![]() ![]() 485 mark (33-for-68).ġ943 – Frank Howard, the Tigers’ career leader in football victories (165), coached the baseball squad for one season, compiling a 12-3 overall record. He compiled a 67-66-2 (.504) record in seven seasons (1932-38).ġ941 – Dude Buchanan set the school record for batting average in a season with a. Clemson finished the season with a 6-2 record.ġ932 – Legendary Head Football Coach Jess Neely, who coached the Tiger gridders for nine seasons (1931-39), coached his first season as Clemson’s baseball coach. He struck out 16 batters in the game and made it in “Ripley’s Believe It or Not” by not allowing a ball to be hit out of the infield.Īp– Lefty Smith pitched a no-hitter in a 6-0 win over South Carolina.ġ931 – Clemson’s season was cut short due to an outbreak of meningitis on campus in April. He once pitched a no-hitter (in 1924, one year before his rookie season in the majors) while playing for the Fort Smith (Ark.) minor league team. He was 20-7 with a 3.21 ERA with the Cardinals in 1926 in his best season. ![]() He had a 105-97 career record with a 4.20 ERA and 534 strikeouts. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Braves. He played during the 1922-24 seasons and later went on to play 12 major league seasons with the St. ![]() Clemson played on this field until the 1970 season.Īp– Elmer Long pitched a no-hitter in a 2-0 win over VMI.ġ921 – Clemson joined the Southern Conference and was a charter member.ġ922 – Flint Rhem, one of the Tigers’ greatest players of the 20th century, played in his first season at Clemson. Ma– Clemson defeated West Virginia Wesleyan 4-2 in the first game played on Riggs Baseball Field. He later was the Tigers’ head coach in 19 and compiled a 26-18-1 (.589) record.Īp– Doc Ezell pitched Clemson’s first no-hitter in a 5-0 victory over Erskine. native, a 5’11”, 170-pound righty, played one season (1909) for the Cleveland Naps, where he was 3-2 with a 2.88 ERA in 50.0 innings pitched. Heisman compiled a 28-6-1 (.814) record in three seasons (1901-03), which still stands today as the best winning percentage in Tiger history, slightly ahead of another legendary football coach, Frank Howard.ġ901 – Vet Sitton played his first of three seasons at Clemson. The Gamecocks are the Tigers’ most common opponent to date.ġ900 – Head coach John Heisman, who coached Clemson’s gridders for four seasons, was named the Tigers’ baseball coach. The Tigers won 21-8 in eight innings in Charleston. – Clemson played South Carolina for the first time. The home games were played on Bowman Field in front of Tillman Hall. Ap– Clemson played its first baseball game, a 20-13 loss to Furman. ![]()
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