Fordham Rams baseball

Fordham Rams
Fordham Rams
2024 Fordham Rams baseball team
Founded	1860
University	Fordham University
Head coach	Kevin Leighton (13th season)
Conference	Atlantic 10
Location	The Bronx, New York
Home stadium	Houlihan Family Park at Jack Coffey Field ; (Capacity: 1,000)
Nickname	Rams
Colors	Maroon and white;
NCAA Tournament appearances
	1987, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1998, 2019
Conference tournament champions
	Patriot League: 1993; Atlantic 10: 1998, 2019
Regular season conference champions
	MAAC: 1987, 1988, 1990; Patriot League: 1991, 1992

The Fordham Rams baseball team of

St. Francis Xavier College in Manhattan, the first collegiate baseball

game played with nine-man teams as today.

The team's 4,541 wins at the conclusion of the 2021 season are the most of any NCAA Division I baseball team. The Rams have reached six NCAA Tournaments, most recently in 2019.^[2]

History

Founded in the late 1850s, the Fordham Rose Hill Baseball Club of St. John's College (the precursor to Fordham University, and of no connection at all to St. John's University) played against St. Francis Xavier College in the first ever college baseball game under modern nine-man-team rules (Knickerbocker Rules, or "The New York Game") on November 3, 1859.^[2]

There have been 56

Baseball Hall of Famer Frankie Frisch. Frisch, a star athlete in four different sports at Fordham, was known as the "Fordham Flash".^[3] Steve Bellán, a Cuban who attended what was then St. John's College from 1863 to 1868, played in the major leagues, primarily as a third baseman, and was the first Latin American in professional baseball.^[4] Gil McDougald, who played for the New York Yankees, was a coach on the team. Announcer Vin Scully, who played outfield at Fordham before achieving greater fame in the broadcast booth, hit one home run in his Fordham career, which included a game against George H. W. Bush who was playing for Yale University.^[2]

Fordham's most recent Hall of Fame inductee class in 2012 included a member of the baseball team, Bob Cole.

In honor of the 150th anniversary of the team's first game, Fordham played

Massachusetts rules, losing 73-32.^[2]

Home field

The team plays home games at Jim Houlihan Park at Jack Coffey Field. Jack Coffey Field, a multisport facility, is named after Jack Coffey, former athletic director and baseball coach at the University. He amassed 817 wins as a baseball coach. Coffey is the only player to play with both Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth in the same season (1918 Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox). The baseball portion of the field was renamed "Houlihan Park" after renovations completed in 2005.

References

^ "Fordham Colors – Fordham University Marketing and Communications". Retrieved December 5, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Curry, Jack. For 150 Years, Fordham Baseball’s Tradition of Winning, The New York Times, April 5, 2009. Accessed April 6, 2009.
^ "Baseball Reference: Fordham". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
^ "Steve Bellán". Fordham University. Archived from the original on 9 June 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2009.

[1] "Fordham Colors – Fordham University Marketing and Communications". Retrieved December 5, 2022.

[NYT2009-2] Curry, Jack. For 150 Years, Fordham Baseball’s Tradition of Winning, The New York Times, April 5, 2009. Accessed April 6, 2009.

[baseballreference-3] "Baseball Reference: Fordham". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 1 January 2009.

[ebellan-4] "Steve Bellán". Fordham University. Archived from the original on 9 June 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2009.

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Venue	Jim Houlihan Park at Jack Coffey Field
Rivalries	Manhattan St. John's
People	Head Coaches
Seasons	1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

History

Home field

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