Providence College

• Location: Providence, RI
• Nickname: Friars
• Division: Dropped Baseball 1999

Providence College sponsored baseball from 1921 to 1999. The team was independent for many years, then competed in the ECAC in 1984 and Big East Conference from 1985 to 1999, when baseball was dropped. The other Friars teams still compete in the Big East. It is not to be confused with the University of Providence, which is located in Great Falls, MT.

Biographical Information

• Al Blanche, pitcher
• Andy Byron, minor league pitcher
• John Caianiello, minor league catcher
• Pat Carey, college coach
• Jim Foster, college coach
• Scott Friedholm, college coach
• Todd Incantalupo, minor league pitcher
• Paul Kostacopoulos, college coach
• John McDonald, infielder
• Lou Merloni, infielder
• Ernie Pacheco, minor league pitcher
• Keith Reed, outfielder
• Hank Soar, umpire
• Birdie Tebbetts, catcher and manager
• Peter Tucci, minor league outfielder
• Ed Walsh, minor league infielder
• Ed Wineapple, pitcher

Coaches

• Patrick Duff, 1921-1922
• Joseph Connolly, 1923
• John Flynn, 1924-1925, 1927-1934
• John White, 1926
• Rip Egan, 1935-1937
• Arthur Quirk, 1938-1942
• Donald Maynard, 1946
• Harold Martin, 1947-1955
• Robert Murray, 1956-1959
• Alex Nahigian, 1960-1978
• Don Mezzanotte, 1979-1989
• Paul Kostacopoulos, 1990-1996
• Charlie Hickey, 1997-1999

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Post Season
1921	3-5
1922	4-13
1923	9-11
1924	11-8-1
1925	16-5-1
1926	17-8
1927	13-9
1928	19-3
1929	14-10
1930	15-5
1931	18-4
1932	15-2
1933	13-4
1934	13-5
1935	12-8-1
1936	15-10
1937	13-10
1938	11-3
1939	15-3
1940	5-7
1941	5-10
1942	3-3
1946	5-3
1947	5-7
1948	8-5
1949	6-8
1950	3-12
1951	9-11
1952	6-7
1953	9-5-1
1954	7-10
1955	6-9
1956	9-7
1957	6-13
1958	6-7
1959	3-11
1960	6-7
1961	7-5
1962	10-5
1963	10-5		CWS District Tournaments
1964	13-9
1965	12-5
1966	6-15
1967	7-6-1
1968	11-5		CWS District Tournaments
1969	9-7
1970	11-9		CWS District Tournaments
1971	5-14
1972	13-9		CWS District Tournaments
1973	23-6-1		CWS District Tournaments
1974	17-9		CWS District Tournaments
1975	21-9
1976	14-15
1977	13-19
1978	17-10
1979	10-8
1980	17-17
1981	16-18
1982	20-23-1
1983	22-15
1984	25-19-2	13-5
1985	22-24-1	8-9
1986	28-23	11-7	Big East
1987	15-25	5-11
1988	22-29	12-6	Big East
1989	27-16	12-6	Big East
1990	27-21	11-10
1991	35-16-1	12-8	Big East
1992	29-23	12-8	Big East / CWS Regionals
1993	21-24	8-12
1994	32-21	13-8	Big East
1995	44-15	16-5	Big East / CWS Regionals
1996	32-17-1	15-10	Big East
1997	26-23	10-15
1998	31-22-1	14-8-1	Big East
1999	49-16	18-8	Big East / CWS Regionals