Individual Records MAC 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 68 8 Major League Baseball Draft Picks Cardinals Drafted in the 1st Round Drey Jameson 2019 (34th pick) Luke Hagerty Arizona Diamondbacks 2002 (32nd) Chicago Cubs Drey Jameson, a draft-eligible sophomore fireballer, was picked Luke Hagerty spent six 34th overall in 2019 by the seasons in professional baseball Arizona Diamondbacks. after being selected as the 32nd Jameson set school records pick in the first round of the 2002 with 146 strikeouts and 14.33 Major League Baseball Draft by strikeouts per 9 innings and was the Chicago Cubs. He pitched MAC Pitcher of the Year in 2019. in 45 games at the professional He was also picked all-district level and struck out 86 batters and second team All-American by in 95 innings pitched. Hagerty Collegiate Baseball News. was listed as the seventh best prospect in the Chicago Cubs organization in 2003. Kolbrin Vitek 2010 (20th pick) Boston Red Sox Bryan Bullington Kolbrin Vitek, one of three 2002 (1st pick) finalists for the College Baseball Pittsburgh Pirates Foundation’s inaugural John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Bryan Bullington, who was Year Award in 2010, was the 20th coached at Ball State by current pick in the first round of the 2010 Cardinals’ head coach Rich Major League Baseball Draft. Maloney, was the No. 1 selection Vitek was named the Mid- in the 2002 Major League American Conference Player Baseball Draft. He was selected of the Year as a junior at Ball by the Pittsburgh Pirates and is State before being drafted by the the highest draft pick in Ball State Boston Red Sox. He reached as and Mid-American Conference high as Double A baseball with history. the Red Sox, playing for the Portland Sea Dogs in 2012 and 2013. Bullington made his major league debut in 2005 for the Brad Snyder Pirates. After sitting out the 2006 season with an injury, Bullington worked his way back up to the 2003 (18th pick) Triple-A All-Star Game in 2007 and was called up to the Pirates Cleveland Indians later that season, appearing in five games with three starts. Brad Snyder became Ball Bullington pitched for the Cleveland Indians and Toronto Blue State’s sixth first-round draft Jays in 2008. He stayed in the Blue Jays’ system in 2009 and in pick when he was selected 2010 reported to the Kansas City Royals Spring Training. On Aug. 18th overall by the Cleveland 15, 2010, Bullington pitched eight shutout innings, while only giving Indians in the 2003 Major League up two hits against the New York Yankees in Kansas City for his Baseball Draft. first major league win. He made his first trip to the After the 2010 season, Bullington signed with the Hiroshima major leagues in 2006 when he Toyo Carp of Japan’s Central League. Bullington played for was called up to the Indians late Hiroshima from 2011-14 before moving to the Orix Buffaloes in in the season. For the second 2015. year in a row in 2007, Snyder was called up to the major leagues with the Indians. He saw action in the majors with the Chicago Cubs in 2010 and 2011. Snyder last appeared in an MLB game in 2014 with Texas. – 2 – BallStateSports.com • @BallStateSports • #ChirpChirp • Cardinal Baseball • @BallStateBB – 2 – Ball State in the MLB Draft Ball State Draft Picks First Round Draft Picks Drey Jameson 2019 (34th pick) Arizona Diamondbacks 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 Larry Bigbie Jeff Urban 1998 (41st pick) San Francisco Giants 1999 (21st pick) Thomas Howard 1986 (11th pick) San Diego Padres Baltimore Orioles John Baker 2019 (29th round) Miami Marlins Larry Bigbie became Ball State’s Evan Marquardt 2018 (20th round) Cincinnati Reds third Major League Baseball Colin Brockhouse 2017 (24th round) Toronto Blue Jays first round draft pick when he 2016 (37th round) Pittsburgh Pirates was selected 21st overall in the Alex Call 2016 (3rd round) Chicago White Sox 1999 MLB Draft by the Baltimore Jarett Rindfieisch 2016 (9th round) Miami Marlins Zach Plesac 2016 (12th round) Cleveland Indians Orioles. T.J. Weir 2014 (17th round) San Diego Padres Bigbie made his major league Sean Godfrey 2014 (22nd round) Atlanta Braves debut in 2001 with Baltimore and Nestor Bautista 2014 (32nd round) Miami Marlins also played at the big league Cody Elliott 2011 (21st round) Cleveland Indians level with the Colorado Rockies Perci Garner 2010 (2nd round) Philadelphia Phillies and the St. Louis Cardinals. Zack Dygert 2010 (22nd round) Washington Nationals Jeremy Hazelbaker 2009 (4th round) Boston Red Sox He also played professional Brenden Stines 2009 (33rd round) Houston Astros baseball in Japan for the Zach Dygert 2009 (48th round) Washington Nationals Yokohama BayStars. Dean Anna 2008 (26th round) San Diego Padres Kyle Heyne 2008 (32nd round) San Diego Padres 2007 (27th round) Minnesota Twins Jeff Urban Ben Snyder 2006 (4th round) San Francisco Giants 1998 (41st pick) Brad Miller 2006 (18th round) Arizona Diamondbacks 2004 (49th round) Toronto Blue Jays San Fran. Giants Mike Sullivan 2006 (31st round) Detroit Tigers Jeff Loveys 2006 (48th round) New York Yankees Jeff Urban was selected with Joe Ness 2005 (6th round) Cleveland Indians the 41st pick of the 1998 Major Matt Singleton 2005 (33rd round) Oakland Athletics League Baseball Draft by the San Michael Hale 2004 (35th round) New York Yankees Francisco Giants. Lorenzo Scott 2003 (17th round) Baltimore Orioles He spent eight years in Brian Lynch 2003 (23rd round) Colorado Rockies professional baseball and pitched Ben Schroeder 2003 (26th round) Florida Marlins Mike Johnston 2003 (41st round) San Francisco Giants in 214 games, including starts in Paul Henry 2002 (7th round) Baltimore Orioles 105 contests. From 1998 through Doug Boone 2002 (36th round) New York Yankees 2004, Urban played in the San 2001 (15th round) Florida Marlins Francisco Giants system. Justin Wechsler 2001 (4th round) Arizona Diamondbacks Urban played in the Jason Paul 2001 (49th round) Minnesota Twins independent leagues in 2006 and Jason Hickman 2000 (8th round) Los Angeles Dodgers 1999 (42nd round) San Francisco Giants 2007 with the Somerset Patriots Shayne Ridley 2000 (19th round) Baltimore Orioles and the St. Paul Saints. 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 Thomas Howard Chris Cabaj 1999 (25th round) Kansas City Royals 1986 (11th pick) Sam McConnell 1997 (11th round) Pittsburgh Pirates San Diego Padres Bruce Stanley 1997 (18th round) Kansas City Royals 1996 (11th round) Baltimore Orioles Thomas Howard spent 11 Ed Farris 1997 (27th round) Oakland Athletics years in the major leagues from Nick Witte 1996 (27th round) San Diego Padres 1990 through 2000. He started Darrell Betts 1995 (11th round) St. Louis Cardinals Kenny Reed 1993 (18th round) Baltimore Orioles his career with the San Diego Curt Conley 1993 (26th round) Colorado Rockies Padres before going on to Mike Shebek 1987 (38th round) Baltimore Orioles play for the Cleveland Indians, Dru Kosco 1986 (13th round) Seattle Mariners Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros, Mike Roesler 1985 (17th round) Cincinnati Reds Los Angeles Dodgers and St. Scott Goss 1984 (28th round) Chicago White Sox Louis Cardinals. Clint Wickensheimer 1979 (18th round) Los Angeles Dodgers Greg Dikos 1979 (28th round) Atlanta Braves Howard hit .264 for his career Dennis Barry 1972 (7th round) California Angels with 44 home runs and 264 RBIs. 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.