This is a list of Fordham baseball seasons. The Fordham Rams baseball team represents Fordham University and is a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference of the NCAA Division I. The team played its first game in 1859. No team was fielded in 1944 due to World War II.
The Rams are college baseball's winningest program, with 4,500 victories through the 2022 season. They have appeared in 8 NCAA Regionals and district playoffs and played in the second ever college baseball game, and the first to use the Knickerbocker Rules which evolved into modern baseball.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Season Results
edit| National Champions | College World Series berth | NCAA Tournament berth | Conference Tournament Champions | Conference/Division Regular Season Champions |
| Season | Head coach | Conference | Season results | Tournament Results | Final Poll[a] | |||||||||||
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| Overall | Conference | Conference | Postseason[b] | CB | ||||||||||||
| Wins | Losses | Ties | % | Wins | Losses | Ties | % | Finish (Members) | ||||||||
| Fordham Rams | ||||||||||||||||
| 1859 | None/Not available | Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | N/A | |||||||||
| 1860 | 40 | 7 | 0 | .851 | ||||||||||||
| 1861 | 36 | 9 | 0 | .800 | ||||||||||||
| 1862 | 38 | 11 | 0 | .776 | ||||||||||||
| 1863 | 37 | 10 | 0 | .787 | ||||||||||||
| 1864 | 35 | 11 | 0 | .761 | ||||||||||||
| 1865 | 37 | 9 | 0 | .804 | ||||||||||||
| 1866 | 34 | 10 | 0 | .773 | ||||||||||||
| 1867 | 32 | 9 | 0 | .780 | ||||||||||||
| 1868 | 34 | 8 | 0 | .810 | ||||||||||||
| 1869 | 43 | 9 | 0 | .827 | ||||||||||||
| 1870 | Mike Cameron | 35 | 9 | 0 | .795 | |||||||||||
| 1871 | 32 | 10 | 0 | .762 | ||||||||||||
| 1872 | None/Not available | 30 | 10 | 0 | .750 | |||||||||||
| 1873 | 37 | 8 | 0 | .822 | ||||||||||||
| 1874 | 39 | 2 | 0 | .951 | ||||||||||||
| 1875 | 35 | 13 | 0 | .729 | ||||||||||||
| 1876 | 36 | 10 | 0 | .783 | ||||||||||||
| 1877 | 39 | 5 | 0 | .886 | ||||||||||||
| 1878 | 38 | 6 | 0 | .864 | ||||||||||||
| 1879 | 39 | 9 | 0 | .813 | ||||||||||||
| 1880 | 37 | 8 | 0 | .822 | ||||||||||||
| 1881 | 41 | 4 | 0 | .911 | ||||||||||||
| 1882 | 43 | 16 | 0 | .729 | ||||||||||||
| 1883 | 40 | 12 | 0 | .769 | ||||||||||||
| 1884 | 48 | 9 | 0 | .842 | ||||||||||||
| 1885 | Neil Collins | 47 | 9 | 0 | .839 | |||||||||||
| 1886 | Jack Lynch | 42 | 13 | 0 | .764 | |||||||||||
| 1887 | 44 | 12 | 1 | .781 | ||||||||||||
| 1888 | 40 | 10 | 1 | .794 | ||||||||||||
| 1889 | 40 | 23 | 1 | .633 | ||||||||||||
| 1890 | 45 | 19 | 2 | .605 | ||||||||||||
| 1891 | 44 | 20 | 2 | .682 | ||||||||||||
| 1892 | Harry Ely | 45 | 13 | 2 | .767 | |||||||||||
| 1893 | 49 | 18 | 0 | .731 | ||||||||||||
| 1894 | Dan Kiernan | 43 | 23 | 1 | .649 | |||||||||||
| 1895 | 41 | 16 | 1 | .716 | ||||||||||||
| 1896 | 39 | 15 | 0 | .722 | ||||||||||||
| 1897 | 40 | 33 | 0 | .548 | ||||||||||||
| 1898 | Jim Garry | 45 | 25 | 0 | .643 | |||||||||||
| 1899 | Jack Doyle | 57 | 17 | 0 | .770 | |||||||||||
| 1900 | 41 | 14 | 0 | .745 | ||||||||||||
| 1901 | Fred L. Smith | 41 | 10 | 0 | .804 | |||||||||||
| 1902 | 40 | 16 | 0 | .714 | ||||||||||||
| 1903 | 43 | 13 | 0 | .768 | ||||||||||||
| 1904 | 48 | 13 | 0 | .787 | ||||||||||||
| 1905 | 41 | 14 | 0 | .745 | ||||||||||||
| 1906 | Gene Basford | 41 | 22 | 0 | .651 | |||||||||||
| 1907 | Bill Keane | 40 | 17 | 0 | .702 | |||||||||||
| 1908 | Gene Basford | 46 | 9 | 0 | .836 | |||||||||||
| 1909 | Jack Coffey | 46 | 17 | 0 | .730 | |||||||||||
| 1910 | 48 | 9 | 0 | .842 | ||||||||||||
| 1911 | 40 | 20 | 0 | .667 | ||||||||||||
| 1912 | 35 | 24 | 0 | .593 | ||||||||||||
| 1913 | 39 | 27 | 0 | .591 | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | 39 | 24 | 2 | .615 | ||||||||||||
| 1915 | 34 | 29 | 1 | .539 | ||||||||||||
| 1916 | 41 | 17 | 1 | .703 | ||||||||||||
| 1917 | 44 | 6 | 0 | .880 | ||||||||||||
| 1918 | Bill Keane | 40 | 12 | 1 | .764 | |||||||||||
| 1919 | Art Devlin | 42 | 13 | 0 | .764 | |||||||||||
| 1920 | 40 | 16 | 0 | .714 | ||||||||||||
| 1921 | 24 | 17 | 1 | .583 | ||||||||||||
| 1922 | Bill Keane | 18 | 15 | 1 | .544 | |||||||||||
| 1923 | Jack Coffey | 14 | 17 | 0 | .452 | |||||||||||
| 1924 | 24 | 8 | 0 | .750 | ||||||||||||
| 1925 | 27 | 9 | 0 | .750 | ||||||||||||
| 1926 | 34 | 4 | 0 | .895 | ||||||||||||
| 1927 | 24 | 8 | 0 | .750 | ||||||||||||
| 1928 | 25 | 6 | 2 | .788 | ||||||||||||
| 1929 | 20 | 6 | 0 | .769 | ||||||||||||
| 1930 | 22 | 10 | 0 | .688 | ||||||||||||
| 1931 | 24 | 8 | 0 | .750 | ||||||||||||
| 1932 | 26 | 2 | 0 | .929 | ||||||||||||
| 1933 | 25 | 6 | 0 | .806 | ||||||||||||
| 1934 | Metropolitan New York Conference | 22 | 5 | 0 | .815 | Not Available | N/A | |||||||||
| 1935 | 25 | 8 | 0 | .758 | ||||||||||||
| 1936 | 29 | 7 | 0 | .806 | ||||||||||||
| 1937 | 19 | 7 | 0 | .731 | ||||||||||||
| 1938 | 21 | 6 | 0 | .778 | ||||||||||||
| 1939 | 25 | 4 | 0 | .862 | ||||||||||||
| 1940 | 22 | 7 | 1 | .750 | ||||||||||||
| 1941 | 22 | 9 | 1 | .703 | ||||||||||||
| 1942 | 24 | 3 | 0 | .889 | ||||||||||||
| 1943 | 17 | 9 | 0 | .654 | ||||||||||||
| 1944 | No team | |||||||||||||||
| 1945 | Jack Coffey | Metropolitan New York Conference | 14 | 10 | 0 | .583 | Not available | N/A | ||||||||
| 1946 | 13 | 9 | 0 | .591 | ||||||||||||
| 1947 | 16 | 14 | 1 | .532 | — | N/A | ||||||||||
| 1948 | 17 | 14 | 0 | .548 | — | |||||||||||
| 1949 | 14 | 16 | 0 | .467 | — | |||||||||||
| 1950 | 22 | 9 | 1 | .703 | ||||||||||||
| 1951 | 15 | 12 | 0 | .556 | — | |||||||||||
| 1952 | 19 | 9 | 1 | .672 | District II Playoffs | |||||||||||
| 1953 | 17 | 7 | 0 | .708 | District II Playoffs | |||||||||||
| 1954 | 19 | 8 | 0 | .704 | — | |||||||||||
| 1955 | 18 | 5 | 0 | .783 | — | |||||||||||
| 1956 | 15 | 8 | 0 | .652 | — | |||||||||||
| 1957 | 17 | 6 | 0 | .739 | — | |||||||||||
| 1958 | 14 | 8 | 0 | .636 | — | |||||||||||
| 1959 | Dan Rinaldo | 14 | 12 | 0 | .538 | — | — | |||||||||
| 1960 | 17 | 15 | 1 | .530 | — | — | ||||||||||
| 1961 | 15 | 14 | 1 | .517 | — | — | ||||||||||
| 1962 | 24 | 7 | 0 | .774 | — | — | ||||||||||
| 1963 | 18 | 10 | 0 | .643 | — | — | ||||||||||
| 1964 | 18 | 10 | 3 | .629 | — | — | ||||||||||
| 1965 | Independent | 18 | 17 | 0 | .514 | N/A | — | — | ||||||||
| 1966 | 18 | 16 | 1 | .529 | — | — | ||||||||||
| 1967 | 8 | 14 | 0 | .364 | — | — | ||||||||||
| 1968 | 11 | 14 | 2 | .444 | — | — | ||||||||||
| 1969 | 9 | 12 | 2 | .435 | — | — | ||||||||||
| 190 | Gil McDougald | 8 | 12 | 1 | .405 | — | — | |||||||||
| 1971 | 5 | 14 | 0 | .263 | — | — | ||||||||||
| 1972 | 13 | 9 | 0 | .591 | — | — | ||||||||||
| 1973 | 11 | 11 | 0 | .500 | — | — | ||||||||||
| 1974 | Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference | 12 | 12 | 0 | .500 | Not Available | — | — | ||||||||
| 1975 | 21 | 11 | 0 | .656 | 12 | 5 | 0 | .706 | Not Available | — | — | |||||
| 1976 | 14 | 9 | 1 | .604 | 10 | 5 | 1 | .656 | — | — | ||||||
| 1977 | Jack Lyons | 14 | 12 | 0 | .538 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | — | — | |||||
| 1978 | 30 | 15 | 0 | .667 | 12 | 4 | 0 | .750 | 1st | ECAC Playoffs | — | — | ||||
| 1979 | 18 | 13 | 0 | .581 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | Not Available | — | — | |||||
| 1980 | 16 | 16 | 0 | .500 | Not Available | — | — | |||||||||
| 1981 | Independent | 13 | 18 | 1 | .422 | N/A | — | — | ||||||||
| 1982 | Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference | 11 | 19 | 0 | .367 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .200 | Not Available | — | — | — | |||
| 1983 | Paul Blair | 14 | 19 | 0 | .609 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1984 | Dan Gallagher | 6 | 29 | 1 | .181 | Not Available | — | — | — | |||||||
| 1985 | 15 | 23 | 1 | .397 | 8 | 7 | 0 | .533 | Not Available | — | — | — | ||||
| 1986 | 24 | 13 | 0 | .649 | 11 | 4 | 0 | .733 | — | — | — | |||||
| 1987 | 33 | 13 | 0 | .717 | 11 | 4 | 0 | .733 | 1st | ECAC Playoff Champion | NCAA Regional | — | ||||
| 1988 | 36 | 15 | 1 | .702 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 1st | ECAC Playoff Champion | NCAA Regional | — | ||||
| 1989 | 15 | 23 | 2 | .400 | 8 | 7 | 1 | .531 | Not Available | — | — | — | ||||
| 1990 | 36 | 14 | 0 | .720 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .889 | 1st | ECAC Playoff Champion | NCAA Regional | — | ||||
| 1991 | Patriot League | 35 | 16 | 0 | .686 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .800 | 1st | ECAC Playoff | — | — | |||
| 1992 | 29 | 15 | 0 | .659 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .800 | 1st | ECAC Playoff | — | — | ||||
| 1993 | 32 | 27 | 0 | .542 | 13 | 7 | 0 | .650 | 1st North (4) | Champion | NCAA Regional | — | ||||
| 1994 | 28 | 19 | 0 | .596 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .850 | T-1st North (4) | Patriot League North playoff | — | — | ||||
| 1995 | 30 | 20 | 0 | .600 | 16 | 8 | 0 | .667 | 2nd (7) | — | — | — | ||||
| 1996 | Atlantic 10 Conference | 18 | 27 | 3 | .406 | 8 | 11 | 1 | .425 | T-4th East (6) | — | — | — | |||
| 1997 | 34 | 19 | 0 | .642 | 12 | 9 | 0 | .571 | 2nd East (6) | A-10 Tournament | — | — | ||||
| 1998 | 27 | 20 | 0 | .574 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .556 | 2nd East (6) | A-10 Tournament | NCAA Regional | — | ||||
| 1999 | 22 | 28 | 0 | .440 | 10 | 11 | 0 | .476 | T-3rd East (6) | — | — | — | ||||
| 2000 | 21 | 29 | 0 | .420 | 10 | 12 | 0 | .455 | 6th East (6) | — | — | — | ||||
| 2001 | 23 | 28 | 0 | .451 | 10 | 12 | 0 | .455 | T-5th (11) | — | — | — | ||||
| 2002 | 13 | 36 | 1 | .270 | 6 | 18 | 0 | .250 | 6th East (6) | — | — | — | ||||
| 2003 | 16 | 27 | 0 | .372 | 8 | 15 | 0 | .348 | 6th East (6) | — | — | — | ||||
| 2004 | 25 | 27 | 1 | .481 | 13 | 11 | 0 | .542 | 3rd East (6) | A-10 Tournament | — | — | ||||
| 2005 | Nick Restaino | 34 | 21 | 0 | .618 | 17 | 7 | 0 | .708 | 2nd East (6) | A-10 Tournament | — | — | |||
| 2006 | 24 | 32 | 0 | .429 | 13 | 14 | 0 | .481 | 7th (14) | — | — | — | ||||
| 2007 | 35 | 22 | 0 | .614 | 19 | 8 | 0 | .704 | 2nd (14) | A-10 Runner-up | — | — | ||||
| 2008 | 29 | 24 | 1 | .546 | 13 | 14 | 0 | .481 | T-7th (14) | — | — | — | ||||
| 2009 | 22 | 32 | 0 | .407 | 16 | 11 | 0 | .593 | T-3rd (14) | A-10 Tournament | — | — | ||||
| 2010 | 21 | 35 | 0 | .375 | 15 | 12 | 0 | .556 | T-4th (14) | A-10 Tournament | — | — | ||||
| 2011 | 31 | 23 | 1 | .573 | 12 | 11 | 1 | .521 | 8th (13) | — | — | — | ||||
| 2012 | Kevin Leighton | 22 | 34 | 0 | .393 | 12 | 12 | 0 | .500 | 7th (12) | — | — | — | |||
| 2013 | 22 | 33 | 0 | .400 | 8 | 16 | 0 | .333 | 12th (15) | — | — | — | ||||
| 2014 | 24 | 30 | 0 | .444 | 13 | 14 | 0 | .481 | 7th (12) | A-10 Tournament | — | — | ||||
| 2015 | 22 | 32 | 0 | .407 | 13 | 11 | 0 | .542 | 7th (13) | A-10 Tournament | — | — | ||||
| 2016 | 29 | 29 | 0 | .500 | 14 | 10 | 0 | .583 | 5th (13) | A-10 Tournament | — | — | ||||
| 2017 | 27 | 24 | 0 | .529 | 11 | 12 | 0 | .478 | 9th (13) | — | — | — | ||||
| 2018 | 34 | 17 | 1 | .663 | 16 | 8 | 0 | .667 | T-2nd (13) | A-10 Tournament | — | — | ||||
| 2019 | 38 | 24 | 0 | .613 | 15 | 9 | 0 | .625 | 4th (13) | A-10 Champion | NCAA Regional | — | ||||
| 2020 | 10 | 6 | 0 | .625 | Season canceled due to coronavirus pandemic | |||||||||||
| 2021 | 24 | 19 | 0 | .558 | 11 | 9 | 0 | .550 | 4th North (6) | — | — | — | ||||
| 2022 | 16 | 36 | 0 | .308 | 9 | 15 | 0 | .375 | 10th (12) | — | — | — | ||||
| 2023 | Upcoming | |||||||||||||||
Notes
edit- ^ Collegiate Baseball began team rankings in 1959.
- ^ Postseason play involving the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship began in 1947.
References
edit- ^ 2020 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Fordham Rams. pp. 47–55. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
- ^ Baseball Record Book through 2018 (PDF). Atlantic 10 Conference. pp. 13–18. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
- ^ Daniel Wilco (July 1, 2020). "The story of the first-ever college baseball game, in 1859". NCAA. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
- ^ "The First Intercollegiate Ball Game, 1859". MLB Blogs. December 4, 2012. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
- ^ Jack Curry (April 6, 2009). "For 150 Years, Fordham Baseball's Tradition of Winning". The New York Times. p. D7. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
- ^ Stephen Ross (2012). Sport in Industrial America, 1850-1920. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118537824. Retrieved December 18, 2016.