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Penn Quakers baseball

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The Penn Quakers baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[2] The team is a member of the Ivy League, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The team plays its home games at Meiklejohn Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Quakers are coached by John Yurkow.

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History

University of Pennsylvania versus Georgetown Baseball Program circa 1901

The University of Pennsylvania's first baseball team was fielded in 1875.

A portion of Penn baseball team photo (circa 1890) of Penn baseball player, Thomas H. Cahill (Penn Medical School Class of 1891).

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Zane Grey, a member of Penn's varsity baseball team in 1895 and 1896 and College Class of 1896

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The Quakers won four championships in the Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League, a baseball-only conference that existed from 1930 to 1992, which consisted of the eight Ivy League schools and Army and Navy.[3] Penn baseball has claimed an Ivy League title, advancing to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship five times.[4]

Postseason

University of Pennsylvania, Base Ball Team, 1896

The Quakers have made the NCAA Division I baseball tournament six times.

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References

  1. [1]
    "Elements of the Penn Logo". Branding.Web-Resources.UPenn.edu. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Pennsylvania Quakers". d1baseball.com. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  3. [3]
    Martha Mitchell. "Baseball". Encyclopedia Brunoniana. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  4. [4]
    https://pennathletics.com/documents/2017/12/6/18QuickFacts.pdf [bare URL PDF]


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