Wofford students were playing baseball several years before the first football game. Legend holds that the first games on campus were between students and some of the federal soldiers stationed in Spartanburg during Reconstruction.
Below is an excerpt from the June 1903 Wofford College Journal detailing some of the exploits of the 1903 baseball season.
A very successful season in the baseball line has just been completed by the Wofford team. From first to last the members of the team have been faithful in their practicing, earnest in their efforts, and determined in their purpose to represent the college well. They have played will, and the whole college community appreciates to the fullest the high character of ball playing the boys have done. During the entire season there were fourteen games played with other colleges -- and out of these fourteen we won eight and yielded six.Not all the games were what would be considered excellent games. Those played with the North Carolina teams, with the possible exception of the one with Trinity College, were splendid exhibitions of base ball playing. The game with the University of North Carolina, in which the University won by a score of 2 to 0, was perhaps the most beautiful game that has ever been play(ed) on our grounds.
In the Trinity game, about which mention has been made, neither team played the usual game. Trinity was broken up, having just played several hard games. Wofford's pitcher (was) disabled and the team in general playing at low ebb.
The Davidson game was fast and exciting -- keeping the enthusiasts guessing as to which team should strike the decisive blow. Davidson came out in the lead by one point, the score being 3 to 2.
The Wake Forest boys put up a good game, but from the beginning it was evident that Wofford's team was the stronger. 
The games in the State, some of them were good. We lost two games to Clemson College, one to Erskine.
The tour through Tennessee resulted most successfully to our team. In the three games played our boys were triumphant, winning too off University of Tennessee at Knoxville, and taking one from Sewanee.
Photos: The 1903 baseball team, the team from 1905.
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