Tradition 2013 Big 12 Champions
Since the University of Oklahoma started its baseball program in 1898, the Sooners have recorded 87 seasons with a winning record, including 35 NCAA Tournament appearances, 12 regional/district titles, 10 College World Series appearances and two National Championships. OU is one of 13 programs across the country to win multiple national titles and the only school, in addition to Texas, to do so in the Big 12 Conference. From the first conference championship in 1925 under head coach Bill Owen to the Sooners’ most recent regional title a year ago, winning is a regular occurrence in Norman. JACK BAER Architect of OU’s first National Title in 1951, the same year he was named the National Coach of the Year.
LARRY COCHELL Named the 1994 National Coach of the Year after leading the Sooners to the program’s second National Championship.
ENOS SEMORE
Enos Semore won .697 percent of his games coached at Oklahoma, a mark that ranks 40th all-time in NCAA history.
851
The number of wins recorded by former OU head coach Enos Semore (1968-1989). The total is the highest in school history.
9
Semore’s clubs won nine conference championships, including two Big Eight postseason titles (1977 and 1979).
5
Oklahoma appeared in five consecutive College World Series from 1972-1976.
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1994
The Sooners’ last National Championship came in 1994, when they defeated Georgia Tech, 13-5, en route to a 50-17 overall record.
1951
Oklahoma captured its first NCAA title in 1951, led by hurler Jack Shirley. OU won a then-program record 19 games in 1951.
62
The number of victories recorded by the 1976 Sooners under head coach Enos Semore, a program best.
50
The Sooners won 50 games in 2010 for the fifth time in program history. OU also posted 50-plus victories in 1985, 1976 and 1975.
35
Oklahoma has appeared in 35 NCAA Tournaments, a mark that ranks third in the Big 12 Conference.
25
The OU baseball program has captured 25 conference championships in the regular and postseason, the third best total in the Big 12.
22
Since the number of games in a season was increased in the early 1970s, the Sooners have won 40 or more games in 22 different years.
10
Only two other schools in the Big 12 Conference have made more trips (10) to Omaha than the Sooners.