Illinois Wesleyan Baseball Through the Years YEAR 1922 1923 1924 1925 1927 1928 1932 1934 1941 1942 1943 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981
OVERALL 5-5 10-0-1 6-5 9-5 9-5 5-3 20-3 9-5 7-1 5-3 3-10 14-8 10-6 17-8-1 14-5 10-12 9-13-1 13-6 8-14 12-12 10-11 16-9 13-6 21-6 18-8 14-10 12-6 16-10-1 18-11 7-16 12-13 16-11 14-11 13-9 23-9-1 15-15 11-19 10-13 14-11 16-15 14-17 16-12 12-13 22-8-1 14-11 16-13 16-14
CCIW (Place)
1982 1983 1984 1985
21-11 12-23 9-22 19-15-1
10-6 (3) 7-9 (6) 7-7 (4) 6-5 (3)
Tom Gramkow Tom Gramkow Tom Gramkow Tom Gramkow
1986 1987
18-22 21-16
7-3 (2) 8-4 (4)
Dennie Bridges Dennie Bridges
1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
21-15 25-20 21-17 17-23 20-18 18-16
9-3 (4) 8-4 (1) 8-4 (3) 6-4 9-3 (1 South) 6-7
4-2 (4) 7-1 (1) 6-2 (1) 6-2 (2) 5-3 (4) 6-2 (1) 4-2 (2) 10-2 (1) 4-6 (5) 11-1 (1) 7-1 (1) 13-1 (1) 11-1 (1) 11-1 (1) 7-1 (2) 12-2 (1) 13-1 (1) 6-4 (2) 9-3 (2) 9-3 (2) 9-1 (1) 10-3 (2) 14-2 (1) 12-4 (1) 8-8 (4) 7-5 (5) 11-5 (3) 11-3 (2) 11-5 (3) 11-4 (2) 10-2 (1) 13-2-1 (1) 12-4 (2) 9-5 (3) 10-4 (3)
COACH
Jack Horenberger Jack Horenberger Jack Horenberger Jack Horenberger Jack Horenberger Jack Horenberger Jack Horenberger Jack Horenberger Jack Horenberger Jack Horenberger Jack Horenberger Jack Horenberger Jack Horenberger Jack Horenberger Jack Horenberger Jack Horenberger Jack Horenberger Jack Horenberger Jack Horenberger Jack Horenberger Jack Horenberger Jack Horenberger Jack Horenberger Jack Horenberger Jack Horenberger Jack Horenberger Jack Horenberger Jack Horenberger Jack Horenberger Jack Horenberger Jack Horenberger Jack Horenberger Jack Horenberger Jack Horenberger Jack Horenberger Jack Horenberger Jack Horenberger
Dennis Martel Dennis Martel Dennis Martel Dennis Martel Dennis Martel Dennis Martel
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
25-12 24-17 24-12 26-16 31-13 18-21 29-16-2 37-15-1 25-15 24-15 28-19 34-13 28-14 32-13 33-11 24-16 27-20
14-4 (1 South) 13-5 10-8 12-6 (1 South) 13-7 10-8 (1 South) 14-7 15-6 (1 South) 17-4 (1) 11-10 16-5 (1) 18-3 (1) 14-7 (3) 20-1 (1) 18-3 (1) 14-7 (2) 12-9 (4)
totals (76 yrs.)
1,284-882-10 651-366-1 (.589) (.636)
Dennis Martel Dennis Martel Dennis Martel Dennis Martel Dennis Martel Dennis Martel Dennis Martel Dennis Martel Dennis Martel Dennis Martel Dennis Martel Dennis Martel Dennis Martel Dennis Martel Dennis Martel Dennis Martel Dennis Martel
2010 TOTALS ARE AS OF MAY 24, 2010 Three former Illinois Wesleyan baseball players were inducted into various Halls of Fame in 2006-07. Denny Matthews, a 1966 grad who will begin his 40th season behind the microphone in the Kansas City Royals radio booth this year, was the 2007 winner of the Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasting excellence and was honored at the National Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremonies on July 29, 2007 in Cooperstown, N.Y., when Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken Jr. were inducted. Dave Kindred, a 1963 grad, was inducted on April 30, 2007 to the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame in Salisbury, N.C. Kindred has been a newspaper columnist for 37 years and is a multiple winner of the "National Sportswriter of the Year" award. Former Arizona State coach Bobby Winkles was among the first 10 people inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame in July 2006. Winkles, a 1952 IWU grad, was the NCAA “Coach of the Year” in 1965 and 1969 and The Sporting News ”Coach of the Year” in 1965, 1967 and 1969 when his team won national championships. Among the future major leaguers Winkles recruited and coached at ASU were Rick Monday, Sal Bando, and Reggie Jackson.