Texas State Bobcats baseball

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Texas State Bobcats
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Founded1985;40 years ago (1985)
University Texas State University
Head coach Steven Trout (6th season)
Conference Sun Belt
West Division
Location San Marcos, Texas
Home stadium Bobcat Ballpark
(Capacity: 2,400)
Nickname Bobcats
ColorsMaroon and gold [1]
   
NCAA Tournament appearances
1997, 1999, 2000, 2009, 2011, 2022
Conference tournament champions
Southland Conference: 1997, 1999, 2000, 2011
Regular season conference champions
Southland: 2009, 2010, 2011
Sun Belt: 2019, 2022

The Texas State Bobcats baseball program is the intercollegiate baseball team representing Texas State University. The Bobcats' first season was in 1985, and have played their home games at Bobcat Ballpark on the university's campus in San Marcos, Texas since 2009.

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Since the 2014 season, the Bobcats have competed as a member of the Sun Belt Conference. Previously, the Bobcats were a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), Southland Conference, and Gulf Star Conference.

History

Ty Harrington (University of Texas at Austin '89) began his tenure as Texas State baseball's fourth head coach in the 2000 season and compiled an overall record of 657-516-2 over 20 seasons. His overall record includes a 265-146 record in the Southland Conference and a 95-85 record in the Sun Belt Conference. [2] Harrington was honored as the Southland Conference Coach of the Year in 2009 and 2011. Texas State won three consecutive regular season SLC championships in 2009, 2010 and 2011 under Harrington. His teams also won the SLC tournament championship in 2000 and 2011 and made three NCAA Championship Regional appearances in 2000, 2009 and 2011. Harrington guided Texas State to its first Sun Belt Conference regular season championship in 2019. [3] He has helped produce 88 all-conference selections, [4] 10 All-Americans, seven conference players of the year and 53 Major League Baseball Draftees. [5] [6] On June 20, 2019, Harrington retired after 20 seasons at Texas State. [7]

On July 1, 2019, Steven Trout was named Texas State baseball's fifth head coach. [8] Trout previously served as Texas State's associate head coach for the 2018 and 2019 seasons and as an assistant coach in 2016 and 2017. Prior to his current stint with the Bobcats, Trout was an assistant coach on the West Virginia Mountaineers staff from 2013 to 2015. [9]

Texas State in the NCAA tournament

YearRecordPctNotes
1997 2–2.500 Central Regional
1999 0–2.000 Houston Regional
2000 1–2.333 Waco Regional
2009 0–2.000 Austin Regional
2011 1–2.333 Austin Regional
2022 2–2.500 Stanford Regional
TOTALS
6-12.333

Bobcat Ballpark

Texas State hosted the Texas Longhorns in Bobcat Ballpark's first game on March 3, 2009 in front of a then-record 2,593 spectators. As of the end of the 2019 season, the Bobcats have a 225-116-1 record at the facility. [10]

Bobcat Ballpark Attendance Records [11]
DateOpponentResultAttendance
1.March 21, 2017TexasW, 11-10 (10)3,017
2.March 28, 2017Texas A&ML, 9-32,952
3.March 1, 2016TexasL, 10-4 (11)2,776
4.March 24, 2015TexasL, 6-42,653
T-5.March 30, 2010Texas A&MW, 6-5 (11)2,603
T-5.March 11, 2014TexasL, 6-32,603
7.March 3, 2009TexasL, 6-52,593
8.March 27, 2018TexasL, 6-12,547
9.April 23, 2013Texas A&MW, 4-12,512
10.February 14, 2014MichiganW, 8-7 (10)2,439

Year-by-year results

Statistics overview
SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Independent (1984)
1984Dr. William Pool 18–31
Independent:18–31
Gulf Star Conference (1985–1987)
1985 Jay Jeffrey 29–27
1986Jay Jeffrey 31–25
1987Steve Prentice 39–21–2
Gulf Star:99–73–2
Southland Conference (1988–2012)
1988 Steve Prentice 31–277–117th
1989 Steve Prentice 31–2410–84th
1990 Steve Prentice 31–22–17–116th
1991 Steve Prentice 33–154–77th
1992 Steve Prentice 31–1911–103rd
1993 Steve Prentice 26–298–158th
1994 Howard Bushong 28–2310–137th
1995 Howard Bushong 23–3110–146th
1996 Howard Bushong 29–2210–158th
1997 Howard Bushong 38–268–111st (TX Division) NCAA Regionals
1998 Howard Bushong 28–2813–115th
1999 Howard Bushong 27–3215–123rd NCAA Regionals
2000 Ty Harrington 34–2916–113rd NCAA Regionals
2001 Ty Harrington 36–2215–114th
2002 Ty Harrington 36–2414–136th
2003 Ty Harrington 30–2819–72nd
2004 Ty Harrington 32–2616–103rd
2005 Ty Harrington 32–2615–123rd
2006 Ty Harrington 29–3020–103rd
2007 Ty Harrington 37–2320–102nd (West)
2008 Ty Harrington 30–2719–112nd (West)
2009 Ty Harrington 41–1724–71st NCAA Regionals
2010 Ty Harrington 38–2223–101st
2011 Ty Harrington 41–2324–91st NCAA Regional
2012 Ty Harrington 32–2419–144th
Southland:812–629–1357–273
Western Athletic Conference (2013)
2013 Ty Harrington 29–2916–113rd
WAC:29–2916–11
Sun Belt Conference (2014–present)
2014 Ty Harrington 30–2816–144th
2015 Ty Harrington 24–32–114–166th
2016 Ty Harrington 31–2816–145th
2017 Ty Harrington 29–3013–174th (West)
2018 Ty Harrington 30–28–116–142nd (West)
2019 Ty Harrington 36–2020–101st (West)
2020 Steven Trout 14–40–0No conference seasonSeason canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Steven Trout 21–369–156th (West)
2022 Steven Trout 47-1426-41st NCAA Regional
2023 Steven Trout 36-2317-135th
2024 Steven Trout 27-2913-17T-10th
Sun Belt:325–272–2160–134
Total:1,283–1,034–5

      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: [12] [13] [14] [15]

Notable players

[16] [17]

See also

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