San Diego Toreros baseball

San Diego Toreros
Founded	1958 (1958)
University	University of San Diego
Head coach	Rich Hill (19th season)
Conference	West Coast Conference
Location	San Diego, California
Home stadium	Fowler Park (Capacity: 1,700)
Nickname	Toreros
Colors	Navy, White, and Toreros Blue[1]
NCAA Tournament appearances
2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013
Conference tournament champions
2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2013
Conference champions
2007, 2008, 2010 WCC West Division: 2002, 2003

The San Diego Toreros baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate baseball program of the University of San Diego, located in San Diego, California, United States. The program has been a member of the NCAA Division I West Coast Conference since prior to the 1985 season. Beginning in 2013, its home venue will be Fowler Park, located on the University of San Diego campus. Rich Hill has been the program's head coach since prior to the 1999 season. As of the end of the 2012 season, the team has appeared in seven NCAA Tournaments, all since 2002. It has won four conference championship series, three regular season conference championships, and two regular season division championships. As of the start of the 2014 Major League Baseball season, 15 former Toreros have appeared in Major League Baseball.

Contents

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  1 History
  
  
  
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    1.1 John Cunningham era
    
  
  
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    1.2 Rich Hill era
    
  
  
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    1.3 Conference affiliations
    
  
  
  
  


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  2 Venues
  
  
  
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    2.1 John Cunningham Stadium
    
  
  
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    2.2 Fowler Park
    
  
  
  
  


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  3 Head coaches
  
  
  
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    3.1 Current coaching staff
    
  
  
  
  


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  4 Yearly record
  


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  5 Notable former players
  
  
  
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    5.1 2012 MLB Draft
    
  
  
  
  


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  6 See also
  


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  7 References
  


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  8 External links
  

History

The team began play in the 1958 season as an independent school in the NCAA College Division, made up of the athletic programs of small universities and colleges.^[2] The school, founded in the early 1950s, was then known as the San Diego College for Men, and its athletic programs were known as the Pioneers.^[3][4] Mike Morrow was the program's head coach for its first six seasons (1958–1963), and the team had an 82–64 record during his tenure.^[5] In 1961, the school's athletic programs were renamed the Toreros, for the Roman Catholic school's connections to Spain.^[4][6]

John Cunningham era

John Cunningham Stadium, the team's home venue from 1970–2012.

In 1964, John Cunningham became the program's second head coach. In 1966, the team joined its first conference, the College Division's Southern California Athletic Conference (SCAC). In four seasons in the conference (1966–1969), the team had a conference record of 25–26–1. Prior to the 1970 season, the Toreros left the SCAC to become a College Division Independent again.^[5][7] Also in 1970, the team began playing in a new venue, which would eventually be dedicated to John Cunningham.^[8]

In 1972, the San Diego College for Men merged with the San Diego College for Women to form the University of San Diego.^[3]

Through the 1973 season, NCAA institutions had competed in two divisions– the large-school University Division and the small-school College Division. After the 1973 season, however, the NCAA reorganized into its modern, three-division format. The University Division became the modern Division I, while the College Division became Division II and Division III.^[9] San Diego, which had previously competed as a College Division Independent, became a Division II Independent.^[2][5]

After five seasons as a Division II Independent, the Toreros transitioned to Division I prior to the 1979 season, joining the Southern California Baseball Association (SCBA).^[10] The SCBA, which began play in the 1977 season, was the southern division of a baseball-only merger of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association (PCAC) and the West Coast Athletic Conference (WCAC). The SCBA's counterpart, the Northern California Baseball Association (NCBA), also began play in the 1977 season.^[11][12] San Diego played six seasons in the SCBA, never finishing higher than fourth in the conference.^[5]

The SCBA and NCBA stopped operating after the 1984 season, and the PCAC and WCAC returned to sponsoring separate baseball conferences. As a result, San Diego joined the WCAC following the 1985 season. Shortly thereafter (following the 1988 season), the conference was renamed the West Coast Conference (WCC).^[12] San Diego struggled in its first several seasons in the league, finishing no higher than fourth from 1985–1991. In 1992 and 1993, however, the Toreros had consecutive second-place finishes and consistently finished highly in the 1990s.^[5]

Following the 1998 season, John Cunningham retired after 35 seasons. The team's venue had been renamed John Cunningham Stadium in 1988, and Cunningham retired as San Diego's all-time wins leader with 843 wins. Then-San Francisco head coach Rich Hill was hired to replace Cunningham.^[5][13]

Brian Matusz pitching for the MLB's Baltimore Orioles.

Rich Hill era

In 1999, Rich Hill's first season, the WCC split into two, four-team divisions, the West Division and the Coast Division. The Toreros finished third, second, and second in 1999, 2000, and 2001, respectively. The team then won the West Division and the West Coast Conference Championship Series in both 2002 and 2003, appearing in its first two NCAA Tournaments. San Diego again qualified for the tournament in 2006.^[12]

In 2007, the Toreros had a 43–18 overall record and an 18–3 WCC record.^[5] After winning the WCC Championship Series, the team received a berth in the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament as the #8 National Seed. The team hosted a Regional at Cunningham Stadium but was eliminated after consecutive losses to Fresno State and Minnesota.^[14]

Individually, in both 2007 and 2008, pitcher Brian Matusz was named a First-Team All-American. Matusz is the only San Diego player to be named to the First Team.^[12]

The team returned to the NCAA Tournament in 2008, 2010, and 2012, but failed to advance out of the Regional round.^[5][15]

Conference affiliations

• Independent (College Division) (1958–1965)


• Southern California Athletic Conference (College Division) (1966–1969)


• Independent (College Division/Division II) (1970–1978)


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  Southern California Baseball Association (Division I) (1979–1984)


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  West Coast Conference (1985–present)
  
  • Known as the West Coast Athletic Conference from 1985–1988
  
  

Venues

John Cunningham Stadium

Main article: John Cunningham Stadium

John Cunningham Stadium, located on the university's campus, was the program's home venue from prior to the 1970 season until after the 2012 season. Before the field's 1970 construction, the program had played at several different venues in San Diego.^[16] The field had a capacity of 1,200 spectators and was named for former San Diego head coach, John Cunningham, who coached the team from 1964–1998.^[5][17]

Fowler Park

Main article: Fowler Park

Beginning in the 2013 season, the team will play at Fowler Park, built on the location of Cunningham Stadium, which was demolished in summer 2012. Fowler has a capacity of 1,700 spectators that can be expanded to 3,000. The park is named for Ron and Alexis Fowler, who donated much of the stadium's $13 million construction cost. The playing field itself is named Cunningham Field, dedicated to the same coach for whom the program's former venue was named.^[18][19]

Head coaches

The team's most successful head coach is former coach John Cunningham, who won 843 games from 1964–1998. Also, Cunningham's 35 seasons as head coach make him the longest tenured coach in program history.^[8][20]

Year(s)	Coach	Seasons	W-L-T	Pct
1958–1963	Mike Morrow	6	82–64	.562
1964–1998	John Cunningham	35	843–839–18	.501
1999–present	Rich Hill	14	481–331–3	.594
TOTALS	3	55	1406–1234-21	.544

Current coaching staff

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  Head coach – Rich Hill
  


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  Associate coach – Ramon Orozco


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  Assistant coach – Tyler Kincaid


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  Assistant coach – Brad Marcelino^[20]
  

Yearly record

The following is a list of the Toreros' yearly records since the program began play in 1958.^{[5][12][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]}

Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Independent (College Division) (1958–1965)
1958	Mike Morrow	7–12
1959	Mike Morrow	17–7
1960	Mike Morrow	19–8
1961	Mike Morrow	16–10
1962	Mike Morrow	14–11
1963	Mike Morrow	9–16
1964	John Cunningham	12–19
1965	John Cunningham	17–21
Independent (College):		111–104
Southern California Athletic Conference (College Division) (1966–1969)
1966	John Cunningham	20–26	8–6
1967	John Cunningham	14–26	6–8
1968	John Cunningham	13–24–1	5–6–1
1969	John Cunningham	22–17	6–6
SCAC:		69–93–1	25–26–1
Independent (College Division/Division II) (1970–1978)
1970	John Cunningham	21–16
1971	John Cunningham	34–12
1972	John Cunningham	20–19
1973	John Cunningham	19–22
1974	John Cunningham	23–15
1975	John Cunningham	19–20
1976	John Cunningham	26–16
1977	John Cunningham	24–19
1978	John Cunningham	33–22
Independent:		219–161
Southern California Baseball Association (1979–1984)
1979	John Cunningham	32–19–1	13–12–1	4th
1980	John Cunningham	30–25–1	12–13–1	5th
1981	John Cunningham	30–25–1	15–12	4th
1982	John Cunningham	29–24–1	13–15	4th
1983	John Cunningham	17–27–1	10–18–1	6th
1984	John Cunningham	20–36–1	6–21–1	8th
SCBA:		158–156–6	69–91–4
West Coast Athletic Conference/West Coast Conference (1985–present)
1985	John Cunningham	17–39–1	5–19	7th
1986	John Cunningham	26–25–2	6–18	7th
1987	John Cunningham	29–25–1	8–14–1	t-5th
1988	John Cunningham	28–28	9–14	4th
1989	John Cunningham	22–31–1	5–17	6th
1990	John Cunningham	24–32	16–14	5th
1991	John Cunningham	21–34–2	11–22	5th
1992	John Cunningham	28–24	14–13	2nd
1993	John Cunningham	36–17	19–11	2nd
1994	John Cunningham	29–25–1	14–16	3rd
1995	John Cunningham	25–27	14–14	3rd
1996	John Cunningham	27–27–1	21–7	2nd
1997	John Cunningham	25–27–2	13–15	4th
1998	John Cunningham	29–30	18–12	t-3rd
1999	Rich Hill	28–27–1	13–16–1	3rd (West)
2000	Rich Hill	34–27–1	14–16	2nd (West)
2001	Rich Hill	35–21	20–10	2nd (West)
2002	Rich Hill	39–23	20–12	1st (West)	Tempe Regional
2003	Rich Hill	32–30	18–12	1st (West)	Fullerton Regional
2004	Rich Hill	35–21	19–11	2nd (Coast)
2005	Rich Hill	30–27–1	16–14	2nd (Coast)
2006	Rich Hill	33–25	13–8	3rd	Fullerton Regional
2007	Rich Hill	43–18	18–3	1st	San Diego Regional (#8 National Seed)
2008	Rich Hill	44–17	16–5	1st	Long Beach Regional
2009	Rich Hill	29–25	11–10	5th
2010	Rich Hill	37–22	19–2	1st	Tempe Regional
2011	Rich Hill	22–31	11–10	t-3rd
2012	Rich Hill	40–17	15–9	2nd	Los Angeles Regional
2013	Rich Hill	37–25	15–9	t-2nd	Los Angeles Regional (2nd Place)
WCAC/WCC:		1216-961-14	411–353–2
Total:		1443–1259-21
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

Notable former players

Former Torero A. J. Griffin, who was named a Freshman All-American in 2007 and a Second-Team All-American in 2008, shown pitching for the MLB's Oakland Athletics.^[12]

Below is a list of notable former Toreros.^[5][28]

• Kris Bryant


• Josh Butler


• Brady Clark


• Dylan Covey


• Kerry Dineen


• Dan Giese


• A. J. Griffin


• Jeff Grotewold


• Brian Matusz


• Mike McCoy


• Bart Miadich


• Kevin Reese


• Josh Romanski


• Mike Saipe


• Freddy Sandoval


• Anthony Slama


• Sammy Solis


• Zach Walters


• John Wathan

2012 MLB Draft

In the 2012 Major League Baseball draft, the following four Toreros were selected: P Paul Sewald by the New York Mets (10th round), P James Pazos by the New York Yankees (13th round), OF Bryan Haar by the Minnesota Twins (34th round), and P Calvin Drummond by the Oakland Athletics (38th round).^[29] Sewald, Pazos, and Haar signed professional contracts.^[30][31][32]

See also

• List of NCAA Division I baseball programs

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External links

• Official website

v t e University of San Diego
Located in: San Diego, California
Academics	San Diego College for Women Franciscan School of Theology University of San Diego School of Law
Research	Trans-Border Institute
Buildings	Torero Stadium Jenny Craig Pavilion Fowler Park
Athletics	San Diego Toreros Football Men's basketball Women's basketball Baseball West Coast Conference Pioneer Football League
Founded: 1949

v t e West Coast Conference baseball
Current teams	BYU Cougars Gonzaga Bulldogs Loyola Marymount Lions Pacific Tigers Pepperdine Waves Portland Pilots Saint Mary's Gaels San Diego Toreros San Francisco Dons Santa Clara Broncos
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