List of Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball seasons

The Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team competes as part of NCAA Division I, representing the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the Big Ten Conference. Nebraska plays its home games at Hawks Field at Haymarket Park, built in 2001 to replace the aging Buck Beltzer Stadium. The program began intercollegiate play in 1889 and has been coached by Will Bolt since 2020.

Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball
Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball

Nebraska's baseball program was disjointed in its first decades, frequently disbanding for years at a time. The hiring of Tony Sharpe in 1947 brought stability to the program, but success was limited. Sharpe and his successor John Sanders combined to lead NU for fifty-one seasons, making just three NCAA tournament appearances between them. Nebraska hired Dave Van Horn in 1998 and he quickly turned the Huskers into a national power, making the program's first two College World Series appearances in 2001 and 2002. Mike Anderson took over for Van Horn and in 2005 led NU to its most successful season ever, including another College World Series trip. Anderson could not sustain this, however; since his departure in 2011 Nebraska has experienced modest success under head coaches Darin Erstad and Will Bolt.

Nebraska has been to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship seventeen times and advanced to three College World Series. The Cornhuskers have won eight regular season conference championships and four conference tournament championships. Sixteen Huskers have been named First-Team All-Americans and Alex Gordon won the 2005 Golden Spikes Award as the best amateur baseball player in the country.

Season-by-season results
Regular season champion Tournament champion Regular season and tournament champion
Season
[A 1]		Coach[A 2]OverallConf.StandingPostseason[A 3]Final
rank[A 4]
Nebraska Old Gold Knights
Independent (1889–1925)
1889C. D. Chandler1–2
18902–3
18911–0
1892Charles Stroman0–2–1
Nebraska Bugeaters
1893Charles Stroman3–0
1897Edward N. Robinson8–5–1
1898F.B. Ryons6–4
1899Unknown8–4
19008–12
Nebraska Cornhuskers
1901Mike Henderson9–11
1902Geo P. Shidler17–8
1904J. H. Bell10–3
1905Unknown5–16–1
1906S. S. Eager5–12–1
1907Ducky Holmes5–11–1
1908Billy Fox4–12–2
190912–14
1910Unknown7–7–1
19123–0
1919Paul J. Schissler5–3
19207–6
19218–5
1922Owen Frank12–4
1923Scotty Dye6–12
Earl Carr
1924William G. Kline10–8
19258–7
Big Six Conference (1929–1947)
1929John Rhodes12–5–110–51st
19309–77–53rd
1931W. H. Browne2–102–86th
1933W. W. Knight3–1––
19345–92–8–
19354–122–75th
19363–112–95th
19375–124–94th
19387–85–54th
19395–134–63rd
19404–123–95th
19412–142–86th
1942Adolph J. Lewandowski3–113–65th
1946Frank Smagacz9–79–52nd
1947Tony Sharpe6–9–16–74th
Big Seven Conference (1948–1959)
1948Tony Sharpe17–614–31stNCAA District playoffs
19499–137–107th
195016–811–31stNCAA District playoffs
195110–55–43rd
195213–78–57th
195312–5–210–32nd
195410–104–86th
195515–510–43rd
195612–88–42nd
195712–108–95th
Big Eight Conference (1958–1995)
1958Tony Sharpe17–1012–95th
195911–1111–42nd
19609–126–117th
19619–147–116th
196215–1110–105th
196310–165–156th
19649–187–146th
196512–812–62nd
196616–912–83rd
19678–167–116th
196810–15–17–137th
19699–154–128th
197014–1211–83rd
197110–207–137th
197212–178–117th
197315–14–17–116th
197413–274–168th
197513–207–85th
197621–24–10–27th
197729–135–73rd (East)
1978John Sanders36–207–73rd (East)
197949–1514–62nd (East)NCAA Division I Regional
198049–1516–41st (East)NCAA Division I Regional14
198142–2211–114th
198244–1315–52nd10
198344–158–105th
198446–2015–63rd29
198545–2416–63rdNCAA Division I Regional16
198635–2514–93rd
198736–2112–83rd
198848–2312–124th
198927–318–167th
199042–2612–123rd
199137–2210–146th
199231–2511–135th
199335–2316–124th
199432–2814–165th
199535–2313–144th
199627–27–18–177th
Big 12 Conference (1997–2011)
1997John Sanders27–357–2310th
1998Dave Van Horn24–2010–137th
199942–1816–95thNCAA Division I Regional25
200051–1721–92ndNCAA Division I Super Regional11
200150–1620–81stNCAA Division I College World Series6
200247–2116–112ndNCAA Division I College World Series8
2003Mike Anderson47–1820–71stNCAA Division I Regional13
200436–2311–168th12
200557–1519–81stNCAA Division I College World Series5
200642–1717–103rdNCAA Division I Regional15
200732–2714–134thNCAA Division I Regional
200841–16–117–9–13rdNCAA Division I Regional20
200925–28–18–1910th
201027–2710–179th
201130–259–179th
Big Ten Conference (2012–present)
2012Darin Erstad35–2314–104th
201329–3015–92nd
201441–2118–62ndNCAA Division I Regional
201534–239–148th
201637–2216–82ndNCAA Division I Regional
201735–22–116–7–11stNCAA Division I Regional
201824–288–1410th
201932–2415–93rdNCAA Division I Regional
2020Will Bolt7–8Canceled [A 5]
202134–1431–121st [A 6]NCAA Division I Regional20
202223–3010–149th
202333–23–115–94th
Overall: 2,329–1,700–20 (.578), Conference: 911–849–2 (.518)

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Notes
  1. Nebraska did not field a team in 1903, 1911, 1913–18, 1926–28, 1932, or 1943–45
  2. Coaching information unavailable for 1899, 1900, 1905, 1910, and 1912
  3. The NCAA began holding District playoffs in 1947, but these are considered unofficial according to the official NCAA record book. The NCAA Division I Baseball Championship began in 1954
  4. Baseball America began publishing a weekly college baseball poll in 1980
  5. Remainder of season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
  6. Big Ten Tournament not held

References
  1. "2020 baseball media guide (PDF)" (PDF). University of Nebraska.
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