Kansas State Wildcats baseball
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| Founded | 1897 |
| University | Kansas State University |
| Conference | Big 12 |
| Location | Manhattan, KS |
| Head coach | Brad Hill (13th year) |
| Home stadium |
Frank Myers Field at Tointon Family Stadium (Capacity: 2,331) |
| Nickname | Wildcats |
| Colors | Royal Purple and White |
| NCAA Tournament appearances | |
| 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2013 | |
| Conference champions | |
| 1907 • 1908 • 1928 • 1930 • 1933 • 2013 | |
The Kansas State University Wildcats baseball team is a member of the NCAA and the Big 12 Conference, and is currently coached by Brad Hill. The program's first official game was in 1897. The Wildcats have advanced to the NCAA baseball tournament four of the past six seasons.
Following the completion of the 2014 season, Kansas State's all-time record is 1,730–1,725–10 (.501).
Kansas State plays its home games at Frank Myers Field at Tointon Family Stadium. The stadium was built in 1961, and re-dedicated in 2002 with major improvements including a digital scoreboard, upgraded locker-room facilities, coaches' offices, and more.
The team's first official home field was an open public square in Manhattan located at Bluemont Avenue and 8th Street, which it began using in the 1898 season, called Athletic Field. Construction of Bluemont Elementary School on that plot of land forced Kansas State to move its athletics on campus beginning in 1911. The team's on-campus baseball diamond was initially located at the southwest corner of the campus, at the current location of Memorial Stadium. However, in the following decades the squad played at numerous locations around Manhattan, including City Park and (for many years) Griffith Park, before the opening of the current ballpark.
According to most sources, Kansas State began intercollegiate competition with a match against St. Mary's College on May 26, 1894. (St. Mary's was a regional athletics powerhouse, whose recent graduates included baseball pioneers Charles Comiskey and Ted Sullivan.) However, the first game reflected in the school's official history is a 4–3 win over Fort Riley on April 10, 1897. Playing in the old Kansas Intercollegiate Athletic Association, the baseball team earned what is believed to be the school's first varsity championship in 1907 under coach Mike Ahearn.
After joining the Missouri Valley Conference in 1913, the Kansas State baseball team won major conference titles in 1928, 1930 and 1933. The school's most recent championship was the Big 12 Conference regular season championship in 2013. Kansas State's best finish at the Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament was runner-up at the 2008 tournament.
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