University of Rhode Island

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Rhode Island Rams Kingston, RI

Name History:

Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts	1892-1909
Rhode Island State College	1909-51
University of Rhode Island	1951-date

Baseball Team History:

Year	Record	Coach
1898	6-2
1899	3-1
1900	4-2
1901
1902
1903
1904-06		No Team
1907	9-3
1908	3-4
1909	3-3-1
1910	2-5
1911	3-5
1912	2-7
1913	2-6
1914	2-6
1915	7-2
1916	3-4
1917	5-2
1918		No Team
1919	6-8
1920	4-5
1921	4-5
1922		No Team
1923	7-5
1924	5-5
1925	5-8
1926	7-7-1	Frank W. Keaney
1927	9-4	Frank W. Keaney
1928	11-1	Frank W. Keaney
1929	8-6	Frank W. Keaney
1930	11-3	Frank W. Keaney
1931	9-1	Frank W. Keaney
1932	11-1	Frank W. Keaney
1933	13-1	Frank W. Keaney
1934	8-5	Frank W. Keaney
1935	10-3	Frank W. Keaney
1936	10-6	Frank W. Keaney
1937	16-4	Frank W. Keaney
1938	10-8	Frank W. Keaney
1939	12-3	Frank W. Keaney
1940	7-6	Frank W. Keaney
1941	11-3	Frank W. Keaney
1942-45		No Team
1946	1-3	Frank W. Keaney
1947	5-1	Frank W. Keaney
1948	8-5	Frank W. Keaney
1949	14-3	Vic Paladino
1950	9-7	Vic Paladino
1951	7-9-1	Vic Paladino
1952	6-10	Vic Paladino
1953	5-11	Vic Paladino
1954	4-12	William M.H. Beck
1955	10-8	William M.H. Beck
1956	10-7	William M.H. Beck
1957	7-9-1	William M.H. Beck
1958	7-9	William M.H. Beck
1959	2-11	William M.H. Beck
1960	8-6-1	John F. Chironna
1961	8-9	John F. Chironna
1962	5-12-1	Pete Stark
1963	5-8	Bob Butler
1964	5-13	Bob Butler
1965	3-15	Bob Butler
1966	6-11	Bob Butler
1967	4-13-1	Bob Butler
1968	10-12-1	Bob Butler
1969	5-13	Brinton C. Piez
1970	9-6	John S. Norris
1971	6-12	John S. Norris
1972	7-11	John S. Norris
1973	6-14	John S. Norris
1974	8-9	John S. Norris
1975	7-14-2	John S. Norris
1976	9-13	John S. Norris
1977	11-13	John S. Norris
1978	13-17	John S. Norris
1979	12-15	John S. Norris
1980	15-13	John S. Norris
1981	14-18	John S. Norris
1982	17-19	John S. Norris
1983	15-22	John S. Norris
1984	22-18	John S. Norris
1985	14-16-1	John S. Norris
1986	14-15-1	John S. Norris
1987	9-22	John S. Norris
1988	10-28	Dave Morris
1989	15-25	Dave Morris
1990	11-23-2	Dave Morris
1991	15-27	Dave Morris
1992	8-25-1	Dave Morris
1993	12-26	Franklin D. Leoni, Jr.
1994	2-39-1	Franklin D. Leoni, Jr.
1995	12-31	Franklin D. Leoni, Jr.
1996	15-24	Franklin D. Leoni, Jr.
1997	14-28-1	Franklin D. Leoni, Jr.
1998	19-24	Franklin D. Leoni, Jr.
1999	22-28	Franklin D. Leoni, Jr.
2000	24-25-1	Franklin D. Leoni, Jr.
2001	27-23	Franklin D. Leoni, Jr.
2002	24-28	Franklin D. Leoni, Jr.
2003	26-26	Franklin D. Leoni, Jr.
2004	35-20-1	Franklin D. Leoni, Jr.
2005	34-21	Franklin D. Leoni, Jr.
2006	34-16	James T. Foster
2007	23-30	James T. Foster
2008	31-27-1	James T. Foster

Major League Players

Name	Birthplace	Dates Played at College	Major League Debut
Thomas H. Catterson	Warwick, RI	1903	9/19/1908
Angelo G. Dagres	Newburyport, MA	1955	9/11/1955
David R. Stenhouse	Westerly, RI	1952-55	4/18/1962

bold	member of Rhode Island Hall of Fame

Conference Affiliations:

Yankee Conference	1957-79
Atlantic 10 Conference	1981-date

Highlights:

Norman P. Gigon (DB 4/12/1967) attended

Yankee Conference champion 1974...Atlantic 10 Conference (East Division) champion 2003-05...Atlantic 10 Conference champion 2006…Atlantic 10 Conference tournament champion 2005