Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball
intercollegiate baseball team
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball team is the intercollegiate baseball team representing the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana. Notre Dame competes as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference in the NCAA Division 1 college baseball league. The team is currently coached by Shawn Stiffler and plays its home games at Frank Eck Baseball Stadium, which has a capacity of 1,825. The school has appeared in three College World Series (1957, 2002, and 2022) and has won six regular season conference titles and ten conference tournament titles.
History
Notre Dame baseball began in 1892. The Fighting Irish's first game was against Michigan on April 21, in which they won 6–4. They did not have a season in 1893.
In 1897, Frank E. Hering became their first coach. Frank Hering arrived at Notre Dame to play quarterback for the Fighting Irish football team in 1896. By 1898, he had taken on the responsibility of directing the entire athletic department, including coaching the football and baseball teams and introducing basketball to the university.
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