Individual Records Mid-American Conference Championships 1998 … 1999 … 2001 … 2014 MAC West Division Championships 1998 … 1999 … 2000 … 2001 … 2003 … 2005 2009 … 2014 … 2016 MAC Tournament Championships 2006 NCAA Appearances 1965 … 1969 … 2006 – 1 – BallStateSports.com • @BallStateSports • #ChirpChirp • Cardinal Baseball • @BallStateBB – 1 – First Round MLB Draft Picks 66 7 Major League Baseball Draft Picks Cardinals Drafted in the 1st Round Kolbrin Vitek Bryan Bullington 2010 (20th pick) 2002 (1st pick) Boston Red Sox Pittsburgh Pirates Kolbrin Vitek, one of three Bryan Bullington, who was finalists for the College Baseball coached at Ball State by current Foundation’s inaugural John Cardinals’ head coach Rich Olerud Two-Way Player of the Maloney, was the No. 1 selection Year Award in 2010, was the 20th in the 2002 Major League pick in the first round of the 2010 Baseball Draft. He was selected Major League Baseball Draft. by the Pittsburgh Pirates and is Vitek was named the Mid- the highest draft pick in Ball State American Conference Player and Mid-American Conference of the Year as a junior at Ball history. State before being drafted by the Bullington made his major Boston Red Sox. He reached as league debut in 2005 for the high as Double A baseball with Pirates. After sitting out the 2006 the Red Sox, playing for the Portland Sea Dogs in 2012 and 2013. season with an injury, Bullington worked his way back up to the Triple-A All-Star Game in 2007 and was called up to the Pirates later that season, appearing in five games with three starts. Brad Snyder Bullington pitched for the Cleveland Indians and Toronto Blue 2003 (18th pick) Jays in 2008. He stayed in the Blue Jays’ system in 2009 and in Cleveland Indians 2010 reported to the Kansas City Royals Spring Training. On Aug. Brad Snyder became Ball 15, 2010, Bullington pitched eight shutout innings, while only giving State’s sixth first-round draft up two hits against the New York Yankees in Kansas City for his pick when he was selected first major league win. 18th overall by the Cleveland After the 2010 season, Bullington signed with the Hiroshima Indians in the 2003 Major League Toyo Carp of Japan’s Central League. Bullington played for Baseball Draft. Hiroshima from 2011-14 before moving to the Orix Buffaloes in He made his first trip to the 2015. major leagues in 2006 when he was called up to the Indians late Larry Bigbie in the season. For the second 1999 (21st pick) year in a row in 2007, Snyder Baltimore Orioles was called up to the major leagues with the Indians. He Larry Bigbie became Ball State’s saw action in the majors with the Chicago Cubs in 2010 and 2011. third Major League Baseball Snyder last appeared in an MLB game in 2014 with Texas. first round draft pick when he was selected 21st overall in the 1999 MLB Draft by the Baltimore Luke Hagerty Orioles. 2002 (32nd) Bigbie made his major league Chicago Cubs debut in 2001 with Baltimore and Luke Hagerty spent six also played at the big league seasons in professional baseball level with the Colorado Rockies after being selected as the 32nd and the St. Louis Cardinals. pick in the first round of the 2002 He also played professional Major League Baseball Draft by baseball in Japan for the the Chicago Cubs. He pitched Yokohama BayStars. in 45 games at the professional level and struck out 86 batters in 95 innings pitched. Hagerty was listed as the seventh best prospect in the Chicago Cubs organization in 2003. – 2 – BallStateSports.com • @BallStateSports • #ChirpChirp • Cardinal Baseball • @BallStateBB – 2 – Ball State in the MLB Draft Ball State Draft Picks First Round Draft Picks Kolbrin Vitek 2010 (20th pick) Boston Red Sox Brad Snyder 2003 (18th pick) Cleveland Indians Bryan Bullington 2002 (1st pick) Pittsburgh Pirates Luke Hagerty 2002 (32nd pick) Chicago Cubs Larry Bigbie 1999 (21st pick) Baltimore Orioles Jeff Urban Jeff Urban 1998 (41st pick) San Francisco Giants 1998 (41st pick) Thomas Howard 1986 (11th pick) San Diego Padres San Fran. Giants Additional Draft Picks Jeff Urban was selected with Evan Marquardt 2018 (20th round) Cincinnati Reds the 41st pick of the 1998 Major Colin Brockhouse 2017 (24th round) Toronto Blue Jays 2016 (37th round) PIttsburgh Pirates League Baseball Draft by the San Alex Call 2016 (3rd round) Chicago White Sox Francisco Giants. Jarett Rindfieisch 2016 (9th round) Miami Marlins He spent eight years in Zach Plesac 2016 (12th round) Cleveland Indians professional baseball and pitched T.J. Weir 2014 (17th round) San Diego Padres in 214 games, including starts in Sean Godfrey 2014 (22nd round) Atlanta Braves 105 contests. From 1998 through Nestor Bautista 2014 (32nd round) Miami Marlins 2004, Urban played in the San Cody Elliott 2011 (21st round) Cleveland Indians Francisco Giants system. Perci Garner 2010 (2nd round) Philadelphia Phillies Zack Dygert 2010 (22nd round) Houston Astros Urban played in the Jeremy Hazelbaker 2009 (4th round) Boston Red Sox independent leagues in 2006 and Brenden Stines 2009 (33rd round) Houston Astros 2007 with the Somerset Patriots Zach Dygert 2009 (48th round) Washington Nationals and the St. Paul Saints. Dean Anna 2008 (26th round) San Diego Padres Kyle Heyne 2008 (32nd round) San Diego Padres 2007 (27th round) Minnesota Twins Thomas Howard Ben Snyder 2006 (4th round) San Francisco Giants 1996 (11th pick) Brad Miller 2006 (18th round) Arizona D’backs San Diego Padres 2004 (49th round) Toronto Blue Jays Mike Sullivan 2006 (31st round) Detroit Tigers Thomas Howard spent 11 Jeff Loveys 2006 (48th round) New York Yankees years in the major leagues from Joe Ness 2005 (6th round) Cleveland Indians 1990 through 2000. He started Matt Singleton 2005 (33rd round) Oakland Athletics his career with the San Diego Michael Hale 2004 (35th round) New York Yankees Padres before going on to Lorenzo Scott 2003 (17th round) Baltimore Orioles play for the Cleveland Indians, Brian Lynch 2003 (23rd round) Colorado Rockies Ben Schroeder 2003 (26th round) Florida Marlins Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros, Mike Johnston 2003 (41st round) San Francisco Giants Los Angeles Dodgers and St. Paul Henry 2002 (7th round) Baltimore Orioles Louis Cardinals. Doug Boone 2002 (36th round) New York Yankees Howard hit .264 for his career 2001 (15th round) Florida Marlins with 44 home runs and 264 RBIs. Justin Wechsler 2001 (4th round) Arizona D’backs Jason Paul 2001 (49th round) Minnesota Twins Jason Hickman 2000 (8th round) Los Angeles Dodgers 1999 (42nd round) San Francisco Giants Shayne Ridley 2000 (19th round) Baltimore Orioles Adam Sheefel 2000 (17th round) Cincinnati Reds Jeremy Ridley 2000 (34th round) Toronto Blue Jays Jonathan Kessick 1999 (3rd round) Baltimore Orioles Travis Minix 1999 (23rd round) Tampa Bay Devil Rays Chris Cabaj 1999 (25th round) Kansas City Royals Sam McConnell 1997 (11th round) Pittsburgh Pirates Bruce Stanley 1997 (18th round) Kansas City Royals 1996 (11th round) Baltimore Orioles Ed Farris 1997 (27th round) Oakland Athletics Nick Witte 1996 (27th round) San Diego Padres Darrell Betts 1995 (11th round) St. Louis Cardinals Kenny Reed 1993 (18th round) Baltimore Orioles Curt Conley 1993 (26th round) Colorado Rockies Mike Shebek 1987 (38th round) Baltimore Orioles Dru Kosco 1986 (13th round) Seattle Mariners Mike Roesler 1985 (17th round) Cincinnati Reds Scott Goss 1984 (28th round) Chicago White Sox Clint Wickensheimer 1979 (18th round) Los Angeles Dodgers Greg Dikos 1979 (28th round) Atlanta Braves Dennis Barry 1972 (7th round) California Angels Homer Jackson 1966 New York Mets – 3 – BallStateSports.com • @BallStateSports • #ChirpChirp • Cardinal Baseball • @BallStateBB – 3 – MLB Draft History (Position Players) Since 1986, Major League Baseball teams have selected Ball State position players 28 times in the annual draft. Below is a complete listing of the Ball State draft history for position players from 1986 through 2018. Year Player Round Selected Organization 1986 Thomas Howard 1st (#11 overall) San Diego Padres 1986 Dru Kosco 13th Seattle Mariners 1987 Mike Shebek 38th Baltimore Orioles 1993 Kenny Reed 18th Baltimore Orioles 1995 Darrell Betts 26th St. Louis Cardinals 1997 Ed Farris 27th Oakland Athletics 1999 Larry Bigbie 1st (#21 overall) Baltimore Orioles 1999 Jonathan Kessick 3rd Baltimore Orioles 2000 Jeremy Ridley 34th Toronto Blue Jays 2000 Shayne Ridley 19th Baltimore Orioles 2001 Doug Boone 15th Florida Marlins 2002 Doug Boone 36th New York Yankees 2003 Ben Schroeder 26th Florida Marlins 2003 Brad Snyder 1st (#18 overall) Cleveland Indians 2003 Lorenzo Scott 17th Baltimore Orioles 2004 Brad Miller 49th Toronto Blue Jays 2005 Matt Singleton 33rd Oakland Athletics 2006 Mike Sullivan 31st Detroit Tigers 2006 Brad Miller 18th Arizona Diamondbacks 2008 Dean Anna 26th San Diego Padres 2009 Zach Dygert 48th San Diego Padres 2009 Jeremy Hazelbaker 4th Boston Red Sox 2010 Zach Dygert 22nd Houston Astros Alex Call 2010 Kolbrin Vitek 1st (#20 overall) Boston Red Sox 2011 Cody Elliott 21st Cleveland Indians 2014 Sean Godfrey 22nd Atlanta Braves 2016 Alex Call 3rd Chicago White Sox 2016 Jarett Rindfleisch 9th Miami Marlins Players selected in the top 10 rounds highlighted in RED. Sean Godfrey Jarett Rindfleisch – 4 – BallStateSports.com • @BallStateSports • #ChirpChirp • Cardinal Baseball • @BallStateBB – 4 – MLB Draft History (Pitchers) Since 1996, Major League Baseball teams have selected Ball State pitchers 32 times in the annual draft. An additional four Cardinal pitchers have signed free agent contracts with professional teams in recent years. Here