infielder
• Al Pepper, author
• Eric Peterson, minor league pitcher
• Robert Pfeilsticker, minor league player
• Mel Roberts, coach
• Ben Rochefort, infielder
• Larry Shane, outfielder
• Kevin Sharp, Thai national team coach
• Harry Shuman, pitcher
• Eddie Silber, outfielder
• John Szefc, college coach
• Carson Thompson, Olympian
• Andy Tomasic, pitcher
• Ed Wade, General Manager
• Ben White, minor league pitcher
• Robert White, minor league pitcher

Coaches

• Frank Martin, 1927
• Walter Keating, 1928-1932
• Ralph S. "Pep" Young, 1932-1942
• Harold Williams, 1943
• Ernie Messikomer, 1946
• Pete Stevens, 1947-1952
• Ernie Casale, 1953-1959
• Skip Wilson, 1960-2005
• Rob Valli, 2006-2011
• Ryan Wheeler, 2012-2014

Assistant Coaches

• Don Flynn, 1973-1990
• Devitt Moore
• Chuck Ristano, 2010
• Ryan Wheeler, 2007-2011

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Post Season
1927	5-12
1928	10-4
1929	12-7
1930	13-10
1931	5-14
1932	8-13
1933	9-8
1934	15-8
1935	11-5-1
1936	11-9
1937	13-7
1938	10-5
1939	6-11
1940	4-10
1941	16-2
1942	11-5
1943	2-1
1946	6-2
1947	6-8
1948	6-8
1949	9-10
1950	8-8
1951	4-12
1952	7-6
1953	11-6-1
1954	8-10
1955	14-7-1
1956	11-10-1
1957	16-4
1958	8-6
1959	17-5		CWS District Tournaments
1960	16-5
1961	6-11-1
1962	13-7-1
1963	20-3		CWS District Tournaments
1964	15-7-1
1965	10-9-2
1966	20-5
1967	22-10-1
1968	25-6		CWS District Tournaments
1969	15-11-1	8-7
1970	13-12-1	4-6
1971	9-18-1	3-7
1972	33-15	10-1	CWS District Tournaments / CWS
1973	31-11	9-2	CWS District Tournaments
1974	15-18	6-4
1975	32-16-1	11-1	CWS Regionals
1976	37-8-1	8-1-1	CWS Regionals
1977	34-9	9-0	ECC / CWS Regionals / CWS
1978	32-9-1	10-0	ECC / CWS Regionals
1979	23-5	10-0	ECC
1980	26-18	9-1	ECC
1981	27-13-1	7-3	ECC / CWS Regionals
1982	25-10	9-1	ECC
1983	30-11	9-1	Atlantic-10 / CWS Regionals
1984	33-14	9-2	Atlantic-10 / CWS Regionals
1985	34-20-1	9-3	Atlantic-10
1986	30-17-1	8-3	Atlantic-10
1987	26-20-2	10-5-1
1988	27-27	8-8
1989	28-27-2	11-5	Atlantic-10
1990	17-31	5-11
1991	20-24-2	9-7
1992	15-35	5-11
1993	18-21	11-9	Atlantic-10
1994	18-25	9-12
1995	16-33-1	9-15
1996	28-23-1	12-8	Atlantic-10
1997	16-31	9-12
1998	18-28	7-11
1999	28-28-1	12-9	Atlantic-10
2000	24-28-3	9-11-1
2001	27-31	15-7	Atlantic-10 / CWS Regionals
2002	22-28	11-13	Atlantic-10
2003	20-27	10-14
2004	23-26	10-14
2005	17-33	8-16
2006	12-41	6-19
2007	18-37	9-18
2008	27-29	16-11	Atlantic-10
2009	17-33	11-15
2010	14-37	10-17
2011	24-29	4-20
2012	19-34	7-17
2013	18-28	7-17
2014	15-32	9-14	American