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First Full Varsity Season: 1864

All-Time Full Varsity Record: 2,208-1,890 (.539)

1864	Princeton's first varsity sport, baseball makes its intercollegiate debut in Nov. 1864. The Tigers played host to Williams College.
1875	Joseph E. (Mac) Mann is credited with pitching the first no-hit, no-run game in baseball history, shutting out Yale on May 29, 1875.
1877	Leonidas Lee becomes the first Princeton player to reach the major leagues, playing for St. Louis.
1910	Bill Clarke becomes the first paid coach in Princeton history. In 36 seasons spread across three different stints, he amassed a 564-322-10 (.642) record.
1939	Princeton takes part in the first televised baseball game. Taking place on May 17, 1939 at Columbia's Baker Field, NBC broadcast the second game of a Lions-Tigers doubleheader. Princeton won, 2-1.
1941	A charter member of the EIBL, the Orange and Black claim the first of 10 league titles during the conference's 63-year existence (1930-92).
1951	The Tigers make their first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance. Princeton dropped a pair of games to the University of Southern California and Tennessee at the College World Series in Omaha, Neb.
1965	Picked by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 19th round, Jack Singer becomes the first Princeton player to be drafted in the first MLB amateur draft. Since 1965, 46 Tigers have been chosen in the annual draft.
1971	Robert Schiffner becomes Princeton's highest ever draft pick, going 37th overall in the 1971 June secondary draft by the New York Yankees. At the time, high school players were drafted in a January draft and college players were chosen in June.
1985	Princeton captures its ninth EIBL title. With a 29-12 overall record, the Tigers earn their third berth into the NCAA Tournament.
1991	The Tigers lay claim to their final 10th and final championship as a member of the EIBL. When Army and Navy joined the Patriot League following the 1992 season, the Ivy League split into two four-team divisions.
1996	Princeton lays claim to the first of seven Ivy League crowns. Going 26-21 (13-7 Ivy), the Orange and Black advance to the NCAA Tournament before dropping a pair of games to Alabama and Virginia.
1998	Scott Bradley named the program's 14th head coach. In charge of the Tigers ever since, he has amassed 346 victories, leading Princeton to six Ivy titles, six NCAA Tournament appearances and 10, 20-win seasons.
2001	Princeton wins its third Ivy League championship with a 23-15 (16-7 Ivy) record. Ryan Quillian becomes the first Tiger to be named the conference's Pitcher of the Year.
2011	The Tigers capture their seventh Ivy title and make their 11th NCAA Tournament appearance.
2013	Mike Ford becomes the first Ivy League student-athlete to be named both the conference Player and Pitcher of the Year in the same season.

The 150th anniversary of the first intercollegiate athletic event in Princeton University history will be Nov. 22, 2014, which will be 150 years to the day that Princeton defeated Williams 27-16 in a baseball game. As part of the 150th celebration, Princeton will be commemorating the history of each of its 38 varsity teams, in reverse order of the time they became varsity programs.

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