# Buffalo Bulls baseball

The Buffalo Bulls baseball team was a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the University at Buffalo in Amherst, New York, United States. From 2001 to 2017, the team was a member of the Mid-American Conference East division, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level. The Bulls played their home games at Amherst Audubon Field on the UB campus. The Bulls were coached by Ron Torgalski for the program's final 11 seasons, from 2007 through 2017. At the conclusion of the 2017 season, the program was eliminated by the university.

## History

The year 1949 is considered the official inaugural season of UB varsity baseball. But baseball’s start at UB goes back much further. There are newspaper accounts of a UB team from as early as 1894. From 1914–1917, several good UB teams took to the diamond playing some of the best teams in the country including Pitt, Army, Michigan State and Syracuse. The Bulls qualified for the NCAA Division I baseball tournament in 1971 and 1973.

## Year-by-year results

Statistics overview :
| Season | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing |
| Records unavailable (1914–1917) ||||||
| No program (1917–1948) ||||||
| Records unavailable (1949–1987) ||||||
| No program (1988–1999) ||||||
| Independent (2000) ||||||
| 2000 | Bill Breene | 12–35 | | |
| Mid-American Conference (2001–2017) ||||||
| 2001 | Bill Breene | 11–39 | 5–23 | 7th (East) |
| 2002 | Bill Breene | 16–28 | 6–17 | 6th (East) |
| 2003 | Bill Breene | 16–37 | 5–21 | 6th (East) |
| 2004 | Bill Breene | 15–39 | 4–18 | 6th (East) |
| 2005 | Bill Breene | 19–30–1 | 5–14–1 | 6th (East) |
| 2006 | Bill Breene | 15–37 | 6–21 | 6th (East) |
| 2007 | Ron Torgalski | 16–35 | 11–16 | 3rd (East) |
| 2008 | Ron Torgalski | 14–38 | 7–19 | 6th (East) |
| 2009 | Ron Torgalski | 20–35 | 6–20 | 6th (East) |
| 2010 | Ron Torgalski | 23–29 | 9–18 | 5th (East) |
| 2011 | Ron Torgalski | 14–38 | 3–22 | 6th (East) |
| 2012 | Ron Torgalski | 20–36 | 10–16 | 4th (East) |
| 2013 | Ron Torgalski | 33–24 | 19–7 | 2nd (East) |
| 2014 | Ron Torgalski | 26–26 | 13–13 | 4th (East) |
| 2015 | Ron Torgalski | 16–35 | 7–20 | 6th (East) |
| 2016 | Ron Torgalski | 13–28 | 6–15 | 6th (East) |
| 2017 | Ron Torgalski | 17–34 | 8–16 | 5th (East) |
| MAC: | MAC: | 304–568–1 | 130–296–1 | |
| Total: | Total: | | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||

## Bulls in Major League Baseball

The first Buffalo alumnus to appear in Major League Baseball was Bill Schuster, who debuted with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1937. The most notable Bull from the pre-draft era was Eddie Basinski, who picked up 147 hits in 203 games with the Pirates and Brooklyn Dodgers between 1944 and 1947.
Since the Major League Baseball Draft began in 1965, Buffalo has had 33 players selected.
Bulls in the Major League Baseball Draft :
| Year | Player | Round | Team |
| 1967 | Timothy Uraskevich | 59 | Mets |
| 1968 | Brian Hansen | 7 | Phillies |
| 1968 | Kenneth Rutkowski | 4 | Giants |
| 1968 | Timothy Uraskevich | 8 | Mets |
| 1969 | Kenneth Rutkowski | 2 | Red Sox |
| 1970 | Rich May | 38 | Orioles |
| 1970 | Paul Lang | 25 | Brewers |
| 1970 | Gary Gaiser | 6 | Pirates |
| 1973 | Joseph Piscotty | 25 | Pirates |
| 1976 | James Riedel | 38 | Dodgers |
| 1976 | Bob Amico | 22 | Dodgers |
| 1976 | John Kidd | 19 | Red Sox |
| 1976 | John Buszka | 14 | Indians |
| 1979 | Edwin Retzer | 28 | Athletics |
| 1979 | James Wojcik | 19 | Giants |
| 1980 | Pasquale Raimondo | 18 | Dodgers |
| 1980 | Dennis Howard | 5 | Blue Jays |
| 1980 | Joe Hesketh | 2 | Expos |
| 1981 | Dave Rosenhahn | 6 | Cubs |
| 1982 | Gene Dudek | 27 | Orioles |
| 1983 | Paul Daddario | 29 | Braves |
| 1983 | Pete Grimm | 3 | Reds |
| 1985 | Bob Strickland | 18 | Cubs |
| 1986 | Robert Williams | 7 | Orioles |
| 2005 | Joseph Mihalics | 34 | Mets |
| 2007 | Mike Folli | 42 | Cardinals |
| 2009 | Zach Anderson | 29 | Blue Jays |
| 2012 | Tom Murphy | 3 | Rockies |
| 2013 | Jason Kanzler | 20 | Twins |
| 2014 | Mike Burke | 30 | Orioles |
| 2014 | Tyler Mautner | 14 | Twins |
| 2015 | Nick Sinay | 22 | Blue Jays |
| 2016 | Mike Kaelin | 15 | Angels |
Joe Hesketh, a 1980 draftee of the Montreal Expos, accumulated a 9.0 WAR over eleven seasons as a left-handed pitcher from 1984 to 1994. Pitcher Steve Geltz played for the Bulls and was undrafted in 2008. He made his Major League debut in 2012 for the Los Angeles Angels.