Buffalo Bulls baseball
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| Founded | 1916 |
| University | State University of New York at Buffalo |
| Conference | MAC East Division |
| Location | Amherst, NY |
| Head coach | Ron Torgalski (8th year) |
| Home stadium | Amherst Audubon Field (Capacity: 500) |
| Nickname | Bulls |
| Colors | Royal Blue and White[1] <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css"></templatestyles> |
- For information on all University at Buffalo sports, see Buffalo Bulls
The Buffalo Bulls baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the University at Buffalo in Amherst, New York, United States.[2] The team is a member of the Mid-American Conference East division, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The team plays its home games at Amherst Audubon Field in Amherst, New York.[3] The Bulls are coached by Ron Torgalski.
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History
The year 1949 is considered the official inaugural season of UB varsity baseball. But baseball’s start at UB goes back much further. There are newspaper accounts of a UB team from as early as 1894. From 1914–1917, several good UB teams took to the diamond playing some of the best teams in the country including Pitt, Army, Michigan State and Syracuse.[4][5][6][7]
Year-by-year results
| Season | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Records unavailable (1914–1917) | |||||||||
| No program (1917–1948) | |||||||||
| Records unavailable (1949–1987) | |||||||||
| No program (1988–1999) | |||||||||
| Independent (2000–2000) | |||||||||
| 2000 | Bill Breene | 12-35 | |||||||
| Mid-American Conference (2001–present) | |||||||||
| 2001[8] | Bill Breene | 11-39 | 5-23 | 7th (East) | |||||
| 2002[9] | Bill Breene | 16-28 | 6-17 | 6th (East) | |||||
| 2003[10] | Bill Breene | 16-37 | 5-21 | 6th (East) | |||||
| 2004[11] | Bill Breene | 15-39 | 4-18 | 6th (East) | |||||
| 2005[12] | Bill Breene | 19-30-1 | 5-14-1 | 6th (East) | |||||
| 2006[13] | Bill Breene | 15-37 | 6-21 | 6th (East) | |||||
| 2007[14] | Ron Torgalski | 16-35 | 11-16 | 3rd (East) | |||||
| 2008[15] | Ron Torgalski | 14-38 | 7-19 | 6th (East) | |||||
| 2009[16] | Ron Torgalski | 20-35 | 6-20 | 6th (East) | |||||
| 2010[17] | Ron Torgalski | 23-29 | 9-18 | 5th (East) | |||||
| 2011[18] | Ron Torgalski | 14-38 | 3-22 | 6th (East) | |||||
| 2012[19] | Ron Torgalski | 20-36 | 10-16 | 4th (East) | |||||
| 2013[20] | Ron Torgalski | 33-24 | 19-7 | 2nd (East) | |||||
| 2014[21] | Ron Torgalski | 26-26 | 13-13 | 4th (East) | |||||
| 2015[22] | Ron Torgalski | 16-35 | 7-20 | 6th (East) | |||||
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National champion Postseason invitational champion |
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Major League Baseball
Buffalo has had 32 Major League Baseball Draft selections since the draft began in 1965.[23]
| Bulls in the Major League Baseball Draft | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Player | Round | Team |
| 1967 | Timothy Uraskevich | 59 | Mets |
| 1968 | Brian Hansen | 7 | Phillies |
| 1968 | Kenneth Rutkowski | 4 | Giants |
| 1968 | Timothy Uraskevich | 8 | Mets |
| 1969 | Kenneth Rutkowski | 2 | Red Sox |
| 1970 | Rich May | 38 | Orioles |
| 1970 | Paul Lang | 25 | Brewers |
| 1970 | Gary Gaiser | 6 | Pirates |
| 1973 | Joseph Piscotty | 25 | Pirates |
| 1976 | James Riedel | 38 | Dodgers |
| 1976 | Bob Amico | 22 | Dodgers |
| 1976 | John Kidd | 19 | Red Sox |
| 1976 | John Buszka | 14 | Indians |
| 1979 | Edwin Retzer | 28 | Athletics |
| 1979 | James Wojcik | 19 | Giants |
| 1980 | Pasquale Raimondo | 18 | Dodgers |
| 1980 | Dennis Howard | 5 | Blue Jays |
| 1980 | Joe Hesketh | 2 | Expos |
| 1981 | Dave Rosenhahn | 6 | Cubs |
| 1982 | Gene Dudek | 27 | Orioles |
| 1983 | Paul Daddario | 29 | Braves |
| 1983 | Pete Grimm | 3 | Reds |
| 1985 | Bob Strickland | 18 | Cubs |
| 1986 | Robert Williams | 7 | Orioles |
| 2005 | Joseph Mihalics | 34 | Mets |
| 2007 | Mike Folli | 42 | Cardinals |
| 2009 | Zach Anderson | 29 | Blue Jays |
| 2012 | Tom Murphy | 3 | Rockies |
| 2013 | Jason Kanzler | 20 | Twins |
| 2014 | Mike Burke | 30 | Orioles |
| 2014 | Tyler Mautner | 14 | Twins |
| 2015 | Nick Sinay | 22 | Blue Jays |
Pitcher Steve Geltz played for the Bulls and was undrafted in 2008. He made his Major League debut in 2012 for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
See also
References
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- ↑ "1914 Buffalo Baseball," University at Buffalo Digital Collections - March 19, 2014.
- ↑ "1915 Buffalo Baseball," University at Buffalo Digital Collections - February 5, 2015.
- ↑ "1916 Buffalo Baseball," University at Buffalo Digital Collections - July 11, 2013.
- ↑ "1917 Buffalo Baseball," University at Buffalo Digital Collections - April 30, 2014.
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