Rutgers Scarlet Knights baseball

American college baseball team

Rutgers Scarlet Knights

2024 Rutgers Scarlet Knights baseball team
Founded| 1870 (1870)
University| Rutgers University
Head coach| Steve Owens (5th season)
Conference| Big Ten
Location| Piscataway, New Jersey
Home stadium| Bainton Field
(Capacity: 1,500)
Nickname| Scarlet Knights
Colors| Scarlet[1]

College World Series appearances
1950
NCAA Tournament appearances
1950, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007
Conference tournament champions
Big East: 1998, 2000, 2007
A-10: 1981, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993
Regular season conference champions
Big East: 1998, 2000, 2003, 2007
A-10: 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993

Rutgers Scarlet Knights baseball is the varsity intercollegiate team representing Rutgers University in the sport of college baseball at the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The team plays its home games at Bainton Field on campus in Piscataway, New Jersey. The Scarlet Knights are members of the Big Ten Conference, which they joined prior to the 2014 season.[2]

## History

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The program's first year of competition was 1870. For their first 37 seasons, the program competed without a head coach, compiling a record of 102-157-1.

### Fred Hill era (1984–2014)

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The 2007 baseball squad tied the school record for victories with 42 and tallied numbers of 63 home runs and 425 RBIs, good enough for second-most in school history. The team finished in first place in the Big East in the regular season, and won the 2007 Big East Conference baseball tournament A record high 6 players would be selected in the 2007 Major League Baseball draft. The home runs record would go on to be broken in the 2010 season.[3]

### Joe Litterio era (2014–2019)

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Under head coach Joe Litterio, Rutgers Baseball made the transition from the American Athletic Conference to the Big Ten Conference.

### Steve Owens era (2020-present)

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On May 28, 2019, Joe Litterio's contract was not renewed.[4] On June 26 2019, Steve Owens was announced as the new head coach of the Rutgers program.[5]

## Rutgers in the NCAA tournament

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Year  | Record  | Pct  | Notes

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1950 | 3–2  | .600  | College World Series 5th place
1966 | 1–2  | .333  | District 2
1968 | 0–2  | .000  | District 2
1970 | 0–2  | .000  | District 2
1986 | 0–2  | .000  | Northeast Regional
1988 | 1–2  | .333  | Northeast Regional
1990 | 4–2  | .667  | Northeast Regional
1991 | 0–2  | .000  | Central Regional
1993 | 1–2  | .333  | Mideast Regional
1998 | 1–2  | .333  | Atlantic II Regional
1999 | 0–2  | .000  | Lubbock Regional
2000 | 1–2  | .333  | Hosted Montclair Regional
2001 | 2–2  | .500  | Lincoln Regional
2003 | 1–2  | .333  | Tallahassee Regional
2007 | 1–2  | .333  | Charlottesville Regional

TOTALS

| 16-30 | .348 |

## Stadium

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Rutgers plays at Bainton Field, a 1,500 seat facility located on the campus of Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey.[6]

## Head Coaches

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Records are through the end of the 2021 season

Year(s)  | Coach  | Seasons  | W-L-T  | Pct

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1870–1906 | No Coach | 36 | 102-157-1 | .394
1907 | Frank Gordon | 1 | 3–8 | .273
1908–1911 | Frank Cox | 4 | 18–35 | .340
1912–1915 | Walter S. Brodie | 4 | 43–61 | .414
1916–1917 | Sandy Piez | 2 | 6–11 | .353
1918–1925 | Frank Cox | 8 | 38-61-1 | .386
1926–1931 | Fred Jacklitsch | 6 | 43–42 | .506
1932–1937 | J. Wilder Tasker | 6 | 35-53-2 | .400
1938–1949 | Charles Ward | 11 | 104-76-2 | .577
1950–1960 | George Case | 10 | 116-84-3 | .579
1961–1983 | Matt Bolger | 22 | 304-277-7 | .523
1984–2014 | Fred Hill | 30 | 941–662–7 | .587
2015–2019 | Joe Litterio | 6 | 140–174–1 | .446
2020–present | Steve Owens | 2 | 27–32 | .458
Totals  | 13 coaches  | 151 seasons  | 1,909–1,698–24  | .529

Taken from the Rutgers Baseball 2021 Fact Book[7]

## Major League Baseball

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As of 2020[update], at least 25 former Scarlet Knights, including Todd Frazier, Eric Young and David DeJesus, have played in Major League Baseball[8] and 72 players have been selected from the school in the Major League Baseball draft.[9]

## References

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1. ^ "Colors | Visual Identity System". Retrieved April 6, 2017.
2. ^ 2015 Rutgers Baseball Fact Book. Rutgers Scarlet Knights. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
3. ^ "History Capsule".
4. ^ Keith Sargeant (May 28, 2019). "Rutgers baseball coach Joe Litterio will not return in 2020". www.nj.com. New Jersey On-Line LLC. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
5. ^ "Steve Owens Named Head Baseball Coach". ScarletKnights.com. Rutgers University Athletics. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
6. ^ "Facilities".
7. ^ "2021 Rutgers Baseball Fact Book" (PDF).
8. ^ "Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, NJ) Baseball Players". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
9. ^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, NJ)"". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

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