2019 Oregon State Beavers baseball team

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2019 Oregon State Beavers baseball
Oregon State Beavers wordmark.svg
NCAA tournament, Corvallis Regional
Conference Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 23
CB No. 20
Record36–20–1 (21–8 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Nate Yeskie (11th season)
  • Andy Jenkins (7th season)
  • Ryan Gipson (1st season)
Home stadium Goss Stadium at Coleman Field
Seasons
  2018
2020  
2019 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 7 UCLA  y2450 .82852110 .825
No. 10 Stanford  y2270 .75945140 .763
Oregon State  y2180 .72436201 .640
California  y17110 .60732200 .615
Arizona State  y16130 .55238190 .667
Arizona  15140 .51732240 .571
USC  13151 .46625291 .464
Washington  12170 .41428240 .538
Oregon  10190 .34527290 .482
Utah  6240 .20016330 .327
Washington State  3251 .12111411 .217
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of July 16, 2019 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

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.

Contents

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 Andrew Walling - Freshman
  • 12 Sam Tweedt - Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 19 Jake Pfennigs - Freshman
  • 22 Grant Gambrell - Junior
  • 23 Kevin Abel - Sophomore Injury icon 2.svg
  • 24 Nathan Burns - Sophomore
  • 25 Joey Mundt - Freshman
  • 26 Bryce Fehmel - Senior
  • 29 Bret Soulages - Freshman
  • 32 Mitchell Verburg - Redshirt.svg Sophomore Injury icon 2.svg
  • 34 Christian Chamberlain - Sophomore
  • 37 Brandon Eisert - Junior
  • 38 Jake Mulholland - Junior
  • 49 Dylan Pearce - Senior
 

Infielders

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

Catchers

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

Outfielders

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

Injury icon 2.svg = Injured Redshirt.svg = 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 roundSemi-finalsFinals
1Oregon State5
4 Cincinnati 6
4Cincinnati4
3Michigan10
3 Michigan 6
2 Creighton 0
3Michigan717
2Creighton116
Lower round 1Lower final
2Creighton6
1Oregon State14Cincinnati1
2Creighton4

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
Coaches' [8] 55*5*2127634241112121414*14*14*23
Baseball America [9] 1010107678775441211111616*16*16*19
Collegiate Baseball^ [10] 77533476543511101012202020*20
NCBWA [11] 5532247424341212121212*12*12*21
D1Baseball8764377642231211121616*16*16*

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A 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
PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team
Adley RutschmanC1st1stBaltimore Orioles
Beau PhilipSS2nd60th Atlanta Braves
Grant GambrellRHP3rd80th Kansas City Royals
Brandon EisertLHP18th537th Toronto Bluejays
Bryce FehmelRHP21st626th San Francisco Giants
Tyler MaloneOF27th803rd San Diego Padres

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