Creighton Bluejays baseball

Creighton Bluejays baseball
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Founded	1951 (1951)
University	Creighton University
Conference	Big East
Location	Omaha, NE
Head coach	Ed Servais (12th year)
Home stadium	Creighton Sports Complex (Capacity: 2,000) or TD Ameritrade Park Omaha (Capacity: 24,505)
Nickname	Bluejays
Colors	Blue and White
College World Series appearances
1991
NCAA Regional Champions
1991
NCAA Tournament appearances
1973, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2012
Conference tournament champions
MVC: 2007, 2011, 2012
Conference champions
Big East: 2014 MVC: 2005, 2011

The Creighton Bluejays baseball team represents the Creighton University in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college baseball. Creighton competes as a member of the Big East Conference and plays its home games at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha.

Creighton's baseball team played its first Big East season in 2014. They are coached by Ed Servais who is entering his twelfth season as head coach of the Bluejays. His record at Creighton is 389-230 (.628 winning percentage).

The team plays its home games at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha, also the home of the College World Series. Prior to the opening of TD Ameritrade Park, the program played games at the Creighton Sports Complex and Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in South Omaha, which was also the home of the NCAA College World Series and the Omaha Royals (now known as the Omaha Storm Chasers) of the Pacific Coast League.

1991 College World Series

See also: 1991 College World Series

Creighton appeared in the NCAA College World Series for the only time in 1991. The Jays advanced to the CWS by defeating the Hawaii Rainbows 15-8 in finals of the NCAA West I Regional in Los Angeles. Prior to the victory over Hawaii, the Jays swept the four-game regional by beating Pepperdine, Minnesota and host team USC in a 10-inning 8-7 victory.

The seventh-seeded Bluejays (49-20) opened play against the second seeded Clemson Tigers in front of then record crowd of more than 16,000 at Rosenblatt Stadium. The game ended with an 8-4 Creighton victory, setting up a second round match with MVC rival Wichita State.

The Jays had finished the 1991 regular season with an overall record of 46-18, and a 16-8 record in the Missouri Valley Conference, good enough for second place behind league champion Wichita State. The Shockers had swept the regular season four-game series with the Jays, and had also defeated the Jays twice in the 1991 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament.

In one of the more memorable games in College World Series history, the Shockers defeated the Jays 3-2 in 12 innings. With one out in the bottom of the twelfth inning Wichita State center fielder Jim Audley threw out Creighton's pinch-runner Steve Burns at home plate in a play known to Bluejay and Shocker fans alike as "the throw." The game was recently ranked third in the list of the 25 greatest games in College World Series history by the Omaha World-Herald.

The Jays bounced back to defeat Long Beach State 13-4 in an elimination game, to set up a rematch with Wichita State in the National Semifinals. A trip to the title game for Creighton was not to be, however, as Wichita State advanced to the National Championship game after defeating Creighton for the eighth time that season, 11-3.

LSU defeated Wichita State 6-3 to win the 1991 NCAA Baseball National Championship.

The Bluejays Head Coach during that memorable 1991 season, Jim Hendry, is a former General Manager of the Chicago Cubs. Jim Hendry is also the only former Creighton Bluejay to have his number retired. His name and number (25) hang on the center field fence of Creighton Sports Complex.

Notable former Bluejay Baseball players include Hall of Fame inductee Bob Gibson as well as Dave McKay, Pat Venditte, Dennis Rasmussen, Scott Stahoviak, Scott Servais, Zach Daeges, Chad McConnell and Alan Benes.

Team Honors

Big East Conference Regular Season Champions (1): 2014*

* Outright

Missouri Valley Conference Regular Season Champions (2): 2005*, 2011*

* Outright

Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Champions (3): 2007, 2011, 2012

NCAA Regionals Appearances (10): 1973, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2012

College World Series Appearances (1): 1991

Yearly records

The table below reflects the yearly history of the Creighton baseball team. (note official results were not kept until 1966)

Year	Coach	W-L	Conference	Tournament	Post Season	Other
1966	Herb Millard	12-12	n/a	n/a	none	n/a
1967	Herb Millard	15-8	n/a	n/a	none	n/a
1968	Herb Millard	14-8	n/a	n/a	none	n/a
1969	Tony Trvdik	11-24	n/a	n/a	none	n/a
1970	Larry Cochell	25-7	n/a	n/a	none	n/a
1971	Larry Cochell	24-21	n/a	n/a	none	n/a
1972	Dave Baker	16-17	n/a	n/a	none	n/a
1973	Dave Baker	25-16	n/a	n/a	NCAA District 5 Playoffs (0-2)	n/a
1974	Dave Baker	30-18	n/a	n/a	none	n/a
1975	Dave Baker	32-12	n/a	n/a	none	n/a
1976	Dave Baker	22-27-1	n/a	n/a	none	n/a
1977	Dave Baker	15-16	4th	6th	none	n/a
1978	Jerry Bartee	16-17	6th	5th	none	n/a
1979	Jerry Bartee	17-27-1	7th	T-6th	none	n/a
1980	Jerry Bartee	26-22-1	4th	T-6th	none	n/a
1981	Dave Underwood	37-30	2nd (West)	n/a	none	n/a
1982	Dave Underwood	32-23	2nd (West)	4th	none	n/a
1983	Dave Underwood	39-17	2nd (West)	4th	none	n/a
1984	Dave Underwood / Jim Hendry	23-21	6th	n/a	none	n/a
1985	Jim Hendry	35-27	5th	n/a	none	n/a
1986	Jim Hendry	33-29-1	5th	6th	none	n/a
1987	Jim Hendry	35-24	5th	3rd	none	n/a
1988	Jim Hendry	43-21-1	2nd	T-1st	none	All-American Catcher Scott Servais Drafted in 3rd Round by Houston Astros
1989	Jim Hendry	37-26	4th	4th	none	n/a
1990	Jim Hendry	48-22	3rd	2nd	NCAA Central Regional (2-2)	n/a
1991	Jim Hendry	51-22	2nd	2nd	NCAA West Regional I (4-0) 1991 College World Series (2-2)	All-American Scott Stahoviak Named National Player of the Year, Bluejays finish 3rd in NCAA
1992	Todd Wenberg	41-19-1	2nd	2nd	NCAA Central Regional (1-2)	n/a
1993	Todd Wenberg	32-25	T-5th	3rd	none	n/a
1994	Jack Dahm	28-29	3rd	4th	none	n/a
1995	Jack Dahm	35-22	2nd	3rd	none	n/a
1996	Jack Dahm	19-31-1	7th	n/a	none	n/a
1997	Jack Dahm	27-27	7th	n/a	none	n/a
1998	Jack Dahm	27-27-1	6th	T-5th	none	n/a
1999	Jack Dahm	38-25	3rd	2nd	NCAA South Bend Regional (0-2)	n/a
2000	Jack Dahm	38-22	3rd	4th	NCAA Tempe Regional (0-2)	n/a
2001	Jack Dahm	21-31	7th	n/a	none	n/a
2002	Jack Dahm	30-24	2nd	T-5th	none	n/a
2003	Jack Dahm	20-37	T-6th	T-5th	none	LHP Tom Oldham 6th Round Draft Pick of Seattle Mariners
2004	Ed Servais	35-24	2nd	4th	none	RHP Steve Grasley named All-American; signs with Seattle Mariners
2005	Ed Servais	48-17	1st	2nd	NCAA Lincoln Regional (2-2)	Bluejays win first conference regular season title in school history, RHP Eric Wordekemper 46th Round Draft of New York Yankees, LHP Scott Reese named All-American
2006	Ed Servais	31-21	4th	4th	none	OF Zach Daeges named All-American; 6th Round Draft Pick of Boston Red Sox, LHP Marc Lewis 26th Round Draft Pick of Milwaukee Brewers, RHP Adam Schaecher 31st Round Draft Pick of Texas Rangers, OF Chase Odenreider 49th Round Draft Pick of New York Yankees
2007	Ed Servais	45-17	2nd	1st	NCAA Fayetteville Regional (1-2)	Creighton Wins Conference Tournament, Pitchers Pat Venditte and Ben Mancuso named All-Americans, LHP Marc Lewis 20th Round Draft Pick of Florida Marlins, Catcher Chris Gradoville 24th Round Draft Pick of Texas Rangers, Pat Venditte 45th Round Draft Pick of New York Yankees
2008	Ed Servais	37-21	3rd	T-4th	none	Pitcher Pat Venditte 20th Round Draft Pick of New York Yankees
2009	Ed Servais	31-25	4th	2nd	none	1B Darin Ruf 20th Round Draft Pick of Philadelphia Phillies
2010	Ed Servais	27-25	6th	6th	none	SS Elliot Soto 15th Round Draft Pick of Chicago Cubs, C Carson Vitale 38th Round Draft Pick of Texas Rangers
2011	Ed Servais	45-16	1st	1st	NCAA Corvallis Regional (1-2)	First Creighton baseball team to win both the MVC regular season title and MVC tournament title. P Jonas Dufek 9th Round Draft Pick of Houston Astros, OF Trever Adams 16th Round Draft Pick of Texas Rangers
2012	Ed Servais	28-30	8th	1st	NCAA Los Angeles Regional (2-2)	Creighton goes from "worst to first" in one week by going undefeated in the 2012 MVC Tournament. One of only three "four seeds" to make the regional finals of the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, before falling to No. 2 national seed UCLA. P Ty Blach 5th Round Draft Pick of San Francisco Giants, C Anthony Bemboom 22nd Round Draft Pick of Los Angeles Angels