Bradley Braves baseball

The Bradley Braves baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, United States. The team competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I and are members of the Missouri Valley Conference. The Braves have played in seven NCAA Tournaments, going in 1950, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1962, 1968 and 2015.

Bradley Braves
Founded1898
Conference historyInterstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1911–1937)
UniversityBradley University
Head coachElvis Dominguez (13th season)
ConferenceMissouri Valley
LocationPeoria, Illinois
Home stadiumDozer Park
(Capacity: 8,500)
NicknameBraves
ColorsRed and White[1]
         
College World Series appearances
1950, 1956
NCAA Tournament appearances
1950, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1962, 1968, 2015
Conference tournament champions
1950, 1956, 1959, 1962, 1968
Conference champions
1926, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1937, 1942, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1968

Dozer Park

Dozer Park has been home to the Braves baseball team since 2003. The stadium is located in downtown Peoria, and is also home to the Peoria Chiefs.[2]

Head coaches

  • Records are through the end of the 2018 season
Tenure Coach Years Record Pct.
1898–1900, 1903, 1907, 1909no coach636–21.632
1901N. Gibson18–3.727
1902Pink Voris18–5.615
1904–1905D. Seisler114–8.636
1906C. Hughes15–7.417
1908L. Holsinger112–2.857
1910–1911, 1914–1918Fred Brown726–20.565
1912R. Schenck15–4.556
1913Les Lord15–1.833
1919Harold Olsen10–1.000
1920Joe Bike17–4.636
1921–1942, 1946–1948Alfred J. Robertson25242–156–6.606
1949–1972Leo Schrall24346–188–3.647
1973–1979Chuck Buescher7127–136–1.483
1980–2008Dewey Kalmer28842–772–4.522
2009–presentElvis Dominguez10276–292–1.486
Totals 15 coaches 116 seasons 1,959–1,620–15 .547

See also

References

  1. "Color Palette | Bradley University Marketing & Communications". Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  2. "Dozer Park". www.bradleybraves.com. Bradley University. Retrieved July 5, 2018.


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