Baseball

The first Easter Monday baseball game was played against Wake Forest, and this tradition would continue until 1947.

Baseball was the second varsity sport (after football) added to the school by the athletics council.

The A&M College baseball team won its first state championship with a 14-7 record.

The A&M baseball team won the South Atlantic Conference championship with a record of 18-1.

The football, basketball, and baseball teams had bulldog mascots named "Togo" and "Tige."

Dave Robertson played on the football, basketball, and track teams. He was best known for baseball and set the school record in April 1911 for striking out 23 batters in one game. The record was not broken until 2009. He later played nine seasons in the National Baseball League from 1912 to 1922.

Riddick Field (formerly A&M Athletics Field and later Riddick Stadium) was named for Wallace Carl Riddick, a former president of the college and dean of the School of Engineering. The field originally hosted football and baseball games.

Harry Hartsell was hired as General Manager of Athletics and oversaw coaching of the basketball, football, track, and baseball teams.

Raleigh-area radio station WPTF began broadcasting State College baseball games.

State College won its first Big Four baseball title since 1928 with a 4-3 victory over Duke. The game was witnessed by 4,000 fans, which was the largest crowd to view a baseball game in Raleigh.

Shortstop Johnny Yvars was named the first All-American baseball player in 1952 and 1954. He was also named "All-Southern Conference" and "All-ACC."

NC State athletics teams withdrew from the Southern Conference and joined the newly formed Atlantic Coast Conference.

Doak Field opened as the new facility for the baseball team.

Sam Esposito's served as head coach of the baseball team from 1967 to 1987. His career record was 513-253-4, and he was second in career victories at NC State. During this time, the team was 1968 ACC regular-season champions and three-time ACC Tournament Champions (1973-1975). He was ACC "Coach of the Year" in 1984 and 1986. He was inducted into the NC State Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009, the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 2012, and the NC State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2014.

The baseball team won the ACC championship and placed third in the College World Series.

Multi-sport athlete Tim Stoddard was a member of the 1974 national championship basketball team and later won the 1983 World Series, making him the only person to win both a NCAA basketball title and World Series ring.

The baseball team led by coach Elliott Avent and players Carlos Rodon and Trea Turner went to the College World Series for the first time in 45 years.

Wolfpack baseball was invited to play for its third appearance in the Division I CWS. The team was later withdrawn from the CWS due to COVID-19 restrictions.