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1990 National Champions
Bulldogs vs. Braves
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First Season
1886 was the first real season according to the legendary Dan Magill who spoke with early lettermen from that period. Baseball is the oldest varsity sport on campus. C.E. Morris was the team captain, leading Georgia to a 2-0 mark in its inaugural season. The wins came against a town team from Athens and a team from Emory College in Oxford, Ga. The game against Emory was played at Union Point.
The ace pitcher of the team was Charles Ed Morris who introduced the curve ball to the South. His catcher was his brother John, who for years headed Georgia’s German department and was faculty chairman of athletics. Club teams were in existence at Georgia as early as 1867 according to Georgia historian E. Merton Coulter.
Entering the 2026 season, Georgia’s overall record is 2,502-1,889-24.
First Coach
“Hustlin” Hughie Jennings served as coach beginning in 1895 until 1899. Jennings, a former standout for the Baltimore Orioles who also managed the Detroit Tigers from 1907-20, was one of the first 35 men elected into baseball’s Hall of Fame. During Jennings’ tenure, scores began to be recorded.
First Field
Herty Field, named for Charles Herty a Georgia graduate and later a chemistry professor, spearheaded the efforts to re-do the school’s athletic field as a home to all of its sports. He earned his doctorate at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and during this time he learned more about a different version of the sport of rugby, referred to as a football. Herty is credited with introducing the sport of football to his alma mater and serving as the first coach. Along with attracting Pop Warner, a former Cornell captain to eventually coach Georgia in football in 1895, he also helped Hughie Jennings become the first baseball coach. Steadman V. Sanford followed Herty as “physical director” and by 1912, a new facility for both baseball and football was built and eventually named Sanford Field.
First Championship
In 1908, team captain Frank Martin led UGA to a 20-2 campaign and its first-ever Southern Championship. The team’s record of 20 straight wins stands today. The two losses came to professional teams in exhibitions.
Famed sportswriter Grantland Rice, then sports editor of the Atlanta Journal, called the 1908 team “the greatest baseball team - or any other kind of team - ever assembled in the South.” Georgia won its first SEC title in 1933.
Bulldogs in the Major Leagues
Claude Derrick began his career with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1909 and played on two World Championship teams in 1910 and 1911. In 1912 with Baltimore, Derrick was the first roommate of rookie George Herman Ruth, better known as “The Babe.” A total of 43 former Bulldogs have reached the Major League level. Pitchers Jonathan Cannon (Chicago White Sox) and Zac Kristofak (Los Angeles Angels) plus infielder Aaron Schunk (Colorado Rockies) made their debut in 2024.
There have been 12 first round draft picks in Georgia baseball history: Larry Littleton (1976), Jeff Pyburn (1980), Derek Lilliquist and Cris Carpenter (1987), Kendall Rhine (1992), Brooks Brown (2006), Gordon Beckham and Joshua Fields (2008), Zach Cone (2011), Robert Tyler (2016), Emerson Hancock (2020) and Charlie Condon (2024). Condon was the third overall pick, which marks the highest drafted Bulldog in school history.
1990 National Champions And The College World Series
Georgia earned the 1990 NCAA crown after defeating Oklahoma State 2-1 in the College World Series (CWS) title game. Also, they made a trip to the White House and met President George Bush. Mike Rebhan was named Most Outstanding Player in the CWS after beating the Stanford Cardinal and Mike Mussina twice. In 1996 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the CWS, Rebhan was named to the CWS All-Decade team for the 1990s.
Georgia's other trips to the CWS came in 1987 under Steve Webber, 2001 under Ron Polk, 2004, 2006 and 2008 under David Perno. Also of note, the Bulldogs reached the CWS Finals in 2008.
Foley Field
Georgia has played here since 1966. In 1990, the field was renovated at a cost of $3.5 million and then after the 2014 season, a $12 million “Foley Field Revival” project was completed. Most recently, a $45 million renovation of Foley Field was completed in 2025 which has continued to elevate both the player and fan experience at a ballpark known to many as the Wrigley Field of the SEC.
With an updated capacity of 3,633, the ballpark has a neighborhood feel that rivals any of its league counterparts in terms of fan experience and entertainment. Fans can feel like their right on top of the action with excellent sight lines throughout the facility. There’s even a field level premium area behind home plate that stretches to each dugout.
The Player Development features include:
*A new pitching lab and hitting tunnels with the latest technology
*A weight room, nutrition station and coaches’ office
*The entire playing field along with foul territory now features a new AstroTurf surface.
*The two-year project began in 2024 when the Bulldogs enjoyed a new locker room and team meeting room plus the facility added stadium LED lights.
Overall, fans have new seating options, enhanced experiences throughout the venues plus multiple new premium spaces. The stadium area is covered seating except for a new, small section down the third base line past the Bulldog dugout.
In 2001, Foley Field served as host to an NCAA Regional and Super Regional as the Bulldogs advanced to the College World Series. In 2004, Georgia played host to an NCAA Regional again and ultimately reached the College World Series after winning a Super Regional at Ga. Tech. In 2006 and 2008, Georgia played host to and won another regional and super regional to reach the College World Series. In 2018 and 2019, Georgia served as a regional host for the fifth and sixth time in school history. The 2024 Bulldogs played host to and won a regional and then fell in a super regional at Foley Field. The 2025 Bulldogs played host to an NCAA Regional as well.
Largest Crowds
Home: 4,461. On March 21, 2009, third-ranked Georgia beat 25th-ranked Miss. State 4-0.
Road: 28,836. #15 Ga. Tech beat #12 Georgia 12-5 at Turner Field in Atlanta on May 11, 2004. At the time, it ranked as the second largest crowd to see a college baseball game in NCAA history.
Longest Tenure at the Helm
“Big Jim” Whatley served as the Georgia mentor for 25 seasons (1950, ’52-’75), recording 336 wins, second most in Bulldog history. Whatley passed away in May of 2001 at the age of 88.
National Honors
Georgia has had 29 Bulldogs earn All-America honors 73 times in the program’s history including most recently Robbie Burnett (OF) and Ryland Zaborowski (DH) in 2025 plus Charlie Condon (3B/OF) and Corey Collins (1B) in 2024.
Four times in Bulldog history, Georgia has had a player win National Player/Pitcher of the Year honors. Outfielder Ron Wenrich was named National Freshman of the Year in 1985 while Condon was a consensus selection for this honor in 2023. Derek Lilliquist was named National Pitcher of the Year in 1987. In 2008, Gordon Beckham (SS) and Joshua Fields (RHP) earned All-America honors, and it marked the first time in school history that Georgia had a pair of All-Americans in the same season. Fields was named the National Closer of the Year in 2008.
In 2019, Aaron Schunk (3B/RHP) was named the John Olerud Award winner which goes to the nation's top two-way player. Also in 2019, Cam Shepherd became the third Bulldog to earn a Gold Glove from Rawlings/ABCA as he was named the nation's best Division I shortstop. Shepherd joined Jonathan Wyatt (OF/2007) and Rich Poythress (1B/2008) to earn a Gold Glove. In 2020, Emerson Hancock earned First Team Academic All-America honors.
In 2024, Condon swept every major award, taking home the Golden Spikes Award, the Dick Howser Trophy, the Bobby Bragan National Collegiate Slugger of the Year plus was named the National Player of the Year by Baseball America, D1Baseball.com and Perfect Game.
Most Successful Major Leaguer
Spurgeon “Spud” Chandler, who pitched for the Bulldogs from 1929-32, went on to play for the New York Yankees from 1937-47. He was a part of seven World Series teams, including six that won championships.
DID YOU KNOW? When New York Yankee great Yogi Berra was called up to the big leagues, the first pitcher he caught was Spud Chandler.
Winningest Coach
Steve Webber is the winningest coach in the history of the program as he compiled a 500-403-1 record in 16 seasons (1981-1996). He led the Bulldogs to two College World Series appearances (1987, ’90), including a national championship in 1990. In 1987, Georgia finished the regular season with the best SEC record at 18-8. One of Webber’s former players, David Perno, directed the Bulldog program from 2002-13, winning two SEC titles and making three trips to the College World Series including reaching the CWS Finals in 2008.
Webber was part of the Class of 2018 inducted into UGA’s prestigious Circle of Honor. The Circle of Honor is designed to pay tribute to extraordinary student-athletes and coaches who by their performance and conduct have brought honor to the university and themselves, and who by their actions have contributed to the tradition of the Georgia Bulldogs. Webber passed away in 2022.
Current Coach
On June 5, 2023, Wes Johnson was named the 26th baseball coach in Georgia history. A native of Sherwood, Ark., Johnson became the first pitching coach in Major League Baseball (MLB) history to make the move directly from the college ranks to the big leagues when he was hired by the Minnesota Twins in November of 2018. He has served as a collegiate pitching coach at several schools including Dallas Baptist, Mississippi State, Arkansas and left the Twins to join LSU in 2023. In his only season with the Tigers, he helped LSU win the national championship. Eight hurlers on the Tigers staff were selected in the 2023 MLB Draft including the top overall pick in Paul Skenes.
In his first season at Georgia, Johnson led the Bulldogs to within a game of the College World Series as the Bulldogs posted a 43-17 record and finished with a No. 10 final national ranking. In year two of the Johnson era, Georgia was a top 10 ranked team all season, climbing as high as No. 1. The Bulldogs played host to an NCAA Regional as a national seed for the second consecutive year and finished with a 43-17 mark. During the 2025 season, Johnson and UGA agreed to a contract extension through 2031.
