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Ball State Cardinals baseball
Ball State Cardinals baseball
2025 Ball State Cardinals baseball team
Founded	1920; 105 years ago
University	Ball State University
Head coach	Rich Maloney (20th overall season)
Conference	Mid–American
Location	Muncie, Indiana
Home stadium	Ball Diamond ; (Capacity: 1,700)
Nickname	Cardinals
Colors	Cardinal and white;
NCAA Tournament appearances
	1965, 1969, 2006, 2023
Conference tournament champions
	2006, 2023
Regular season conference champions
	1998, 1999, 2001, 2014, 2022

The Ball State Cardinals baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, United States.^[2] The team is a member of the Mid-American Conference West division, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. Ball State's first baseball team was fielded in 1920. The team plays its home games at Ball Diamond in Muncie, Indiana. The Cardinals are coached by Rich Maloney.

Ball State In The NCAA Tournament

Year	Record	Pct	Notes
1965	0–2	.000	District 4
1969	2–2	.500	District 4
2006	1–2	.333	Lexington Regional
2023	0–2	.000	Lexington Regional
TOTALS	3-8	.273

Pick	Player	Team	Position	Year
11	Thomas Howard	San Diego Padres	OF	1986
41	Jeff Urban	San Francisco Giants	LHP	1998
21	Larry Bigbie	Baltimore Orioles	OF	1999
1	Bryan Bullington	Pittsburgh Pirates	RHP	2002
32	Luke Hagerty	Chicago Cubs	LHP	2002
18	Brad Snyder	Cleveland Indians	OF	2003
20	Kolbrin Vitek	Boston Redsox	RHP/2B	2010
34	Drey Jameson	Arizona Diamondbacks	RHP	2019

As of 2024^[update], Ball State has had eight players named the MAC Baseball Player of the Year, the most of any school in the conference.

MAC Coach of the Year^[3]
Name	Year
Rich Maloney	1998, 2001, 2014, 2022

• Fully turf

• All chair back seating

• Video Scoreboard

• Brick stadium with bathrooms and concession stand

• Padded fence all around the field with graphics

^ "Brand Colors - Ball State University". Retrieved May 23, 2017.
^ "Ball State Cardinals". d1baseball.com. Archived from the original on 2013-04-22. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "2016 Mid-American Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). getsomemaction.com. Mid-American Conference. Retrieved 14 July 2021.

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