List of Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball seasons

Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball

The Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team competes as part of NCAA Division I, representing the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the Big Ten Conference. Nebraska plays its home games at Hawks Field at Haymarket Park, built in 2001 to replace the aging Buck Beltzer Stadium. The program began intercollegiate play in 1889 and has been coached by Will Bolt since 2020.

Nebraska's baseball program was disjointed in its first decades, frequently disbanding for years at a time. The hiring of Tony Sharpe in 1947 brought stability to the program, but success was limited. Sharpe and his successor John Sanders combined to lead NU for fifty-one seasons, making just three NCAA tournament appearances between them. Nebraska hired Dave Van Horn in 1998 and he quickly turned the Huskers into a national power, making the program's first two College World Series appearances in 2001 and 2002. Mike Anderson took over for Van Horn and in 2005 led NU to its most successful season ever, including another College World Series trip. Anderson could not sustain this, however; since his departure in 2011 Nebraska has experienced modest success under head coaches Darin Erstad and Will Bolt.

Nebraska has been to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship seventeen times and advanced to three College World Series. The Cornhuskers have won eight regular season conference championships and four conference tournament championships. Sixteen Huskers have been named First-Team All-Americans and Alex Gordon won the 2005 Golden Spikes Award as the best amateur baseball player in the country.

## Season-by-season results[edit]

Regular season champion | Tournament champion | Regular season and tournament champion

|
|

Season
[A 1] | Coach[A 2] | Overall | Conf. | Standing | Postseason[A 3] | Final
rank[A 4]

|
|
|
|
|
|

Nebraska Old Gold Knights
Independent (1889–1925)
1889 | C. D. Chandler | 1–2 |  |  |  |
1890 | 2–3
1891 | 1–0
1892 | Charles Stroman | 0–2–1
Nebraska Bugeaters
1893 | Charles Stroman | 3–0 |  |  |  |
1897 | Edward N. Robinson | 8–5–1
1898 | F.B. Ryons | 6–4
1899 | Unknown | 8–4
1900 | 8–12
Nebraska Cornhuskers
1901 | Mike Henderson | 9–11 |  |  |  |
1902 | Geo P. Shidler | 17–8
1904 | J. H. Bell | 10–3
1905 | Unknown | 5–16–1
1906 | S. S. Eager | 5–12–1
1907 | Ducky Holmes | 5–11–1
1908 | Billy Fox | 4–12–2
1909 | 12–14
1910 | Unknown | 7–7–1
1912 | 3–0
1919 | Paul J. Schissler | 5–3
1920 | 7–6
1921 | 8–5
1922 | Owen Frank | 12–4
1923 | Scotty Dye | 6–12
Earl Carr
1924 | William G. Kline | 10–8
1925 | 8–7
Big Six Conference (1929–1947)
1929 | John Rhodes | 12–5–1 | 10–5 | 1st |  |
1930 | 9–7 | 7–5 | 3rd
1931 | W. H. Browne | 2–10 | 2–8 | 6th
1933 | W. W. Knight | 3–1 | – | –
1934 | 5–9 | 2–8 | –
1935 | 4–12 | 2–7 | 5th
1936 | 3–11 | 2–9 | 5th
1937 | 5–12 | 4–9 | 4th
1938 | 7–8 | 5–5 | 4th
1939 | 5–13 | 4–6 | 3rd
1940 | 4–12 | 3–9 | 5th
1941 | 2–14 | 2–8 | 6th
1942 | Adolph J. Lewandowski | 3–11 | 3–6 | 5th
1946 | Frank Smagacz | 9–7 | 9–5 | 2nd
1947 | Tony Sharpe | 6–9–1 | 6–7 | 4th |
Big Seven Conference (1948–1959)
1948 | Tony Sharpe | 17–6 | 14–3 | 1st | NCAA District playoffs |
1949 | 9–13 | 7–10 | 7th |
1950 | 16–8 | 11–3 | 1st | NCAA District playoffs
1951 | 10–5 | 5–4 | 3rd |
1952 | 13–7 | 8–5 | 7th |
1953 | 12–5–2 | 10–3 | 2nd |
1954 | 10–10 | 4–8 | 6th |
1955 | 15–5 | 10–4 | 3rd |
1956 | 12–8 | 8–4 | 2nd |
1957 | 12–10 | 8–9 | 5th |
Big Eight Conference (1958–1995)
1958 | Tony Sharpe | 17–10 | 12–9 | 5th |  |
1959 | 11–11 | 11–4 | 2nd |
1960 | 9–12 | 6–11 | 7th |
1961 | 9–14 | 7–11 | 6th |
1962 | 15–11 | 10–10 | 5th |
1963 | 10–16 | 5–15 | 6th |
1964 | 9–18 | 7–14 | 6th |
1965 | 12–8 | 12–6 | 2nd |
1966 | 16–9 | 12–8 | 3rd |
1967 | 8–16 | 7–11 | 6th |
1968 | 10–15–1 | 7–13 | 7th |
1969 | 9–15 | 4–12 | 8th |
1970 | 14–12 | 11–8 | 3rd |
1971 | 10–20 | 7–13 | 7th |
1972 | 12–17 | 8–11 | 7th |
1973 | 15–14–1 | 7–11 | 6th |
1974 | 13–27 | 4–16 | 8th |
1975 | 13–20 | 7–8 | 5th |
1976 | 21–24–1 | 0–2 | 7th |
1977 | 29–13 | 5–7 | 3rd (East) |
1978 | John Sanders | 36–20 | 7–7 | 3rd (East) |
1979 | 49–15 | 14–6 | 2nd (East) | NCAA Division I Regional
1980 | 49–15 | 16–4 | 1st (East) | NCAA Division I Regional | 14
1981 | 42–22 | 11–11 | 4th |  |
1982 | 44–13 | 15–5 | 2nd |  | 10
1983 | 44–15 | 8–10 | 5th |  |
1984 | 46–20 | 15–6 | 3rd |  | 29
1985 | 45–24 | 16–6 | 3rd | NCAA Division I Regional | 16
1986 | 35–25 | 14–9 | 3rd |  |
1987 | 36–21 | 12–8 | 3rd |  |
1988 | 48–23 | 12–12 | 4th |  |
1989 | 27–31 | 8–16 | 7th |  |
1990 | 42–26 | 12–12 | 3rd |  |
1991 | 37–22 | 10–14 | 6th |  |
1992 | 31–25 | 11–13 | 5th |  |
1993 | 35–23 | 16–12 | 4th |  |
1994 | 32–28 | 14–16 | 5th |  |
1995 | 35–23 | 13–14 | 4th |  |
1996 | 27–27–1 | 8–17 | 7th |  |
Big 12 Conference (1997–2011)
1997 | John Sanders | 27–35 | 7–23 | 10th |  |
1998 | Dave Van Horn | 24–20 | 10–13 | 7th |  |
1999 | 42–18 | 16–9 | 5th | NCAA Division I Regional | 25
2000 | 51–17 | 21–9 | 2nd | NCAA Division I Super Regional | 11
2001 | 50–16 | 20–8 | 1st | NCAA Division I College World Series | 6
2002 | 47–21 | 16–11 | 2nd | NCAA Division I College World Series | 8
2003 | Mike Anderson | 47–18 | 20–7 | 1st | NCAA Division I Regional | 13
2004 | 36–23 | 11–16 | 8th |  | 12
2005 | 57–15 | 19–8 | 1st | NCAA Division I College World Series | 5
2006 | 42–17 | 17–10 | 3rd | NCAA Division I Regional | 15
2007 | 32–27 | 14–13 | 4th | NCAA Division I Regional |
2008 | 41–16–1 | 17–9–1 | 3rd | NCAA Division I Regional | 20
2009 | 25–28–1 | 8–19 | 10th |  |
2010 | 27–27 | 10–17 | 9th |  |
2011 | 30–25 | 9–17 | 9th |  |
Big Ten Conference (2012–present)
2012 | Darin Erstad | 35–23 | 14–10 | 4th |  |
2013 | 29–30 | 15–9 | 2nd |  |
2014 | 41–21 | 18–6 | 2nd | NCAA Division I Regional |
2015 | 34–23 | 9–14 | 8th |  |
2016 | 37–22 | 16–8 | 2nd | NCAA Division I Regional |
2017 | 35–22–1 | 16–7–1 | 1st | NCAA Division I Regional |
2018 | 24–28 | 8–14 | 10th |  |
2019 | 32–24 | 15–9 | 3rd | NCAA Division I Regional |
2020 | Will Bolt | 7–8 | Canceled [A 5]
2021 | 34–14 | 31–12 | 1st [A 6] | NCAA Division I Regional | 20
2022 | 23–30 | 10–14 | 9th |  |
2023 | 33–23–1 | 15–9 | 4th |  |
Overall: 2,329–1,700–20 (.578), Conference: 911–849–2 (.518)

[1]

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Nebraska did not field a team in 1903, 1911, 1913–18, 1926–28, 1932, or 1943–45
2. ^ Coaching information unavailable for 1899, 1900, 1905, 1910, and 1912
3. ^ The NCAA began holding District playoffs in 1947, but these are considered unofficial according to the official NCAA record book. The NCAA Division I Baseball Championship began in 1954
4. ^ Baseball America began publishing a weekly college baseball poll in 1980
5. ^ Remainder of season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
6. ^ Big Ten Tournament not held

## References[edit]

1. ^ "2020 baseball media guide (PDF)" (PDF). University of Nebraska.

## External links[edit]

* Official website

* v
* t
* e

Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball

Venue|

* Husker Diamond (c. 1940–1979)
* Buck Beltzer Stadium (1979–2001)
* Haymarket Park (2002–present)

Culture & lore|

Honors and awards

People|

* Head coaches

Seasons|

* 1889
* 1890
* 1891
* 1892
* 1893
* 1894–1896
* 1897
* 1898
* 1899
* 1900
* 1901
* 1902
* 1903
* 1904
* 1905
* 1906
* 1907
* 1908
* 1909
* 1910
* 1911
* 1912
* 1913–1918
* 1919
* 1920
* 1921
* 1922
* 1923
* 1924
* 1925
* 1926–1928
* 1929
* 1930
* 1931
* 1932
* 1933
* 1934
* 1935
* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939
* 1940
* 1941
* 1942
* 1943–1945
* 1946
* 1947
* 1948
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023

College World Series appearances in italics
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template