Rick Hirtensteiner

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Rick Hirtensteiner
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Hirtensteiner with Pepperdine in 2010
Current position
Title Head coach
TeamOaks Christian Lions
Record0–0
Biographical details
Born (1967-10-09) October 9, 1967 (age 57)
Riverside, California, U.S.
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)
2016–2024Pepperdine
2025–present Oaks Christian School
Head coaching record
Overall194–226
TournamentsWCC: 3–5
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 Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1987 Indianapolis Team

Richard Scott Hirtensteiner (born October 9, 1967) is the head coach for the Oaks Christian School baseball team. He was previously the head coach for the Pepperdine Waves baseball team from 2016 to 2024. [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]

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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]

On August 1, 2024, Hirtensteiner was named the head coach of the Oaks Christian School baseball team. [9]

Head coaching record

College

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Pepperdine Waves (West Coast Conference)(2016–2024)
2016 Pepperdine 29–2416–114th West Coast Tournament
2017 Pepperdine 20–328–198th
2018 Pepperdine 31–2417–101st West Coast Tournament
2019 Pepperdine 24–2414–13T-6th
2020 Pepperdine 12–30–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Pepperdine 20–2512–157th
2022 Pepperdine 24–2612–157th
2023 Pepperdine 19–308–19T–8th
2024 Pepperdine 15–389–15T–6th West Coast Tournament
Pepperdine:194–22696–117
Total:194–226

      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

High school

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Oaks Christian Lions ()(2025–present)
2025Oaks Christian 0–00–0
Oaks Christian:0–00–0
Total:0–0

      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

References

  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.
  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
  9. "Hirtensteiner named head coach of OCS baseball program". oakschristian.org. August 1, 2024. Retrieved October 29, 2024.