Army Black Knights baseball
American college baseball team
Army Black Knights baseball Founded 1890; 134 years ago (1890 ) University United States Military Academy Head coach Chris Tracz (2nd season)Conference Patriot League Location West Point, New York Home stadium Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field (Capacity: 880)Nickname Black Knights Colors Black, gold, and gray[ 1] 2000 , 2004 , 2005 , 2009 , 2012 , 2013 , 2018 , 2019 , 2021 , 2022 , 2023 , 2024 1997 , 2000 , 2004 , 2005 , 2009 , 2012 , 2013 , 2018 , 2019 , 2021 , 2022 , 2023 , 2024 EIBL : 1950, 1960, 1965, 1966 Patriot League: 1997, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024
For information on all United States Military Academy sports, see Army Black Knights
The Army Black Knights baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York , United States.[ 2] The team is a member of the Patriot League , which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association 's Division I . Army's first baseball team was fielded in 1890. The team plays its home games at Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field in West Point, New York . The Black Knights are coached by Chris Tracz .[ 3]
Army in the NCAA Tournament
The NCAA Division I baseball tournament started in 1947. Army has won the Patriot League baseball tournament thirteen times, starting in 1997. They competed in a play-in best-of-three series with Ivy League champion Harvard for the right to play in the NCAA Tournament but lost in three games.[ 4] Army won the Patriot League again in 2000 and received an automatic bid to the tournament. The Black Knights have played in the tournament (a double-elimination format) twelve times, most recently in 2024.
Major League Baseball
Army has had 20 Major League Baseball draft selections since the draft began in 1965.[ 5]
On August 12, 2017, Chris Rowley (2010–13) became the first West Point graduate to play in the Major Leagues, pitching 5.2 innings and allowing 1 run against the Pittsburgh Pirates, earning the win.[ 6]
Games versus professional baseball teams
Date
Opponent
Result
Score
May 10, 1914
New York Giants
L
7-2
April 15, 1922
New York Giants
L
11-3
April 16, 1923
New York Giants
L
14-2
April 23, 1924
New York Giants
L
10-3
April 13, 1925
New York Giants
L
7-0
April 11, 1927
New York Giants
L
19-6
May 26, 1927
New York Yankees
L
2-0
April 9, 1928
New York Giants
L
16-4
May 3, 1928
New York Yankees
L
20-9
April 15, 1929
New York Giants
L
6-1
April 14, 1930
New York Giants
L
18-0
May 23, 1930
New York Yankees
L
20-2
April 13, 1931
New York Giants
L
4-3
April 17, 1931
New York Yankees
L
15-1
May 31, 1932
New York Yankees
L
9-3
April 10, 1933
New York Yankees
L
9-0
June 11, 1934
New York Yankees
L
7-0
April 15, 1935
New York Giants
L
9-0
April 22, 1935
New York Yankees
L
5-1
June 1, 1936
New York Yankees
L
6-2
April 19, 1937
New York Yankees
L
19-4
April 17, 1939
New York Giants
L
4-2
April 15, 1940
New York Giants
L
7-1
April 14, 1941
New York Giants
L
9-0
April 13, 1942
New York Giants
L
12-3
April 2, 1943
Brooklyn Dodgers
L
12-8
April 5, 1943
Montreal Royals
L
6-3
March 31, 1944
Brooklyn Dodgers
L
18-4
April 1, 1944
Montreal Royals
W
8-6
April 10, 1944
Montreal Royals
T
6-6
April 17, 1944
New York Giants
L
11-9
May 8, 1944
New York Yankees
L
14-0
March 24, 1945
Brooklyn Dodgers
L
9-5
March 28, 1945
Brooklyn Dodgers
W
5-4
April 7, 1945
Brooklyn Dodgers
W
4-0
April 9, 1945
Montreal Royals
W
12-8
April 11, 1945
Montreal Royals
L
8-4
April 12, 1945
Montreal Royals
L
9-3
April 15, 1946
New York Giants
T
2-2
April 19, 1946
Brooklyn Dodgers
L
7-3
April 28, 1947
Brooklyn Dodgers
L
16-5
April 19, 1948
New York Giants
L
7-2
April 2, 1949
Brooklyn Dodgers
L
4-3
April 17, 1950
New York Giants
L
8-0
April 12, 1954
New York Giants
L
6-5
April 11, 1955
New York Giants
L
14-1
April 15, 1957
New York Giants
L
16-0
May 26, 1958
San Francisco Giants
L
17-1
April 14, 1961
New York Yankees
L
14-0
May 7, 1962
New York Yankees
L
8-4
April 22, 1963
New York Yankees
L
15-2
May 6, 1963
New York Mets
L
3-0
April 27, 1964
New York Yankees
L
8-2
May 10, 1965
New York Mets
L
8-0
April 29, 1966
New York Yankees
L
1-0
May 8, 1967
New York Mets
L
4-0
May 9, 1968
New York Yankees
L
9-0
May 22, 1969
New York Yankees
L
4-0
April 15, 1971
New York Mets
L
8-0
April 27, 1972
New York Yankees
L
10-1
April 30, 1973
New York Mets
L
7-1
April 23, 1974
New York Yankees
L
7-0
May 5, 1975
New York Mets
L
5-0
April 19, 1976
New York Yankees
L
2-0
April 19, 1979
New York Mets
L
19-0
April 11, 1983
Detroit Tigers
L
11-1
April 26, 1984
New York Mets
L
6-0
May 6, 1986
Houston Astros
L
9-0
March 30, 2013
New York Yankees
L
10-5
March 31, 2017
New York Mets
PPD
0-0
Records
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References
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