University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Location: Urbana, IL
• Nickname: Illini
• Conference: Big Ten Conference 1896-present
• Ballpark: Illinois Field

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, or the University of Illinois for short, is a 28-time Big Ten Conference champion in baseball.

Notable Alumni

• Garrett Acton, pitcher
• Jason Anderson, pitcher
• Willie Argo, minor league outfielder
• Joe Astroth, catcher
• Tubby Bacon, owner
• Brian Baldea, college coach
• Fredrick Ballantine, minor league catcher
• Bob Barnes, pitcher
• Dick Barrett, pitcher
• Boyd Bartley, infielder
• Chris Basak, infielder
• Fred Beebe, pitcher
• Ethan Blackaby, outfielder
• Lou Boudreau, infielder; manager
• Jack Bradley, catcher
• Fred Brainard, infielder
• Jim Breton, infielder
• Jack Brittin, pitcher
• Bob Burda, infielder
• B.J. Cashman, minor league outfielder
• Paul Chervinko, catcher
• Jean Cione, AAGPBL pitcher
• Jerry Colangelo, owner
• Jim Cook, outfielder
• Chris Correa, scout
• Jack Crangle, college coach
• Cap Crossley, minor league infielder
• Mark Dalesandro, catcher
• Lars Davis, minor league catcher
• Paul Deese, college coach
• Ray Demmitt, outfielder
• Lee Dunham, infielder
• Lee Eilbracht, minor league catcher
• John Ericks, pitcher
• Hoot Evers, outfielder
• Eric Eymann, minor league infielder
• Cy Falkenberg, pitcher
• Jim Fanning, catcher; manager
• John Felske, catcher; manager
• Darrin Fletcher, catcher
• Tom Fletcher, pitcher
• Jack Franklin, pitcher
• Moe Franklin, infielder
• Bob Freels, minor league pitcher; umpire
• Fred Frink, outfielder
• Toby Gardenhire, minor league infielder and manager
• Ned Garvin, pitcher
• Terry Gellinger, USA national team pitcher
• Joey Gerber, pitcher
• Jason Goldstein, minor league catcher
• Coleman Griffith, author
• Red Gunkel, pitcher
• George Halas, outfielder
• Ev Hall, minor league infielder
• Tom Haller, catcher
• John Happenny, infielder
• Fred Herbert, pitcher
• Jim Hicks, outfielder
• Andrew Hoffmann, pitcher
• Ken Holtzman, pitcher
• Kyle Hudson, outfielder
• George Huff, manager
• Dick Hyde, pitcher
• Burt Ingwersen, college coach
• Jeff Innis, pitcher
• Tyler Jay, pitcher
• Dicta Johnson, pitcher; manager
• James Johnston, owner
• Frank Joranko, college coach
• Jimmy Journell, pitcher
• Howie Judson, pitcher
• Harry Juul, pitcher
• Herb Juul, pitcher
• Jeffrey Kittel, researcher
• Bobby Klaus, infielder
• Josh Klimek, minor league infielder
• Gary Kolb, outfielder
• Nate Lavender, minor league pitcher
• Don Lenhardt, outfielder
• Tom Lepperd, umpire
• Em Lindbeck, pinch-hitter
• Edward Lindberg, USA Olympic team catcher
• Walt Linden, catcher
• Don Lukaszewski, minor league infielder
• Carl Lundgren, pitcher
• Bill Lyon, writer
• Fred Major, college coach
• John Mallee, coach
• Michael Massey, infielder
• Harry McCurdy, catcher
• Douglas Mills, USA national team pitcher
• Sean Mulligan, pinch-hitter
• Eric Myers, minor league pitcher
• Dave Nightingale, writer
• Rube Novotney, catcher
• Aaron Nieckula, minor league catcher
• Rich Nye, pitcher
• Johnny O'Connor, catcher
• Jim Orsag, minor league infielder
• Ernie Ovitz, pitcher
• Donn Pall, pitcher
• Dick Parente, NPB infielder
• Roy Parker, minor league player
• Jordan Parr, minor league infielder
• Josh Parr, minor league infielder
• Justin Parr, minor league outfielder
• Dick Pawlow, minor league outfielder
• Big Jeff Pfeffer, pitcher
• Lee Pfund, pitcher
• Andy Phillip, minor league outfielder
• Herb Plews, infielder
• Ray Poat, pitcher
• Ken Polivka, pitcher
• Robert Polock, minor league infielder
• Lou Possehl, pitcher
• Dick Raklovits, minor league infielder
• Dick Reichle, outfielder
• Tanner Roark, pitcher
• Chris Robinson, catcher
• Wally Roettger, outfielder
• Ryan Rogowski, minor league outfielder
• Richard Ronovsky, minor league outfielder
• Shawn Roof, minor league infielder
• Marv Rotblatt, pitcher
• Claude Rothgeb, outfielder
• Abe Saperstein, executive
• Mark Scott, broadcaster
• Cody Sedlock, pitcher
• Dave Seifert, college coach
• Bubba Smith, minor league infielder
• Frank Smykal, infielder
• Ed Spiezio, infielder
• Scott Spiezio, infielder
• Jake Stahl, infielder; manager
• Paul Stewart, minor league player and college coach
• Larry Sutton, outfielder
• D.J. Svihlik, minor league infielder
• Jake Thies, pitcher
• Burdette Thurlby, minor league outfielder
• John Toncoff, minor league catcher
• Carl Vandagrift, infielder
• Otto Vogel, outfielder
• Ollie Voigt, pitcher
• Audrey Wagner, AAGPBL outfielder
• Brett Weber, minor league pitcher
• Dick Weik, pitcher
• Terry Wells, pitcher
• Joe Zdeb, outfielder
• Bob Zick, pitcher

Coaches

Illinois logo 2004-2013

• George Huff, 1896-1919
• George "Potsy" Clark, 1920
• Carl Lundgren, 1921-1934
• Wally Roettger, 1935-1951
• Lee Eilbracht, 1952-1978
• Tom Dedin, 1979-1987
• Augie Garrido, 1988-1990
• Richard "Itch" Jones, 1991-2005
• Dan Hartleb, 2006-present

Assistant Coaches

• Mark Allen 2020-
• Paul Stewart, 1924-1928

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1886	4-2
1887	4-4
1888	3-4
1889	1-2-1
1890	5-3
1891	8-2
1892	8-3
1893	14-8
1894	8-6
1895	10-4
1896	15-4	2-4
1897	6-5	3-3
1898	6-7	4-6
1899	11-6	9-4
1900	12-2	8-2
1901	12-7	6-4
1902	12-4	8-3
1903	17-1	11-1
1904	24-4	8-2
1905	14-5	7-5
1906	13-3	8-3
1907	10-1	7-0
1908	11-3	11-3
1909	11-3	9-3
1910	14-0	11-0
1911	18-2	14-1
1912	13-3-1	10-2-1
1913	11-5-1	8-4
1914	11-7-1	7-3
1915	18-1-1	9-1-1
1916	17-5	8-1
1917	13-7	8-3
1918	13-6	7-3
1919	13-5	7-4
1920	16-8	6-4
1921	17-3	10-1
1922	17-2-1	8-2
1923	14-6-1	7-4
1924	10-6-1	4-3-1
1925	12-8	6-5
1926	16-7-1	7-4
1927	10-7-3	7-3-1
1928	32-12-5	6-6
1929	13-7-2	6-5
1930	15-5	8-2
1931	15-4	8-2
1932	10-5	7-3
1933	13-3	8-2
1934	15-3	9-1
1935	12-4	7-3
1936	13-4	10-2
1937	14-3	9-1
1938	8-8	4-4
1939	7-7-2	4-5
1940	16-5	9-3
1941	13-7	7-4
1942	9-9	5-7
1943	8-6	5-3
1944	9-3-2	5-2-2
1945	10-10-1	6-5-1
1946	13-8	6-3
1947	22-6	9-3	CWS District Tournaments
1948	20-7-1	10-2	CWS District Tournaments
1949	9-8-1	6-5-1
1950	13-6	6-5
1951	16-9	8-3
1952	20-11-1	10-5	CWS District Tournaments
1953	17-6	10-3
1954	16-15	4-11
1955	14-10	7-6
1956	15-18-1	4-11
1957	17-9	7-4
1958	18-10	8-6
1959	22-9	9-6
1960	21-10	6-8
1961	22-8	9-4
1962	25-6	13-2	CWS District Tournaments
1963	21-15	10-5	CWS District Tournaments
1964	9-22	1-14
1965	14-9	8-6
1966	14-14	5-7
1967	17-21	5-11
1968	18-19	7-10
1969	22-20	11-7
1970	19-16-1	8-10
1971	20-16-1	10-7-1
1972	16-21	5-9
1973	21-13	8-10
1974	27-11	9-7
1975	25-17-1	4-11-1
1976	20-22	3-12
1977	23-25	8-10
1978	25-22-1	6-12
1979	14-30-1	3-15
1980	18-33	6-10
1981	35-26	11-3	Big Ten
1982	49-23	14-2	Big Ten
1983	23-24-2	6-9
1984	22-30	3-10
1985	46-21	12-4	Big Ten
1986	33-20-2	8-8
1987	32-24	9-7
1988	26-20	12-16
1989	42-16	17-11	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
1990	43-21	19-9	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
1991	26-30	13-15
1992	36-20	16-12	Big Ten
1993	32-23	12-16
1994	26-26	12-16
1995	25-31	14-14
1996	37-22	17-10	Big Ten
1997	32-27	17-11	Big Ten
1998	42-21	19-5	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
1999	34-22	15-12	Big Ten
2000	41-23	17-11	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
2001	29-28	13-14	Big Ten
2002	32-19	14-15
2003	27-26	12-19
2004	22-33	11-21
2005	33-23-1	20-12	Big Ten
2006	29-29	15-17	Big Ten
2007	31-27	16-14	Big Ten
2008	31-25	16-15	Big Ten
2009	34-20	16-8	Big Ten
2010	26-26	10-14
2011	30-27	15-9	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
2012	28-25	11-13
2013	35-20	14-10	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
2014	32-21	17-7	Big Ten
2015	50-10-1	21-1	Big Ten / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2016	28-23	12-12
2017	23-28	9-15
2018	33-20	15-9	Big Ten
2019	36-21	15-9	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
2020	8-5	0-0
2021	22-22	22-22
2022	31-22	17-7	Big Ten
2023	25-27	12-12	Big Ten
2024	35-21	18-6	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
2025	30-24	14-16	Big Ten
2026		14-16	Big Ten