Ball State Cardinals baseball

Ball State Cardinals
Ball State Cardinals
2024 Ball State Cardinals baseball team
Founded	1920
University	Ball State University
Head coach	Rich Maloney (19th overall season)
Conference	Mid–American
Location	Muncie, Indiana
Home stadium	Ball Diamond ; (Capacity: 1,700)
Nickname	Cardinals
Colors	Cardinal and white;
NCAA Tournament appearances
	1965, 1969, 2006, 2023
Conference tournament champions
	2006, 2023
Regular season conference champions
	1998, 1999, 2001, 2014, 2022

The Ball State Cardinals baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, United States.^[2] The team is a member of the Mid-American Conference West division, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. Ball State's first baseball team was fielded in 1920. The team plays its home games at Ball Diamond in Muncie, Indiana. The Cardinals are coached by Rich Maloney.

Ball State in the NCAA tournament

Year	Record	Pct	Notes
1965	0–2	.000	District 4
1969	2–2	.500	District 4
2006	1–2	.333	Lexington Regional
2023	0–2	.000	Lexington Regional
TOTALS	3-8	.273

Pick	Player	Team	Position	Year
11	Thomas Howard	San Diego Padres	OF	1986
41	Jeff Urban	San Francisco Giants	RHP	1998
21	Larry Bigbie	Baltimore Orioles	LF	1999
1	Bryan Bullington	Pittsburgh Pirates	RHP	2002
32	Luke Hagerty	Chicago Cubs	RHP	2002
18	Brad Snyder	Cleveland Indians	OF	2003
20	Kolbrin Vitek	Boston Redsox	RHP/2B	2010
34	Drey Jameson	Arizona Diamondbacks	RHP	2019

As of 2024^[update], Ball State has had eight players named the MAC Baseball Player of the Year, the most of any school in the conference.

MAC Coach of the Year^[3]
Name	Year
Rich Maloney	1998, 2001, 2004, 2022

^ "Brand Colors - Ball State University". Retrieved May 23, 2017.
^ "Ball State Cardinals". d1baseball.com. Archived from the original on 2013-04-22. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "2016 Mid-American Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). getsomemaction.com. Mid-American Conference. Retrieved 14 July 2021.

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v t e Ball State University
Located in: Muncie, Indiana
Academics	Colleges: Estopinal College of Architecture and Planning Miller College of Business College of Communication, Information, and Media Teachers College Other: Burris Laboratory School Center for Business and Economic Research Center for Energy Research/Education/Service Center for Middletown Studies Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities
Athletics	Ball State Cardinals Football Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Scheumann Stadium Worthen Arena Ball Diamond Irving Gymnasium Pride of Mid-America Marching Band Blue Key Victory Bell Bronze Stalk Trophy Charlie Cardinal Mid-American Conference
Campus	History Beneficence Bracken House Bracken Library Christy Woods Emens Auditorium Frog Baby LaFollette Complex Observatory Owsley Museum of Art Shafer Tower Wheeler-Thanhauser Orchid Collection and Species Bank
Student life	WBST WBSU-TV WCRD WIPB
People	Alumni Ball brothers Presidents
Founded: 1918 Students: 21,597 Endowment: $212.8 million

v t e Mid-American Conference baseball
Teams	Akron Zips Ball State Cardinals Bowling Green Falcons Central Michigan Chippewas Eastern Michigan Eagles Kent State Golden Flashes Miami RedHawks Northern Illinois Huskies Ohio Bobcats Toledo Rockets Western Michigan Broncos
Championship	Mid-American Conference baseball tournament Regular Season Champions
Awards	Mid-American Conference Baseball Player of the Year Mid-American Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Year