Ball State Cardinals baseball

American college baseball team

Ball State Cardinals baseball

2025 Ball State Cardinals baseball team
Founded| 1920; 105 years ago (1920)
University| Ball State University
Head coach| Rich Maloney (20th overall season)
Conference| Mid–American
Location| Muncie, Indiana
Home stadium| Ball Diamond
(Capacity: 1,700)
Nickname| Cardinals
Colors| Cardinal and white[1]

NCAA Tournament appearances
1965, 1969, 2006, 2023
Conference tournament champions
2006, 2023
Regular season conference champions
1998, 1999, 2001, 2014, 2022
Conference division champions
1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2014, 2016 (divisions ended after 2017 season)

The Ball State Cardinals baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, United States.[2] The team is a member of the Mid-American Conference West division, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. Ball State's first baseball team was fielded in 1920. The team plays its home games at Ball Diamond in Muncie, Indiana. The Cardinals are coached by Rich Maloney.

## Ball State In The NCAA Tournament

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Year  | Record  | Pct  | Notes

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1965 | 0–2  | .000  | District 4
1969 | 2–2  | .500  | District 4
2006 | 1–2  | .333  | Lexington Regional
2023 | 0–2  | .000  | Lexington Regional

TOTALS

| 3-8 | .273 |

## First-Round MLB Draft Picks/Draft Picks

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Ball State Baseball has the most First Rounders in the MAC. Including the 1st overall pick in Bryan Bullington in 2002 which was the first time ever in all MAC sports history. In total Ball State has had 76 draft picks in their history.

Pick | Player | Team | Position | Year

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11  | Thomas Howard | San Diego Padres | OF  | 1986
41  | Jeff Urban  | San Francisco Giants | LHP  | 1998
21  | Larry Bigbie | Baltimore Orioles | OF  | 1999
1  | Bryan Bullington | Pittsburgh Pirates | RHP  | 2002
32  | Luke Hagerty  | Chicago Cubs | LHP  | 2002
18  | Brad Snyder | Cleveland Indians | OF  | 2003
20  | Kolbrin Vitek  | Boston Redsox | RHP/2B  | 2010
34  | Drey Jameson | Arizona Diamondbacks | RHP  | 2019

## Players to Reach the Major Leagues

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Ball State Baseball has had 16 Players reach the Major Leagues.

* Merv Rettenmund
* Mike Roesler
* Thomas Howard (baseball)
* Larry Bigbie
* Sam McConnell
* Bryan Bullington
* Brad Snyder
* Dean Anna
* Jeremy Hazelbaker
* Perci Garner
* Zach Plesac
* Alex Call
* Drey Jameson
* Kyle Nicolas
* CJ Alexander
* Chayce McDermott

## MAC Awards

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As of 2024[update], Ball State has had eight players named the MAC Baseball Player of the Year, the most of any school in the conference.

| MAC Player of the Year[3]

Name | Year
Thomas Howard | 1986
Ed Farris | 1996
Larry Bigbie | 1999
Shayne Ridley | 2000
Brad Snyder | 2003
Kolbrin Vitek | 2010
Sean Godfrey | 2014
Alex Call | 2016
| MAC Freshman of the Year[3]

Larry Bigbie | 1997
Justin Wechsler | 1999
Bryan Bullington | 2000
Ben Snyder | 2005
Jarett Ridfleisch | 2014
Drey Jameson | 2018
Ryan Brown | 2022
Keegan Johnson | 2024
| MAC Pitcher of the Year[3]

Name | Year
Bryan Bullington | 2001, 2002
Erik Morrison | 2005
Scott Baker | 2013
Drey Jameson | 2019
Tyler Schweitzer | 2022
Merritt Beeker | 2024
| MAC Coach of the Year[3]

Name | Year
Rich Maloney | 1998, 2001, 2014, 2022
MAC Defensive Player of Year[3]

Name | Year
Chase Sebby | 2019, 2021
Ryan Peltier | 2022
Michael Hallquist | 2024

## Stadium

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• Fully turf

• All chair back seating

• Video Scoreboard

• Brick stadium with bathrooms and concession stand

• Padded fence all around the field with graphics

## See Also

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* List of NCAA Division I baseball programs

## References

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1. ^ "Brand Colors - Ball State University". Retrieved May 23, 2017.
2. ^ "Ball State Cardinals". d1baseball.com. Archived from the original on 2013-04-22. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
3. ^ a b c d e "2016 Mid-American Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). getsomemaction.com. Mid-American Conference. Retrieved 14 July 2021.

## External Links

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* Official website

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Ball State University

Located in: Muncie, Indiana

Academics|

| Colleges|

* Estopinal College of Architecture and Planning
* Miller College of Business
* College of Communication, Information, and Media
* Teachers College

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Other|

* Burris Laboratory School
* Center for Business and Economic Research
* Center for Energy Research/Education/Service
* Center for Middletown Studies
* Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities

Athletics|

| Teams|

* Baseball
* Men's basketball
* Women's basketball
* Football

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Venues|

* Ball Diamond
* Irving Gymnasium
* Scheumann Stadium
* Worthen Arena

Lore|

* Bronze Stalk Trophy
* Charlie Cardinal
* Indiana State rivalry
* Marching Band

Campus|

* History
* Beneficence
* Bracken House
* Bracken Library
* Christy Woods
* Emens Auditorium
* Frog Baby
* LaFollette Complex
* Observatory
* Owsley Museum of Art
* Shafer Tower
* Wheeler-Thanhauser Orchid Collection and Species Bank

Student life|

* WBST
* WBSU-TV
* WCRD
* WIPB

People|

* Alumni
* Ball brothers
* Presidents

* Founded: 1918
* Students: 21,597
* Endowment: $212.8 million
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Mid-American Conference baseball

Teams|

* Akron Zips
* Ball State Cardinals
* Bowling Green Falcons
* Central Michigan Chippewas
* Eastern Michigan Eagles
* Kent State Golden Flashes
* Miami RedHawks
* Northern Illinois Huskies
* Ohio Bobcats
* Toledo Rockets
* Western Michigan Broncos

Championship|

* Mid-American Conference baseball tournament
* Regular Season Champions

Awards|

* Mid-American Conference Baseball Player of the Year
* Mid-American Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Year

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