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  . . . 7 it · * · _ . _    V. { ( I'] · t Since 1910 when the first UK i
_   .   ‘ A ,5 ·   Z i . E _  J K _ baseball player, Jim Park, l
` _ e       . ‘   y- went off to play major league l
· · `  we y _.'·       _ i _ ball, many others have been .
_ ’ if   · ` " » drafted. Currently Joe  
  ` ,ii_ `A"- " ’ ,’ .   _ Blanton pitches for the Oak-
  ` "°—— .. ` S   C land Athletics. In June he was
-  .   _ · *- named the American League `
` ` Rookie of the Month.
Blanton made six starts in the
Beginning its 109th year in 2005. the University of Kentucky baseball program mgntht gOing at least six in-
has featured 23 coaches, 11 All-Americans, 61 All-SEC selections and 85 profes- nings in each and Only Once (
sional players, while compiling a 1439-1288-22 (.527) overall record since the allOwing more than twO J
Wildcats took the field for the first time in the spring of 1896. earned runs The 24-year.Old  
Tll€ 1I`lHL1gUI'3l pitch in UK lD21S€bE\ll ll1S'[OI“y WHS '[l1I'OWI1 011 April 3, 1896, in 3 p()5[€d 3 5-] record gccgrrtpg- ~
double-header against Centre College. Despite finishing its first season with a 1- nied by a 2_()6 ERA_ A
2 record, the Wildcats would go on to post a 132-70 record over the next 17 sea- BrandOn Webb plays fOr
SONS- the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Coach Frank Moseley was instrumental in the rebirth of Kentucky baseball He’s ranked fifth in MLB’s IR
following World War II. Moseley`s final two squads reached the NCAA Tourna- Weblys signature pitch is a
ment in 1949 and 1950.The 1949 team also included UK’s first All-American, devastating sinl(er_ and it‘s
Dom Fucci. Other standouts of the Moseley era included C.M. Newton, Ralph One Ot the bggt in the game_
Beard and Wallace "Wah Wah" Jones (Beard and Jones also were All-American The player whO Stuck the
basketball players.), and football players Doug Moseley and Babe Parilli. lgngest is Terry Shtnnpert
From 1951 until 1965, Harry Lancaster served as the Wildcats` chief, gather- (UK l983-86)_ AltOgether_ he
ing a 163-164-3 record. Lancaster later served as Athletics Director at Kentucky played 14 seasOns 35 a geggnd
and ranks as the second winningest coach in UK baseball history. Lancaster`s baseman spending five years
163 victories stand second only to Coach Keith Madison’s 696. each with the Kansas City
From 1979 through 2003, Madison guided the Cats to 15 winning seasons and Rgyglg and the COlOradO
coached 83 academic All—SEC selections. 19 first-team All-SEC performers, 16 ROckies_
second—team All-SEC picks, nine All-SEC Eastern Division athletes and placed Playing ll seasOns were
15 players on SEC All—Tournament teams, including the 1981 MVR Jeff Keener. Dgug Flynn (UK in 1969)
( Keener also led the nation in lowest earned run average, posting a diminutive with the Cincinnati Reds and
Q 0.51 ERA in 1981. By posting a 41-20 mark, his 1991 squad set the UK record New YOrl; Mets, alOng with
. for most wins in a season, while his 1994 team led the SEC and NCAA with 110 Other teams_ and J im Leyrit;
home runs. (UK 1985) with the New
(jurrgut Status York Yankees and Anaheim
Starting in 2004, John Cohen, already established as one of the best hitting A¤g€1S»¤m¤¤e elllele
t coaches in the country with a two year stint at Florida in Gainesville. coached Cleelflllgeulellel ll) Seek
A his first team to a 24-30 overall record, batting 15 points higher while the slug- Sells was Jell Pallell (UK V
ging percentage jumped 68 points. UK’s 2005 season saw the Wildcats finish 29- l%O`e3)· WlleyPleYed mostly
27 overall and 7-22 in the Southeastern Conference. The 29 wins are the second Wllg ll;te Mfgmileal EXPOS
most for UK since the 1997 season and the most in five years. ee On HS »mOl`e O _e“
A His 2004 recruiting class was rated as one of the top 25 by C0//egiate Base- leeelleel as all All‘Amellee“
ball and included one high school All-American and the 2004 Kentucky Mr. ligglgtlaall péagleiégf l9el‘
( Baseball. p eye _ rec
j Cohen also has improved Kentucky baseball in the classroom. In his first Yeale elle Wllll llle Cllleage
year, a school-record nine Wildcats were named to the SEC Academic Honor Wlllle SOX eml lwe Wllh the
Roll. In the fall of 2004, 20 of 37 players earned a grade—point average of 3.0 or Mlmlesela Twllle
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