Virginia Cavaliers baseball
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 2017 Virginia Cavaliers baseball team
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| Founded | 1889 |
| University | University of Virginia |
| Conference |
ACC Coastal Division |
| Location | Charlottesville, VA |
| Head coach | Brian O'Connor (14th year) |
| Home stadium |
Davenport Field (Capacity: 4,825) |
| Nickname | Cavaliers |
| Colors | Orange and Blue |
| National Championships | |
| 2015 | |
| College World Series Runner-up | |
| 2014 | |
| College World Series appearances | |
| 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015 | |
| NCAA Tournament appearances | |
| 1972, 1985, 1996, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 | |
| Conference tournament champions | |
| 1996, 2009, 2011 | |
| Conference champions | |
| 1972, 2010, 2011 | |
The Virginia Cavaliers baseball team represents the University of Virginia in NCAA Division I college baseball. Established in 1889, the team participates in the Coastal division of the Atlantic Coast Conference and plays its home games at Davenport Field. The team's head coach is Brian O'Connor. The team won the College World Series championship in 2015.
Virginia played its first baseball game, a 13-4 win over Richmond College, in 1889. The Cavaliers had limited success in their first 100 years of play, making their NCAA tournament debut in 1972 under Jim West and returning in 1985 and 1996 under Dennis Womack, failing to advance past regional play. They won their first ACC tournament championship in 1996 behind the pitching of All-America righthander Seth Greisinger. One highlight was the performance of left-handed pitcher Eppa Rixey, who won 266 games for the Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati Reds from 1912–1933 and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as a Veterans Committee selection in 1963.
In 1966, left-handed pitcher Edward Turnbull became the program's first MLB draft pick, going to the Baltimore Orioles in the 17th round. Outfielder Brian Buchanan was the first Virginia player to become a first-round pick, going to the New York Yankees in the 1994 draft.
In 2001, the program was threatened by recommendations from a university task force that would have split the school's sports into four tiers, with each tier funded differently. The baseball program was placed in the lowest tier and would have lost the ability to offer athletic scholarships if the recommendation was implemented, but the university's Board of Visitors rejected the proposal.
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