Harvard Crimson baseball

Harvard Crimson
2024 Harvard Crimson baseball team
Founded1865
UniversityHarvard University
Head coachBill Decker (12th season)
ConferenceIvy League
Rolfe Division
LocationBoston, Massachusetts
Home stadiumJoseph J. O'Donnell Field
(Capacity: 1,600)
NicknameCrimson
ColorsCrimson, white, and black[1]
     
College World Series appearances
1968, 1971, 1973, 1974
NCAA Tournament appearances
1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2019
Conference tournament champions
1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2019
Regular season conference champions
EIBL: 1936, 1939, 1955, 1958, 1964, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1984
Ivy: 1955, 1958, 1962, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 2019
Ivy Rolfe: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2019

The Harvard Crimson baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate baseball team of Harvard University, located in Boston, Massachusetts. The program has been a member of the Ivy League since the conference officially began sponsoring baseball at the start of the 1993 season. The team plays at Joseph J. O'Donnell Field, located across the Charles River from Harvard's main campus. Bill Decker has been the program's head coach since the 2013 season.

The program has appeared in four College World Series and 14 NCAA tournaments. It has won five Ivy League Championship Series, eight Rolfe Division titles, 15 EIBL regular season titles, and 12 Ivy League regular season titles. In 2019, the team won its first Ivy League title since 2005 when they defeated Columbia Archived 2019-08-01 at the Wayback Machine in the Ivy League Playoff Series.

As of the start of the 2014 Major League Baseball season, 12 former Crimson players have appeared in Major League Baseball.

  1. ^ "Color Scheme" (PDF). Harvard Athletics Brand Identity Guide. July 27, 2021. Retrieved October 31, 2021.