Rick Hirtensteiner

Rick Hirtensteiner
	Hirtensteiner with Pepperdine in 2010
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Pepperdine
Conference	WCC
Record	179–188
Biographical details
Born	October 9, 1967 (age 56); Riverside, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Pepperdine University
Playing career
1986–1989	Pepperdine
1989	Bend Bucks
1989	Palm Springs Angels
1990	Quad Cities Angels
1991	Salt Lake City Trappers
1992	Harrisburg Senators
1993	Ottawa Lynx
1993	St. Paul Saints
1994	Brevard County Manatees
1994	Portland Sea Dogs
Position(s)	Outfielder
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996–1997	Lamar (Asst)
1998–2015	Pepperdine (Asst)
2016–present	Pepperdine
Head coaching record
Overall	179–188
Tournaments	WCC: 3–4; NCAA: 0–0
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	West Coast (2018);
Awards
	West Coast Conference Player of the Year (1989); College Baseball All-American (1989); West Coast Conference Coach of the Year (2018);
Medal record
Baseball
Representing United States
Pan American Games

Last updated February 03, 2024

Richard Scott Hirtensteiner (born October 9, 1967) is the head coach for the Pepperdine Waves baseball team as of December 2020.^[1] He previously played at Pepperdine for four years, earning All-American honors in 1989. In 1987, he represented the United States in the Pan American Games.^[2] From 1989 to 1994, he played professionally.^[3]

Playing career

In 877 at-bats at Pepperdine, he hit .336 with 27 home runs and 176 RBI. In his All-American senior year, he slashed .366/.469/.620 with 12 home runs, 41 RBI and 13 steals.^[4] In the 1987 Pan American Games, he batted .409. In 1988, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL) and was named a league all-star.^[5]^[6]

He was drafted three times, last by the California Angels in the 8th round of the 1989 Major League Baseball Draft. He played in the Angels system through 1990 before joining the unaffiliated Salt Lake City Trappers in 1991. With them, he hit .356 with 11 home runs and 20 RBI in 70 games. He joined the Montreal Expos system in 1992, played briefly at Triple-A in 1993 (spending most of the year in the independent ranks) and finished his career in the Florida Marlins system in 1994.^[7]

Coaching career

He later became an assistant coach at Lamar University before joining Pepperdine as an assistant. In 1998, he returned to the CCBL as an assistant coach for the Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox ^[6] He became Pepperdine's head coach in 2015.^[8]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Pepperdine Waves (West Coast Conference)(2016–present)
2016	Pepperdine	29–24	16–11	4th	West Coast Tournament
2017	Pepperdine	20–32	8–19	8th
2018	Pepperdine	31–24	17–10	1st	West Coast Tournament
2019	Pepperdine	24–24	14–13	T-6th
2020	Pepperdine	12–3	0–0		Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021	Pepperdine	20–25	12–15	7th
2022	Pepperdine	24–26	12–15	7th
2023	Pepperdine	19–30	8–19	T–8th
Pepperdine:		179–188	87–102
Total:		179–188
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

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References

↑ Pepperdine names Rick Hirtensteiner as new baseball head coach
↑ THE 1987 PAN AMERICAN GAMES : Baseball : Puerto Rico Makes U.S. Go 11 Innings to Stay Unbeaten
↑ BR Minors page
↑ The Baseball Cube
↑ "Caps' Dave Staton Heads List of Cape League East Stars". The Cape Codder. Orleans, MA. July 12, 1988. p. 22.
1 2 Winer, Jerry (June 11, 1998). "Key Players Return for Y-D's '98 Campaign". Yarmouth Register. Yarmouth, MA. p. 16.
↑ BR Minors
↑ Pepperdine page

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[1] Pepperdine names Rick Hirtensteiner as new baseball head coach

[2] THE 1987 PAN AMERICAN GAMES : Baseball : Puerto Rico Makes U.S. Go 11 Innings to Stay Unbeaten

[3] BR Minors page

[4] The Baseball Cube

[5] "Caps' Dave Staton Heads List of Cape League East Stars". The Cape Codder. Orleans, MA. July 12, 1988. p. 22.

[YD-6] 1 2 Winer, Jerry (June 11, 1998). "Key Players Return for Y-D's '98 Campaign". Yarmouth Register. Yarmouth, MA. p. 16.

[7] BR Minors

[8] Pepperdine page

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