Bradley University

• Location: Peoria, IL
• Nickname: Braves
• Conference: Missouri Valley Conference 1949-1951, 1955-present; Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1921-1937
• Ballpark: Dozer Park 2003-present

College World Series Appearances: 2 1950 & 1956

Bradley University has sponsored baseball since 1898.

Notable Alumni

• Chris Allison, minor league infielder
• Jacob Booden, minor league pitcher
• Ryan Curry, minor league infielder
• Paul DeJaynes, minor league pitcher
• Bill Dixon, minor league outfielder
• Mike Dunne, pitcher
• Ryan Eigsti, minor league catcher
• Daren Epley, minor league infielder
• Gary Fischer, minor league pitcher
• Dave Geeve, minor league pitcher
• Jon Goebel, minor league coach
• Mike Grace, pitcher
• Gene Handley, infielder
• Lee Handley, infielder
• Curt Hasler, coach
• Guy Hoffman, pitcher
• Bob Johnson, pitcher
• Jim Kelch, broadcaster
• James Kottaras, drafted player
• Jerry Krause, scout
• Jason Leblebijian, minor league infielder
• Jim Lindeman, outfielder
• Ron Maestri, college coach
• Steve McAllister, minor league infielder
• Mike McDonald, minor league catcher
• Scott Melvin, minor league infielder
• Zack Monroe, pitcher
• John Musachio, minor league pitcher
• Joe Petcka, minor league pitcher
• Mitch Plassmeyer, coach
• Kirby Puckett, outfielder
• Dan Puente, coach
• Rob Purvis, minor league pitcher
• Jerry Rashid, college coach
• Bryan Rekar, pitcher
• Jim Robertson, catcher
• Rob Scahill, pitcher
• Don Secrist, pitcher
• Brian Shouse, pitcher
• Roger Smithberg, pitcher
• Charley Steiner, broadcaster
• Mike Tauchman, outfielder
• Bill Tuttle, outfielder
• Andy Varga, pitcher
• Pete Vonachen, minor league executive
• Don Wollett, arbitrator

Coaches

• Norwood Gibson, 1901
• Davy Seisler, 1904-1905
• A.J. Robertson, 1921-1948
• Leo Schrall, 1949-1972
• Chuck Buescher, 1973-1979
• Dewey Kalmer, 1980-2008
• Elvis Dominguez, 2009-2025
• Justin Dedman, 2026-present

Assistant Coaches

• Chuck Orsborn, 1952-1957
• Perry Roth, 2004
• John Young, 1989-2002

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Post Season
1898	4-3
1899	8-3
1900	8-3
1901	8-5
1902	7-5
1903	1-8
1904	8-5
1905	6-3
1906	5-7
1907	11-1
1908	12-2
1909	4-3
1910	6-3
1911	4-4
1912	5-4
1913	5-1
1914	4-5
1915	6-1
1916	4-4
1917	1-2
1918	1-1
1919	0-1
1920	7-4
1921	8-7	8-5
1922	9-4	8-1
1923	8-7	6-4
1924	8-5	8-5
1925	8-6	7-4
1926	11-4	5-1
1927	6-6-1	5-3
1928	10-4	9-1
1929	6-4	6-2
1930	8-7	7-1
1931	9-3	7-1
1932	4-6	2-4
1933	7-8	2-3
1934	7-11	4-1
1935	5-7	3-3
1936	5-8-1	5-2-1
1937	11-7	7-0
1938	8-9	5-1
1939	9-4-1	5-2-1
1940	9-6-1	4-2
1941	10-7	3-1
1942	12-6-1	7-0
1946	16-9
1947	18-6-1
1948	30-5
1949	19-9	6-0	MVC
1950	17-15-1	5-0	MVC / CWS District Tournaments / CWS
1951	20-5	5-2	MVC
1952	13-9
1953	10-8
1954	9-11
1955	16-5	2-3
1956	24-8	7-2	MVC / CWS District Tournaments / CWS
1957	15-3	9-0	CWS District Tournaments
1958	14-6	3-3
1959	19-5	9-2	MVC / CWS District Tournaments
1960	13-2	4-1
1961	18-5	5-3
1962	12-10		MVC / CWS District Tournaments
1963	19-7		MVC
1964	15-6		MVC
1965	10-9	4-2
1966	7-10	3-3
1967	17-5-1	3-2
1968	15-8	6-1	MVC / CWS District Tournaments
1969	12-6-1	4-2
1970	9-9	2-3
1971	14-12	3-2	MVC
1972	9-15	4-2	MVC
1973	12-13	2-2	MVC
1974	21-18	2-2	MVC
1975	21-16	0-2	MVC
1976	21-15
1977	16-29		MVC
1978	17-22-1	1-2	MVC
1979	19-23	1-2	MVC
1980	25-30		MVC
1981	29-24	7-7
1982	23-29	5-7
1983	19-17-2	2-8
1984	30-20	7-9
1985	34-25	9-11	MVC
1986	35-26	11-9	MVC
1987	41-21	11-9	MVC
1988	34-25	8-12	MVC
1989	35-22	7-11
1990	31-32	6-13	MVC
1991	26-36	7-17	MVC
1992	34-23-1	9-11	MVC
1993	40-16	13-7	MVC
1994	35-26	10-11	MVC
1995	30-27	13-19	MVC
1996	40-22	14-16	MVC
1997	26-28	10-18
1998	25-30	11-21
1999	26-31	15-17	MVC
2000	25-30	14-18
2001	17-37	8-22
2002	18-38	8-24
2003	23-30	12-17
2004	29-26-1	11-20-1
2005	28-22	10-14	MVC
2006	26-31	11-12	MVC
2007	32-21	13-11	MVC
2008	26-28	10-14	MVC
2009	17-31	4-17
2010	20-32	8-13	MVC
2011	22-32	4-17	MVC
2012	27-27-1	8-13	MVC
2013	17-32	2-19	MVC
2014	24-27	5-16	MVC
2015	36-21	10-11	MVC / CWS Regionals
2016	29-21	11-9	MVC
2017	20-31	6-14	MVC
2018	32-19	11-10	MVC
2019	31-19	11-10	MVC
2020	4-6	0-0
2021	20-22	12-10	MVC
2022	20-29	11-10	MVC
2023	16-32	7-20
2024	13-37-1	6-21
2025	16-35	12-15	MVC