Purdue Boilermakers baseball
| Purdue Boilermakers | |
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 2017 Purdue Boilermakers baseball team
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| Founded | 1888 |
| University | Purdue University |
| Conference |
Big Ten West Division |
| Location | West Lafayette, IN |
| Head coach | Mark Wasikowski (1st year) |
| Home stadium |
Alexander Field (Capacity: 1,500) |
| Nickname | Boilermakers |
| Colors | Black and Old Gold |
| NCAA Tournament appearances | |
| 1987, 2012 | |
| Conference tournament champions | |
| 2012 | |
| Conference champions | |
| 1909, 2012 | |
The Purdue Boilermakers baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate baseball program of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States. The program's first season was in 1888, and it has been a member of the NCAA Division I Big Ten Conference since the start of the 1906 season. Its home venue is Alexander Field, located on Purdue's campus. Mark Wasikowski is the team's head coach starting in the 2017 season. The program has appeared in 2 NCAA Tournaments. It has won one conference tournament championship and 2 regular season conference titles. As of the start of the 2013 Major League Baseball season, 17 former Boilermakers have appeared in Major League Baseball.
The program's first season of play was 1888, and the team played without a head coach until 1892, when W. M. Phillips became the head coach. Also in 1892, the program began playing at newly dedicated home venue Stuart Field. The first game at Stuart was against Butler on April 16, 1892. Purdue won the game 14–9.
After Phillips' two-year tenure as head coach (1892–1893), the program played without a head coach until 1900, when W. H. Fox assumed the position for two seasons (1900–1901). The program then had several different head coaches until Hugh Nicol began a nine-year tenure in 1906. Nicol's first season was also the program's first as a member of the Big Nine Conference (renamed the Big Ten Conference following the 1917 season, when Michigan rejoined the conference after a twelve-season hiatus). In 1909, Purdue won its first Big Ten Championship. Future Major League Baseball player Walt Tragesser played on the 1909 team.
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