Washington State Cougars baseball statistical leaders

The Washington State Cougars baseball statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the Washington State Cougars baseball program in various categories, including batting average, home runs, runs batted in, runs, hits, stolen bases, ERA, and Strikeouts. Within those areas, the lists identify single-game, single-season, and career leaders. The Cougars represent the Washington State University in the NCAA's Mountain West Conference. ^[1]

Washington State began competing in intercollegiate baseball in 1892. ^[1] These lists are updated through the end of the 2025 season.

Batting Average

Career Rk Player AVG Seasons 1 Greg Monda .369 1981 1982 1983 2 Dale Ford .365 1964 1965 1966 3 Nick Tanielu .364 2013 2014 4 Glen Walker .362 1979 1980 5 Mike Kinkade .361 1992 1993 1994 1995 6 Scott Hatteberg .360 1989 1990 1991 7 Jim Connor .358 1987 1988 1989 1990 8 Tom Thomas .3551 1970 1971 9 Ray Hattenburg .3546 1997 1998 1999 2000 10 Dave Edler .349 1975 1976 1977 1978

Season Rk Player AVG Season 1 Busher Lewis .500 1917 2 John G. Olerud .464 1988 3 Lyman Passmore .462 1917 4 Clifford Marker .446 1925 5 Edwin Goddard .430 1937 6 Curry Mitchell .426 1925 7 Kelly Smith .418 1980 8 William Sewell .412 1941 9 John Zaepfel .404 1924 10 Jared Prince .401 2006

Home Runs

Career Rk Player HR Seasons 1 Derek Jones 41 2009 2010 2011 2012 2 Jeff Hooper 40 1984 1985 1986 1987 3 Casey Kelley 38 1996 1997 1998 4 Jim Connor 37 1987 1988 1989 1990 5 Beau Campbell 34 1989 1990 1991 1992 Jim Murphy 34 2005 2006 2007 2008 7 John G. Olerud 33 1987 1988 1989 Jason Grove 33 1998 1999 2000 9 Stefan Bailie 30 2000 2001 10 Phil Westendorf 28 1974 1975 1976 1977 Grant Richardson 28 2002 2003 2004

Season Rk Player HR Season 1 Casey Kelley 25 1998 2 John G. Olerud 23 1988 3 Glen Walker 21 1980 Jeff Hooper 21 1987 5 Beau Campbell 20 1992 6 Rob Smith 19 1987 7 Mike Meyers 18 1987 Jason Grove 18 1999 Stefan Bailie 18 2001 10 Dale Ford 17 1966

Single Game Rk Player HR Season Opponent 1 Doug Simon 3 1973 Oregon Mike Miller 3 1983 Lewis-Clark State Jim Connor 3 1987 Gonzaga Casey Kelley 3 1998 Gonzaga Jason Grove 3 1999 New Mexico St.

Runs Batted In

Career Rk Player RBI Seasons 1 Kevin Brunstad 199 1991 1992 1993 1994 2 Mike Kinkade 197 1992 1993 1994 1995 3 Jim Connor 189 1987 1988 1989 1990 4 Jeff Hooper 172 1984 1985 1986 1987 5 Derek Jones 164 2009 2010 2011 2012 6 Phil Westendorf 162 1974 1975 1976 1977 7 Jared Prince 161 2006 2007 2008 2009 8 Jim Murphy 159 2005 2006 2007 2008 9 Marv Chamberlain 156 1971 1972 1973 1974 10 Greg Hunter 153 1987 1988 1989 1990

Season Rk Player RBI Season 1 Jeff Hooper 81 1987 John G. Olerud 81 1988 3 Glen Walker 76 1980 4 Marv Chamberlain 73 1974 5 Beau Campbell 72 1992 6 Steve Webb 71 1988 7 Casey Kelley 68 1998 Grant Richardson 68 2004 9 Kevin Brunstad 67 1993 10 Greg Monda 65 1983 Rod Smith 65 1987

Single Game Rk Player RBI Season Opponent 1 Doug Simon 9 1973 Oregon 2 Jonah Advincula 8 [2] 2023 UC Riverside 3 Randy Kaleikilo 7 1996 TCU Casey Kelley 7 1998 Gonzaga Steve Mortimer 7 2002 Oregon State Collin Henderson 7 2004 Texas-Pan American Derek Jones 7 2010 USC Justin Van De Brake 7 [3] 2020 Niagara Will Cresswell 7 [4] 2025 New Mexico

Runs

Career Rk Player R Seasons 1 Mike Kinkade 230 1992 1993 1994 1995 2 Jim Connor 217 1987 1988 1989 1990 3 Shawn Stevenson 200 1997 1998 1999 2000 4 Greg Hunter 189 1987 1988 1989 1990 5 Rob Smith 178 1984 1985 1986 1987 6 Jay Miller 171 2003 2004 2005 2006 7 Mike Miller 170 1980 1981 1982 1983 8 Mike Wetmore 167 1994 1995 1996 9 Derek Jones 164 2009 2010 2011 2012 10 Tad Thompson 158 1989 1990 1991 1992

Season Rk Player R Season 1 Rob Smith 87 1987 2 John G. Olerud 83 1988 3 Mike Kinkade 72 1994 4 Mike Miller 71 1983 5 Jim Connor 70 1988 Jim Connor 70 1990 7 Kelly Smith 69 1980 Mike Meyers 69 1987 9 Mike Wetmore 66 1994 10 Mike Kinkade 64 1993 Kaeo Rubin 64 2004

Single Game Rk Player R Season Opponent 1 Four others 5 All prior to 1950 George Camp 5 1951 Bill Rich 5 1956 Jim Chapados 5 1973 Doug Simon 5 1975 Loren Hoppes 5 1984 Tad Thompson 5 1990 Tad Thompson 5 1990 Shawn Stevenson 5 Shawn Stevenson 5 Ray Hattenburg 5 1999 Ray Hattenburg 5 1999 Washington Shawn Stevenson 5 1999 New Mexico St. Shawn Stevenson 5 1999 USC Jay Miller 5 2006 Gonzaga Taylor Ard 5 2011 USC Kyle Manzardo 5 [5] 2020 Niagara Ryan Skjonsby 5 [4] 2025 New Mexico

Hits

Career Rk Player H Seasons 1 Jay Miller 307 2003 2004 2005 2006 2 Mike Kinkade 304 1992 1993 1994 1995 3 Shawn Stevenson 273 1997 1998 1999 2000 4 Jim Connor 271 1987 1988 1989 1990 5 Greg Hunter 263 1987 1988 1989 1990 6 Jared Prince 256 2006 2007 2008 2009 7 Ray Hattenburg 255 1997 1998 1999 2000 8 Kevin Brunstad 245 1991 1992 1993 1994 9 Bookie Gates 232 1999 2000 2001 2002 10 Derek Jones 227 2009 2010 2011 2012

Season Rk Player H Season 1 John G. Olerud 108 1988 2 Jeff Hooper 92 1987 3 Jim Connor 91 1988 4 Mike Kinkade 90 1994 5 Scott Hatteberg 88 1990 Ray Hattenburg 88 1999 Jay Miller 88 2006 8 Rob Smith 87 1987 Jim Connor 87 1990 10 Jared Prince 83 2006

Single Game Rk Player H Season Opponent 1 Charles Weller 6 1907 Ft. Walla Walla Glen Walker 6 1979 Arizona Mike Kinkade 6 1992 Washington Jeff Scherer 6 1999 New Mexico St. Kaeo Rubin 6 2005 Northern Colorado 6 24 times 5 Most recent: Ollie Obenour, 2025 vs. Air Force [6]

Stolen Bases

Career Rk Player SB Seasons 1 Mike Miller 97 1980 1981 1982 1983 2 Bob Waits 94 1969 1970 1971 3 Roger Dirkes 75 1973 1974 1975 4 Steve Merkley 67 1971 1972 1973 Mike Wetmore 67 1994 1995 1996 6 Bob Fry 48 1963 1964 1965 Steve Grasser 48 1971 1972 1973 Tom Jobb 48 1974 1975 1976 1977 Joey Zellner 48 1984 1985 10 John Rankin 47 1969 1970

Season Rk Player SB Season 1 Bob Waits 59 1971 2 Mike Miller 43 1983 3 Mike Miller 38 1982 4 John Rankin 35 1970 5 Roger Dirkes 33 1974 6 Steve Merkley 32 1972 Mike Wetmore 32 1996 8 Roger Dirkes 31 1975 Joey Zellner 31 1985 10 Kelly Smith 30 1980

Single Game Rk Player SB Season Opponent 1 Bob Waits 6 1971 Lewis-Clark State 2 Ken Cameron 3 1995 Washington Darren Nordlund 3 1996 Arizona Ryan Ryan 3 1996 Grand Canyon Steve Gleason 3 1997 Pacific Bookie Gates 3 2002 Oregon State Jason Freeman 3 2005 Utah Valley State Travis Coulter 3 2006 Gonzaga Ian Sagdal 3 2015 Portland Luke Thiele 3 [7] 2025 Iowa

Earned Run Average

Career Rk Player ERA Seasons 1 Rick Austin 1.19 1967 1968 2 Dan Frisella 1.49 1965 1966 3 Tom Brown 1.55 1966 1967 4 Joe Karp 1.56 1966 1967 1968 5 Mike Avey 1.86 1964 1965 1966 6 Landy James 2.13 1951 1952 1953 7 Norm Angelini 2.29 1968 1969 8 Bob Bolingbroke 2.42 1958 1959 1960 9 Murray Gage-Cole 2.44 1970 1971 10 Larry Herman 2.46 1972 1973

Season Rk Player ERA Season 1 Tom Brown 0.47 1967 2 Bob Salisbury 0.85 1965 3 Rick Austin 1.10 1968 4 Mike Avey 1.22 1965 5 Rick Austin 1.33 1967 6 Landy James 1.38 1951 7 Roger Stein 1.43 1973 8 Joe Karp 1.44 1968 9 Doug Bohlke 1.48 1953 10 Dan Frisella 1.49 1965

Strikeouts

Career Rk Player K Seasons 1 Aaron Sele 278 1989 1990 1991 2 Robert Ramsay 273 1993 1994 1995 1996 3 Grant Taylor 252 [8] 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 4 Joe McIntosh 251 1971 1972 1973 5 Todd Meldahl 244 1997 1998 1999 2000 6 Matt Way 239 2006 2007 2008 2009 7 Elwood Hahn 226 1958 1959 1960 8 Guy Normand 221 1983 1984 1985 1986 9 Chad Arnold 217 2008 2009 2010 2011 10 Dick Montee 216 1958 1959 1960

Season Rk Player K Season 1 Matt Way 124 2009 2 Aaron Sele 121 1990 3 Aaron Sele 114 1991 4 John G. Olerud 113 1988 5 Dan Frisella 108 1966 6 Joe McIntosh 102 1973 7 Grant Taylor 99 [8] 2024 8 Aaron Mackenzie 95 2004 9 Robert Ramsay 94 1996 10 Dakota Hawkins 92 [9] 2023

Single Game Rk Player K Season Opponent 1 Norm Angelini 18 1969 Idaho 2 Grant Taylor 17 [10] 2024 Washington 3 John G. Olerud 16 1988 Eastern Washington 4 James Freeman 13 2005 Southeastern La. Matt Way 13 2009 Washington Zane Mills 13 [11] 2021 Dixie State 7 Todd Belitz 12 1997 Portland State Todd Belitz 12 1997 Oregon State Wade Parrish 12 1999 USC Dakota Hawkins 12 [12] 2023 Washington

References

1. "Washington State Cougars Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Washington State. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
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