List of Fordham Rams baseball seasons

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

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]
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

  1. ^ Collegiate Baseball began team rankings in 1959.
  2. ^ Postseason play involving the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship began in 1947.

References

  1. ^ 2020 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Fordham Rams. pp. 47–55. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
  2. ^ Baseball Record Book through 2018 (PDF). Atlantic 10 Conference. pp. 13–18. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
  3. ^ Daniel Wilco (July 1, 2020). "The story of the first-ever college baseball game, in 1859". NCAA. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
  4. ^ "The First Intercollegiate Ball Game, 1859". MLB Blogs. December 4, 2012. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  5. ^ Jack Curry (April 6, 2009). "For 150 Years, Fordham Baseball's Tradition of Winning". The New York Times. p. D7. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  6. ^ Stephen Ross (2012). Sport in Industrial America, 1850-1920. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118537824. Retrieved December 18, 2016.