- Oregon Ducks baseball
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Oregon Ducks Founded: 1876 
University University of Oregon Conference Pac-10 Location Eugene, OR Head Coach George Horton (3rd year) Home Stadium PK Park
(Capacity: 5,000)Nickname Ducks Colors Green and Yellow CWS Appearances 1954 NCAA Tournament Appearances 1954, 1964, 2010 The Oregon Ducks baseball team represents the University of Oregon in NCAA Division I college baseball in the Pacific-10 Conference/ They are coached by George Horton and play their home games on campus at PK Park.[1]
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History
The Ducks playing BYU at PK Park
Oregon fielded its first baseball program in 1876. The Ducks won the PCC-North Division championship 9 times between 1928 and 1946. They were overall PCC champions in 1954 after the conference had unified north and south divisions in the late 1940s. The PCC dissolved in 1958.
In 1964, in the re-organized Athletic Association of Western Universities, Oregon was once again North Division champions. The team made one College World Series appearance, in 1954, and was eliminated from the tournament after losing to Arizona and Massachusetts. In 1982, the team was downgraded to a club sport.
In July 2007, the university announced that Oregon would again field an NCAA Division I baseball team beginning with the 2009 season.[2]
In the Ducks first game in PK Park, they defeated the defending national champions, the Fresno State Bulldogs, 1-0 on a walk-off single by senior Andrew Schmidt. A sellout crowd of 2,777 was on hand for the game.[3]
Stadium
From 1936, the Ducks played baseball at Howe Field. After the university canceled baseball in 1981, the field was converted to use by the Ducks' women's softball team.[4] Following the reinstatement of baseball in 2009 after 27 years as the only Pac-10 school without a baseball team, the university built a new baseball stadium, PK Park, in what was a parking lot adjacent to Autzen Stadium. The field is shared by the minor league Eugene Emeralds.[1]
Yearly results
Year Coach Record Notes 1906 J. B. Knapp 1907 Hugo Bezdek 1908 H. B. Leonard 1909 Tom Kelly 6-3-1 1910 Tom Kelly 6-4-1 1911 Tom Kelly 9-6 1912 Homer Jamison 8-0 1913 Homer Jamison 1914 Hugo Bezdek 11-3 1915 Hugo Bezdek 6-3 1916 Hugo Bezdek 5-4 1917 Hugo Bezdek 1918 Dean Walker 10-2 1919 Shy Huntington 1-6 1920 Shy Huntington 11-9 1921 George Bohler 6-13 1922 George Bohler 2-15 1923 George Bohler 3-15 1924 William Reinhart 6-12-1 1925 William Reinhart 5-7 1926 William Reinhart 4-4 1927 William Reinhart 3-9 1928 William Reinhart 11-4 1929 William Reinhart 8-9 1930 William Reinhart 15-7 1931 William Reinhart 8-10 1932 William Reinhart 5-10 1933 William Reinhart 7-6 1934 William Reinhart 16-6 1935 William Reinhart 14-8 1936 Howard Hobson 13-11 1937 Howard Hobson 13-3 1938 Howard Hobson 17-9 1939 Howard Hobson 20-7 1940 Howard Hobson 17-11 1941 Howard Hobson 15-6 1942 Howard Hobson 20-5 1943 Howard Hobson 15-7 1944 Howard Hobson 1945 Howard Hobson 1946 Howard Hobson 18-9-1 1947 Howard Hobson 19-7 1948 Don Kirsch 12-6 1949 Don Kirsch 18-7 1950 Don Kirsch 12-11 1951 Don Kirsch 14-14 1952 Don Kirsch 19-12 1953 Don Kirsch 15-4 1954 Don Kirsch 18-8 1955 Don Kirsch 18-8 1956 Don Kirsch 18-8 1957 Don Kirsch 24-9-1 1958 Don Kirsch 19-8 1959 Don Kirsch 19-11 1960 Don Kirsch 12-7 1961 Don Kirsch 19-9 1962 Don Kirsch 29-9-1 1963 Don Kirsch 25-7 1964 Don Kirsch 31-11 1965 Don Kirsch 27-8-1 1966 Don Kirsch 21-18 1967 Don Kirsch 16-14 1968 Don Kirsch 25-15-1 1969 Don Kirsch 22-19 1970 Don Kirsch 1971 Mel Krause 19-18 1972 Mel Krause 24-13 1973 Mel Krause 23-13 1974 Mel Krause 26-19 1975 Mel Krause 20-19 1976 Mel Krause 20-18 1977 Mel Krause 14-27 1978 Mel Krause 23-24 1979 Mel Krause 29-27-1 1980 Mel Krause 19-21 1981 Mel Krause 16-21 Does not include 2 wins. v. Lane CC - dropped program No team from 1982 through 2008. 2009 George Horton 14-42 2010 George Horton 40-24 Oregon in the NCAA Tournament
- The NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament started in 1947.
- The format of the tournament has changed through the years.
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