New Mexico Lobos baseball
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| Founded | 1899 |
| University | University of New Mexico |
| Conference | Mountain West |
| Location | Albuquerque, NM |
| Head coach | Ray Birmingham (8th year) |
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Santa Ana Star Field (Capacity: 1,000) |
| Colors | Cherry and Silver |
| NCAA Tournament appearances | |
| 1962, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016 | |
| Conference tournament champions | |
| Skyline: 1962 MWC: 2011, 2012, 2016 |
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| Conference champions | |
| Skyline (Eastern Division): 1953, 1958, 1962 WAC (Southern Division): 1985 MWC: 2000, 2012, 2013, 2014 |
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New Mexico Lobos baseball is a college baseball program of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The first team was fielded in 1899 and posted a 1,708–537–14 (.526) record through the 2014 season. The Lobos have won three conference tournaments, finished first in regular season conference play eight times, and appeared in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship 5 times. The team plays their home games on the University of New Mexico campus at Santa Ana Star Field. Ray Birmingham has been the head coach of the Lobos since the 2008 season.
The Lobos baseball team was first fielded in 1899, and posted a 1,708–537–14 (.526) record through the 2014 season. The 2014 season was the 96th season that the University of New Mexico has field a baseball team (the team did not play 17 seasons: 1902, 1903, 1909, 1918, 1924–1926, 1928, 1930–1938, 1944, and 1945).
In 1951, the Lobos began play in the Skyline Eight Conference, recording a first place regular season finish in the Eastern Division in 1953, 1958, and their final season in the conference in 1962. The 1962 season also saw the Lobos participate in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship for the first time.
UNM was a charter member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) and begin conference play with Arizona, Arizona State, BYU, Utah, and Wyoming in 1963. Until leaving the WAC to become a charter member of the Mountain West Conference (MW) in 2000, the Lobos finished first in the regular season standings only once, 1985 in the Southern Division, and lost to BYU in a postseason playoff series.
As a member of the MW, the Lobos have finished first in the regular season in five seasons: 2000, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. The Lobos returned to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship in 2000, the second time in program history. The Lobos won the Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament in 2011 and 2012.
The Lobos have had 25 different players earn All-America honors, including seven during current head coach Ray Birmingham's tenure. Additionally, they have had 10 players be named Freshman All-America, including one in each of the last four seasons: D. J. Peterson in 2011, Ryan Padilla in 2012, Sam Haggerty in 2013, and Danny Collier in 2014. In 2013 Peterson became the first player in program history to become a three-time All-American.
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