Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons baseball

Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons
Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons
2025 Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons baseball team
Founded	1972
Conference history	Great Lakes Valley (1996–2001); Independent (2002–2008); Summit League (2009–2020); Horizon League (2021–present)
University	Purdue University Fort Wayne
Athletic director	Kelley Hartley Hutton
Head coach	Doug Schreiber (6th season)
Conference	Horizon League
Location	Fort Wayne, Indiana
Home stadium	Mastodon Field ; (Capacity: 200)
Nickname	Mastodons
Colors	Black and gold;

The Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate baseball program of Purdue University Fort Wayne in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. The program's first season was in 1970, and it has been a member of the NCAA Division I Horizon League since the start of the 2021 season. Its home venue is Mastodon Field, located on Purdue Fort Wayne's campus. Doug Schreiber is the team's head coach starting in the 2020 season. The program has appeared in 0 NCAA Tournaments. It has won zero conference tournament championships and 0 regular season conference titles. As of the start of the 2020 Major League Baseball season, 0 former Mastodons have appeared in Major League Baseball.

History

Early history

The program's first season of play was 1970.

Conference affiliations

Great Lakes Valley Conference (1996–2001)
Independent (2002–2008)
Summit League (2009–2020)
Horizon League (2021–present)

Mastodon Field

The venue has a capacity of 200 spectators.^[2]^[3]

Prior to the 2011 season, the field's surface and pitcher's mound were renovated. It also features a brick backstop, dugouts, batting cages, and grandstand seating.^[2]

Head coaches

Purdue Fort Wayne's longest tenured head coach was Bobby Pierce, who has coached the team from 2009 to 2019.^[4] On July 23, 2019, Doug Schreiber was named the team's head coach.^[5]

Head coaches records

Year(s)	Coach	Seasons	W–L–T	Pct
1970	Larry Windmiller	1	8–6	.571
1971–1972	Unknown	2	19–13–1	.591
1973	Hal Prickett / Dave Hey	1	Unknown	–
1974–1975	Unknown	2	22–38	.367
1976	Hal Prickett	1	14–19	.424
1977	Phil Kennell	1	18–16	.529
1978	Jeff White	1	6–19	.240
1979–1982	Larry Windmiller	4	30–61	.330
1983	William Bruening	1	12–10	.545
1984–1986	Lee Deturk	3	21–61	.256
1987–1992	Carl Wilcoxson	6	42–138–1	.235
1993–1994	Matt Kinzer	2	47–52	.475
1995–1996	Tom Muth	2	41–36	.532
1997–1998	Tony Vittorio	2	50–41	.549
1999–2008	Billy Gernon	10	124–217–2	.364
2009–2019	Bobby Pierce	11	192–395	.327
2020–present	Doug Schreiber	3	34–81	.296
Totals	16	53	680–1,203–4	.361

Notable former players

Below is a list of notable former Mastodons and the seasons in which they played for Purdue Fort Wayne.

Ryan Steinbach (2004–2005)
Evan Miller (2015–2016)

References

^ "Purdue Fort Wayne Branding Released". GoMastodons.com. June 7, 2018. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Mastodon Field". GoMastodons.com. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
^ "2012 IPFW Baseball Quick Facts" (PDF). GoMastodons.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
^ "Baseball coach resigns at PFW". www.journalgazette.net. www.journalgazette.net. July 3, 2019. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
^ Sam King (July 22, 2019). "McCutcheon, ex-Purdue coach Doug Schreiber hired at Purdue Fort Wayne". www.jconline.com. USA Today. Retrieved July 23, 2019.

External links

Official website

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[1] "Purdue Fort Wayne Branding Released". GoMastodons.com. June 7, 2018. Retrieved September 30, 2021.

[facil-2] "Mastodon Field". GoMastodons.com. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012.

[qf-3] "2012 IPFW Baseball Quick Facts" (PDF). GoMastodons.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2012.

[4] "Baseball coach resigns at PFW". www.journalgazette.net. www.journalgazette.net. July 3, 2019. Retrieved July 3, 2019.

[5] Sam King (July 22, 2019). "McCutcheon, ex-Purdue coach Doug Schreiber hired at Purdue Fort Wayne". www.jconline.com. USA Today. Retrieved July 23, 2019.

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