Middlebury baseball history
Scope and Contents
File contains a brief history of baseball at Middlebury College. Much of the information was gathered for the opening of Virtue Field House in 2016.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1804-
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research without restriction.
Extent
1 Folder
Language of Materials
English
General
History of Middlebury Baseball Timeline
1881 first varsity baseball game played
1890s team plays against the "Cuban Giants" in Middlebury
1899 F.H. Bryant listed as the first named "coach" of the Middlebury baseball program
1907 Ray Fisher strikes out 18 Colgate batters, 17 Norwich batters in consecutive games during the same week
Fisher, class of 1910, was the first professional coach of program and Athletic
Director during his junior and senior years. He went on to win an even 100 games as
a pitcher for New York of the American League and Cincinnati in the National
League over 10 years.
1911 100th victory in program history
1918 Waite Hoyt attended Middlebury for a semester but never played for the baseball team. He went on to be the best pitcher on the 1927 New York Yankees with the the
went on to be the best pitcher on the 1927 New York Yankees with the likes of Babe Ruth and
Lou Gehrig. Over his career, he won 237 games for the Yankees in the 1920s and 1930s before broadcasting for the Cincinnati Reds for 24 seasons. He was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fall in 1969
1924 Harry "Ike" Hulihan pitched in Major League Baseball for the Boston Braves
1927 200th victory in program history
1932 Vermont State Champions
1937 Walter "Duke" Nelson completes fifth and final season as head coach
1946-51 Vermont State Champions
1948 300th victory in program history
1964 400th victory in program history
1964 Newt Baker records 18 strikeouts in a game in May 1964 against Lowell Tech strikes out 16 Norwich batters the following week
1980 500th victory
1984 Wendy Forbes completes 22nd and final season as head coach
1990 Forbes Field is opened in its current location
1994 600th victory
1999 Program records 20 wins in a season for the first time
1999 Pitcher A.J. Husband sets single season records for complete games (9), wins
(7), strikeouts (79) and was second in ERA (1.94)
2002 700th victory
2005 Ryan Armstrong sets a new single season record with a .495 batting average
2006 Program records its first NESCAC Championship, NCAA Tournament Appearance while earning a school record 26 wins
2008 800th victory
2014 Former pitcher Ray Fisher, class of 1910, inducted into the Middlebury Athletic Hall of Fame
2015 Former catcher John Corbisiero, class of 1950, inducted into the Middlebury Athletic Hall of Fame
2015 Bob Smith completes his 31st season as head coach of the Panthers
Repository Details
Part of the Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives Repository
Middlebury College
Davis Family Library
110 Storrs Avenue
Middlebury Vermont 05753 United States
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