Stanford University

• Location: Palo Alto, CA

• Nickname: Cardinal (formerly Indians)

• Conference: Atlantic Coast Conference 2025- ; Pacific-10 Conference 1979-2024; Pacific-8 Conference 1967-1978; California Intercollegiate Baseball Association 1927-1943, 1946-1966; Pacific Coast Conference 1918-1926

• Ballpark: Klein Field at Sunken Diamond

• College World Series Appearances: 19 1953, 1967, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2021, 2022, & 2023

College World Series titles in 1987 and 1988

College World Series runner-up in 2000, 2001, 2003

Stanford University has sent over 100 ballplayers to the major leagues. Prominent pitchers have included Mike Mussina, Jack McDowell, and Jim Lonborg, all with over 100 wins. Position players include Bob Boone, Steve Buechele, Ed Sprague, Mike Aldrete and Carlos Quentin.

Kenny Williams, former general manager of the Chicago White Sox, also went there, and was a wide receiver on the football team, catching John Elway's passes.

Stanford's first player in the majors was Charlie Swindells, who appeared in 3 games with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1904. The famous football star Ernie Nevers appeared in the majors briefly from 1926-1928.

Harry Wolter was a long-time coach of Stanford baseball in the first half of the 20th Century. In 1928, he led the varsity team on a tour of Australia which made Stanford the first American team to visit the country and to play against the Australian national team.

Notable Alumni

• Willie Adams, pitcher
• Mike Aldrete, outfielder
• Dusty Allen, infielder
• Rubén Amaro Jr., outfielder
• Mark Appel, pitcher
• Bill Arce, USA national team coach
• Chuck Armstrong, executive
• Jonny Ash, minor league infielder
• Jeff Austin, pitcher
• Jeff Ballard, pitcher
• Brendan Beck, pitcher
• Tristan Beck, pitcher
• Alex Blandino, infielder
• Jeremy Bleich, pitcher
• Bob Boone, catcher; manager
• Rod Boone, minor league catcher
• Joe Borchard, outfielder
• J.D. Brammer, minor league pitcher
• Bobby Brown, infielder
• Stephen Brown, Great Britain national team player
• Jeff Bruksch, minor league pitcher
• Ryan Bruno, minor league pitcher
• Eric Bruntlett, infielder
• Kris Bubic, pitcher
• Steve Buechele, infielder
• Roger Burnett, minor league infielder
• Doug Camilli, catcher
• Paul Carey, infielder
• Chris Carter, outfielder
• Jason Castro, catcher
• Steve Chitren, pitcher
• Dick Clegg, minor league outfielder
• Mike Codiroli, minor league outfielder
• Tony Cogan, pitcher
• Jason Cooper, minor league outfielder
• Johnny Couch, pitcher
• Gabe Cramer, minor league pitcher
• Brian Dallimore, infielder
• Howie Dallmar, college coach
• Erik Davis, pitcher
• Mark Davis, outfielder
• Steve Davis, infielder
• Bert Delmas, infielder
• Mike Dotterer, drafted outfielder
• Frank Duffy, infielder
• Steve Dunning, pitcher
• Tommy Edman, infielder
• John Elway, minor league outfielder
• David Esquer, minor league infielder
• Chuck Essegian, outfielder
• Dave Flemming, broadcaster
• Dave Frost, pitcher
• Sam Fuld, outfielder
• Tyler Gaffney, minor league outfielder
• John Gall, outfielder
• Bob Gallagher, outfielder
• Ryan Garko, infielder
• Mario Garza, minor league infielder
• Adam Gaylord, minor league infielder
• Jody Gerut, outfielder
• Carl Giuranna, minor league player and college coach
• George Gmelch, minor league infielder
• Mike Gosling, pitcher
• Jeremy Guthrie, pitcher
• Pete Hamm, pitcher
• Jeffrey Hammonds, outfielder
• Maverick Handley, catcher
• Jed Hansen, infielder
• Rick Helling, pitcher
• John Herbold, college coach
• Bill Herron, minor league catcher
• John Hester catcher
• Jim Hibbs, catcher
• A.J. Hinch, catcher; manager
• Brent Hoard, minor league pitcher
• Nico Hoerner, infielder
• Herbert Hoover, President of the United States
• George Horine, Olympics outfielder
• Steve Hovley, outfielder
• John Hudgins, minor league pitcher
• Chad Hutchinson, pitcher
• Drew Jackson, infielder
• Brian Johnson, catcher
• Dominic Jose, minor league outfielder
• Brian Juhl, minor league catcher
• Bob Kammeyer, pitcher
• Lonnie Kauppila, minor league infielder
• Dave Kaval, executive
• Phil Keller, minor league pitcher
• Timothy Kelly, minor league pitcher
• Troy Kent, minor league infielder
• Brian Keyser, pitcher
• Joe Kilburg, minor league infielder
• Jack Little, pitcher
• Jim Lonborg, pitcher
• Andrew Lorraine, pitcher
• Jed Lowrie, infielder
• Donny Lucy, catcher
• Rick Lundblade, minor league catcher
• John Lynch, minor league pitcher
• Mark Machtolf, college coach
• Peter Magowan, owner
• Mark Marquess, college coach
• Quinn Mathews, minor league pitcher
• John Mayberry, Jr., outfielder
• Dave McCarty, infielder
• Jack McDowell, pitcher
• Bill McGilvray, pinch-hitter
• Dave Meier, outfielder
• Dave Melton, outfielder
• Jessica Mendoza, broadcaster
• Lloyd Merriman, outfielder
• Pete Mesa, minor league pitcher
• Jason Middlebrook, pitcher
• Brian Mignano, minor league pitcher
• Erik Miller, pitcher
• Chris Minaker, minor league infielder
• Braden Montgomery, outfielder
• Doc Moskiman, infielder
• Mike Mussina, pitcher
• Edmund Muth, minor league outfielder
• Ernie Nevers, pitcher
• Joe Oeschger, pitcher
• Wande Olabisi, minor league outfielder
• Chris O'Riordan, minor league infielder
• Roger Osenbaugh, minor league pitcher
• Al Osuna, pitcher
• Jake Palisch, pitcher
• Troy Paulsen, minor league infielder
• Jay Pecci, minor league infielder
• Kyle Peterson, pitcher
• Cord Phelps, infielder
• Stephen Piscotty, outfielder
• Lee Plemel, minor league pitcher
• Jordan Pries, minor league pitcher
• Danny Putnam, outfielder
• Cal Quantrill, pitcher
• Carlos Quentin, outfielder
• Richard Rainwater, owner
• John Ramos, outfielder
• Sean Ratliff, minor league outfielder
• Bob Reece, catcher
• Chris Reed, pitcher
• Greg Reynolds, pitcher
• Larry Reynolds, minor league outfielder
• Doug Robbins, minor league catcher
• Bruce Robinson, catcher
• Mark Romanczuk, minor league pitcher
• Don Rose, pitcher
• Brian Sackinsky, pitcher
• Jon Schaeffer, minor league catcher
• Tillie Shafer, infielder
• Harvey Shank, pitcher
• Jack Shepard, catcher
• Mark Skeels, minor league catcher
• Austin Slater, outfielder
• Scott Snodgress, pitcher
• Steve Solomon, minor league outfielder
• Adam Sorgi, minor league infielder
• Stan Spencer, pitcher
• Ed Sprague, infielder
• Pete Stanicek, outfielder
• Drew Storen, pitcher
• Kyle Stowers, outfielder
• Darrell Sutherland, pitcher
• Charlie Swindells, catcher
• Jason Szuminski, pitcher
• Troy Tallman, minor league catcher
• Tim Tawa, infielder
• Michael Taylor, outfielder
• Zeb Terry, infielder
• Mike Toothman, minor league outfielder
• Tommy Troy, outfielder
• Sandy Vance, pitcher
• John Verducci, minor league infielder
• Bill Wakefield, pitcher
• Colin Walsh, infielder
• Justin Wayne, pitcher
• Brant Whiting, minor league catcher
• Kenny Williams, outfielder
• Frank Wilton, college coach
• Ron Witmeyer, infielder
• Jason Young, pitcher
• Ray Young, minor league pitcher
• Austin Yount, minor league infielder
• Paul Zuvella, infielder

Coaches

• Bill Lange, 1897
• Charles Doyle, 1904
• Jerome Peters. 1912-1913
• Doc Moskiman, 1914
• Billy Orr, 1915
• Harry Wolter 1916, 1923-1943, 1946-1949
• R.T. Wilson 1917
• Melbourne "Bob" Evans 1919-1920
• W.D. Seay 1921-1922
• Everett Dean 1950-1955
• Dutch Fehring 1956-1967
• Ray Young 1968-1976
• Mark Marquess 1977-2017
• Dave Esquer, 2018-present

Assistant Coaches

• Rusty Filter, 2010-2017
• Ryan Garko, 2014
• Jon Karcich, 2015-2017
• Dave Nakama, 1997-1998, 2002-2009
• Tommy Nicholson, 2018-2021
• Brock Ungricht, 2011-2016
• Ron Witmeyer, 1994-?

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1892	3-4
1893	11-1
1894	6-0
1895	4-1
1896	5-3
1897	3-3
1898	2-1
1899	0-2-2
1900	3-9
1901	9-4
1902	8-9
1903	5-11
1904	8-8
1905	7-10
1906	10-9
1907	9-10-2
1908	13-13
1909	8-8
1910	9-14
1911	5-11-1
1912	12-12
1913	15-5-1
1914	12-6-3
1915	10-10
1916	12-14-2
1917	10-12
1918	1-3	1-2
1919	6-2	2-0
1920	10-11	5-5
1921	7-9	0-3
1922	4-8	1-2
1923	11-11	2-3
1924	14-10	3-3
1925	7-10	2-1
1926	5-10	2-4
1927	8-13	5-7
1928	7-10	5-7
1929	10-11	4-10
1930	10-12	7-8
1931	18-5	15-3
1932	12-11	9-9
1933	8-19	4-5
1934	8-14-2	5-10
1935	2-13	2-13
1936	8-20	2-13
1937	13-10	8-7
1938	10-13	5-10
1939	14-11	8-7
1940	8-14-1	4-11
1941	12-13	5-10
1942	10-13-1	2-12
1943	10-12	5-7
1946	8-15	4-8
1947	19-11-1	7-8
1948	15-11	5-9
1949	18-12	7-8
1950	19-15	10-5	CWS District Tournaments
1951	21-13	9-9
1952	19-13-1	9-7
1953	29-15-1	10-6	CWS District Tournaments / CWS 5th (t)
1954	18-12	9-7
1955	19-15-1	9-7
1956	24-10-1	9-7
1957	17-13	7-9
1958	23-12	7-9
1959	21-13	9-7
1960	20-17	6-10
1961	26-17	5-11
1962	21-14	6-10
1963	24-11	8-8
1964	20-24	4-16
1965	32-13	11-9	CWS District Tournaments
1966	26-12-2	12-8
1967	36-6-1	10-1	CWS District Tournaments / CWS 3rd
1968	36-12	13-5
1969	34-12	16-5
1970	36-16-1	8-9
1971	39-20-1	11-6	Pac-8
1972	37-17-1	9-9
1973	37-20	9-9
1974	28-19	10-8
1975	37-22	9-9
1976	42-23	14-10
1977	43-23	5-13
1978	35-20-1	6-12
1979	35-23	13-17
1980	29-24	13-17
1981	43-22	16-14	CWS Regionals
1982	49-18-1	20-10	CWS Regionals / CWS 5th (t)
1983	41-17-1	20-10	CWS Regionals / CWS 5th (t)
1984	38-26-1	18-12	CWS Regionals
1985	47-15	23-7	CWS Regionals / CWS 5th (t)
1986	38-23	18-12	CWS Regionals
1987	53-17	21-9	CWS Regionals / CWS 1st
1988	46-23	18-12	CWS Regionals / CWS 1st
1989	30-28	12-18
1990	59-12	24-6	CWS Regionals / CWS 3rd
1991	39-23	18-12	CWS Regionals
1992	39-23	17-13	CWS Regionals
1993	27-28	10-20
1994	36-24	21-9	CWS Regionals
1995	40-25	20-10	CWS Regionals / CWS 5th (t)
1996	41-19	19-11	CWS Regionals
1997	45-20	21-9	Pac-10 / CWS Regionals / CWS 4th
1998	42-14-1	22-8	Pac-10 / CWS Regionals
1999	50-15	19-5	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS 3rd
2000	50-16	17-7	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS 2nd
2001	51-17	17-7	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS 2nd
2002	47-18	16-8	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS 4th
2003	51-18	18-6	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS 2nd
2004	46-14	16-8	CWS Regionals
2005	34-25	12-12	CWS Regionals
2006	33-27	11-13	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2007	28-28	9-15
2008	41-24-2	14-10	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS 4th
2009	30-25	13-14
2010	31-25	14-13	CWS Regionals
2011	35-22	14-12	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2012	41-18	18-12	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2013	32-22	16-14
2014	35-26	16-14	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2015	24-32	9-21
2016	31-23	15-15
2017	42-16	21-9	CWS Regionals
2018	46-12	22-8	CWS Regionals
2019	45-14	22-7	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2020	5-11	0-0
2021	39-17	17-10	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS
2022	47-18	21-9	Pac-12 / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS
2023	44-20	23-7	Pac-12 / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS
2024	22-33	11-19	Pac-12
2025	27-25	11-19	ACC
2026		13-17	ACC

Further Reading

• Ray W. Nickson: "An Epoch in Australian Baseball: Stanford University's Tour of 1928", Baseball Research Journal, SABR, Vol. 47, Nr. 1 (spring 2018), pp. 23-28.