University of Kansas

• Location: Lawrence, KS
• Nickname: Jayhawks
• Conference: Big 12 Conference 1997-present; Big Eight Conference 1958-1996; Big Seven Conference 1949-1957; Big Six Conference 1929-1948; Missouri Valley Conference 1922-1928
• Ballpark: Hoglund Ballpark

College World Series Appearances: 1 1993

The University of Kansas has had one player who went on to get more than 5,000 major league at-bats, Bob Allison, and one player who went on to get more than 100 victories as a major league pitcher, Steve Renko.

On March 12, 2025, the Jayhawks became the fourth team in documented college baseball history to hit five consecutive home runs in one game, doing so in the 3rd inning of a game against the University of Minnesota. The feat has never been accomplished at the major league level.

Notable Alumni

• Bob Allison, outfielder
• Ferrell Anderson, catcher
• Garrett Ball, scout
• Mike Bard, minor league infielder and college coach
• Wes Benjamin, pitcher
• Jeff Berblinger, infielder
• Brett Bochy, pitcher
• Herb Bradley, pitcher
• Clay Christiansen, pitcher
• Reggie Christiansen, college coach
• Jerry Colangelo, owner
• Chris Corn, minor league pitcher
• Brent Del Chiaro, minor league catcher
• Chuck Dobson, pitcher
• Bobby Douglass, minor league pitcher
• Red Dugan, college coach
• Ka'iana Eldredge, minor league infielder
• Chris Forbes, scout
• Sam Freeman, pitcher
• Dale Gear, pitcher/outfielder
• Tom Gorzelanny, pitcher
• Joe Heeney, minor league infielder
• Alex Hugo, USA national women's team infielder
• Harry Huston, catcher
• Brendon Huttmann, college coach
• Skip James, infielder
• Steve Jeltz, infielder
• Bill Kelso, pitcher
• Ryan Knippschild, minor league pitcher
• Kevin Kuntz, minor league infielder
• Doug Lantz, minor league pitcher
• Zack Leban, minor league pitcher
• Keith Lieppman, minor league infielder
• Ad Lindsey, college coach
• Brandon Macias, minor league infielder
• Skyler Messinger, minor league infielder
• Travis Metcalf, infielder
• Larry Miller, pitcher
• Gus Milner, minor league outfielder
• Erik Morrison, minor league infielder
• Colton Murray, pitcher
• David Narodowski, minor league infielder
• John Nelson, infielder
• Ole Nesmith, college coach
• Rob Neyer, author
• Ray Pierce, pitcher
• Steve Renko, pitcher
• Steve Renko III, minor league pitcher
• Rick Sabath, college coach
• Curt Schmidt, pitcher
• Ben Sems, minor league infielder
• Curtis Shaw, minor league pitcher
• Brock Simpson, minor league infielder
• Roger Slagle, pitcher
• Paul Smyth, minor league pitcher
• Scott Taylor, pitcher
• Floyd Temple, minor league infielder and college coach
• Tommy Thompson, minor league infielder and manager
• Rob Thomson, manager
• Hubert Ulrich, college coach
• A.J. Van Slyke, minor league outfielder
• Les Walrond, pitcher
• Blake Weiman, minor league pitcher
• Mike Zagurski, pitcher
• Ryan Zeferjahn, pitcher

Coaches

• Unknown 1880, 1882, 1884-1894, 1896,
• No Team 1881, 1883, 1895, 1897, 1901 1933-1936, 1943, 1945
• J.R. Snyder 1898
• Frank Jewett 1899
• Clyde Nichols 1900
• Ulysses Plank 1902-1904
• Arthur Relihan 1905
• Dick Kaufman 1906-1908
• Miles Ebright 1909
• Arthur Sherwin 1910-1912
• Leonard Frank 1913
• Leon McCarthy 1914-1917, 1920
• Jay Bond 1918-1919
• Ad Lindsey 1921
• George "Potsy" Clark 1922-1925
• John Bunn 1926-1930
• T.C. Bishop 1931
• Wayne Culp 1932
• Ole Nesmith 1937
• Ralph Conger 1938-1939
• Mike Getto 1940
• Forrest Allen 1941-1942
• Elmer Schaake 1944
• Red Dugan 1946
• Vic Bradford 1947
• Russ Sehon 1948
• William Hogan 1949-1950
• Hubert Ulrich 1951-1953
• Floyd Temple 1954-1981
• Marty Pattin 1982-1987
• Dave Bingham 1988-1995
• Bob Randall 1996-2002
• Ritch Price 2003-2022
• Dan Fitzgerald 2023-Present

Assistant Coaches

• Mike Bard, 1997-2001
• Steve Abney, 2003-2005
• Reggie Christiansen, 2003-2004
• Jack Meggs, 2021-2022
• Ritchie Price, 2012-2022
• Rick Sabath, 1995-1996, 2006
• John Szefc, 2009-2010

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Post Season
1880	1-1
1882	2-0
1884	1-0
1885	4-0
1886	0-3-1
1887	1-4
1888	4-0
1889	6-0
1890	3-7
1891	4-2
1892	6-3-1
1893	6-0-1
1894	8-5
1896	1-0
1898	4-2
1899	10-4
1900	18-7
1902	10-4
1903	10-6
1904	6-3
1905	10-5
1906	22-13-1
1907	20-10
1908	13-5
1909	8-12
1910	9-5
1911	12-7
1912	12-6
1913	10-4
1914	10-5-1
1915	8-4
1916	5-3
1917	5-3
1918	1-4
1919	4-5
1920	9-6
1921	13-2
1922	13-5	11-5
1923	14-2	13-1
1924	5-9-1	4-9-1
1925	3-11	3-10
1926	9-9	7-8
1927	10-6	10-5
1928	10-6	10-6
1929	4-12	4-9
1930	5-12	2-11
1931	6-8	4-8
1932	5-13	5-9
1937	3-10-2	3-9-2
1938	3-9	3-8
1939	8-10	5-9
1940	3-12	2-12
1941	3-10	3-10
1942	3-5	2-4
1944	0-5	0-2
1946	4-6	4-6
1947	4-9	4-9
1948	7-12	5-10
1949	14-11	11-7	CWS District Tournaments
1950	10-8	8-8
1951	6-9	5-9
1952	11-6	8-6
1953	6-10	4-8
1954	10-5	4-4
1955	6-16	2-10
1956	14-5	6-5
1957	11-11	9-8
1958	14-8-2	11-6
1959	9-11	5-11
1960	11-13	7-11
1961	5-14	2-12
1962	16-11	13-8
1963	15-10	11-8
1964	16-11	11-10
1965	12-13	8-12
1966	8-17	3-15
1967	12-15	6-13
1968	7-20	4-14
1969	12-14	7-12
1970	15-8	10-7
1971	11-22	6-15
1972	20-10	11-9
1973	11-15	5-13
1974	17-22	6-12
1975	15-25	5-13
1976	23-14	6-6	Big Eight
1977	22-23-1	8-10	Big Eight
1978	34-13-1	16-5	Big Eight
1979	34-13-1	11-9
1980	26-19	10-10
1981	32-19	12-11	Big Eight
1982	23-27	10-14
1983	17-17	10-9	Big Eight
1984	23-25	4-14
1985	19-30-1	5-17
1986	25-34	7-16
1987	15-39-1	3-21
1988	25-34	5-19
1989	32-35	8-16
1990	27-31	10-14
1991	31-28	11-13
1992	25-28	8-16
1993	45-18	17-9	Big Eight / CWS Regionals / CWS
1994	40-18	17-9	Big Eight / CWS Regionals
1995	24-33	9-17	Big Eight
1996	26-30	11-17	Big Eight
1997	31-25	12-18
1998	22-29	7-20
1999	14-40	4-26
2000	25-30	10-20
2001	26-30	7-23
2002	22-29	5-21
2003	35-28	9-18	Big 12
2004	31-31-1	7-19
2005	36-28	11-15	Big 12
2006	43-25	13-14	Big 12 / CWS Regionals
2007	28-30	9-17
2008	30-27	9-18
2009	39-24	15-12	Big 12 / CWS Regionals
2010	31-27-1	11-15-1	Big 12
2011	26-30	9-18
2012	24-34	7-16	Big 12
2013	34-25	12-12	Big 12
2014	35-26	15-9	Big 12 / CWS Regionals
2015	23-32	8-15
2016	20-35-1	6-17
2017	30-28	11-13	Big 12
2018	27-30	8-15	Big 12
2019	32-26	12-12	Big 12
2020	7-10	0-0
2021	30-27	8-16	Big 12
2022	20-35	4-20
2023	25-32	8-16	Big 12
2024	31-23	15-15	Big 12
2025	43-17	20-10	Big 12 / CWS Regionals
2026		22-8	Big 12 / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals

Further Reading

• Scott Chiusano: "Five straight homers! Kansas pulls off what no MLB team ever has", mlb.com, March 12, 2025. [1]