NEWMAN OUTDOOR FIELD The Bison at Newman Outdoor Field Year W-L Pct. 1997 5-0 1.000 1998 14-3 .824 1999 6-10 .375 2000 14-4 .778 2001 6-6 .500 2002 9-7 .563 2003 11-3 .786 2004 11-6 .647 2005 5-8 .385 2006 5-4 .556 2007 11-8 .579 2008 5-4 .556 2009 5-10 .333 2010 9-6 .600 2011 11-8 .579 2012 12-6 .667 2013 7-4 .636 2014 9-6 .600 2015 12-7 .632 2016 17-5 .773 2017 14-5 .737 2018 11-4 .733 22 yrs. 209-124 .628 orth Dakota State University’s baseball and 13 feet high in left field is accompanied by Largest Home Crowds (since 1997) team has played and practiced on a digital scoreboard. The stadium has superior 1,781 Minnesota 4-25-2012 1,276 North Dakota 3-31-2012 campus at Newman Outdoor Field since lighting for evening and late-night games and a 1,079 Minnesota 5-10-2008 1997. full-sized infield tarp for foul weather. 1,023 Minnesota 5-3-2011 N Completed in June 1996 at an original cost Newman Outdoor Field was the site of the 1,019 Minnesota 5-3-2006 of $5.5 million, the stadium’s permanent seating 2000 North Central Conference tournament and 1,007 Minnesota 4-28-2010 capacity is 4,172 fans. Naming rights were the 2009 American Legion Baseball World Se- 954 Minnesota 4-22-2009 922 Minnesota 4-26-2005 awarded to Harold Newman, founder of Newman ries. It is also home to the annual Fargo Blues 868 North Dakota 4-27-2004 Outdoor Advertising, for $1.5 million in 1998. Fest. 768 Omaha 4-12-2014 Dimensions are 318 feet to left field, 399 The Bison previously hosted games one 712 North Dakota 4-9-2003 feet to left-center field, 408 to center field, 365 mile east of campus at Jack Williams Stadium, Largest Road Crowds (since 1997) to right-center, and 314 down the right-field line. the Fargo American Legion facility. 4,038 at Wichita State 3-29-2008 The surface is natural grass. NDSU also played on the artificial turf of 3,997 at Arizona 2-17-2012 Dressing rooms are located under the former Bison football stadium Dacotah Field, 3,408 at Oregon State 5-30-2014 stadium behind each dugout, and there is an and an on-campus diamond at 17th Avenue and 3,341 at Wichita State 3-1-2009 3,235 at Wichita State 3-28-2008 indoor batting cage. A two-tiered press box Albrecht Boulevard that was lost to construc- 3,102 at Wichita State 3-30-2008 with radio and television booths provides ample tion of the Fargodome after the 1990 baseball 3,090 at Wichita State 2-27-2009 working space high above home plate between season. 2,974 at Wichita State 3-5-2006 12 spectator suites. 2,920 at Arizona 2-18-2012 An LED video board measuring 26 feet wide 2,875 at Wichita State 3-3-2006 2,831 at Arizona 3-9-2018 2,709 at Arizona 3-11-2018 2,693 at Wichita State 3-4-2006 COACHING HISTORY NDSU by the Years Overall Conference Overall Conference Year W L T W L Finish Year W L T W L Finish All-Time Coaching Records 1909 4 3 — — — 1986 19 19 1 7 5 3rd** Years 1910 11 3 — — — 1987 18 29 3 9 4th** Coach Coached Yrs. W L T Pct. 1911 4 3 — — — 1988 15 31 1 11 4th** 1912 7 2 1 — — — 1989 16 22 4 8 3rd** Tod Brown 2008-18 11 272 298 .477 1913 10 5 — — — 1990 15 24 0 8 4th** Mitch McLeod 1993-07 15 347 322 4 .519 1914 11 2 — — — 1991 13 30 1 0 9 4th** Jim Pettersen 1985-92 8 131 203 3 .393 1915 8 7 — — — 1992 16 24 2 10 4th** George Ellis 1980-84 5 62 138 .310 1916 10 3 — — — 1993 18 19 4 8 4th** Rolf Kopperud 1978-79 2 15 39 .278 1920 8 0 — — — 1994 25 19 7 5 2nd** (5th) Bucky Burgau 1974-77 4 41 73 .360 1921 4 7 1 — — — 1995 23 19 3 4 8 4th** Arlo Brunsberg 1971-73 3 45 30 .600 1922 4 4 — — — 1996 37 11 8 4 1st** (2nd) Ron Bodine 1969-70 2 26 15 .634 1923 4 6 — — — 1997 24 17 5 3 2nd** (4th) 1924 5 1 — — — 1998 26 15 10 10 7th Ev Kjelbertson 1966-68 3 24 41 .369 1925-46 No competition 1999 21 26 7 13 9th Vern McKee 1964-65 2 21 27 .438 1947 5 3 — — — 2000 32 14 16 4 1st# (4th) Roger Shelstad 1963 1 4 9 .308 1951 2 8 — — — 2001 18 14 3 10 10th Ross Fortier 1962 1 5 10 .333 1952 8 4 — — — 2002 26 13 10 10 4th (tie) Cliff Rothrock 1955-56 2 19 12 .613 1953 4 4 — — — 2003 28 18 14 10 4th# (3rd) B.C. Bentson 1952-54, 1954 6 4 — — — 2004 31 22 18 10 3rd# (1st) 1957-61 7 35 53 .398 1955 3 7 — — — 2005 10 43 1 — — — Packy Schaffer 1951 1 2 8 .200 1956 16 5 — — — 2006 12 41 — — — 1957 2 6 — — — 2007 16 31 — — — Stan Kostka 1947 1 5 3 .625 1958 7 8 3 3 4th 2008 15 30 7 16 8th F.H. Watkins 1922 1 4 4 .500 1959 2 11 0 6 6th (tie) 2009 16 28 10 14 5th Stan Borleske 1920-21, 1960 2 8 0 6 7th 2010 22 30 11 16 6th (tie) 1923-24 4 21 14 1 .597 1961 4 8 0 5 6th (tie) 2011 22 32 15 12 3rd Howard Wood 1915 1 8 7 .533 1962 5 10 0 4 7th 2012 40 20 14 10 3rd Bert Haskins 1914 1 11 2 .846 1963 4 9 3 3 4th 2013 26 27 11 13 4th Art Rueber 1909-13 5 36 16 1 .689 1964 11 16 7 4 3rd 2014 25 26 10 12 5th 1965 10 11 4 2 2nd 2015 21 30 11 19 5th 1966 5 15 2 8 7th 2016 29 25 12 18 5th 1967 7 18 3 13 7th 2017 31 25 19 11 2nd Top-Five Bison Overall Records 1968 12 8 5 6 4th 2018 26 24 15 13 3rd 1969 14 11 11 5 1st (tie) 82 yrs 1139 1327 9 388 514 3 titles Year W L T 1970 12 4 11 3 2nd 1971 13 8 11 7 3rd – Three NCC titles in 1969, 1973 2012 40 20 0 1972 12 10 8 4 2nd (tie) and 2004 1996 37 11 0 1973 20 12 14 6 1st (tie) – One NCC Northern Division title 2000 32 14 0 1974 13 15 7 6 4th in 1996 2004 31 22 0 1975 7 13 3 6 6th – One NCC regular-season title in 2017 31 25 0 1976 12 26 5 15 7th (tie) 2000 1977 9 19 4 8 4th** – One Summit League tournament 1978 13 22 6 14 8th title in 2014 1979 2 17 1 7 7th 1980 9 26 3 13 7th **NCC Northern Division finish (1983-97). 1981 13 29 6 10 6th Second placing after division finish indicates NCC playoff finish. 1982 9 34 6 12 7th #NCC regular-season finish. Second 1983 15 25 3 9 3rd** is placing after NCC playoffs. 1984 16 24 3 9 4th** Championship determined at playoff 1985 19 24 1 1 11 4th** tournament. SINGLE-GAME RECORDS Single-Game Single-Game Individual Records Team Records Most runs scored: 5, Matt Mossey, Wisconsin-Superior, 4/6/2005; Chris Baso, vs. Winona State, 3/20/2004 Most runs scored: 25, at Northwest Missouri State, 3/31/2001 Most hits: 5, fifteen times, last by Kyle Kleinendorst, vs. Northern State, 3/23/2013 Most runs scored in an inning: 13, vs. Indiana (PA), 3/8/1996 Most doubles: 3, Matt Elsenpeter, at Mississippi Valley, 2/19/2017; JT Core, Most hits: 24, three times, last vs. Utah Valley, 5/20/2006 Most hits in an inning: 11, at South Dakota State, 4/10/1996 Concordia-Moorhead, 5/3/2016; Chris Volkmann, Bemidji State, 4/1/2003; Most batters to plate in an inning: 17 vs. Indiana (PA), 3/8/1996; at Matt Mann, at Minnesota-Morris, 4/24/2001; Todd Sather, at St. Cloud State, Dakota State, 4/2/1996 4/21/2000; Corey Eckhoff, vs. Bemidji State, 3/12/2000; Clint Glass, at Valley Most home runs: 7, vs. Stony Brook, 3/19/1998 City State, 4/15/1987 Most walks: 15, vs. Dickinson State, 3/12/2018 Most triples: 2, nine times, last by Ben Petersen at Fort Wayne, 5/15/2016 Most assists: 23, vs. Minn. State Moorhead, 1981 Most home runs: 3, Kole Zimmerman, Mary, 4/15/2008; Jason Hoff, vs. SW Minnesota State, 3/11/1999; Brian Schroeder, at North Dakota, 4/25/1998; Scott Swanson, vs. Indiana (PA), 3/4/1996; Tim Mjos, vs. North Dakota, 5/10/1969 Single-Season Most RBIs: 9, Matt Mann, vs. Nebraska-Kearney, 2/22/2002; Jason Brueske, at Missouri Western State, 3/27/2000 Team Records Most walks: 4, nine times, last by Carter Thompson, vs. Dickinson State, 3/12/2018 HITTING Most times struck out: 5, Nic Obey, at South Dakota State, 5/8/2011; Billy Gazich, at Highest batting average: .358, in 2001 Kansas, 3/8/2008; Todd Sather, Morningside, 5/11/2000; Tony Richards, North Highest slugging percentage: .576, in 2001 Dakota, 5/4/1996; Mike Swanson, North Dakota, 5/4/1996; Mike Swanson, vs.