2019 Oregon State Beavers baseball team

The 2019 Oregon State Beavers baseball team began the season as the defending national champion and represented Oregon State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. Despite a successful season that saw them ranked as high as No. 1 and selected to host the first round of the 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, the Beavers were eliminated from the first round of the Corvallis Regional.

2019 Oregon State Beavers baseball
NCAA Tournament, Corvallis Regional
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 23
CBNo. 20
2019 record36–20–1 (21–8 Pac-12)
Head coachPat Bailey (interim) (1st season)
Assistant coaches
  • Nate Yeskie (11th season)
  • Andy Jenkins (7th season)
  • Ryan Gipson (1st season)
Home stadiumGoss Stadium at Coleman Field
2019 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
No. 7 UCLA  y 2450 .828  52110 .825
No. 10 Stanford  y 2270 .759  45140 .763
Oregon State  y 2180 .724  36201 .640
California  y 17110 .607  32200 .615
Arizona State  y 16130 .552  38190 .667
Arizona   15140 .517  32240 .571
USC   13151 .466  25291 .464
Washington   12170 .414  28240 .538
Oregon   10190 .345  27290 .482
Utah   6240 .200  16330 .327
Washington State   3251 .121  11411 .217
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of July 16, 2019[1]; Rankings from D1Baseball

For the first time in 24 seasons, the team was led by someone other than head coach Pat Casey, who retired from Oregon State following their third national championship under his stewardship.[2] Associate head coach Pat Bailey was given the title of interim head coach, leading to speculation that Pat Casey could return.[3] On June 4, 2019, Oregon State Athletic Director Scott Barnes released a statement that Casey would not exercise his option to return as head coach but would remain in his current position as senior associate athletic director and be a consultant during the search for a new head coach.[4] On June 13, 2019, Mitch Canham, former All-American and player on the 2006 and 2007 national championship teams, was hired as head coach.[5]

Roster

2019 Oregon State Beavers roster[6]
 

Pitchers

  • 11 Walling, Andrew - Freshman
  • 12 Tweedt, Sam - Senior
  • 19 Pfennigs, Jake - Freshman
  • 22 Gambrell, Grant - Junior
  • 23 Abel, Kevin - Sophomore
  • 24 Burns, Nathan - Sophomore
  • 25 Mundt, Joey - Freshman
  • 26 Fehmel, Bryce - Senior
  • 29 Soulages, Bret - Freshman
  • 32 Verburg, Mitchell - Sophomore
  • 34 Chamberlain, Christian - Sophomore
  • 37 Eisert, Brandon - Junior
  • 38 Mulholland, Jake - Junior
  • 49 Pearce, Dylan - Senior
 

Infielders

  • 1 McMahan, Kyler - Sophomore
  • 2 Harvey, Jake - Freshman
  • 3 Gretler, Matthew - Freshman
  • 4 Philip, Beau - Junior
  • 7 Malone, Tyler - Junior
  • 9 Armstrong, Andy - Junior
  • 13 Mendazona, George - Sophomore
  • 15 Dukart, Jake - Freshman
  • 18 Ober, Ryan - Sophomore
  • 20 Clayton, Zach - Sophomore
  • 28 Meckler, Wade - Freshman
  • 44 McGarry, Alex - Sophomore
 

Catchers

  • 16 Taylor, Zak - Senior
  • 17 Claunch, Troy - Sophomore
  • 30 Zalesky, Zack - Sophomore
  • 35 Rutschman, Adley - Junior

Outfielders

  • 6 Casey, Joe - Sophomore
  • 14 Willy, Elliot - Sophomore
  • 33 Jones, Preston - Junior
  • 36 Fuchs, Greg - Freshman
  • 40 Booth, Carter - Freshman
 

= Injured = Redshirt

Schedule and results

Legend
 Oregon State win
 Oregon State loss
 Postponement/Tie
BoldOregon State team member
2019 Oregon State Beavers Baseball Game Log[7]
Regular Season
Postseason

Corvallis Regional

Corvallis Regional Teams
(1) Oregon State Beavers (2) Creighton Bluejays (3) Michigan Wolverines (4) Cincinnati Bearcats
  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1 Oregon State 5  
4 Cincinnati 6  
  4 Cincinnati 4  
  3 Michigan 10  
3 Michigan 6
2 Creighton 0  
  3 Michigan 7 17
  2 Creighton 11 6
1 Oregon State 1  
2 Creighton 4  
  2 Creighton 6
  4 Cincinnati 1  

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Final 
Coaches'[8] 5 5* 5* 2 1 2 7 6 3 4 2 4 11 12 12 14 14* 14* 14* 23 
Baseball America[9] 10 10 10 7 6 7 8 7 7 5 4 4 12 11 11 16 16* 16* 16* 19 
Collegiate Baseball^[10] 7 7 5 3 3 4 7 6 5 4 3 5 11 10 10 12 20 20 20* 20 
NCBWA[11] 5 5 3 2 2 4 7 4 2 4 3 4 12 12 12 12 12* 12* 12* 21 
D1Baseball 8 7 6 4 3 7 7 6 4 2 2 3 12 11 12 16 16* 16* 16* NR

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

Awards

 

Adley Rutschman

  • Golden Spikes Award
  • Dick Howser Trophy
  • Buster Posey Award
  • Baseball America National Player of the Year
  • Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Year
  • Perfect Game National Player of the Year
  • D1Baseball.com National Player of the Year
  • Consensus First-Team All-American
  • Pac-12 Player of the Year
  • Pac-12 co-Defensive Player of the Year
  • Pac-12 Batting Champion (.419 avg)
  • All-Pac-12 First Team
  • All-Pac-12 Defensive Team
  • NCBWA National player of the Month (April)
  • Two-time Pac-12 Player of the Week (March 19, April 8)


Rest of team

Pac-12 All Conference First Team

  • Alex McGarry
  • Jake Mulholland

Pac-12 All Defensive Team

  • Bryce Fehmel

Pac-12 Honorable Mention

  • Andy Armstrong
  • Brandon Eisert
  • Bryce Fehmel
  • Grant Gambrell
  • Preston Jones
  • Beau Philip
  • Mitchell Verburg

Major League Baseball Draft

Adley Rutschman became the first player in Oregon State history to be the #1 Major League Baseball pick when the Baltimore Orioles selected him first overall in the 2019 MLB draft . The previous highest pick was Nick Madrigal, who was selected 4th overall by the Chicago White Sox in the 2018 MLB draft.[12]


2019 MLB Draft results
Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Adley RutschmanC1st1stBaltimore Orioles
Beau PhilipSS2nd60thAtlanta Braves
Grant GambrellRHP3rd80thKansas City Royals
Brandon EisertLHP18th537thToronto Bluejays
Bryce FehmelRHP21st626thSan Francisco Giants
Tyler MaloneOF27th803rdSan Diego Padres

References

  1. "Pac-12 Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  2. Joel Odom (September 6, 2018). "Pat Casey, Oregon State Beavers baseball coach, announces retirement". www.oregonlive.com. Advance Local Media LLC. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
  3. Nick Daschel (September 14, 2018). "Provision in Pat Casey's revised Oregon State contract opens the door to return as baseball coach". www.oregonlive.com. The Oregonian. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  4. Bob Lundeberg (June 4, 2019). "Pat Casey decides not to return as Oregon State baseball coach, and Beavers' national search already underway". www.oregonlive.com. The Oregonian. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
  5. Nick Daschel (June 14, 2019). "Oregon State hires former Beaver catcher Mitch Canham as baseball coach, replacing Pat Casey". www.oregonlive.com. The Oregonian. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
  6. "2019 Baseball Roster". Oregon State Beavers. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  7. "2019 Baseball Schedule". Oregon State Beavers. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  8. USA Today Coaches Poll
  9. Baseball America Poll
  10. Collegiate Baseball Poll
  11. NCBWA Poll
  12. "Baltimore Orioles select Oregon State catcher Adley Rutschman with first pick of 2019 MLB first-year player draft". Oregonlive.com. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
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