
The Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team represents Mississippi State University in NCAA Division I college baseball. The team participates in the West division of the Southeastern Conference. They are currently coached by head coach John Cohen. They play home games in Dudy Noble Field. Mississippi State has played in the College World Series eight times, most recently in 2007.
MSU earned SEC Championships in 1948, 1949, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1979, 1985, 1987, and 1989, and SEC Tournament Championships in 1979, 1985, 1987, 1990, 2001, and 2005. State has also earned appearances in 29 NCAA Baseball Regionals and made it to the College World Series 8 times, finishing as high as 3rd in 1985. Between 1992 and 2003, a Bulldogs pitcher was selected in the first round of the MLB draft 6 times.
The baseball team plays at Dudy Noble Field, Polk-DeMent Stadium which holds the NCAA baseball on-campus attendance record of 14,991. Dudy Noble Field has consistently been regarded as the best place to watch a college baseball game in America.
The landscape surrounding Dudy Noble Field took on an even more impressive look in 2005 with the completion of the Palmeiro Center, a massive 68,000-square-foot climate-controlled turfed indoor practice facility located adjacent to Dudy Noble Field. The spacious facility, made possible by a generous gift from former MSU great Rafael Palmeiro and his wife Lynne. The complex, which also houses a baseball heritage room, was made possible by contributions from former Bulldog players Jeff Brantley, Will Clark, Eric DuBose, Paul Maholm, Jay Powell and Bobby Thigpen and former MSU manager Bo McKinnis.
Mississippi State has all of the top 13 and 21 of the top 23 on-campus crowds in the history of college baseball, including nine crowds over 12,000 and twenty-two over 10,000.
CWS Appearances: 1971, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1990, 1997, 1998, 2007
NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Conference Tournament Champions: 1979, 1985, 1987, 1990, 2001, 2005
Conference Champions: 1948, 1949, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1979, 1985, 1987, 1989