University of Kentucky

• Location: Lexington, KY
• Nickname: Wildcats
• Conference: Southeastern Conference 1934-present; Southern Conference
• Ballpark: Kentucky Proud Park 2019-present; Cliff Hagan Stadium 1969-2018

College World Series Appearances: 1 2024

Through 2024, Jason Kipnis is the major leaguer out of the University of Kentucky with the most major league at-bats; he also hit the most home runs. The pitcher with the most wins is Joe Blanton; he also has the most innings pitched.

Kentucky has never won the Southeastern Conference championship (through 2023).

Notable Alumni

• Jeff Abbott, outfielder
• Adrian Adkins, minor league catcher
• Andrew Albers, pitcher
• Bob Barton, catcher
• Ralph Beard, minor league infielder
• Michael Bertram, minor league infielder
• Chris Bisson, minor league infielder
• Joe Blanton, pitcher
• Rodney Bolton, pitcher
• Matt Bragga, minor league infielder
• Caleb Brock, minor league catcher
• Derek Bryant, outfielder
• Andy Burns, infielder
• Sawyer Carroll, minor league outfielder
• Kyle Cody, pitcher
• John Cohen, minor league outfielder
• Carson Coleman, minor league pitcher
• Collin Cowgill, outfielder
• Logan Darnell, pitcher
• Dermonti Dawson, minor league owner
• Steve Dixon, pitcher
• Scott Downs, pitcher
• J.D. Droddy, minor league manager
• Bryan Engle, college coach
• Chris Estep, minor league outfielder
• Doug Flynn, infielder
• Marv Foley, catcher
• Travis Foley, minor league pitcher
• Greg Gibson, umpire
• Trevor Gott, pitcher
• Andy Green, infielder; manager
• Chad Green, minor league outfielder
• Tom Grubbs, pitcher
• Danny Haas, minor league outfielder
• Vince Harrison, minor league infielder
• Rod Henderson, pitcher
• Sean Hjelle, pitcher
• Jon Hooker, minor league pitcher
• Jordan Horne, college coach
• Irv Jeffries, infielder
• Jeff Keener, pitcher
• Paul Kilgus, pitcher
• Jason Kipnis, infielder
• Jim Lett, minor league infielder
• Jim Leyritz, catcher
• Corey Littrell, minor league pitcher
• Zach Logue, pitcher
• Larry Luebbers, pitcher
• Luke Maile, catcher
• Alex Meyer, pitcher
• Cotton Nash, infielder
• Dan Neville, minor league pitcher
• Jim Park, pitcher
• Jeff Parrett, pitcher
• Dick Parsons, college coach
• James Paxton, pitcher
• Tim Peterson, pitcher
• Alex Phillips, minor league pitcher
• Steve Phillips, minor league outfielder
• Tristan Pompey, minor league outfielder
• Zach Pop, pitcher
• Lance Ray, minor league outfielder
• A.J. Reed, infielder
• Zach Reks, outfielder
• J.T. Riddle, infielder
• Ryan Ritter, infielder
• Taylor Rogers, pitcher
• Christoforos Rompinson, Greek national team player
• Robbie Ross, pitcher
• Chris Rusin, pitcher
• Jack Savage, pitcher
• Ben Shaffar, minor league pitcher
• John Shelby, minor league infielder
• Chandler Shepherd, pitcher
• Terry Shumpert, infielder
• Jeff Sikes, college coach
• Bob Silvanik, college coach
• Josh Smith, minor league pitcher
• Matt Snyder, minor league pitcher
• Ryan Strieby, minor league infielder
• Sam Taylor, minor league outfielder
• Jake Thompson, minor league outfielder
• Mark Thompson, pitcher
• Zack Thompson, pitcher
• Daniel Tillo, minor league pitcher
• Ka'ai Tom, outfielder
• William Van Landingham, pitcher
• Tony Vittorio, college coach
• Philip Von Borries, author
• Ryan Waldschmidt, outfielder
• Brandon Webb, pitcher
• Jan Weisberg, college coach
• Billy White, minor league infielder
• Evan White, infielder

Coaches

• Frank Engel, 1911-1913
• Alpha Brummage, 1914-1915
• Bill Tuttle, 1916
• J.B. Fledge, 1917
• Andrew Gill, 1920-1921
• Jim Park, 1922
• C.E. Barger, 1923-1924
• Fred J. Murphy, 1925-1926
• John Deveraux, 1927, 1929-1931, 1934
• Fred Major, 1928
• Frank Moseley, 1939-1941, 1946, 1948-1950
• Bill Black, 1942
• Harry Lancaster, 1947, 1951-1965
• Abe Shannon, 1966-1969
• Dick Parsons, 1970-1972
• Jordan Horne, 1973-1978
• Keith Madison, 1979-2003
• John Cohen, 2004-2008
• Gary Henderson, 2009-2016
• Nick Mingione, 2017-

Assistant Coaches

• Brad Bohannon, 2004-2015
• Rick Eckstein, 2015-2016
• Greg Goff, 2000-2003
• Brian Green, 2009-2014
• Gary Henderson, 2004-2008
• Scott Malone, 2000
• Nick Mingione, 2006-2007
• John Schaly, 1985-1987
• Daron Schoenrock, 1998-1999
• John Shelby III, 2018
• Tony Vittorio, 1995-1996
• Jan Weisberg 1993-2005

Year-by-Year Record

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