The Illinois Fighting Illini baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the

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, United States. The team competes in the

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's Division I and are members of the

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History

Coaching history

Year-by-year results

Reference:

NCAA tournament results

Attendance records

Retired numbers

Current MLB players

* Michael Massey (Kansas City Royals)

Individual honors

Player of the year awards

* 2018 :

Bren Spillane Brenden Patrick Spillane (born September 21, 1996) is an American professional baseball first baseman and outfielder for the Windy City ThunderBolts of the Frontier League. Amateur career Spillane attended Wheeling High School in Wheeling, Ill ...

, (1B/OF),

Collegiate Baseball Player of the Year ''Collegiate Baseball Newspaper'' (also known as ''Collegiate Baseball Magazine'' and ''Collegiate Baseball'') is an American publication based in Arizona that considers itself the "voice of amateur baseball" which has been published for over 40 ...

All-Americans

Note that information below is referenced from ''Illinois Fighting Illini Media Guide''.http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/mgsection6.pdf *1947 : Andy Phillip, (1B) : Lee Eilbracht, (C) *1948 :Russ Steger, (OF) *1951 : Dick Raklovits, (3B) *1959 : Bob Klaus, (SS) *1962 :

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, (P) *1973 :Bob Polock, (2B) *1987 : Darrin Fletcher, (C) *1988 : Mark Dalesandro, (2B) *1989 :

Sean Mulligan Sean Patrick Mulligan (born April 25, 1970) is an American former professional baseball player. A catcher in the minor leagues, Mulligan played in two games as a pinch hitter for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB) in . He was fam ...

, (C) :Charles "Bubba" Smith, (UT) *1990 :Mark Dalesandro, (2B) *1991 :Sean Mulligan, (C) :Charles "Bubba" Smith, (UT) :

Larry Sutton Larry James Sutton (born May 14, 1970) is an American former professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals, and Florida Marlins. He also played i ...

, (OF) :

Scott Spiezio Scott Edward Spiezio (; born September 21, 1972) is an American former professional baseball infielder. He is well-known for his time as a member of the Anaheim Angels, when he hit a three-run home run in Game Six of the 2002 World Series against ...

, (IF) *1992 :Larry Sutton, (OF) *1993 :Scott Spiezio, (IF) *1994 :Forry Wells, (OF) :Tom Sinak, (OF) *1996 : Josh Klimek (SS) :

Brian McClure Brian McClure (born December 28, 1963) is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League for the Buffalo Bills. He played college football at Bowling Green. College career McClure played for the Falcons from 198 ...

, (2B) *1998 : James Tow, (P) : D.J. Svihlik, (2B) *1999 : James Tow, (P) :D.J. Svihlik, (2B) : Luke Simmons, (DH) *2000 : Jason Anderson (P) :Andy Schutzenhofer, (1B) :D.J. Svihlik, (2B) *2001 : Andy Dickinson (P) *2002 :Andy Dickinson (P) : Drew Davidson, (OF) *2003 :Eric Eymann, (SS) *2005 :Drew Davidson, (OF) *2007 : Lars Davis (C) *2013 : Justin Parr, (OF) *2015 :

Tyler Jay Tyler Ryan Jay (born April 19, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the New York Mets organization. He played college baseball at the University of Illinois and was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the first round of the 2015 M ...

, (P) *2016 : Cody Sedlock, (P) * 2018 :

, (1B/OF)

Illini in the World Series

Carl Lundgren Carl Leonard "Lundy" Lundgren (February 16, 1880 – August 21, 1934) was an American baseball and football player and coach. Lundgren played football and baseball for the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign and played eight seasons o ...

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Wally Roettger Walter Henry Roettger (August 28, 1902 – September 14, 1951) was an American professional baseball player who was an outfielder in the major leagues from to . He played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants and Pitt ...

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Lou Boudreau Louis Boudreau (July 17, 1917 – August 10, 2001), nicknamed "Old Shufflefoot", "Handsome Lou", and "The Good Kid", was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 15 seasons, primarily as a ...

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Tom Haller Thomas Frank Haller (June 23, 1937 – November 26, 2004) was an American professional baseball player, coach, and executive. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1961 to 1972, most notably as a member of the San Francisco Gi ...

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Ed Spiezio Edward Wayne Spiezio (born October 31, 1941) is an American former professional baseball third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1964 to 1972 for the St. Louis Cardinals, San Diego Padres and Chicago White Sox. Listed at and ...

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Ken Holtzman Kenneth Dale Holtzman (born November 3, 1945) is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher from through , most notably as a member of the Chicago Cubs for whom he pitche ...

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Illinois Fighting Illini Baseball