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1892 – present
The program: Notre Dame has sponsored baseball since the nineteenth century, and its record holds no national championship — its summit is Omaha, reached three times. The Irish have played in three College World Series: 1957, 2002 and 2022.
The Kline era: Clarence "Jake" Kline coached the Irish for forty-two seasons, 1934 to 1975, winning 558 games; he had played at Notre Dame in the Rockne years, was voted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 1968, and took the 1957 team to the program's first College World Series — where Jim Morris batted .714, still a Series record. The old Cartier Field ground took Kline's name in 1975.
The modern program: The Irish moved into the 2,500-seat Frank Eck Stadium in 1994. Paul Mainieri, coaching 1995 to 2006, went 533–213–3 and brought the second Omaha trip in 2002, won through a super regional at top-ranked Florida State. The third trip came in 2022. The program's conference accounting stands at six regular-season and ten tournament titles. Shawn Stiffler has coached the team since 2023.
Sources:
- Baseball-Reference Bullpen, University of Notre Dame — College World Series appearances: 1957, 2002, 2022; the coaching line from Kline to Stiffler.
- Program record — Kline's 558 wins and 1934–75 tenure; Eck Stadium, 1994; Mainieri's 533–213–3 and the 2002 run; the conference title counts.
- Congressional Record, June 21, 2002 — the 2002 team's Series berth, the Florida State super regional, Morris's standing .714 record from 1957.