Columbia University

• Location: New York, NY
• Nickname: Lions
• Conference: Ivy League 1993-present; Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League 1930?-1992
• Ballpark: Robertson Field

The two towering stars of major league ball who went to Columbia University are Eddie Collins and Lou Gehrig. Hall of Famer John Ward attended Columbia Law School.

Moe Berg, who played at Princeton University, went to law school at Columbia. Ethan Allen, who went to college at the University of Cincinnati, earned a master's degree at Columbia. Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax, who attended the University of Cincinnati, took courses at Columbia his rookie season, in 1955 (but never actually played for the Lions). Bob Tufts, who went to Princeton University, got his MBA at Columbia.

Ex-big leaguer Andy Coakley was a long-time coach. He was hired to work with the pitchers in 1914, the year another ex-big leaguer, Billy Lush, was brought in as head coach. Coakley assumed the head coaching position the following year, and remained there (with a brief interruption in 1919) until 1951.

Notable Alumni

• Mitch Albom, author
• Ethan Allen, outfielder
• Lee Allen, researcher
• Walter Avery, pre-MLB player
• Dean Bailey, college coach
• John Balquist, college coach
• Gary Barrette, college coach
• Mike Baxter, outfielder
• Moe Berg, catcher
• Dana Brand, author
• Mike Bryan, author
• John Chironna, college coach
• Eddie Collins, infielder; manager
• Joe Consentino, minor league player
• Richard Ben Cramer, author
• Bud Culloton, pitcher
• Dan Daniel, writer
• Mike DeBartolo, General Manager
• Dutch Deutsch, minor league outfielder
• Jim Eriotes, minor league player
• Bill Finley, catcher
• Leo Fishel, pitcher
• Paul Gallico, author
• Bill Gallo, cartoonist
• Lou Gehrig, infielder
• Jessen Grant, minor league pitcher
• Jeff Greenberg, General Manager
• Hank Greenwald, broadcaster
• Jason Halper, minor league outfielder
• Scott Harris, General Manager
• John Hayes, outfielder
• Howard Hobson, college coach
• Brett Holtz, Extraliga infielder
• Bill Kalfass, pitcher
• Stan Kasten, owner
• Al Kellett, pitcher
• Bill Kernen, college coach
• Jack Kerouac, author
• George Knight, pitcher
• Leonard Koppett, writer
• Gene Larkin, infielder
• Chick Leahey, minor league infielder
• Tomas Lopez, Brazilian national team pitcher
• Bill Loughran, catcher
• Ken Lowe, USA national team player
• Demie Mainieri, college coach
• David Neft, researcher
• Max Nichols, writer
• George Nicolau, arbitrator
• Barack Obama, President
• Oz Ocampo, scout
• Lyle Olsen, minor league infielder
• Walter O'Malley, owner
• Robb Paller, minor league outfielder
• Aleck Pearsall, pre-MLB player
• John Pearson, minor league player
• Fernando Perez, outfielder
• Dario Pizzano, minor league outfielder
• Richard Ravitch, labor negotiator
• Agustin Rivero, coach
• Ray Robinson, author
• Dick Sakala, college coach
• Will Savage, minor league infielder
• Frank Seminara, pitcher
• Jordan Serena, minor league outfielder
• Josh Simpson, pitcher
• Jimmy Smiley, Extraliga pitcher
• Art Smith, pitcher
• George Smith, pitcher
• Eli Steinfield, minor league coach
• Sotaro Suzuki, Japanese baseball pioneer
• Bill Swiacki, minor league catcher
• Don Taussig, outfielder
• Anthony Temesvary, Hungarian national team infielder
• George Thanopoulos, minor league pitcher
• Fresco Thompson, outfielder
• Bob Tufts, pitcher
• David Voigt, author
• John Ward, pitcher/infielder; manager
• Mickey Weintraub, minor league infielder
• Peter Wermuth, international executive
• Ray White, minor league pitcher
• Clark Whited, college coach
• John Winkin, college coach

Coaches

• Johnny Siegle, 1904
• Billy Gilbert, 1907
• Dave Fultz, 1910-1911
• Harry A. Fisher, 1912
• Billy Lauder, 1913
• Billy Lush, 1914
• Andy Coakley, 1915-1918, 1920-1951
• Fred Dawson (college), 1919
• John Balquist, 1952-1972
• Dick Sakala, 1973-1977
• Paul Fernandes, 1978-1998, 2004-2005
• Mik Aoki, 1999-2003
• Brett Boretti, 2006-present

Assistant Coaches

• Tom Carty, 2023-

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1888	7-12-1
1889
1890	2-16
1891
1892
1893	1-10-1
1894	7-8-1
1895	2-8
1896
1897
1898	5-8
1899	6-12
1900	3-16
1901	5-11
1902	5-11
1903	13-14
1904	11-4
1905	13-8
1906	9-14-2
1907	7-17-1
1908	8-6
1909	4-10
1910	11-9
1911	6-12-1
1912	5-14
1913	8-8
1914	10-7
1915	13-6-1
1916	17-1-1
1917	2-1
1918	5-9-1
1919	9-7
1920	11-7
1921	7-8
1922	11-12-1
1923	10-8-1
1924	8-7
1925	10-10
1926	17-5
1927	6-14
1928	8-7-1
1929	4-12-1
1930	12-9	5-5
1931	12-9-1	5-3
1932	13-6-1	7-3
1933	13-2	9-2
1934	9-7	5-4
1935	5-10	4-8
1936	5-10	3-6
1937	6-10	5-7
1938	5-12	4-8
1939	5-11	2-10
1940	8-6	6-5
1941	4-13	3-9
1942	5-12	5-7
1943	3-6	2-2
1944	11-6-1	7-1
1945	8-6	4-5
1946	7-7	5-4
1947	8-7-1	7-5
1948	7-5	3-5
1949	7-8	4-5
1950	4-11	2-6
1951	10-7	6-3
1952	9-7-2	5-2
1953	7-8-2	4-5
1954	5-9	1-7
1955	3-12	2-7
1956	11-5-1	6-3
1957	7-7	5-2
1958	4-10-1	1-7
1959	9-7	3-5
1960	12-6-1	6-3
1961	11-4	7-2
1962	12-8	5-4
1963	11-7-1	6-3
1964	10-7	5-4
1965	14-7	5-4
1966	11-7	3-6
1967	9-12	2-7
1968	9-12	3-6
1969	10-9	3-4
1970	4-11	3-10
1971	7-11	6-8
1972	8-11	4-10
1973	8-19	3-11
1974	8-16	4-9
1975	7-16-1	3-10-1
1976	17-10	12-2	CWS Regionals
1977	16-15	11-3
1978	15-17	8-6
1979	14-17	8-6
1980	9-21	3-10
1981	15-16	5-9
1982	17-17	8-10
1983	13-22	6-10
1984	23-17	10-8
1985	22-16	8-10
1986	22-19	11-7
1987	28-14	7-11
1988	17-22	5-12
1989	19-19	10-8
1990	12-21	4-14
1991	10-25	5-13
1992	7-11	12-23
1993	19-21	11-9	Ivy
1994	18-24	12-8
1995	15-24-1	9-9
1996	13-29	7-13
1997	12-25-1	6-14
1998	10-31	5-15
1999	13-27	7-13
2000	11-34	6-14
2001	20-27	10-10
2002	22-25	10-10
2003	21-27	9-11
2004	14-28	8-12
2005	10-31	5-15
2006	13-32	6-14
2007	26-28-1	10-10
2008	22-30	15-5	Ivy / CWS Regionals
2009	11-32	7-13
2010	27-20	15-5	Ivy
2011	19-25	9-11
2012	21-24	12-8
2013	28-20	16-4	Ivy / CWS Regionals
2014	29-20	15-5	Ivy / CWS Regionals
2015	34-17	16-4	Ivy / CWS Regionals
2016	17-24	10-10
2017	18-23	12-8
2018	19-29	13-8	Ivy / CWS Regionals
2019	19-23	13-8	Ivy
2020	1-7	0-0
2021	Season cancelled
2022	32-18	17-4	Ivy / CWS Regionals
2023	23-22	11-10	Ivy
2024	16-18	17-4	Ivy
2025	30-19	16-5	Ivy / CWS Regionals
2026		10-10-1	Ivy