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{{Short description|Baseball team of the University of Illinois at Chicago}}
{{Infobox college baseball team
| name = UIC Flames
| current = 2025 UIC Flames baseball team
| logo = UIC Flames wordmark.svg
| logo_size = 
| founded = {{Start date|1949}}
| university = University of Illinois at Chicago
| athletic_director = Michael Lipitz
| coach = [[Sean McDermott (baseball)|Sean McDermott]]
| tenure = 4th
| conference = [[Missouri Valley Conference|MVC]]
| division = 
| location = [[Chicago, Illinois]]
| stadium = [[Les Miller Field at Curtis Granderson Stadium]]
| capacity = 1,000
| nickname = [[UIC Flames|Flames]]
| conference_history =
* [[Summit League|Mid Continent Conference]] (1984–1994)
* [[Horizon League]] (1995–2022)
| national_champion = 
| cws = 
| ncaa_tourneys = 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2017, 2019
| conference_tournament = 1990, 1993, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008
| conference_champion = 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2017
}}
The '''UIC Flames baseball team''' is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the [[University of Illinois at Chicago]] in [[Chicago, Illinois]], United States.<ref name="baseball">{{cite web|title=Illinois-Chicago |publisher=d1baseball.com |url=http://d1baseball.com/team/illchicago/ |access-date=March 13, 2020}}</ref> The team is a member of the [[Missouri Valley Conference]], which is part of the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]'s [[Division I (NCAA)|Division I]]. The team plays its home games at [[Les Miller Field at Curtis Granderson Stadium]] in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. The Flames are coached by [[Sean McDermott (baseball)|Sean McDermott]] and assisted by hitting coach Jimmy “no hips” Frankos.

==UIC in the NCAA Tournament==
{| class="wikitable"
{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=UIC Flames|Year|Record|Pct|Notes}}
|-
| [[2003 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|2003]]
| 0–2
| {{Winpct|0|2}}
| [[2003_NCAA_Division_I_baseball_tournament#Palo_Alto_Super_Regional|Palo Alto Regional]]
|-
| [[2005 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|2005]]
| 0–2
| {{Winpct|0|2}}
| [[2005_NCAA_Division_I_baseball_tournament#Lincoln_Super_Regional|Lincoln Regional]]
|-
| [[2007 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|2007]]
| 1–2
| {{Winpct|1|2}}
| [[2007_NCAA_Division_I_baseball_tournament#Fullerton_Super_Regional|Long Beach Regional]]
|-
| [[2008 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|2008]]
| 1–2
| {{Winpct|1|2}}
| [[2008_NCAA_Division_I_baseball_tournament#Houston_Super_Regional|College Station Regional]]
|-
| [[2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|2017]]
| 0–2
| {{Winpct|0|2}}
| [[2017_NCAA_Division_I_baseball_tournament#Baton_Rouge_Super_Regional|Hattiesburg Regional]]
|-
| [[2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|2019]]
| 0–2
| {{Winpct|0|2}}
| [[2019_NCAA_Division_I_baseball_tournament#Louisville_Super_Regional|Louisville Regional]]
|-
| {{center|'''TOTALS'''}}
| '''2–12'''
| '''{{Winpct|2|12}}'''
|
|}

== Conference membership history ==
* 1949–1980: [[Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference]]
* 1981–1983: Independent
* 1984–1994: [[Summit League|Mid Continent Conference]]
* 1995–2022: [[Horizon League]]
* 2023–present: [[Missouri Valley Conference]]

== Les Miller Field at Curtis Granderson Stadium ==
{{main|Les Miller Field at Curtis Granderson Stadium}}
'''Les Miller Field at Curtis Granderson Stadium''' is a baseball [[stadium]] on the UIC campus in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] that seats 1,000 spectators and is named for [[Les Miller (baseball coach)|Les Miller]], UIC head baseball coach from 1949 to 1979, and [[Curtis Granderson]], an alumnus of the program. During Miller's tenure, the program won over 500 games. Granderson was named conference player of the year with the Flames in 2002 and later played in [[Major League Baseball]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://uicflames.com/facilities/curtis-granderson-stadium/4 |title=Curtis Granderson Stadium |publisher=University of Illinois at Chicago |work=www.uicflames.com |access-date=March 14, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uicflames.com/news/2007/2/21/Former_UIC_Baseball_Coach_Les_Miller_Passes_Away.aspx |title=Former UIC Baseball Coach Les Miller Passes Away |date=February 21, 2007 |publisher=University of Illinois at Chicago |work=www.uicflames.com |access-date=March 14, 2020}}</ref>

== Head coaches ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=UIC Flames|Year(s)|Coach|Seasons|W–L–T|Pct}}
|-
| 1949–1979
| Les Miller
| 31
| 509–363–5
| {{winpct|509|363|5}}
|-
| 1980–1982
| Dick Ward
| 3
| 47–102
| {{winpct|47|102}}
|-
| 1983–1998
| Dean Refakes 
| 16
| 376–467–3
| {{winpct|376|467|3}}
|-
| 1999–2021
| [[Mike Dee (baseball coach)|Mike Dee]]
| 23
| 690–522–1
| {{winpct|690|522|1}}
|-
| 2022–present
| [[Sean McDermott (baseball)|Sean McDermott]]
| 3
| 85–70
| {{winpct|85|70}}
|-
{{CollegeSecondaryHeader|team=UIC Flames|Totals|5|76|1,707–1,524–8|{{winpct|1707|1524|8}}}}
|}
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==Awards and honors==

* Over their 15 seasons in the Horizon League, 61 different Flames have been named to the all-conference first-team.

===Horizon League Player of the Year===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year!!Position!!Name
|-
|2002||OF||[[Curtis Granderson]]
|-
|2013||OF||Chuck Peters
|-
|2015||SS||Jeff Boehm
|-
|2017||C||Rob Calabrese
|}

===Horizon League Pitcher of the Year===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year!!Name
|-
|1994||Jon Piazza
|-
|1997||Jason Henry
|-
|2007||Zach Peterson
|-
|2009||Adam Worthington
|-
|2015||Jake Dahlberg
|-
|2017||Jake Dahlberg
|-
|2018||Ryan Campbell
|-
|2019||Jacob Key
|}

===Horizon League Relief Pitcher of the Year===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year!!Name
|-
|2007||David Cales
|-
|2008||Adam Worthington
|-
|2016||[[Trevor Lane]]
|-
|2017||Alex Padilla
|-
|2018||Charlie Cerny
|-
|2019||Alex Padilla
|}

===Horizon League Coach of the Year===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year!!Name
|-
|1990||Dean Refakes
|-
|1993||Dean Refakes
|-
|1999||[[Mike Dee (baseball coach)|Mike Dee]]
|-
|2000||Mike Dee
|-
|2002||Mike Dee
|-
|2003||Mike Dee
|-
|2005||Mike Dee
|-
|2006||Mike Dee
|-
|2007||Mike Dee
|-
|2008||Mike Dee
|-
|2015||Mike Dee
|-
|2017||Mike Dee
|}

<ref>{{cite web |url=https://horizonleague.org/documents/2019/6/18/2019_20_Baseball_Record_Book.pdf |title=2020 Horizon League Baseball Record Book |publisher=Horizon League |work=www.horizonleague.org |access-date=March 14, 2020}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of NCAA Division I baseball programs]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official webpage|https://uicflames.com/sports/baseball}} 

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