Northwestern University

• Location: Evanston, IL
• Nickname: Wildcats
• Conference: Big Ten Conference 1898-1904, 1906-1917, 1921-present
• Ballpark: Rocky Miller Park

Northwestern University is located in Evanston, IL. The Wildcats won the Big Ten Conference title in 1957 and were co-champions (along with the University of Illinois) in 1940. Paul Stevens was the team's head coach from 1988 to 2015, and former big league pitcher Tim Stoddard was an assistant coach for over 20 years.

Notable Alumni

• Annastasia Batikis, AAGPBL outfielder
• Evan Blesoff, French Division Élite pitcher
• Dick Bokelmann, pitcher
• Pete Burnside, pitcher
• Subby Byas, catcher
• Josh Chetwynd, minor league player
• Marty Clary, pitcher
• Paddy Driscoll, infielder
• Charles Dwight, catcher
• Eddie Einhorn, owner
• Bob Elson, broadcaster
• Luke Farrell, pitcher
• Glenn Geffner, broadcaster
• Joe Girardi, catcher; manager
• Jake Goebbert, infielder
• Shawn Goosenberg, minor league infielder
• James Gordon, author
• Frank Griffith, pitcher/outfielder
• Dan Grunhard, minor league outfielder
• Rick Hahn, General Manager
• Grady Hall, minor league pitcher
• Reggie Hammonds, minor league outfielder
• J.A. Happ, pitcher
• Herb Harris, pitcher
• Scott Harris, General Manager
• Don Heap, college coach
• Marvin Hecht, umpire
• Joe Hietpas, catcher
• Dave Hill, pitcher
• Jay Hook, pitcher
• Mike Huff, outfielder
• Eric Jokisch, pitcher
• Stan Klores, minor league infielder
• George Kontos, pitcher
• Mike Koplove, pitcher
• Katie Krall, minor league coach
• Ed Lagger, pitcher
• Kenesaw Mountain Landis, Commissioner
• Josh Lewin, broadcaster
• Chuck Lindstrom, catcher
• Mark Loretta, infielder
• Jeff Luhnow, General Manager
• George McKinnon, minor league infielder and college coach
• William B. Mead, author
• Tom Metcalf, pitcher
• Tom Meyer, college coach
• Jon Mikrut, minor league pitcher/infielder
• Tom Morgan, college coach
• Chris Nichting, pitcher
• Eileen O'Brien, AAGPBL player
• Gene Oliver, catcher
• Mark Ori, minor league infielder
• Joe Perona, minor league catcher
• Bill Rabinowitz, writer
• Jerry Reinsdorf, owner
• Gabe Ribas, coach
• Skel Roach, pitcher
• Stanley Robison, owner
• Kay Rogers, USA national team player
• Arthur Rundle, minor league catcher
• Quin Ryan, broadcaster
• Craig Sager, broadcaster
• John Schulian, writer
• Bo Schultz, pitcher
• Phil Seghi, minor league infielder
• Sloan Smith, minor league pitcher
• Floyd Stromme, pitcher
• Billy Sunday, outfielder
• Donald Toraason, minor league infielder
• Dale Torborg, minor league infielder
• John Trautwein, pitcher
• Tyler Uberstine, pitcher
• Ollie Vanek, minor league outfielder and manager
• George Vass, writer
• Bill Veeck, owner
• Jason Vosler, infielder
• Bob Will, outfielder
• Quentin Williams, drafted outfielder
• Anthony Wycklendt, minor league outfielder

Coaches

• Billy Sunday, 1888
• John Kedzie, 1894-1897
• Doc Parker, 1898, 1905
• W.J. Bryan, 1898-1902
• Horace Butterworth, 1903
• Harry Fleager, 1904-1905
• Charles Hollister, 1906
• A.B. Cunningham, 1907-1908
• Arthur Rundle, 1909-1911
• L.C. Holsinger, 1912
• Dennis Grady, 1913
• Fred Murphy, 1914-1916
• Willie McGill, 1917
• Jack Sawtelle, 1921
• Henry Symanski, 1922
• Maury Kent, 1923-1928, 1942-1943
• Paul Stewart, 1929-1935
• Burt Ingwersen, 1936-1939
• Stan Klores, 1940-1941
• Wes Fry, 1944-1946
• Don Heap, 1947-1948
• Freddie Lindstrom, 1949-1961
• George McKinnon, 1962-1981
• Ron Wellman, 1982-1986
• Larry Cochell, 1987
• Paul Stevens, 1988-2015
• Spencer Allen, 2016-2021
• Josh Reynolds, 2022
• Jim Foster, 2023
• Ben Greenspan, 2024-present

• Brian Anderson, was interim head coach for a few months in the offseason of 2023.

Assistant Coaches

• Brian Anderson, 2023
• Brad Hill, 2022-
• Ron Klein, ???-2007
• Jon Mikrut, 2010-2015
• Dusty Napoleon, 2016-
• Josh Reynolds, 2016-2021
• Gabe Ribas, 2008-2009
• Dewey Robinson, 1982-1983
• Tim Stoddard, 1993-2014

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Post Season
1871	5-2
1872	0-2
1874	3-4
1875	6-0
1876	4-4-1
1877	3-4
1878	0-2
1879	4-2
1880	2-0
1882	2-4
1883	7-0
1884	2-1
1885	1-3
1886	2-2
1887	3-5
1888	6-4
1889	6-1
1890	4-3
1891	6-2
1892	0-7-1
1893	2-7-1
1894	17-3
1895	7-10
1896	5-7-2
1897	9-2
1898	2-15	1-8
1899	8-7	2-6
1900	7-14	2-7
1901	4-11	1-7
1902	9-6	3-6
1903	3-13	1-10
1904	1-11	0-8
1905	7-9
1906	3-7	1-5
1907	2-7	1-7
1908	2-7	1-7
1909	3-5	2-4
1910	0-9	0-9
1911	1-11	0-10
1912	3-6-1	3-6-1
1913	6-6	3-5
1914	4-5	3-6
1915	6-4-1	6-4
1916	1-8	1-8
1917	4-4	4-4
1921	6-10	2-9
1922	2-8	3-6
1923	5-8	3-8
1924	3-10	3-8
1925	2-10	2-10
1926	5-6	5-6
1927	5-6	5-6
1928	2-14	0-12
1929	9-13	5-6
1930	7-10-1	6-6
1931	10-4-1	6-3
1932	12-8	2-7
1933	6-13	3-8
1934	10-13	5-7
1935	6-13	3-8
1936	7-15	0-11
1937	11-13-1	4-5
1938	8-15	4-8
1939	9-8	7-5
1940	14-10-1	9-3
1941	11-14	5-7
1942	10-9	4-8
1943	1-10	1-6
1944	13-3-1	8-2
1945	7-13	4-6
1946	8-12	3-7
1947	12-13	5-6
1948	9-12-1	1-11
1949	7-17-1	3-9
1950	14-7	4-6
1951	11-9	5-6
1952	12-11	5-5
1953	12-12	2-9
1954	15-11	7-6
1955	17-10	7-7
1956	10-8	6-7
1957	15-6	5-2	CWS District Tournaments
1958	11-15	4-10
1959	12-12-1	6-8
1960	17-9	6-5
1961	10-18	4-11
1962	11-16	5-9
1963	14-10	6-8
1964	9-17	4-11
1965	7-17	1-14
1966	7-21-3	2-13
1967	11-22	4-13
1968	15-27-1	6-12
1969	8-24	2-14
1970	6-24-1	2-14
1971	18-22	5-13
1972	17-14	10-8
1973	28-12	8-8
1974	21-15	7-9
1975	12-26	6-12
1976	18-18	5-11
1977	27-16	7-9
1978	17-18-1	6-10
1979	21-18	5-11
1980	20-21	5-11
1981	17-33	3-13
1982	25-27-1	7-9
1983	32-20-2	6-9
1984	44-18-1	9-6-1	Big Ten
1985	40-18	7-9
1986	39-14	9-7
1987	23-20-1	5-11
1988	28-28	11-17
1989	26-30-3	15-13
1990	24-32	6-21
1991	27-28-1	15-12-1	Big Ten
1992	18-38	8-20
1993	27-27	15-13
1994	34-22	10-18
1995	36-19	15-13	Big Ten
1996	26-29	10-18
1997	20-35	9-19
1998	27-26	10-18
1999	24-29	10-18
2000	30-27	13-15	Big Ten
2001	24-32	11-17
2002	26-29	14-15	Big Ten
2003	25-25	15-14	Big Ten
2004	26-28-1	14-18
2005	26-28	14-18
2006	26-33	21-11	Big Ten
2007	18-36	9-23
2008	21-28	14-18
2009	15-34-1	5-17
2010	24-32	13-11	Big Ten
2011	20-29	10-13
2012	18-36	6-18
2013	22-26	9-15
2014	19-33	7-16
2015	18-36	8-16
2016	15-39	7-17
2017	27-30	13-11	Big Ten
2018	17-32	6-18
2019	24-27	11-13
2020	6-6	0-0
2021	15-21	15-21
2022	24-27	10-14
2023	10-40	4-20
2024	18-34	4-20
2025	25-27	13-17

Related Sites

Northwestern University Website

Official Baseball Website