Southern Illinois Salukis baseball
| Southern Illinois Salukis | |
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| Founded | 1947 |
| University | Southern Illinois University |
| Conference | MVC |
| Location | Carbondale, IL |
| Head coach | Ken Henderson (5th year) |
| Home stadium |
Abe Martin Field (Capacity: 4,000) |
| Nickname | Salukis |
| Colors | Maroon and White |
| College World Series Runner-up | |
| 1968, 1971 | |
| College World Series appearances | |
| 1968, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1977 | |
| NCAA Tournament appearances | |
| 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1986, 1990 | |
| Conference tournament champions | |
| 1977, 1978, 1981, 1990 | |
| Conference champions | |
| 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1990 | |
The Southern Illinois Salukis baseball team represents Southern Illinois University in NCAA Division I college baseball. They are part of the Missouri Valley Conference.
SIU baseball started as a club sport in 1921, lasting until 1924. From 1925 until 1946, the school did not have a baseball program.
In 1947, Abe Martin revived the program as an intercollegiate sport and it has remained ever since, being an elite program in the late 1960s through the 1980s.
SIU plays its home games at Abe Martin Field but also occasionally plays home games at Rent One Park in nearby Marion, home of the Frontier League's Southern Illinois Miners.
SIU has a proud history in the NCAA Baseball Tournament, held in Omaha since 1950 and at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium from 1950 through 2010. They have made the College World Series 5 times and finished as the national champion runner-up twice (losing out to the University of Southern California Trojans both times) and as third-place finishers twice.
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