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American college baseball team

Bradley Braves
2024 Bradley Braves baseball team

Founded	1898
Conference history	Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1911–1937)
University	Bradley University
Head coach	Elvis Dominguez (16th season)
Conference	Missouri Valley
Location	Peoria, Illinois
Home stadium	Dozer Park (Capacity: 8,500)
Nickname	Braves
Colors	Red and white
College World Series appearances
1950, 1956
NCAA Tournament appearances
1950, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1962, 1968, 2015
Conference tournament champions
1950, 1956, 1959, 1962, 1968
Regular season conference champions
1926, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1937, 1942, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1968

The Bradley Braves baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, United States. The team competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I and are members of the Missouri Valley Conference. The Braves have played in seven NCAA Tournaments, going in 1950, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1962, 1968 and 2015.

Bradley in the NCAA Tournament

Year	Record	Pct	Notes
1950	0–2	.000	College World Series 7th place
1956	3–2	.600	College World Series 3rd place, District 5 Champions
1957	0–2	.000	District 5
1959	0–2	.000	District 5
1962	0–2	.000	District 5
1968	0–2	.000	District 5
2015	1–2	.333	Louisville Regional
TOTALS	4–14	.222

Main article: Dozer Park

Dozer Park has been home to the Braves baseball team since 2003. The stadium is located in downtown Peoria, and is also home to the Peoria Chiefs.

Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1898–1900, 1903, 1907, 1909	no coach	6	36–21	.632
1901	N. Gibson	1	8–3	.727
1902	Pink Voris	1	8–5	.615
1904–1905	D. Seisler	1	14–8	.636
1906	C. Hughes	1	5–7	.417
1908	L. Holsinger	1	12–2	.857
1910–1911, 1914–1918	Fred Brown	7	26–20	.565
1912	R. Schenck	1	5–4	.556
1913	Les Lord	1	5–1	.833
1919	Harold Olsen	1	0–1	.000
1920	Joe Bike	1	7–4	.636
1921–1942, 1946–1948	Alfred J. Robertson	25	242–156–6	.606
1949–1972	Leo Schrall	24	346–188–3	.647
1973–1979	Chuck Buescher	7	127–136–1	.483
1980–2008	Dewey Kalmer	28	842–772–4	.522
2009–present	Elvis Dominguez	14	319–350–1	.477
Totals	15 coaches	120 seasons	2,002–1,678–15	.544

"Bradley University Athletics Official Athletics Brand Identity - Usage and Style Guide" (PDF). March 30, 2016. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
"Dozer Park". www.bradleybraves.com. Bradley University. Retrieved July 5, 2018.

v t e Missouri Valley Conference baseball
Teams	Belmont Bruins Bradley Braves Evansville Purple Aces Illinois State Redbirds Indiana State Sycamores Missouri State Bears (leaving in 2025) Murray State Racers Southern Illinois Salukis UIC Flames Valparaiso Beacons
Tournament	Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament

v t e Bradley Braves baseball
Venues	Tom Connor Field (????–1969) Vonachen Stadium (1970–2001) Dozer Park (2002–present)
Seasons	1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics

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