2021 Baseball Records 2021 CONTENTS WHY BATTLING BISHOPS? Why Battling Bishops? // 1 The nickname “The Battling Bishops” dates to 1925; before then Ohio Wesleyan University’s 2020 NCAC Standings and Statistics // 2-7 teams were simply known as “The Red and Black,” Ohio Wesleyan Baseball Ohio Wesleyan NCAC Statistical Leaders 1985-2020 // 8-12 or sometimes as “The Methodists.” Ohio Wesleyan is affiliated with the United Methodist Church, NCAC Special Awards // 13 and long has produced many of its bishops. By April, 1925, according to that issue of the NCAC Records // 14-15 Alumni Magazine, the present name had finally About the NCAC // 16 been derived. “Ohio sports writers have been at a loss,” the magazine reported. “There are count- Last Time It Happened // 17 less colleges throughout the country claiming red Bishop Baseball Timeline // 18-19 and black as their colors, and 14 Methodist col- leges in Ohio alone.” Pi Delta Epsilon journalism Bishop Baseball Year-by-Year // 20-21 fraternity therefore sponsored a contest, and the winning nickname, “The Battling Bishops,” was NCAA Tournament Appearances // 22 “placed before the sports writers of the state as Conference Championships // 23 the teams’ official title.” Senior Harold Thomas of Lima submitted the winning entry. All-Time Series Records // 24-25 The new nickname must have provided in- All-Time Results // 26-51 spiration. The 1925 football team, under George Gauthier, “The Little Giant,” went 7-1-1. Its only Bishop Records // 52-63 loss came to Ohio State by a 10-3 score, and it tied Syracuse, 3-3, en route to winning the Ohio Confer- Bishop Statistical Leaders 1928-2020 // 64-65 ence championship. Branch Rickey // 66 Charles Thomas // 67 Bishops in the Pros // 68 All-Star Bishops // 69-76 Bishop Lettermen 1896-2019 // 77-80 On the cover: Drew Caravella 1 3/2021 2020 NCAC STANDINGS NCAC Overall Year Leader (Record) Runner-Up (Record) OWU Team W L T Pct W L T Pct 2018 Wooster (16-2) Denison (15-3) 9-9, T5th Allegheny 5 2 0 .714 2019 Wooster (13-3) Denison (14-4) 7-10-1, 8th DePauw 4 4 0 .500 2020 season canceled Denison 5 4 0 .556 Hiram 3 5 0 .375 NOTE: During the 1985-90 seasons, the NCAC champion was Kenyon 7 8 0 .467 determined by the highest regular season winning percentage. Oberlin 0 4 0 .000 During the 1991-2017 seasons, the NCAC tournament champion Ohio Wesleyan 4 4 0 .500 was recognized as the conference champion. 2020 NCAC STANDINGS 2020 Wabash 6 2 0 .750 Wittenberg 7 3 0 .700 Beginning with the 2018 season, the NCAC champion was Wooster 4 4 0 .500 determined by the highest regular season winning percentage. +Tournament winner The 2020 season was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. PREVIOUS NCAC REGULAR SEASON LEADERS Year Champion(s) (Record) Runner(s)-Up (Record) OWU 1985 Allegheny, Wooster (16-4) CWRU (11-11) 9-10-1, 4th 1986 Ohio Wesleyan (18-5) Wooster (15-7) 1987 Wooster (15-3) Ohio Wesleyan (15-5) 1988 Wooster (18-3) Allegheny (17-5) 12-8, 3rd 1989 Ohio Wesleyan (14-2) Allegheny (15-3) 1990 Wooster (17-4) Wittenberg (16-5) 18-6, 3rd 1991 Wittenberg (16-7) Wooster (15-7) 14-8, 3rd 1992 Ohio Wesleyan (20-2) Wittenberg (14-6) 1993 Allegheny (16-1) Ohio Wesleyan (14-3) 1994 Ohio Wesleyan (15-1) Wooster (12-4) 1995 Ohio Wesleyan (14-2) Wooster (13-3) 1996 Wittenberg (15-1) Allegheny (12-4) 11-5, 3rd 1997 Wooster (15-1) Allegheny (14-1) 11-7, 3rd 1998 Wooster (15-1) Ohio Wesleyan (11-5) 1999 Allegheny (14-2) OWU, Wooster (13-3) Year East Div. (Record) West Div. (Record) OWU 2000 Allegheny (11-1) Ohio Wesleyan (12-0) 2001 Allegheny (10-2) Ohio Wesleyan (10-2) 2002 Wooster (11-1) OWU, Wittenberg (10-2) 2003 Wooster (15-1) Denison, OWU (12-4) 2004 Wooster (13-3) Denison (14-2) 11-5, 2W 2005 Wooster (15-1) Denison (12-2) 9-5, T2W 2006 Wooster (15-1) Ohio Wesleyan (13-3) 2007 Wooster (15-0) Ohio Wesleyan (13-3) 2008 Wooster (14-2) Denison (12-4) 10-6, 2W 2009 Wooster (13-3) OWU, Wabash (11-5) 2010 Wooster (13-3) Denison (11-5) 9-7, T2W Year Leader (Record) Runner-Up (Record) 2011 Wooster (9-4) Ohio Wesleyan (11-5) Year East Div. (Record) West Div. (Record) OWU 2012 Kenyon (13-3) DePauw (12-4) 9-7, 2W 2013 Wooster (15-3) Denison (13-6) 8-11, 4W Ohio Wesleyan Baseball Ohio Wesleyan 2014 Wooster (16-3) Denison (14-5) 6-13, 4W 2015 Wooster (17-2) OWU, DePauw (14-5) 2016 Wooster (17-2) Denison (14-5) 13-6, 2W 2017 Wooster (17-2) DePauw (12-5) 6-13, 4W 2 2021 2021 BISHOPS IN THE NCAC NCAC HISTORY Year ALL CWRU DEN+ EARL KEN OBE WITT+ OWO Year ALL DEN+ DPU HIR+ KEN OBE WAB WITT+ WOO 1985 1-3 1-3 2-1 — 4-0 — — 1-3 2012 — 3-1 2-2 — — — 1-3 3-1 — 1986 3-1 4-0 1-2 — 4-0 3-1 — 3-1 2013*** — 2-2 1-3 — — — 3-1 2-2 0-3 1987 1-3 4-0 4-0 — 4-0 — — 2-2 2014*** — 1-3 0-4 — — — 2-2 3-1 0-3 Ohio Wesleyan Baseball Ohio Wesleyan 1988 1-1 2-2 1-1 — 4-0 3-1 — 1-3 2015*** — 3-1 2-2 — 3-0 — 4-0 2-2 — 1989 0-2 4-0 4-0 — 4-0 — — 2-0 2016*** — 3-1 2-2 — 2-1 — 2-2 4-0 — 1990 1-2 2-1 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 2-1 1-2 2017*** — 1-3 1-3 — — — 2-2 2-2 0-3 1991 3-1 4-0 1-3 2-0 — — 1-3 3-1 2018 1-1 1-1 0-2 2-0 1-1 2-0 1-1 1-1 0-2 1992 2-0 3-1 4-0 4-0 — — 4-0 3-1 2019 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-0 1-1 1-1 0-2 1-1 0-2 1993 1-2 — 3-0 2-0 3-0 — 3-0 2-1 2020 season canceled 1994 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 1-1 2-0 TOT 28-24 77-37 9-19 5-0 44-6 26-3 45-26 62-37 28-37 1995* 2-1 2-0 2-0 4-0 2-0 2-0 2-2 1-1 1996* 3-1 2-0 1-1 2-0 1-1 2-0 0-2 4-0 +does not include 1 tie game 1997* 0-3 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 1-1 0-3 1998* 1-1 2-0 3-0 2-0 1-1 2-0 0-2 1-2 *Includes NCAC tournament games, which counted in the standings 1999* 1-1 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 0-3 during the 1995-2000 seasons. TOT 36-7 **Includes NCAC tournament games but does not include crossover Year ALL DEN+ EARL HIR KEN OBE WAB WITT+ WOO games, which did not count in the standings. 2000** 2-0 3-0 3-0 — — — 3-0 3-0 1-0 2001 — 2-1 3-0 — — — 3-0 2-1 — ***Includes NCAC crossover games, which count in the standings 2002 — 2-1 3-0 — — — 3-0 2-1 — 2003 — 3-1 4-0 — — — 2-2 3-1 — NOTE: Earlham and Wittenberg began NCAC play in 1990. Hiram 2004 — 1-3 4-0 — — — 3-1 3-1 — and Wabash began NCAC play in 2000. Case Reserve left the NCAC 2005 — 1-3 2-0 — — — 4-0 2-2 — after the 1999 season. Earlham left the NCAC after the 2010 season. 2006 — 3-1 4-0 — — — 4-0 2-2 — DePauw began NCAC play in 2012. 2007 — 2-2 4-0 — — — 3-1 4-0 — 2008 — 2-2 4-0 — — — 1-3 3-1 — The 2020 season was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. 2009 — 4-0 3-1 — — — 2-2 2-2 — 2010 — 3-1 4-0 — — — 1-3 1-3 — TOT 63-1 Year ALL DEN+ HIR KEN OBE WAB WITT+ OWO 2011 2-0 1-1 2-0 1-1 2-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 The 2001 Bishops were the first Ohio Wesleyan team to repeat as NCAC tournament champion. 3 NCAC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS BISHOPS IN THE NCAC TOURNAMENT Year Champion (Score) Runner-Up Year ALL CWRU DEN EARL KEN OBE WITT WOO 1991 Wooster (6-3) Ohio Wesleyan 1991 1-0 — — — — — 1-0 0-2 1992 Ohio Wesleyan (13-3) Wittenberg 1992 — — — — — — 2-0 1-0 1993 Allegheny (9-4) Ohio Wesleyan 1993 1-2 — 1-0 — — — — 1-0 1994 1-0 — 1-0 — — — — 2-0 1994 Ohio Wesleyan (9-0) Wooster 1995 1-0 — — 2-0 — — 0-2 — 1995 Wooster (12-4) Wittenberg 1996 2-0 — — — — — — 2-0 1996 Ohio Wesleyan (18-14) Wooster 1997 0-1 — — — — — — 0-1 1997 Allegheny (14-4) Wittenberg 1998 — — 1-0 — — — — 0-1 1998 Wooster (6-4) Ohio Wesleyan 1999 — — — — — — — 0-1 1999 Allegheny (4-3) Wooster 2000 Ohio Wesleyan (11-1) Allegheny Year ALL DEN+ EARL HIR KEN OBE WAB WITT+ WOO 2001 Ohio Wesleyan (16-11) Allegheny 2000 2-0 — — — — — — — 1-0 NCAC TOURNAMENT HISTORY 2002 Wooster (8-6) Ohio Wesleyan 2001 2-0 — — — — — — 2-0 — 2003 Ohio Wesleyan (10-2) Denison 2002 2-1 — — — — — — — 1-2 2004 Wooster (9-8) Denison 2003 2-0 2-0 — — — — — — — 2004 — — — — — — — — 0-2 2005 Wooster (11-9) Denison 2005 — — — — — — — — — 2006 Wooster (9-8) Ohio Wesleyan 2006 — — — — 2-0 — — — 0-2 2007 Ohio Wesleyan (12-7) Wooster 2007 2-0 — — — — — — — 2-1 2008 Ohio Wesleyan (7-3) Denison 2008 — 2-1 — — — — — — 2-1 2009 Wooster (10-6) Kenyon 2009 — — — — 1-2 — — — — 2010 Wooster (19-7) Denison 2010 — — — — — — — — — 2011 Wabash (5-2) Ohio Wesleyan TOT 2-0 2012 Wooster (8-6) DePauw 2013 Wooster (18-6) Allegheny Year ALL DEN+ HIR KEN OBE WAB WITT+ WOO 2014 DePauw (4-2) Wooster 2011 — — — — — 0-2 1-0 1-0 2015 Oberlin (11-5) Wooster + + 2016 Wooster (10-5) DePauw Year ALL DEN DPU HIR KEN OBE WAB WITT WOO 2012 — — 0-1 — 1-0 — — — 0-1 2017 Wooster (25-6) DePauw 2013 — — — — — — — — — 2018 Wabash (17-8) Wooster 2014 — — — — — — — — — 2019 Denison (7-5) Wooster 2015 1-0 — — — — — — — 0-2 2020 season canceled 2016 — 0-1 — — — — — — 0-1 2017 — — — — — — — — — NOTE: During the 1985-90 seasons, the NCAC champion was 2018 — — — — — — — — — determined by the highest regular season winning percentage.