Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball | |
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2017 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team | |
Founded | 1885 |
University | Mississippi State University |
Conference |
SEC West Division |
Location | Starkville, MS |
Head coach | Andy Cannizaro (1st year) |
Home stadium |
Dudy Noble Field (Capacity: 15,500) |
Nickname | Bulldogs |
Colors | Maroon and White |
Overall record | 2,561–1,505–29 (.629) |
College World Series Runner-up | |
2013 | |
College World Series appearances | |
1971, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1990, 1997, 1998, 2007, 2013 | |
NCAA Regional Champions | |
1979, 1981, 1985, 1990, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2016 | |
NCAA Tournament appearances | |
1949, 1953, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 | |
Conference tournament champions | |
1979, 1985, 1987, 1990, 2001, 2005, 2012 | |
Conference champions | |
1909, 1911, 1918, 1921, 1922, 1924, 1948, 1949, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1979, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2016 |
The Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate baseball team representing Mississippi State University in NCAA Division I college baseball. The program is a member the West Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). John Cohen has been the program's head coach since the start of the 2009 season. The program's home venue is Dudy Noble Field, Polk-DeMent Stadium. It has appeared in the College World Series nine times, most recently in 2013 where they earned their highest finish, losing in the finals to UCLA. The 2013 Bulldogs finished the season with a consensus No. 2 ranking, the highest in program history.
Mississippi State has won eleven SEC Championships in 1948, 1949, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1979, 1985, 1987, 1989, and 2016.
It has won the SEC Tournament seven times, in 1979, 1985, 1987, 1990, 2001, 2005, and 2012. As shown in the List of SEC champs, it has also won six SEC postseason two-team playoffs, in 1948, 1949, 1965, 1966, 1970, and 1971. The seven tournament championships and six playoff championships are a total of thirteen SEC postseason championships, the most of any school.