Vanderbilt Commodores baseball
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 2015 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team
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| Founded | 1886 |
| University | Vanderbilt University |
| Conference |
SEC Eastern Division |
| Location | Nashville, TN |
| Head coach | Tim Corbin (13th year) |
| Home stadium |
Hawkins Field (Capacity: 3,700) |
| Nickname | Commodores |
| Colors | Black and Old Gold |
| National Championships | |
| 2014 | |
| College World Series Runner-up | |
| 2015 | |
| College World Series appearances | |
| 2011, 2014, 2015 | |
| NCAA Tournament appearances | |
| 1973, 1974, 1980, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 | |
| Conference tournament champions | |
| 1980, 2007 | |
| Conference champions | |
| 1973, 1974, 1980, 2007, 2011, 2013 | |
The Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team is an American National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) college baseball team, and a former Division I national champion. From Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, the team participates in the Eastern division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and plays its home games on campus at Hawkins Field. The Commodores are coached by two-time SEC Coach of the Year, Tim Corbin.
Vanderbilt first fielded a baseball team in 1886, though it would be 1968 before it became a scholarship sport. The Commodores secured only three NCAA appearances in the 20th century—in 1973, 1974, and 1980. They would have only three other winning seasons in SEC play in the first 35 years of the scholarship era. However, they have been to every NCAA Tournament but one since 2004. The team qualified for the NCAA Super Regionals in 2004, had the nation's top recruiting class in 2005 according to Baseball America, made the NCAA field again in 2006, and won the 2007 SEC regular-season and SEC tournament crowns. The Commodores were ranked first in most polls for a majority of the 2007 season and earned the #1 national seed for the 2007 NCAA tournament. Vanderbilt's victory over the University of Virginia in the finals of the 2014 NCAA tournament marks the program's first national title and second appearance in the College World Series, having first appeared in 2011.
The original venue for the Commodores ball club was Dudley Field. Currently, the Commodores play their home games at Hawkins Field, which is an on-campus facility with a 3,700 seat capacity. Temporary outfield bleachers were installed for the 2007 Regionals and all of the 2008 season, bringing the capacity to 3,535. In May 2008, Vanderbilt announced extensive plans to upgrade its athletic facilities, including the addition of permanent seats down the first base line and outfield seats in both left-center and right field. These additions increased the size of Hawkins Field to its current capacity of 3,700 seats. It is adjacent to both Vanderbilt Stadium and Memorial Gymnasium and is across the street from the McGugin Center. Hawkins Field opened in 2002 and is named after a donor who gave $2 million to help finance construction. The stadium was also the site of the first NCAA Baseball Tournament Regional that Vanderbilt ever hosted when it was the site of the Nashville Regional in 2007. Vanderbilt and Hawkins Field again hosted Regionals in 2011, 2013, 2014, and 2015, and hosted Super Regionals in 2011, 2013, and 2014.
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