William & Mary Tribe baseball


The William & Mary Tribe baseball team represents the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia in NCAA Division I competition. The school's team, founded in 1895, currently competes in the Colonial Athletic Association and play their home games at the off-campus Plumeri Park. Brian Murphy was named head coach on December 3, 2013 after previous coach Jamie Pinzino departed for Oklahoma after the 2013 season.

History

The Tribe have played in four NCAA tournaments, 1983, 2001, 2013, and 2016, but have never qualified for the College World Series. The Tribe's combined NCAA tournament record is 4–8. They have won seven conference championships, with the most recent coming in 2016. The team has an all-time record of 1,432–1,565–12 over 119 season of play.

Conference affiliations

The William & Mary Tribe men's baseball team currently plays at off-campus Plumeri Park which opened in 2001 and has a seating capacity of 1,000. The stadium is named after William & Mary alumnus Joseph J. Plumeri II who also played on the baseball team as member of the Class of 1966. Previously, the baseball team played on campus on a field located next to Zable Stadium on land currently occupied by practice fields for the football team as part of the Jimmye Laycock Football Center.

Head coaches

The program's longest tenured head coaches was Jim Farr who served as head coach for 12 seasons from 1993 to 2005.
YearCoachSeasonsW-L-TPct
1895–1904Unknown107–8–1.469
1905–1906J. Merrill Blanchard25–01.000
1907James H. Barry1——
1908H. B. White1——
1909–1910George E. O'Hearn2——
1911Frederick R. Savage
W. J. Young		14–2.667
1912–1913Unknown28–23.258
1914–1916Dexter W. Draper333–14.702
1917Samuel H. Hubbard1——
1918Bathurst Peachy15–7.417
1919Vernon Geddy15–7.417
1920–1923James G. Driver446–26.639
1924–1928J. Wilder Tasker459–50–2.541
1929–1930Harry Young230–15.667
1931–1931, 1938John Kellison563–25.716
1935–1937Bill Scott333–27–1.549
1939–1941Rube McCray321–32–2.400
1941–1942Albert H. Werner215–16.484
1943–1945No team held———
1946Sam B. Holt114–4.778
1947Richard F. Gallagher19–9.500
1948Marvin Bass111–5.688
1949Orlin Rogers118–8.692
1950–1951Howard Smith211–27.289
1952, 1966–1970H. Lester Hooker692–81.532
1953–1957Eric Tipton533–54.380
1958–1959Ed Derringe27–23.233
1960–1964Joe Agee516–69.188
1965, 1979–1982Maynard Weber528–106.209
1971Bo Rein119–16.543
1972George Pearce115–18.455
1973Les Roes111–15.423
1974Tony Zontini18–17.320
1975–1978, 1982–1985Ed Jones8115–162–3.416
1986–1987Joe Breeden222–69.242
1988Chris Rankin117–28.378
1989–1992Bill Harris449–114–1.302
1993–2005Jim Farr13372–313–2.543
2006–2012Frank Leoni7196–178.524
2013Jamie Pinzino139–24.619
2014–presentBrian Murphy134–22.607
TOTALS481191,432–1,565–12.478

Current coaching staff

Notable former players

Consensus All-Americans

MLB players

MLB draftees

William & Mary has had 43 Major League Baseball Draft selections since the draft began in 1965.