# Central Connecticut Blue Devils baseball

The Central Connecticut Blue Devils baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Connecticut, United States. The team is a member of the Northeast Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. Central Connecticut State's first baseball team was fielded in 1935. During their time in NCAA Division II, they went to the national baseball tournament twice. The team plays its home games at CCSU Baseball Field in New Britain, which opened in 2010 and seats 1,000. The Blue Devils are coached by Charlie Hickey.
The Blue Devils have claimed eight Northeast Conference baseball tournament championships and appeared in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship eight times. The 2010 team set several offensive school records en route to a recent Regional appearance in the Norwich Regional. The 2023 team was the most recent to reach the NCAA tournament.

## Central Connecticut in the NCAA tournament

| Year | Record | Pct | Notes |
| 2002 | 0–2 | .000 | Austin Regional |
| 2003 | 0–2 | .000 | Tempe Regional |
| 2004 | 0–2 | .000 | Oklahoma City Regional |
| 2010 | 0–2 | .000 | Norwich Regional |
| 2017 | 0–2 | .000 | Fort Worth Regional |
| 2019 | 1–2 | .333 | Fayetteville Regional |
| 2021 | 0–2 | .000 | Eugene Regional |
| 2023 | 0–2 | .000 | Columbia Regional |
| TOTALS | 1-16 | .059 | |

## Coaching history

This table reflects the documented coaching history through the 2024 season.
| Name | Seasons | W | L | T | Pct |
| Jim Kaiser | 7 | 36 | 11 | 0 | .766 |
| Ed Creed | 3 | 24 | 6 | 0 | .800 |
| Hank Majlinger | 30 | 353 | 168 | 0 | .678 |
| Julian Wojtusik | 7 | 63 | 105 | 1 | .376 |
| George Redman | 14 | 258 | 274 | 4 | .485 |
| Charlie Hickey | 25 | 664 | 564 | 5 | .541 |

## Retired numbers

Central Connecticut has one retired number.
| No. | Member | Position | Career | Year No. Retired |
| 27 | Ricky Bottalico | P | 1991 | 2000 |

## Season-by-season record

| Season | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| Charlie Hickey (Northeast Conference) (2000–present) ||||||
| 2000 | Charlie Hickey | 17–31–1 | 9–11 | 3rd (North) | |
| 2001 | Charlie Hickey | 30–22 | 14–8 | T-1st (North) | NEC Tournament |
| 2002 | Charlie Hickey | 34–23 | 18–9 | 3rd | NCAA Regional |
| 2003 | Charlie Hickey | 31–17–2 | 19–6 | 1st | NCAA Regional |
| 2004 | Charlie Hickey | 41–17–1 | 20–4 | 1st | NCAA Regional |
| 2005 | Charlie Hickey | 19–28 | 10–14 | 7th | |
| 2006 | Charlie Hickey | 33–18 | 16–7 | 1st | NEC Tournament |
| 2007 | Charlie Hickey | 26–26 | 14–14 | 4th | NEC Tournament |
| 2008 | Charlie Hickey | 25–24 | 18–9 | 2nd | NEC Tournament |
| 2009 | Charlie Hickey | 26–22 | 16–11 | 3rd | NEC Tournament |
| 2010 | Charlie Hickey | 33–23 | 18–14 | 3rd | NCAA Regional |
| 2011 | Charlie Hickey | 26–25–1 | 17–14 | 5th | NEC Tournament |
| 2012 | Charlie Hickey | 28–24 | 19–13 | T-3rd | NEC Tournament |
| 2013 | Charlie Hickey | 28–25 | 16–16 | T-5th | |
| 2014 | Charlie Hickey | 27–22 | 14–10 | 2nd | NEC tournament |
| 2015 | Charlie Hickey | 17–31 | 9–15 | 6th | |
| 2016 | Charlie Hickey | 23–34 | 15–17 | 4th | NEC tournament |
| 2017 | Charlie Hickey | 36–22 | 21–7 | 2nd | NCAA Regional |
| 2018 | Charlie Hickey | 18–28 | 12–16 | 6th | |
| 2019 | Charlie Hickey | 31-23 | 16-8 | 2nd | NCAA Regional |
| 2020 | Charlie Hickey | 4-8 | 0-0 | T-1st | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Charlie Hickey | 28-15 | 21-9 | 2nd | NCAA Regional |
| 2022 | Charlie Hickey | 29-18 | 17-10 | 3rd | NEC tournament |
| 2023 | Charlie Hickey | 36-14 | 25-5 | 1st | NCAA Regional |
| Charlie Hickey: | Charlie Hickey: | 646-540-5 | 374-247 | | |
| 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 ||||||