American college baseball team
Rutgers Scarlet Knights Founded 1870 (1870 ) University Rutgers University Head coach Steve Owens (5th season)Conference Big Ten Location Piscataway, New Jersey Home stadium Bainton Field (Capacity: 1,500)Nickname Scarlet Knights Colors Scarlet[1] 1950 1950, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007 Big East : 1998, 2000, 2007A-10 : 1981, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993Big East : 1998, 2000, 2003, 2007A-10 : 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
Rutgers Scarlet Knights baseball is the varsity intercollegiate team representing Rutgers University in the sport of college baseball at the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The team plays its home games at Bainton Field on campus in Piscataway, New Jersey . The Scarlet Knights are members of the Big Ten Conference , which they joined prior to the 2014 season.[2]
History
The program's first year of competition was 1870. For their first 37 seasons, the program competed without a head coach, compiling a record of 102-157-1.
Fred Hill era (1984–2014)
The 2007 baseball squad tied the school record for victories with 42 and tallied numbers of 63 home runs and 425 RBIs, good enough for second-most in school history. The team finished in first place in the Big East in the regular season, and won the 2007 Big East Conference baseball tournament A record high 6 players would be selected in the 2007 Major League Baseball draft . The home runs record would go on to be broken in the 2010 season.[3]
Joe Litterio era (2014–2019)
Under head coach Joe Litterio, Rutgers Baseball made the transition from the American Athletic Conference to the Big Ten Conference .
Steve Owens era (2020-present)
On May 28, 2019, Joe Litterio 's contract was not renewed.[4] On June 26 2019, Steve Owens was announced as the new head coach of the Rutgers program.[5]
Stadium
Rutgers plays at Bainton Field , a 1,500 seat facility located on the campus of Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey .[6]
Head Coaches
Records are through the end of the 2021 season
Year(s)
Coach
Seasons
W-L-T
Pct
1870–1906
No Coach
36
102-157-1
.394
1907
Frank Gordon
1
3–8
.273
1908–1911
Frank Cox
4
18–35
.340
1912–1915
Walter S. Brodie
4
43–61
.414
1916–1917
Sandy Piez
2
6–11
.353
1918–1925
Frank Cox
8
38-61-1
.386
1926–1931
Fred Jacklitsch
6
43–42
.506
1932–1937
J. Wilder Tasker
6
35-53-2
.400
1938–1949
Charles Ward
11
104-76-2
.577
1950–1960
George Case
10
116-84-3
.579
1961–1983
Matt Bolger
22
304-277-7
.523
1984–2014
Fred Hill
30
941–662–7
.587
2015–2019
Joe Litterio
6
140–174–1
.446
2020–present
Steve Owens
2
27–32
.458
Totals
13 coaches
151 seasons
1,909–1,698–24
.529
Taken from the Rutgers Baseball 2021 Fact Book[7]
Major League Baseball
As of 2020[update] , at least 25 former Scarlet Knights, including Todd Frazier , Eric Young and David DeJesus , have played in Major League Baseball [8] and 72 players have been selected from the school in the Major League Baseball draft .[9]
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