Gonzaga Bulldogs baseball
| Gonzaga Bulldogs | |
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| Founded | 1890 |
| University | Gonzaga University |
| Conference | WCC |
| Location | Spokane, WA |
| Head coach | Mark Machtolf (13th year) |
| Home stadium |
Washington Trust Field and Patterson Baseball Complex (Capacity: 1,300) |
| Nickname | Bulldogs |
| Colors | Navy Blue, White, and Red |
| NCAA Tournament appearances | |
| 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 2009, 2016 | |
| Conference tournament champions | |
| Big Sky: 1971, 1973, 1974 WCC: 2009 |
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| Conference champions | |
| Big Sky: 1965, 1971, 1973, 1974 Nor-Pac: 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981 WCC: 2009, 2013, 2016 |
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The Gonzaga Bulldogs baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate baseball program of Gonzaga University, located in Spokane, Washington, United States. The NCAA Division I program has been a member of the West Coast Conference since 1996 and its home venue is Washington Trust Field and Patterson Baseball Complex, opened on Gonzaga's campus for the 2007 season.
Mark Machtolf has been the program's head coach since 2004. Through 2013, Gonzaga has appeared in eight NCAA Tournaments. It has won four conference championship series, seven regular season conference championships, and five regular season division titles. Gonzaga was formerly an affiliate member of the Pac-10 conference for baseball and previously played in the NorPac and Big Sky conferences.
As of the start of the 2013 season, 16 former Bulldogs have played in Major League Baseball.
Gonzaga College was founded in September 1887, and the first recorded game of the baseball program was held shortly thereafter, in 1890. On September 14, 1910, Dave Skeels became the first Gonzaga player to appear in the major leagues when he pitched in a game for the Detroit Tigers. In 1912, the college was recognized by the state of Washington as a university and was renamed Gonzaga University. Although the team competed in the first half of the 20th century, comprehensive records of its play do not exist prior to the 1960 season, when the team competed as an independent school in District VII of the NCAA's University Division.
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