North Dakota State Baseball Record Book 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 2019 10-7 .588 2020 0-0 .000 orth Dakota State University’s baseball and 13 feet high in left field is accompanied by 22 yrs. 219-131 .626 team has played and practiced on a digital scoreboard. The stadium has superior Largest Home Crowds (since 1997) campus at Newman Outdoor Field since lighting for evening and late-night games and a 1,781 Minnesota 4-25-2012 1997. full-sized infield tarp for foul weather. 1,276 North Dakota 3-31-2012 N Completed in June 1996 at an original cost Newman Outdoor Field was the site of the 1,079 Minnesota 5-10-2008 of $5.5 million, the stadium’s permanent seating 2000 North Central Conference tournament and 1,023 Minnesota 5-3-2011 capacity is 4,172 fans. Naming rights were the 2009 American Legion Baseball World Se- 1,019 Minnesota 5-3-2006 1,007 Minnesota 4-28-2010 awarded to Harold Newman, founder of Newman ries. It is also home to the annual Fargo Blues 954 Minnesota 4-22-2009 Outdoor Advertising, for $1.5 million in 1998. Fest. 922 Minnesota 4-26-2005 Dimensions are 318 feet to left field, 399 The Bison previously hosted games one 868 North Dakota 4-27-2004 feet to left-center field, 408 to center field, 365 mile east of campus at Jack Williams Stadium, 768 Omaha 4-12-2014 to right-center, and 314 down the right-field line. the Fargo American Legion facility. 712 North Dakota 4-9-2003 The surface is natural grass. NDSU also played on the artificial turf of Largest Road Crowds (since 1997) Dressing rooms are located under the former Bison football stadium Dacotah Field, 4,038 at Wichita State 3-29-2008 stadium behind each dugout, and there is an and an on-campus diamond at 17th Avenue and 3,997 at Arizona 2-17-2012 3,408 at Oregon State 5-30-2014 indoor batting cage. A two-tiered press box Albrecht Boulevard that was lost to construc- 3,341 at Wichita State 3-1-2009 with radio and television booths provides ample tion of the Fargodome after the 1990 baseball 3,235 at Wichita State 3-28-2008 working space high above home plate between season. 3,102 at Wichita State 3-30-2008 12 spectator suites. 3,090 at Wichita State 2-27-2009 An LED video board measuring 26 feet wide 2,974 at Wichita State 3-5-2006 2,920 at Arizona 2-18-2012 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 — — — 1988 15 31 1 11 4th** Years 1910 11 3 — — — 1989 16 22 4 8 3rd** Coach Coached Yrs. W L T Pct. 1911 4 3 — — — 1990 15 24 0 8 4th** 1912 7 2 1 — — — 1991 13 30 1 0 9 4th** Tod Brown 2008-20 13 299 331 .475 1913 10 5 — — — 1992 16 24 2 10 4th** Mitch McLeod 1993-07 15 347 322 4 .519 1914 11 2 — — — 1993 18 19 4 8 4th** Jim Pettersen 1985-92 8 131 203 3 .393 1915 8 7 — — — 1994 25 19 7 5 2nd** (5th) George Ellis 1980-84 5 62 138 .310 1916 10 3 — — — 1995 23 19 3 4 8 4th** Rolf Kopperud 1978-79 2 15 39 .278 1920 8 0 — — — 1996 37 11 8 4 1st** (2nd) Bucky Burgau 1974-77 4 41 73 .360 1921 4 7 1 — — — 1997 24 17 5 3 2nd** (4th) Arlo Brunsberg 1971-73 3 45 30 .600 1922 4 4 — — — 1998 26 15 10 10 7th Ron Bodine 1969-70 2 26 15 .634 1923 4 6 — — — 1999 21 26 7 13 9th 1924 5 1 — — — 2000 32 14 16 4 1st# (4th) Ev Kjelbertson 1966-68 3 24 41 .369 1925-46 No competition 2001 18 14 3 10 10th Vern McKee 1964-65 2 21 27 .438 1947 5 3 — — — 2002 26 13 10 10 4th (tie) Roger Shelstad 1963 1 4 9 .308 1951 2 8 — — — 2003 28 18 14 10 4th# (3rd) Ross Fortier 1962 1 5 10 .333 1952 8 4 — — — 2004 31 22 18 10 3rd# (1st) Cliff Rothrock 1955-56 2 19 12 .613 1953 4 4 — — — 2005 10 43 1 — — — B.C. Bentson 1952-54, 1954 6 4 — — — 2006 12 41 — — — 1957-61 7 35 53 .398 1955 3 7 — — — 2007 16 31 — — — Packy Schaffer 1951 1 2 8 .200 1956 16 5 — — — 2008 15 30 7 16 8th 1957 2 6 — — — 2009 16 28 10 14 5th Stan Kostka 1947 1 5 3 .625 1958 7 8 3 3 4th 2010 22 30 11 16 6th (tie) F.H. Watkins 1922 1 4 4 .500 1959 2 11 0 6 6th (tie) 2011 22 32 15 12 3rd Stan Borleske 1920-21, 1960 2 8 0 6 7th 2012 40 20 14 10 3rd 1923-24 4 21 14 1 .597 1961 4 8 0 5 6th (tie) 2013 26 27 11 13 4th Howard Wood 1915 1 8 7 .533 1962 5 10 0 4 7th 2014 25 26 10 12 5th Bert Haskins 1914 1 11 2 .846 1963 4 9 3 3 4th 2015 21 30 11 19 5th Art Rueber 1909-13 5 36 16 1 .689 1964 11 16 7 4 3rd 2016 29 25 12 18 5th 1965 10 11 4 2 2nd 2017 31 25 19 11 2nd 1966 5 15 2 8 7th 2018 26 24 15 13 3rd 1967 7 18 3 13 7th 2019 19 24 15 15 5th Top-Five Bison Overall Records 1968 12 8 5 6 4th 2020 8 9 0 0 —*** 1969 14 11 11 5 1st (tie) 83 yrs 1166 1360 9 403 529 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 ***2020 Season cut short due to 1983 15 25 3 9 3rd** Coronavirus Pandemic. 1984 16 24 3 9 4th** #NCC regular-season finish. Second 1985 19 24 1 1 11 4th** is placing after NCC playoffs. 1986 19 19 1 7 5 3rd** Championship determined at playoff tournament. 1987 18 29 3 9 4th** 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, Peter Brookshaw, at Sacramento State, 2/16/19; Matt Elsenpeter, 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 at Mississippi Valley, 2/19/2017; JT Core, Concordia-Moorhead, 5/3/2016; Most batters to plate in an inning: 17 vs. Indiana (PA), 3/8/1996; at Chris Volkmann, Bemidji State, 4/1/2003; Matt Mann, at Minnesota-Morris, Dakota State, 4/2/1996 4/24/2001; Todd Sather, at St. Cloud State, 4/21/2000; Corey Eckhoff, vs. Most home runs: 7, vs. Stony Brook, 3/19/1998 Bemidji State, 3/12/2000; Clint Glass, at Valley City State, 4/15/1987 Most walks: 15, vs. Dickinson State, 3/12/2018 Most triples: 2, 10 times, last by Peter Brookshaw, vs. Eastern Michigan, 2/28/2020 Most assists: 24 vs. Omaha, 5/5/2019 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.