List of Rice Owls baseball seasons

Last updated October 24, 2025

This is a list of Rice Owls baseball seasons. The Rice Owls baseball team has represented Rice University dating back to its inception in 1913. The Owls played as a founding member of the Southwest Conference from its inception until the conference disbanded following the 1996 season. Since then, Rice has played in both the Western Athletic Conference and Conference USA.

Season results

National champions	College World Series berth	NCAA tournament berth ^[1]	Conference Tournament champions^[2]^[3]	Conference Championships^[2]^[3]

Season	Head coach	Conference	Season Results^[4]									Tournament Results		Final Poll^[5]^{[A 1]}
			Overall				Conference					Conference	Postseason^{[A 2]}	BA	CB	Coaches
			Wins	Losses	Ties	%	Wins	Losses	Ties	%	Finish	Conference	Postseason^{[A 2]}	BA	CB	Coaches
Rice Owls
1913	Philip Arbuckle	Independent	3	3	0	.500	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1914		Southwest Conference	8	8	1	.500	1	2	1	.333		—	—	—	—	—
1915			5	13	0	.278	3	11	0	.214		—	—	—	—	—
1916			?	?	?	?	2	9	0	.182		—	—	—	—	—
1917			8	5	1	.615	3	4	1	.429		—	—	—	—	—
1918	Jack Coombs		6	8	0	.429	0	2	0	.000		—	—	—	—	—
1919	Unknown		?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?		—	—	—	—	—
1920	Pete Cawthon		?	?	?	?	1	10	0	.091		—	—	—	—	—
1921	Pete Cawthon		3	9	0	.250	3	8	0	.273		—	—	—	—	—
1922	Bob Countryman		2	5	0	.286	1	5	0	.167		—	—	—	—	—
1923	Bob Countryman		4	9	0	.308	3	7	0	.300		—	—	—	—	—
1924	Mike O'Neill		4	12	0	.250	3	11	0	.214		—	—	—	—	—
1925	Joe Bedenk		?	?	?	?	6	6	0	.500		—	—	—	—	—
1926	Joe Bedenk		?	?	?	?	5	6	0	.455		—	—	—	—	—
1927	Dickey Kerr		?	?	?	?	6	14	0	.300		—	—	—	—	—
1928	Dickey Kerr/Charley Schwartz		?	?	?	?	6	14	0	.300		—	—	—	—	—
1929	Gene Bailey		9	15	0	.375	7	13	0	.350		—	—	—	—	—
1930	Danny Allnoch		6	12	0	.333	5	13	0	.277		—	—	—	—	—
1931	John Neimic		4	8	0	.333	5	13	0	.277		—	—	—	—	—
1932	John Neimic		9	9	0	.500	9	5	0	.643		—	—	—	—	—
1933	Did not play – Great Depression
1934	Did not play – Great Depression
1935	Did not play – Great Depression
1936	Cecil Grigg	Southwest Conference	9	15	2	.385	5	9	0	.357		—	—	—	—	—
1937			3	12	0	.200	3	12	0	.200		—	—	—	—	—
1938			10	17	0	.370	1	14	0	.067		—	—	—	—	—
1939			7	18	1	.288	4	11	0	.267		—	—	—	—	—
1940			3	15	0	.167	3	11	0	.214		—	—	—	—	—
1941			7	8	0	.467	5	8	0	.385		—	—	—	—	—
1942			5	10	1	.344	5	9	0	.357		—	—	—	—	—
1943			2	13	0	.133	0	8	0	.000		—	—	—	—	—
1944			2	10	0	.167	Did not play – World War II				—	—	—	—	—	—
1945	Jess Neely		7	6	1	.536	6	5	0	.545		—	—	—	—	—
1946	Cecil Grigg		7	10	1	.417	6	9	0	.400		—	—	—	—	—
1947	Cecil Grigg		5	11	0	.313	4	10	0	.286		—	—	—	—	—
1948	Jess Neely		6	20	0	.231	3	11	0	.214		—	—	—	—	—
1949	Harold Stockbridge		4	14	0	.222	3	11	0	.214		—	—	—	—	—
1950			9	12	0	.429	2	11	0	.154		—	—	—	—	—
1951			8	13	0	.381	3	12	0	.200		—	—	—	—	—
1952			12	12	0	.480	5	10	0	.333		—	—	—	—	—
1953	Dell Morgan		5	16	0	.231	3	11	0	.214		—	—	—	—	—
1954			5	19	0	.208	2	12	0	.143		—	—	—	—	—
1955			8	15	0	.348	5	10	0	.333		—	—	—	—	—
1956			11	13	0	.458	6	9	0	.400		—	—	—	—	—
1957			9	12	0	.429	5	10	0	.333		—	—	—	—	—
1958			12	9	1	.568	8	6	0	.571		—	—	—	—	—
1959			14	10	0	.583	7	7	0	.500		—	—	—		—
1960			17	8	0	.680	10	5	0	.667		—	—	—		—
1961			13	11	0	.542	6	6	0	.500		—	—	—		—
1962	Joe Gallagher		10	12	0	.455	4	9	0	.308		—	—	—		—
1963	Doug Osburn		9	17	0	.346	2	11	0	.154		—	—	—		—
1964			7	17	0	.292	3	12	0	.200		—	—	—		—
1965			10	15	0	.400	5	10	0	.333		—	—	—		—
1966			14	11	0	.560	5	10	0	.333		—	—	—		—
1967			17	10	0	.630	5	10	0	.333		—	—	—		—
1968			10	15	0	.400	6	12	0	.333		—	—	—		—
1969			14	11	0	.560	7	6	0	.538		—	—	—		—
1970			18	11	0	.621	10	7	0	.588		—	—	—		—
1971			9	20	0	.310	3	14	0	.176		—	—	—		—
1972			19	12	0	.613	11	7	0	.611		—	—	—		—
1973			16	14	0	.533	6	10	0	.375		—	—	—		—
1974			24	18	0	.571	12	11	0	.523		—	—	—		—
1975			19	16	0	.543	11	13	0	.458		—	—	—		—
1976			17	22	0	.436	10	14	0	.417		—	—	—		—
1977			15	26	0	.366	7	15	0	.318			—	—		—
1978			18	29	0	.383	6	18	0	.250			—	—		—
1979			20	29	0	.408	5	19	0	.208			—	—		—
1980			14	29	0	.326	8	16	0	.333			—	—		—
1981	David Hall		34	23	0	.596	11	10	0	.524			—			—
1982			34	23	0	.596	8	13	0	.381			—			—
1983			36	16	0	.692	11	10	0	.524			—			—
1984			41	14	0	.745	13	8	0	.619			—		19	—
1985			27	21	0	.563	5	15	0	.250			—			—
1986			34	26	0	.567	5	16	0	.238			—			—
1987			23	23	0	.511	5	16	0	.238			—			—
1988			31	28	0	.525	6	15	0	.286			—			—
1989			28	30	0	.483	4	17	0	.190			—			—
1990			33	29	0	.532	11	9	0	.550			—			—
1991			16	34	0	.320	6	15	0	.286			—			—
1992	Wayne Graham		29	26	0	.527	15	21	0	.416			—
1993			36	18	0	.667	7	11	0	.389	5th		—
1994			34	21	0	.618	12	6	0	.667	T-2nd	3rd	—
1995			43	19	0	.694	15	9	0	.625	T-2nd	4th	South Regional	12	15	12
1996			42	23	0	.646	6	15	0	.286	T-6th	1st ^[6]	Midwest Regional	17	25	15
1997		Western Athletic Conference	47	16	0	.746	20	9	0	.690	1st	1st	College World Series	8	7	8
1998			46	17	0	.730	26	4	0	.867	1st		Central Regional	15	17	15
1999			59	15	0	.797	25	5	0	.833	1st	1st	College World Series	5	5	5
2000			43	23	0	.652	19	11	0	.633	1st		Houston Regional	—	—	—
2001			47	20	0	.701	26	10	0	.722	1st		Lincoln Super Regional	13	16	12
2002			52	14	0	.788	28	2	0	.933	1st		College World Series	5	7	6
2003			58	12	0	.829	25	5	0	.833	1st		National champions	1	1	1
2004			46	14	0	.767	24	6	0	.800	1st		Houston Regional	11	10	11
2005			45	19	0	.703	21	9	0	.700	1st		New Orleans Super Regional	13	16	13
2006		Conference USA	57	13	0	.814	22	2	0	.919	1st	1st	College World Series	4	3	3
2007			56	14	0	.800	22	2	0	.919	1st	1st	College World Series	3	3	3
2008			47	15	0	.758	21	3	0	.875	1st	First round	College World Series	8	8	7
2009			43	18	0	.705	16	8	0	.667	4th	1st	Baton Rouge Super Regional	6	7	7
2010			40	23	0	.635	17	7	0	.708	1st	2nd	Austin Regional
2011			42	21	0	.667	16	8	0	.667	1st	1st	Houston Regional
2012			40	17	0	.702	17	7	0	.708	1st	Division A	Houston Regional
2013			44	20	0	.688	15	9	0	.625	1st	1st	Raleigh Super Regional
2014			41	18	0	.695	23	7	0	.767	1st	1st	Houston Regional
2015			35	18	0	.660	22	8	0	.733	1st	First round	Houston Regional
2016			38	24	0	.613	19	10	0	.655	4th	2nd	Baton Rouge Regional
2017			33	31	0	.516	16	14	0	.533	6th	1st	Houston Regional
2018			23	28	0	.451	11	14	0	.440	7th	Semifinals	—
2019	Matt Bragga		26	33	0	.441	14	16	0	.467	7th	Semifinals	—
2020			2	14	0	.125	0	0	0	–	—	—	—
2021			23	29	1	.443	11	20	1	.359	10th	—	—	—	—	—
2022	José Cruz Jr.		17	39	0	.304	9	21	0	.300	9th	—	—	—	—	—
2023	José Cruz Jr.		21	37	0	.362	9	21	0	.300	8th	—	—	—	—	—
Total			W	L	T	%	Championships
All-Time record ^[7]			2143	1715	10	.555
Conference record			939	1058	3	.470	18 Conference Championships 11 Tournament championships
College World Series record			10	13	0	.435	1 National Championship 7 CWS Appearances 23 NCAA tournament Appearances

Notes

↑ Collegiate Baseball began team rankings in 1959. Baseball America began during the 1981 season. The Coaches' Poll (published by USA Today's Sports Weekly and ESPN) began publishing its rankings during the 1992 season.
↑ Postseason play involving the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship began in 1947.

References

↑ "Official 2001 NCAA Spring Championships Records Book". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved January 1, 2009.
1 2 "WAC Baseball Media Guide". Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved January 1, 2009.
1 2 "Conference USA Baseball Historical Records". Conference USA. Retrieved January 1, 2009.
↑ "Rice Baseball Media Guide". Rice University. Retrieved January 1, 2009.
↑ "Division I Records Book" (PDF). NCAA. 2008. Retrieved January 19, 2009.
↑ "1996 SWC Tournament". OrangeBlood.org. Retrieved January 3, 2009.
↑ Includes conference tournaments and College World Series games.

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[6] Collegiate Baseball began team rankings in 1959. Baseball America began during the 1981 season. The Coaches' Poll (published by USA Today's Sports Weekly and ESPN) began publishing its rankings during the 1992 season.

[7] Postseason play involving the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship began in 1947.

[NCAA_Record_Book-1] "Official 2001 NCAA Spring Championships Records Book". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved January 1, 2009.

[WAC-2] 1 2 "WAC Baseball Media Guide". Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved January 1, 2009.

[CUSA-3] 1 2 "Conference USA Baseball Historical Records". Conference USA. Retrieved January 1, 2009.

[4] "Rice Baseball Media Guide". Rice University. Retrieved January 1, 2009.

[5] "Division I Records Book" (PDF). NCAA. 2008. Retrieved January 19, 2009.

[8] "1996 SWC Tournament". OrangeBlood.org. Retrieved January 3, 2009.

[9] Includes conference tournaments and College World Series games.

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v t e Rice Owls baseball
Venue	Cameron Field (1978–1999) Reckling Park (2000–present)
Rivalries & tournaments	Silver Glove Series (Houston) Houston College Classic
People	Head Coaches
Seasons	1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
National championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics

List of Rice Owls baseball seasons

Contents

Season results

Notes

References