Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball

Nebraska Cornhuskers
Founded: 1869
University	University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Conference	Big Ten
Location	Lincoln, NE
Head Coach	Darin Erstad (1st year)
Home Stadium	Hawks Field at Haymarket Park (Capacity: 8,500)
Nickname	Cornhuskers
Colors	Scarlet and Cream
CWS Appearances
2001, 2002, 2005
NCAA Tournament Appearances
1948, 1950, 1979, 1980, 1985, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Conference Tournament Champions
1999, 2000, 2001, 2005
Conference Champions
Big 7: 1948, 1950 Big 12: 2001, 2003, 2005

The Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team is a member of the Big Ten Conference in the NCAA, and is currently coached by Darin Erstad. The program started in 1889.

The Huskers have been to twelve NCAA baseball regionals (1979, 1980, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008). Nebraska has been to four super regionals (2000, 2001, 2002, and 2005) and three College World Series (2001, 2002, and 2005). They have also had seventeen 40 win seasons with 7 since 2000.

Nebraska's all-time record is 1,955–1,431–11 (.576). Since 1999, the Huskers constructed a 527-267-2 record (.664). Their all-time conference record is 742–737–1 (.501) and 215–166–1 (.564) in the Big 12 Era.^[1]

Venue

From 1979 through 2001, the Cornhuskers played at Buck Beltzer Stadium. On July 30, 1999 the university announced plans for Haymarket Park which includes Hawks Field, and a softball field. Hawks Field is named for one of the primary donor families that contributed to the construction of the baseball stadium and Haymarket Park is named because of its location in Lincoln's historic Haymarket District. The Cornhuskers have played at Hawks Field since March 5, 2002.

Hawks Field is arguably the finest ballpark in college baseball. Its capacity is 8,500 with 4,500 seats and berms in the outfield. It also has a playground down the right field line. Hawks field is the first collegiate venue to use the SubAir system which can heat and cool the field year round. It was selected as the best playing surface in each of its six years of existence. In November 2007, Hawks Field won the Baseball Field of the Year Award in the College/University division by the Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) for the second time. The field earned its first honor in 2003 and is the only college park in the country to win twice. The Huskers have been in the top 25 for average attendance every year since the move to the field.^[2]

History

Coaches from 1889–1977

Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	%
1889–1891	C.D. Chandler	3	4–5	.444
1892–1893	Charles Stroman	2	3–2–1	.583
1897	E.N. Robinson	1	8–5–1	.607
1898	F.B. Ryons	1	6–4	.600
1901	Mike Henderson	1	9–11	.450
1902	Geo P. Shidler	1	17–8	.680
1904	J.H. Bell	1	10–3	.769
1906	S.S. Eager	1	5–12–1	.306
1919–1921	Paul Schissler	3	20–14	.589
1922	Owen Frank	1	12–4	.750
1923	Scotty Dye	1/2	4–4	.500
1923	Earl Carr	1/2	2–8	.200
1925-1925	William G. Kline	2	18–15	.545
1929–1930	John Rhodes	2	12–12–1	.632
1931	W.H. Browne	1	2–10	.167
1933–1941	W.W. Knight	9	38–92	.292
1942	A.J. Lewandowski	1	3–11	.214
1946	Frank Smagacz	1	9–7	.563
1947–1977	Tony Sharpe	31	394–388–6	.503

• Head coaches are not available from 1899, 1900, 1905, and 1907–1912. The Huskers didn't have a team in 1903, 1913–1918 (WWI), 1926–1928, 1932, and 1943–1945 (WWII).^[1]

John Sanders (1978–1997)

John Sanders compiled a 767–453–1 record in his 20 years. He had only 2 losing seasons, including his last season.^[3] He produced 3 NCAA Tournament teams making his first appearance in 1979 and made it again in 1980. The only other time under Sanders was in 1985. All three teams never made it to the Super Regional. In 1997, the Big 8 turned into the Big 12 in his final season before being fired for his teams inconsistencies.

Dave Van Horn (1998–2002)

Nebraska baseball has seen a resurgence in recent years. Much of the success of these teams and the teams that have followed is due to the efforts of Dave Van Horn, who compiled a record of 214–92 and 3 straight Big 12 Tournament championships while leading Huskers from 1998–2002. He posted a 16–3 mark in four years of Big 12 Tournament play and a 15–9 record in the NCAA Tournament.

He was chosen as the ABCA Midwest Region Coach of the Year in 2000. He also earned Big 12 Conference Coach-of-the-Year honors before his selection as NCAA Coach of the Year by Baseball America in 2001.

1998–2000

Van Horn was hired just 35 days before the 1998 season and led the Huskers to a 24–20 record and a 7th place finish in the Big 12.

In 1999, they won the Big 12 Tournament championship, marking the school's first conference title of any kind since 1950. Nebraska reached the first NCAA Tournament appearance in 14 seasons. They finished with a 42–18 record. Ken Harvey was the lone Husker to be a Big 12 first teamer and Shane Komine became the freshman of the year.

After many years of being a perennial doormat, the 2000 Huskers became the first team in school history to advance to the Super Regionals in the NCAA tournament but fell one game shy of the College World Series. Dan Johnson, Justin Cowan, Matt Hopper, and Shane Komine earned First Team Big 12 Honors. Also, Shane Komine became the Big 12 Player of the Year, Dan Johnson became the newcomer player of the year, and Matt Hopper became the freshman player of the year.

2001 : 1st CWS

See also: 2001 College World Series

In 2001, the Huskers were ranked as high as 4th in the nation starting the season in the top 10 for the first time in team history. They started off going 2–3 but won their next 13 games. They captured a conference best 20–8 mark in Big 12 play after winning a series against Texas and sweeping Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Baylor, and Oklahoma State. The Huskers got their first regular-season conference crown since 1950. The pitchers had great outings en route to a 4–0 performance winning the Big 12 Tournament for the 3rd consecutive time. They are the first team to win Big 12 regular-season and tournament titles in the same season. They were number 8 overall in the NCAA tournament and hosted a regional for the first time in team history getting wins over Northern Iowa and Rutgers. They advanced to the Super Regional facing Rice who beat the Huskers 16–2 in the season opener. Nebraska beat Rice in the 1st two games and got their first chance to play in the College World Series but lost their 2 games and were eliminated.

The '01 Huskers finished with a 50–16 record, their 2nd straight 50 win season. They produced a 23–4 record at home including nine straight victories before closing stadium gates for the last time. The Huskers ranked in the top 10 nationally with their .334 average and 9.20 runs per game, while leading the Big 12 in 10 categories, including hitting, runs scored, walks, homers and stolen bases. The team produced 4 All-Americans: Shane Komine, Dan Johnson, John Cole and Matt Hopper. They also produced All-Big 12 First Teamers: Shane Komine, Dan Johnson, John Cole, Matt Hopper, Thom Ott, and Jeff Leise. Shane Komine was also the Big 12 Pitcher of the Year.^[4][5]

2002 : A New Home

See also: 2002 College World Series

2002 was the first year that Nebraska played at Hawks Field. The '02 campaign started off well going 7–3 before playing against Big 12 opponents. The Huskers swept 7 teams during the entire season helping the Huskers with a 11 game win streak from the end of the regular season to the Big 12 Tournament until they lost to Texas in the tournament final. Coach Dave Van Horn picked up the 200th victory in his Husker coaching career with a 4–3 win over Cal Poly on May 10, near the end of the regular season. Nebraska got to host another regional and won its third straight regional title, sweeping the board and outscoring its opponents 30–6 in three games over Southwest Missouri State, Marist, and UW-Milwaukee. They hosted Richmond in the Super Regionals and won the series 2–1 earning a ticket to Omaha for the 2nd straight season. Like 2001, the Huskers were eliminated in their 2 games being defeated by Clemson and South Carolina.

The Huskers ended with a 47–21 record. The hitters have been plunked an amazing 95 times in 66 games, a total which is not only a single-season record, but the 10th-highest total in NCAA history. Jed Morris was awarded to the All Big-12 team, became the Big 12 Player of the Year, and was the first catcher in school history to earn All-America honors. Jeff Leise also earned All-American and All-Big 12 honors. Aaron Marsden was the only other Husker to be on the All-Big 12 team.^[6] After the 2002 season, Van Horn left to accept the head coaching job at his alma mater, Arkansas; Mike Anderson became head coach after 8 seasons as assistant coach.

Mike Anderson (2003–2011)

In his 9 seasons, Mike Anderson guided the Huskers to a 337–196–2 record. He was awarded the Big 12 Coach of the Year Award in 2003, and 2005.^[7] He has a Big 12 Tournament record of 13–10 and a NCAA Tournament record of 12–10.

2003–2004

The Huskers were better than expexcted under first year Mike Anderson. They were picked fourth in the league by the Big 12 coaches in the preseason. Nebraska started off winning 11 of their first 13 games. They won 8 of their 9 conference series going 20–7 and becoming the Big 12 regular-season conference winner. They went 2–2 in the Big 12 Tournament winning their first two but lost the next two. The Huskers hosted a Regional but were eliminated by Southwestern Missouri State. They ended the season with a 47–18 mark.

Matt Hopper became an All-Big 12 honoree for the 3rd time, and became the Big 12 player of the Year. Aaron Marsden became the Big 12 Pitcher of the Year. Curtis Ledbetter and Quinton Robertson also earned First Team All-Big 12 honors. Alex Gordon earned Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-America honors and became the Big 12 Freshman of the Year.^[8]

The bad for Nebraska in 2004 was finishing 36–23 and placing 8th in the Big 12 with a conference 11–16 record. It was the first time that Nebraska hasn’t finished first or second in the league since 1999. The May 16 loss at Baylor marked the first time that Nebraska had been swept in league play since the 2000 season. After going 1–2 in the Big 12 Tournament, they didn't make it to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1998.

The good is that the Husker pitchers issued a league-low 2.77 walks per nine innings. They went at least 45 innings without an error three times. The Huskers scored five or more runs in an inning 12 times in 11 games. Alex Gordon was the lone Husker All-American.^[9]

2005 : Husker History

See also: 2005 College World Series

The '05 Huskers had their most successful season ever. They started off sweeping a 5 game series over Hawaii-Hilo. After coming back from Hawaii, they went an outstanding 20–3. They won 8 of their 9 Big 12 Conference Series losing their only series to Texas 1–2. They won the regular season crown and were ready for the Big 12 Tournament. They lost their first game but came back and won their next 5 games winning the tournament. The Huskers hosted a regional winning their 3 games and winning the Super Regional at home sweeping Miami in 2 games. They advanced to the College World Series for the third time in five years. They beat Arizona State is the first game but lost to Florida. The Huskers played Arizona State again but lost and were done in 3 games. The win against Arizona State was Nebraska's first CWS win in Husker history.

They recorded a team record 57–15 (more wins than any teams in '05) and the .791 winning percentage also easily beat the previous best of .771 set in 1982. They had two 11 game win streaks during the season, once during non-conference play and once in the postseason. The Huskers finished 33–4 at Hawks Field breaking the previous single-season home mark for wins of 29 set four times (1980, 1988, 2002 and 2003). Starting pitchers went a combined 40–5 this season and won 15 straight decisions until Johnny Dorn’s loss to Florida on June 19 at the College World Series. Nebraska had 20 come-from-behind wins all season. Nebraska led the Big 12 and ranked second nationally in ERA.

Nebraska produced great players in Alex Gordon who won the National player of the Year Award, became an All-American, earned First Team All-Big 12 honors, and became the Big 12 Player of the Year. Johnny Dorn won the Freshman Big 12 Pitcher of the Year, became a Freshman All-American, and earned First Team All-Big 12 honors. Joba Chamberlain won the Big 12 Newcomer Pitcher of the Year, and earned First Team All-Big 12 honors. Tony Watson became a Freshman All-American. Curtis Ledbetter earned First Team All-Big 12 honors.^[10]

The End of the Big 12: 2006–2011

In 2006, Nebraska sprinted into the top 5 nationally, and was looking poised to make it back to Omaha for the College World Series. They were ranked as high as number 2 nationally and swept 3 Big 12 teams. However, Nebraska ran into a huge late season slump losing 8 of their last 11 regular season games and losing their last 3 Big 12 series. They were 3–0 in the Big 12 Tournament going into the championship game but lost to Kansas 7–9. They managed to host a regional, only to go two and out and bow out early ending with a 42–17 record. Brandon Buckman, Ryan Wehrle, Luke Gorsett, Tony Watson, and Brett Jensen earned First Team All Big 12 honors.

Collegiate Baseball tabbed the 2007 Huskers 9th in their preseason poll. The team started off strong but quickly began to show their youth and inexperience. They were very inconsistent throughout the season going only 14–13 in Big 12 games. They ended up placing 4th in the Big 12 and qualifying as the 3rd seed for the Tempe Regional. They went 2–1 before being defeated by Arizona State in the championship game. They finished the season 32–27.^[11]

While 8 pitchers from 2007 left for the draft, the 2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team was the youngest for Mike Anderson with 15 newcomers. The Huskers started the season 11–3 and were strong in the Big 12 winning 7 of their 9 series going 17–9–1 in conference play. From February 29 to March 18, the Huskers earned their longest win streak since 2000 at 14 games. Compared to 2006, the team slumped at the end of the season going 2–4 in the postseason and losing their home regional. They went 29–5–1 at home and 11–9 away from Hawks Field. They were ranked as high as #5 and ended in 3rd place in the Big 12. Jake Opitz, Mitch Abeita, and Johnny Dorn were selected to the All Big 12 First Team^[12] as Dorn also earned 3rd Team All-American honors.^[13]

2009 was a disappointing season for the Big Red. It was the worst season since 1997 going 25–28–1 with a 8–19 conference record. It was the first time they didn't make the Big 12 tournament and didn't make a regional for the first time in 5 years. Hoping to come back from a down season, the 2010 and 2011 Huskers approved but were still not able to make the Big 12 tournament or an NCAA regional going 27-27 and 30-24 respectively.

Mike Anderson and the entire coaching staff were terminated on May 22, 2011 after going 82-79-1 and missing the Big 12 tournament the last three seasons.^[14]

New Coach, New Conference

Before moving to the Big 10 Conference, the University of Nebraska hired former Husker and Major League All-Star Darin Erstad on June 2, 2011 to replace Mike Anderson as head coach of the team after 1 season as a volunteer assistant coach.^[15] A few days later, Ted Silva was hired as pitching coach^[16] as well as former huskers Will Bolt as associate head coach^[17] and Jeff Christy as volunteer assistant coach.^[18]

Results by Season

Table of Results^[1]

Coach	Season	Overall Record	Conference Record	Conference Regular Season or Tournament Champions?	Final Ranking	NCAA Tournament
C.D. Chandler	1889	1–2	---	---	---	---
	1890	2–3	---	---	---	---
	1891	1–0	---	---	---	---
Charles Stroman	1892	0–2–1	---	---	---	---
	1893	3–0	---	---	---	---
E.N. Robinson	1897	8–5–1	---	---	---	---
F.B. Ryons	1898	6–4	---	---	---	---
N/A	1899	8–4	---	---	---	---
	1900	8–12	---	---	---	---
Mike Henderson	1901	9–11	---	---	---	---
Geo P. Shidler	1902	17–8	---	---	---	---
J.H. Bell	1904	10–3	---	---	---	---
N/A	1905	5–16–1	---	---	---	---
S.S. Eager	1906	5–12–1	---	---	---	---
N/A	1907	5–11–1	---	---	---	---
	1908	4–12–2	---	---	---	---
	1909	12–14	---	---	---	---
	1910	7–7–1	---	---	---	---
	1912	3–0	---	---	---	---
Coach	Season	Overall Record	MVC Record	MVC Regular Season or Tournament Champions?	Final Ranking	NCAA Tournament
Paul Schissler	1919	5–3	---	---	---	---
	1920	7–6	---	---	---	---
	1921	8–5	---	---	---	---
Owen Frank	1922	12–4	---	---	---	---
Scotty Dye	1923	6–12	---	---	---	---
W.G. Kline	1924	10–8	---	---	---	---
	1925	8–7	---	---	---	---
Coach	Season	Overall Record	Big 6 Record	Big 6 Regular Season or Tournament Champions?	Final Ranking	NCAA Tournament
John Rhodes	1929	12–5–1	10–5	Regular Season	---	---
	1930	9–7	7–5	Neither	---	---
W.H. Browne	1931	2–10	2–8	Neither	---	---
W.W. Knight	1933	3–1	---	Neither	---	---
	1934	5–9	2–8	Neither	---	---
	1935	4–12	2–7	Neither	---	---
	1936	3–11	2–9	Neither	---	---
	1937	5–12	4–9	Neither	---	---
	1938	7–8	5–5	Neither	---	---
	1939	5–13	4–6	Neither	---	---
	1940	4–12	3–9	Neither	---	---
	1941	2–14	2–8	Neither	---	---
A.J. Lewandowski	1942	3–11	3–6	Neither	---	---
Frank Smagacz	1946	9–7	9–5	Neither	---	---
Tony Sharpe	1947	6–9–1	6–7	Neither	---	---
Coach	Season	Overall Record	Big 7 Record	Big 7 Regular Season or Tournament Champions?	Final Ranking	NCAA Tournament
Tony Sharpe	1948	17–6	14–3	Regular Season	---	---
	1949	9–13	7–10	Neither	---	---
	1950	16–8	11–3	Regular Season	---	---
	1951	10–5	5–4	Neither	---	---
	1952	13–7	8–5	Neither	---	---
	1953	12–5–2	10–3	Neither	---	---
	1954	10–10	4–8	Neither	---	---
	1955	15–5	10–4	Neither	---	---
	1956	12–8	8–4	Neither	---	---
	1957	12–10	8–9	Neither	---	---
Coach	Season	Overall Record	Big 8 Record	Big 8 Regular Season or Tournament Champions?	Final Ranking	NCAA Tournament
Tony Sharpe	1958	17–10	12–9	Neither		---
	1959	11–11	11–4	Neither		---
	1960	9–12	6–11	Neither		---
	1961	9–14	7–11	Neither		---
	1962	15–11	10–10	Neither		---
	1963	10–16	5–15	Neither		---
	1964	9–18	7–14	Neither		---
	1965	12–8	12–6	Neither		---
	1966	16–9	12–8	Neither		---
	1967	8–16	7–11	Neither		---
	1968	10–15–1	7–13	Neither		---
	1969	9–15	4–12	Neither		---
	1970	14–12	11–8	Neither		---
	1971	10–20	7–13	Neither		---
	1972	12–17	8–11	Neither		---
	1973	15–14–1	7–11	Neither		---
	1974	13–27	4–16	Neither		---
	1975	13–20	7–8	Neither		---
	1976	21–24–1	0–2	Neither		---
	1977	29–13	5–7	Neither		---
John Sanders	1978	36–20	7–7	Neither		---
	1979	49–15	14–6	Neither		Regionals
	1980	49–15	16–4	Regular Season	14(CB)	Regionals
	1981	42–22	11–11	Neither		---
	1982	44–13	15–5	Neither	10(BA)	---
	1983	44–15	8–10	Neither		---
	1984	46–20	15–6	Neither	29(CB)	---
	1985	45–24	16–6	Neither	16(CB)	Regionals
	1986	35–25	14–9	Neither		---
	1987	36–21	12–8	Neither		---
	1988	48–23	12–12	Neither		---
	1989	27–31	8–16	Neither		---
	1990	42–26	12–12	Neither		---
	1991	37–22	10–14	Neither		---
	1992	31–25	11–13	Neither		---
	1993	35–23	13–14	Neither		---
	1994	32–28	14–16	Neither		---
	1995	35–23	13–14	Neither		---
	1996	27–27–1	8–17	Neither		---
Coach	Season	Overall Record	Big 12 Record	Big 12 Regular Season or Tournament Champions?	Final Ranking	NCAA Tournament
John Sanders	1997	27–35	7–23	Neither	---	---
Dave Van Horn	1998	24–20	10–13	Neither	---	---
	1999	42–18	16–9	Tournament	25(BA)	Regionals
	2000	51–17	21–9	Tournament	11(CB)	Super Regionals
	2001	50–16	20–8	Both	6(BA)	College World Series
	2002	47–21	16–11	Neither	8(CB)	College World Series
Mike Anderson	2003	47–18	20–7	Regular Season	13(BA)	Regionals
	2004	36–23	11–16	Neither	12(CB)	---
	2005	57–15	19–8	Both	5(BA)	College World Series
	2006	42–17	17–10	Neither	15(BA)	Regionals
	2007	32–27	14–13	Neither	---	Regionals
	2008	41–16–1	17–9–1	Neither	20(BA)	Regionals
	2009	25–28–1	8–19	Neither	---	---
	2010	27-27	10-17	Neither	---	---
	2011	30-24	9-17	Neither	---	---
Coach	Season	Overall Record	Big 10 Record	Big 10 Regular Season or Tournament Champions?	Final Ranking	NCAA Tournament
Darin Erstad	2012
Overall record (1889–2011): 1,955–1,431–11 (.576), Conference: 742–737–1 (.501), Home: , Away: , Neutral:

 

Post-Season Appearances

Big 12 Tournament See also: Big 12 Baseball Tournament See also: List of Big 12 Conference champions Year Seed Record % Finished 1979 – – – – 1980 – – – – 1985 – – – – 1999 5 4–0 1.000 Champion 2000 2 5–1 .833 Champion 2001 1 4–0 1.000 Champion 2002 2 3–1 .750 Lost Championship Game 2003 1 2–2 .500 Lost Semifinals 2004 8 1–2 .333 Lost 2nd Round 2005 1 5–1 .833 Champion 2006 4 3–1 .750 Lost Championship Game 2007 4 1–2 .333 Lost in Pool Play 2008 3 1–2 .333 Lost in Pool Play Total 29–12 .707 10 Appearances

NCAA Tournament See also: NCAA Division I Baseball Championship See also: College World Series Year Seed Record % Notes 1979 3 1–2 .333 Lost Northeast Regional 1980 2–2 .500 1985 1–2 .333 1999 2 1–2 .333 Lost Ohio State Regional 2000 1 4–2 .667 Lost Stanford Super Regional 2001 1 5–2 .714 CWS Appearance 2002 1 5–3 .625 CWS Appearance 2003 1 3–2 .600 Lost Lincoln Regional 2004 – – – – 2005 1 6–2 .750 CWS Appearance 2006 1 0–2 .000 Lost Lincoln Regional 2007 3 2–2 .500 Lost Arizona State Regional Final 2008 1 1–2 .333 Lost Lincoln Regional Total 31–25 .554 12 Appearances

• Nebraska made both the Big 12 Tournament and the NCAA Tournament in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008.^[19]

Rivalries

Nebraska competes in an in-state rivalry with the Creighton Bluejays of Omaha, Nebraska. The Huskers and Bluejays play a 3-game series each year, switching venues for each game. Creighton's original home field is the Creighton Sports Complex, although they occasionally played home games at Rosenblatt Stadium and now play at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha. The Huskers defeated the Bluejays 2-1 in the first game played at TD Ameritrade on April 19, 2011.^[20]

Alumni

All-Americans

See also: Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball honors and awards

• The Huskers have produced 16 1st Team All-Americans. Ten have come in the Big 12 era with Shane Komine and Alex Gordon earning the honors twice.^[21][22]

Bob Cerv – 1950 Don Brown – 1955 Gene Stohs – 1972 Steve Stanicek – 1982

Paul Meyers – 1986 Troy Brohawn – 1993 Marc Sagmoen – 1993 Darin Erstad – 1995

Ken Harvey – 1999 Shane Komine – 2000–2001 Dan Johnson – 2001 John Cole – 2001

Matt Hopper – 2001 Jeff Leise – 2002 Jed Morris – 2002 Alex Gordon – 2004–2005

Major Leaguers

• 34 former Huskers have played at least one game in the Majors.^[23][24][25]

Name	Years at NU	Years in MLB	Team(s)
Drew Anderson	2001–03	2006	Milwaukee Brewers
Stan Bahnsen	1965	1966–82	New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, Montreal Expos, California Angels, Philadelphia Phillies
Troy Brohawn	1992–94	2001–03	Arizona Diamondbacks, San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers
Andrew Brown	2006-07	2011	St. Louis Cardinals
Tim Burke	1978–80	1985–92	Montreal Expos, New York Mets, New York Yankees
Bob Cerv	1947–50	1951–62	Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Angels, Houston Astros
Joba Chamberlain	2005–06	2007–present	New York Yankees
Brian Duensing	2002–05	2009–present	Minnesota Twins
Darin Erstad	1993–95	1996–2009	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Chicago White Sox, Houston Astros
Alex Gordon	2003–05	2007–present	Kansas City Royals
Kip Gross	1986	1990–93, 1999–2000	Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox, Houston Astros
Ken Harvey	1997–99	2001–05	Kansas City Royals
Eric Helfand	1988	1993–95	Oakland Athletics
Buddy Hunter	1966	1971–75	Boston Red Sox
Dan Johnson	2000–01	2005–08,10-11	Oakland Athletics, Tampa Bay Rays
Kevin Jordan	1990	1995–2001	Philadelphia Phillies
Shane Komine	1999–2001	2006–07	Oakland Athletics
Zach Kroenke	2003–05	2010–2011	Arizona Diamondbacks
Ryan Kurosaki	1971–73	1975	St. Louis Cardinals
Ad Liska	1925	1929–33	Washington Senators, Philadelphia Phillies
Dave McDonald	1962	1969–71	New York Yankees, Montreal Expos
Bill McGuire	1983–85	1988–89	Seattle Mariners
Gary Neibauer	1965–66	1969–73	Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies
Pete O'Brien	1978–79	1982–93	Texas Rangers, Cleveland Indians, Seattle Mariners
Ken Ramos	1987–89	1997	Houston Astros
Marc Sagmoen	1992–93	1997	Texas Rangers
Todd Sears	1995–97	2002–03	Minnesota Twins, San Diego Padres
Bob Sebra	1981–83	1985–90	Montreal Expos, Texas Rangers, Philadelphia Phillies, Milwaukee Brewers, Cincinnati Reds
Adam Shabala	1999–2000	2005	San Francisco Giants
Dwight Siebler	1957–58	1963–67	Minnesota Twins
Steve Stanicek	1980–82	1987, 1989	Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies
Adam Stern	1999–2001	2005–07, 2010	Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Milwaukee Brewers
Jamal Strong	1999–2000	2003–05	Seattle Mariners
Tony Watson	2004-07	2011	Pittsburgh Pirates

Current Minor Leaguers 18 former Huskers currently play in the Minor Leagues.[26] Mitch Abeita (2007–08) Cody Asche (2008-10) Adam Bailey (2009-10) Drew Bowman (2007) Andrew Brown (2006–07) Steve Edlefsen (2006–07) Zach Herr (2006–08) Ryan Hughes (2010) Dan Jennings (2006-08) Dan Johnson (2000–01) Zach Kroenke (2003–05) Michael Mariot (2008-10) Mike Nesseth (2008-10) Jake Opitz (2005–08) Aaron Pribanic (2008) Charlie Shirek (2005–07) Tony Watson (2004–07) Thad Weber (2007-08)

Other This is a list of some well known Husker letter winners and major league draftees.[27][28] Will Bolt (1999–2002) Daniel Bruce (2002–05) John Cole (1999–2001) Turner Gill (1983) Matt Hopper (2000–03) Brett Jensen (2004–06) Curtis Ledbetter (2003–05) Jeff Leise (2000–2003) Aaron Marsden (2002–03) Mel Motley (1995–96) Frank Solich (1965) Dustin Timm (2001,03-05) Ryan Wehrle (2005–07) Joe Simokaitis (2002-05)

Records

Nebraska Cornhuskers Baseball Records^[1][29]

Individual Game Batting Stat Record Player Date Hits 6 Steve Edlefsen vs. Iowa 4/11/06 6 5 others At Bats (any game) 10 Jim Smith vs. Colorado (22 inn.) 4/24/74 At Bats (9 inn.) 8 Alvie Shepherd vs. Washington 3/20/95 8 Patrick Johnson vs. Washington 3/20/95 Home Runs 3 Dan Johnson at Southern Utah 3/6/01 3 3 others Triples 3 Shawn Buchanan vs. Wayne State 2/12/90 3 Dan Boever vs. Benedictine 3/8/83 Doubles 3 DJ Belfonte vs. Creighton 5/18/10 3 15 others Runs 7 Jim Bailey vs. Chicago State 3/16/99 7 Ken Harvey vs. Chicago State 3/16/99 RBIs 10 Craig Moore vs. Chicago State 3/16/99 10 Gene Torczon vs. Tulsa 4/5/58 Walks 5 Jim Bailey vs. Chicago State 3/16/99 5 Tom Novak vs. Denver College 4/18/49 Pitching Stat Record Player Date Innings Pitched 13 Dennis O'Doherty vs. Colorado 4/26/74 Strikeouts 17 Shane Komine vs. Kansas 4/8/00 17 Brent Friehauf vs. St. Cloud State 3/24/83

Individual Season Batting Stat Record Player Year At Bats 294 Jeff Leise 2002 Runs 100 Ken Ramos 1988 Hits 109 Jeff Leise 2002 109 Francis Collins 1997 Total Bases 201 Jed Morris 2002 Doubles 27 Cody Asche 2011 Triples 9 Shawn Buchanan 1990 Home Runs 25 Dan Johnson 2001 RBIs 90 Jed Morris 2002 90 Mike Duncan 1985 Walks 91 Bobby Benjamin 1988 Batting Average .478 Ken Harvey 1999 Longest Hit Streak 38 Francis Collins 1996 Stolen Bases 60 Scott Hooper 1984 Slugging Percentage .930 Steve Stanicek 1982 Pitching Stat Record Player Year Innings Pitched 131.2 Shane Komine 2001 Appearances 36 Mike Bellows 1994 Complete Games 9 Troy Brohawn 1993 Starts 18 Joba Chamberlain 2005 18 Shane Komine 2001 Shutouts 4 Jamie Rodrigue 2000 Strikeouts 159 Shane Komine 2000 Scoreless Innings 33.1 Justin Pekarek 2004 ERA 0.95 Ray Novak 1955 Wins 14 Shane Komine 2001 Losses 8 Pat Driscoll 1997 Conference Wins 8 Shane Komine 2001 8 Troy Brohawn 1993 Saves 16 Brett Jensen 2004

Individual career Stat Record Player Year Games Played 254 Matt Hopper 2000–03 Games Started 247 Matt Hopper 2000–03 Batting Stat Record Player Year At Bats 966 Matt Hopper 2000–03 Runs Scored 246 Matt Hopper 2000–03 Hits 338 Matt Hopper 2000–03 Total Bases 591 Matt Hopper 2000–03 Doubles 56 Will Bolt 1999–2002 Triples 21 Shawn Buchanan 1988–91 Home Runs 64 Matt Hopper 2000–03 Walks Drawn 223 Bobby Benjamin 1988–90 RBIs 271 Matt Hopper 2000–03 Batting Average .451 Marc Sagmoen 1992–93 Stolen Bases 103 Jeff Carter 1982–85 Slugging % .791 Dan Johnson 2000–01 Pitching Stat Record Player Year Innings 431.0 Shane Komine 1999-02 Appearances 87 Steve Hale 1999-03 Complete Games 18 Shane Komine 1999-02 Starts 59 Shane Komine 1999-02 Shutouts 6 Jamie Rodrigue 2000–03 Strikeouts 510 Shane Komine 1999-02 ERA (min. 40 inn.) 1.78 Ben Amaya 1982–83 Wins 41 Shane Komine 1999-02 Losses 17 Dan Buehrer 1973–76 Saves 31 Brett Jensen 2004–06

Game Team Bests Category Record Opponent Date Longest Game by Innings 22 Colorado 2, Nebraska 1 4/26/74 At Bats 77 Colorado 4/26/74 Runs Scored 50 Chicago State 3/16/99 Runs Scored by Opponent 37 Oklahoma State 4/8/95 Margin of Victory 47 50–3 vs. Chicago State 3/16/99 Runs Scored Both Teams 55 Nebraska 18, Oklahoma State 37 4/8/95 Runs Scored in an Inning 17 Washington 3/20/95 Hits 35 Chicago State 3/16/99 Doubles 10 Creighton 4/23/08 Triples 6 Wayne State 3/1/85 Home Runs 9 Chicago State 3/16/99 Total Bases 73 Chicago State 3/16/99 RBIs 48 Chicago State 3/16/99 RBIs, Both Teams 51 Chicago State 3/16/99 Walks 19 Fort Hays State 3/18/89 19 Northwest Missouri State 3/4/87 Stolen Bases 13 Nebraska-Omaha 3/16/95 Strikeouts by NU 16 Texas 5/26/04 16 Kansas State 4/27/91 Strikeouts of Opponent 22 UL-Lafayette (15 inn.) 2/20/09 Walks Allowed 20 Wichita State 4/8/87 Hits Allowed 26 Oklahoma State 4/8/95 Big 12 Record Big 10 Record NCAA Record

Season Team Bests Category Record Year(s) Wins 57 2005 Consecutive Wins 26 1983 Losses 35 1997 Batting Average .339 1985 Slugging Percentage .548 1985 At Bats 2,448 2005 Runs Scored 676 1985 Hits 787 2001 Doubles 154 2002 Triples 38 1980 Home Runs 94 1985 Total Bases 1,228 1985 RBIs 603 1985 Walks 565 1988 Stolen Bases 196 1984 Strikeouts 454 1997 Double Plays 80 1988 Games Played 72 2005 Lowest ERA 2.64 1965 Complete Games 31 1980 Innings Pitched 643.0 2005 Strikeouts of Opponent 538 2005 Shutouts 15 1979 Consecutive Scoreless Innings 43.1 2004 Saves 23 2005 Fielding Percentage .975 '04 & '05

 

External links

• University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletic Department
• Huskerpedia.com
• HuskerExtra.com

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