Beavers finish homestand, then go to Cal
April 17, 2000
TUESDAY, APRIL 18 Concordia at Oregon State, 3 p.m.
(Radio: Live on KLOO-AM 1340)
THURSDAY, APRIL 20
Oregon State at California, 2:30 p.m.
(Radio: Live on KLOO-AM 1340, joined in progress at 3 p.m.)
FRIDAY, APRIL 21
Oregon State at California, 2:30 p.m.
(Radio: Live on KLOO-AM 1340, joined in progress at 3 p.m.)
SATURDAY, APRIL 22
Oregon State at California, 1 p.m.
(Radio: Live on KLOO-AM 1340)
Oregon State (20-18 overall, 3-6 Pacific-10) continues a run of seven games in nine days when it hosts Concordia (11-15, 8-11 Cascade Collegiate) in a non-league game and then travels to California (20-20, 8-7) for a Pacific-10 series that will run a day ahead of usual to give both teams a day off on Easter Sunday.
"It's an important week for us," OSU head coach Pat Casey said. "We've been playing some decent baseball lately, and this is a chance for us to show we're developing the ability to do that consistently.
"First, we have to get ourselves ready to play a pretty good NAIA club in Concordia on Tuesday. Then we just have one day without a game, we fly to the Bay Area and we have to take on a Cal club that just took a series from Southern California, which went in there ranked in the top 20."
No rest for the weary, it seems, as the Beavers get set for the final third of their schedule.
"Baseball is a game that's set up to show how good you are over a long season," Casey said. "We're to that point in the season where some teams can decide they're just playing out the string, and some teams can decide they really want to see what they can do with the games they've got left. This team is just starting to show what it might be capable of when it really comes out to play every day, and I think our guys are eager to perform well the rest of the year."
Oregon State has been bolstered over the past two weekends by the pitching of righthander Thad Johnson, who hasn't allowed an earned run in his last 15 innings, and Scott Nicholson, who has beaten fourth-ranked Arizona State and hard-hitting Arizona in his last two starts.
"Those two guys have been absolutely outstanding for us," Casey said. "Right now, they're doing all the things you've got to do to be successful as a pitcher. They're giving us chances to win ballgames, and we've been able to take advantage of that lately.
"With as many young guys as we're playing, you can't be getting in a hole early and trying to find a way to fight your way back and expect to have everything work out. What Thad and Scott have done the past two weeks is let our club know that if they make the plays they ought to on defense, they're going to get the opportunity to win some games. We've backed them up pretty well in the field, and I think that's given our confidence a boost."
Areas of concern remain, however, for the Beavers.
"We're getting better," Casey said. "But we've got to continue to get better to be successful in this league. We've got to find a third starting pitcher who can consistently keep us in games, we've got to put the ball in play more consistently and execute at key times at the plate, and we make defensive mistakes here and there that cost us. We've got to clean up all those aspects."
Concordia is coming off a 10-7 home loss to Western Oregon on Sunday. For the Cavaliers, senior outfielder Jimmy Heriford is batting .402 with five homers and 22 runs batted in while freshman outfielder Chris Baird is batting .366 with four homers and 20 RBIs.
Last weekend, California took two of three games from 18th-ranked Southern California in Berkeley. The Golden Bears dropped the first game 6-5 before winning 9-5 and 4-3 to take the series.
Cal has a national player of the year candidate in junior shortstop Xavier Nady, who is batting .344 with 13 homers and 44 runs batted in. Freshman outfielder David Weiner is hitting .317 with three homers and 17 RBIs, junior infielder Clint Hoover is hitting .314 with 12 homers and 36 RBIs, and junior catcher Mike Tonis is htting .310 with 10 homers and 32 RBIs.
The Bears sport an impressive 4.80 earned run average as a team. In the starting rotation, sophomore righthander Trevor Hutchinson is 3-3 with a 4.67 ERA, senior righthander Jon Shirley is 2-3 with a 4.79 ERA after being injured earlier this season, and senior righthander Brad Steele is 3-7 with a 5.17 ERA.
OREGON STATE PROBABLE LINEUP:
C-Bryan Ingram, so., Everett, Wash. (Cascade HS), .305, 1 HR, 13 RBIs
or Chris Biles, fr., Tigard, Ore. (Tigard HS), .417, 2 HRs, 14 RBIs
1B-Joe Gerber, sr., Portland, Ore. (Grant HS), .386, 4 HRs, 49 RBIs
2B-Zach Gordon, jr., Simi Valley, Calif. (Moorpark JC), .236, 6 HRs, 22 RBIs
or Stephen Copeland, fr., Keizer, Ore. (McNary HS), .333, 0 HRs, 3 RBIs
3B-Brian Barden, fr., Bonita, Calif. (St. Augustine HS), .365, 4 HRs, 28 RBIs
or Tim Dryden, jr., Roseburg, Ore. (Lane CC), .386, 1 HR, 16 RBIs
SS-Will Hudson, fr., Fountain Valley, Calif. (Fountain Valley HS), .283, 0 HRs, 13 RBIs
OF-Eric Stark, jr., Sumner, Wash. (Sumner HS), .273, 3 HRs, 13 RBIs
OF-Josh Carter, so., Fallbrook, Calif. (Fallbrook HS), .302, 3 HRs, 26 RBIs
OF-Drew Hedges, sr., Portland, Ore. (Beaverton HS), .394, 5 HRs, 26 RBIs
or Rod Gott, sr., Ravensdale, Wash. (Green River CC), .188, 3 HRs, 12 RBIs
or Jackson Coleman, jr., Soldotna, Alaska (Eastern Arizona JC), .225, 0 HRs, 8 RBIs
DH-Curtis Davis, jr., Corvallis, Ore. (Corvallis HS), .255, 3 HRs, 11 RBIs
or Andy Jarvis, fr., Renton, Wash. (Liberty HS), .323, 3 HRs, 20 RBIs
(Tentative starting pitching rotation)
RHP-Mark Newell, sr., Salem, Ore. (Jefferson HS), 3-4, 5.52 ERA
RHP-Thad Johnson, jr., Santa Rosa, Calif. (Santa Rosa JC), 3-3, 3.97 ERA
LHP-Scott Nicholson, jr., Longview, Wash. (Lower Columbia CC), 6-4, 4.08 ERA
RHP-James Atwood, sr., Layton, Utah (Albertson Coll.), 3-4, 6.69 ERA
INJURY REPORT: Oregon State expects all its players to be healthy for this week's games.
ALL-TIME VS. THIS WEEK'S OPPONENT: Oregon State has an all-time record of 8-0 against Concordia in a series dating back to 1980. The last meeting was in 1997, when OSU took a 9-3 win at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field.
Oregon State has an all-time record of 7-24 against California in a series dating back to 1916. Last season, Cal took 2 of 3 games in a series in Corvallis as the Bears won the opener 13-3, OSU took the second game 11-5 on Goss Stadium at Coleman Field Dedication Day, and Cal won the finale 7-6. The last meeting in Berkeley was in 1997, when Cal won 8-6 and 14-2 and OSU won the finale 15-2.
RECENT OREGON STATE NOTES: Oregon State has already won more games than it did all of last season. OSU won its 19th game of the season on April 14 by beating Arizona 6-3, that matched the Beavers' win total for all of 1999's 19-35 campaign. Oregon State beat the Wildcats 10-4 on April 15 to surpass the 1999 win total ... Oregon State has won 19 of its last 32 games after a 1-5 start. The Beavers have played only 1 non-Division I opponent, beating Western Oregon ... Oregon State has already surpassed its home win total for all of last season. OSU is 8-7 at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field, in 1999, the Beavers had slumped to a 6-9 at home ...
OSU's overall record is close to .500 (20-18) entering the week, and the Beavers are nearly a .500 club in many categories: home games (8-7), road games (6-6) and neutral-site games (6-5) ... as a team, Oregon State is batting .346 with runners on base, .368 with runners in scoring position and .483 with the bases loaded ... OSU has a 32-25 edge over its opponents in stolen bases so far this season, in 1999, the Beavers were outstolen by almost a 3-to-1 ratio. Oregon State has stolen 9 more bases than it did all of last season ... OSU has outscored its opponents 92-48 in the seventh and eighth innings ... last week, OSU hitters drew 29 walks while Beaver pitchers issued just 13 ... OSU has thrown 9 complete games this season, its most since 10 in 1996 ... OSU's team ERA of 5.47 is almost 2 runs per game better than the final 1999 mark of 7.37 ... after not hitting a grand slam in 1999, OSU has hit 3 this season, that includes blasts on back-to-back days by Brian Barden (April 14) and Curtis Davis (April 15) to spark wins over Arizona ...
The Beavers set a single-game school record with 7 homers in a 13-5 win at Portland on April 11, the old mark of 6 had been set against Oregon in 1966 (twice) and matched against Puget Sound in 1978. The 7-homer game included 2 by Curtis Davis and back-to-back-to-back homers by Brian Barden, Davis and Joe Gerber to start the third inning ...
Last week, senior first baseman Joe Gerber batted .600 (9-for-15) with 1 homer, 4 RBIs, 5 runs and 6 walks. Gerber added OSU's career records for home runs and total bases to his resume during last week's games ... junior designated hitter Curtis Davis had 3 hits last week and all 3 were homers, Davis batted .429 (3-for-7) during the week with 7 RBIs to bump his batting average by 30 points to .255 ... freshman third baseman Brian Barden batted .353 (6-for-17) last week with 1 double, 2 homers, 9 RBIs and 5 runs ... junior outfielder Eric Stark batted .417 (5-for-12) with 1 homer last week ... senior outfielder Drew Hedges batted .400 (4-for-10) with 1 double and 4 runs last week ...
In his last 9 appearances, junior lefthander Scott Nicholson has a 5-2 record and 2.54 ERA, he has averaged 6.1 innings, 6.5 hits, 1.4 walks and 5.1 strikeouts per game in that time ... in Nicholson's 4 losses this season, OSU has averaged just 2.3 runs per game at the plate, his last 2 losses were 3-0 to Texas A&M and 3-1 to UCLA ... junior righthander Thad Johnson has not allowed an earned run in his last 15 innings. In his last 2 starts, Johnson is 1-1 but has an ERA of just 0.53 and is averaging 5 hits, 1 walk and 3.5 strikeouts per game ... Nicholson has thrown complete games in his last 3 starts, and Johnson has thrown complete games in his last 2 starts.
LAST WEEK: Oregon State won 3 of 4 games on the week, starting with a 13-5 non-league win at Portland on April 11. OSU then beat Arizona 6-3 and 10-4 to start a Pacific-10 series at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field before dropping the finale 10-5.
On April 11, the Beavers hit a school-record 7 home runs in defeating Portland 13-5. Curtis Davis had 2 of the homers while Joe Gerber hit the 29th of his career to make him OSU's all-time leader in home runs. Eric Stark, Brian Barden, Rod Gott and Chris Biles also homered for OSU. James Atwood pitched the win in his first career start, in 6 innings, he allowed 2 runs (1 earned) on 6 hits and 1 walk, striking out 4.
On April 14, Oregon State used Barden's grand slam in the seventh inning to top Arizona 6-3. Thad Johnson pitched a 7-hitter for the Beavers and didn't allow an earned run, walking 1 and striking out 6. Gerber singled to become OSU's all-time leader in career total bases and finished the day 3-for-4.
On April 15, the Beavers took the lead for good on Davis' grand slam in the second inning en route to a 10-4 victory over Arizona, clinching their first Pac-10 series win of the season. Scott Nicholson went the distance for the pitching win, scattering 11 hits while walking 3 and striking out 7. Eric Stark was 3-for-5, Josh Carter 2-for-3 with a double and Gerber 2-for-4 for the Beavers.
On April 16, OSU's winning streak ended at 3 games when Arizona struck early and held on for a 10-5 win. The Wildcats scored 3 runs in the first inning and eventually led 8-0, but the Beavers came back with a 5-run seventh inning to get within 3 runs. UA scored twice in the top of the eighth, though, and OSU never brought the tying run to the plate again. Gerber was 2-for-3 with a 2-run single for Oregon State.
HEAD COACH PAT CASEY: Pat Casey is in his sixth season as Oregon State's head baseball coach. Casey currently has a record of 169-119-4 with the Beavers for a winning percentage of .586. His career record is 340-232-5, which includes 7 years at George Fox University in Newberg, for a winning percentage of .594.
Casey is the fourth OSU baseball head coach to reach 100 victories at the school, following Ralph Coleman (561), Gene Tanselli (115) and Jack Riley (613). Casey picked up his 100th OSU victory on Feb. 21, 1998 at San Diego.
Casey came to OSU from his alma mater, George Fox, after leading the Bruins to a 171-113-1 record and winning 3 NAIA District 2 titles at the school in Newberg, Ore.
ALL-AMERICA CANDIDATE JOE GERBER: Oregon State first baseman Joe Gerber (Portland, Ore./Grant HS) is coming off one of the finest offensive seasons in school history, and the senior has already begun collecting honors for 2000. The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association named Gerber to its preseason All-America second team.
Gerber is batting .386 with 15 doubles, 4 home runs and 49 runs batted in. In Pacific-10 play, Gerber's batting average rises to .424. Last week, Gerber batted .600 (9-for-15) with 1 homer, 4 RBIs and 5 runs while being walked 6 times.
Gerber's hefty RBI total this spring has been the product of uncanny clutch hitting - he is batting .470 with runners on base and .475 with runners in scoring position in 2000. On the mound this year, he has a 1-0 record and 3.86 earned run average in 1 appearance, beating Central Michigan with a 7-inning complete game on March 20, 9 hits, 3 runs (3 earned), 2 walks, 7 strikeouts.
Gerber homered at Portland on April 11 to become Oregon State's career leader, he now has 28. Gerber singled vs. Arizona on April 14 to become OSU's career leader in total bases. Already this season, Gerber had set Oregon State's career records for RBIs and doubles. Gerber's 49 RBIs this season put him over three-quarters of the way to OSU's single-season record with over one-third of this season's schedule remaining to be played. Gerber's 15 doubles this season tie him for ninth place on OSU's single-season list, only 4 away from tying the school record for a season.
Gerber's streak of errorless games in the field reached 67 before being snapped when he missed a ground ball on March 25. Gerber had not committed an error in his last 42 games of 1999 nor the first 25 games of 2000.
From Feb. 24 to March 18, Gerber had a 12-game hitting streak in which he batted .473 (26-for-55) with 9 doubles, 1 homer and 24 RBIs. Gerber also had an errorless streak of 67 games that stretched over the final 42 games of 1999 and the first 25 games of 2000.
JOHNSON AND NICHOLSON TOUGH PITCHING COMBO: Junior righthander Thad Johnson (Santa Rosa, Calif./Santa Rosa JC) and junior lefthander Scott Nicholson (Longview, Wash./Lower Columbia CC) are establishing themselves as one of the top pitching combinations in the region. In the past 2 weeks, they have combined to go 3-1 with a 1.54 earned run average, all 4 starts have been complete games and they have averaged 7 hits, 1.5 walks and 5 strikeouts per game in that time. The only loss during that time was Johnson's 3-hitter in a 1-0 loss at No. 4 Arizona State.
On April 7-8 at fourth-ranked ASU, Johnson and Nicholson turned in one of OSU's top back-to-back pitching efforts in recent memory. ASU entered the games ranked first nationally in scoring (11.25 runs per game) and second in team batting average (.346), Johnson and Nicholson limited the Sun Devils to just 4 runs (2 earned) on 10 hits in a pair of complete games. For the entire series, ASU averaged just 4 runs per game and batted .233 as a team.
Johnson took a 1-0 loss despite pitching a 3-hitter, walking 2 and striking out 1 but getting groundball after groundball off the ASU bats. The Beavers turned 4 double plays behind Johnson, but also left 11 runners on base with 6 of those in scoring position.
Nicholson then tossed a 7-hitter and the Beaver bats helped him to an 11-3 victory. The lefty walked just 1 and struck out 6, and only 1 of the Sun Devil runs was earned.
OREGON STATE GRAND SLAMS: After not hitting a grand slam in all of 1999, the Beavers have hit 3 this season. Rod Gott broke OSU's drought with a grand slam at Washington in a 27-4 win on March 5. The Beavers then got slams on back-to-back days from Brian Barden on April 14 and Curtis Davis on April 15, both blasts put OSU in the lead for good in victories over Arizona.
BEAVERS HOMER SEVEN TIMES IN A GAME: Oregon State set a school record for home runs in a 13-5 win at Portland on April 11, hitting 7 round-trippers in a game for the first time in the Beavers' 91-year varsity baseball history. The old record of 6 had been set in 1966 against Oregon (twice) and tied in 1978 vs. Puget Sound.
Of the homers, 6 were solo shots and junior designated hitter Curtis Davis hit two homers. Joe Gerber hit 1 of those homers, giving him a school-record 29 for his career, Gerber graduated from nearby Grant High School in northeast Portland.
Gerber's homer was the last of back-to-back-to-back blasts starting the top of the third inning, as Brian Barden and Davis homered ahead of Gerber. OSU had not hit 3 straight homers since April 24, 1998 when Corrie Willkie, Jason Stranberg and Troy Schader connected to start the sixth inning against Washington State in Corvallis. Eric Stark, Rod Gott and Chris Biles also homered for Oregon State in the game.
BEAVER GAMES VS. PORTLAND HAVE BEEN EVENTFUL: When Oregon State and Portland have met this season, it has meant an eventful day for the Beavers. On April 11 at Portland, OSU set a school record with 7 homers and Joe Gerber became the Beavers' all-time homer leader when he hit his 29th. On April 4 at OSU, Gerber tied Oregon State's school record for career RBIs by driving in his 145th and the Beavers also turned their first triple play in almost 2 years.
BEAVERS BEAT HIGHEST-RANKED TEAM SINCE ... : When Oregon State beat fourth-ranked Arizona State 11-3 in Tempe on April 8, it was the highest-ranked team OSU had beaten since winning at third-ranked Southern California 13-6 on March 8, 1998.
BEAVERS TURN TRIPLE PLAY: Oregon State turned its first triple play in almost 2 years during a 13-10 non-league loss to Portland on April 4 at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field.
The triple play came after Nate Hare reached on an error to start the fourth inning and Travis Hanson followed with a single. Tim Friedman hit a sinking line drive to first base and first baseman Joe Gerber plucked it out of the air for the first out, he then stepped on first to retire Hanson and zipped the ball to shortstop Will Hudson covering second base to nip Hare as he headed back to the bag.
The triple play was Oregon State's first since May 9, 1998 against UCLA at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field.
STARK'S SUDDEN POWER: Junior outfielder Eric Stark went the first 104 games of his Oregon State career without hitting a home run, then homered on back-to-back days. On March 25, he hit a 3-run shot to left-centerfield as OSU dropped the first game of a doubleheader to visiting Cal State-Northridge. On March 26, he hit a 2-run homer to give OSU the lead for good in the series finale against the Matadors.
OSU HOSTS A SOUTHERN FOE: Cal State-Northridge's visit to Goss Stadium at Coleman Field on March 24-26 is believed to be the first time Oregon State hosted a non-Pacific-10 school from a southern region. The only possible exceptions - and this is really stretching it - were home games in 1924 and 1929 against Meiji University of Japan, which is located at roughly the same latitude as California. For the record, Oregon State beat Meiji 7-0 in 1924 and lost 13-6 in 1929, this season, OSU took 3 of 4 games against Cal State-Northridge.
PRODUCTIVE SWAP FOR ATWOOD, COPELAND: When Oregon State played in the Continental Express Classic at Texas A&M on March 18-20, the Beavers were without freshman infielders Will Hudson and Brian Barden due to injuries. Freshman Stephen Copeland stepped in at second base and had a productive tournament, but OSU needed Copeland to pitch the tourney's final game against the Aggies.
That meant the Beavers had to turn to senior pitcher James Atwood to fill in at second base, Atwood had also played some infield last season at NAIA Albertson College. Copeland wound up pitching a 7-hitter and not allowing an earned run as OSU took a 6-1 win, Atwood went 2-for-3, scored 3 runs and cut off a Texas A&M rally by gunning down an Aggie at the plate with a relay throw.
OREGON STATE'S 12-GAME OFFENSIVE SURGE: Oregon State rediscovered the joy of hitting on Feb. 24, as the Beavers began a 12-game run of outstanding offensive production that lasted until March 18. While posting a 10-2 record to get back over the .500 mark, OSU batted .382 as a team and averaged 11.25 runs per game. During that span, Oregon State hit .419 with runners on base and .458 with runners in scoring position as a team. OSU had at least 10 hits in every one of the 12 games, and the Beavers' 27-4 win at Washington on March 5 was the fourth-largest margin of victory in Beaver baseball history.
BEAVERS TOUGH ON OPENING DAY: Oregon State has a remarkable record in both Opening Day contests and home openers. The Beavers lost their season-opener to Kansas State 7-6 in Albuquerque, but OSU still has an all-time record of 65-26 on Opening Day. Incidentally, the Feb. 4 date was the earliest ever for an OSU baseball game, edging the Feb. 5 date of the Beavers' 1999 opener. This season's home-opener for Oregon State was a 9-5 victory over Western Oregon at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field, that made OSU's all-time record in home-openers 73-19.
ALL-TIME RECORD: Oregon State's all-time record in varsity baseball is now 1,652-1,132-15, a winning percentage of .593. The Beavers' all-time win total ranked 40th among all NCAA Division I schools entering the 2000 season.
OSU's all-time record in conference games is now 743-524, a winning percentage of .586.
To break the numbers down one step further, since starting varsity baseball in 1907, the Beavers have scored 18,307 runs and allowed 13,918 runs. That's an average score of 6.54-4.97.
GOSS STADIUM AT COLEMAN FIELD: Oregon State has been playing on the same site since starting varsity baseball in 1907, making Goss Stadium at Coleman Field the oldest diamond in the Pacific-10 and one of the oldest in the country.
In 90-plus seasons at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field, the Beavers are 860-368-1 all-time at home for a winning percentage of .700. Oregon State is 8-7 at home this season. Since the start of the 1993 season, OSU is 109-39 at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field for a winning percentage of .736.
BEAVER ATTENDANCE: Through 14 home dates, Oregon State is averaging 561 fans per date, including a season-high gathering of 1,152 on April 1 vs. UCLA. In the past 2-plus seasons, OSU has drawn 10 home crowds of 1,000 or more after having just 5 crowds of 1,000 or more in the first 8 seasons of the 1990s.
BEAVERS FACE TOP-FLIGHT SCHEDULE: Again this spring, Oregon State will play one of the nation's most challenging schedules. The Beavers have 12 games scheduled against teams in the April 17 USA Today coaches poll - No. 3 Arizona State, No. 4 Stanford, No. 17 Fresno State and No. 20 Southern California.
THE PACIFIC-10 RACE: The standings through April 16 and this week's schedule:
W L Pct. GB Arizona State (33-9) 9 3 .750 --- Stanford (29-9) 9 3 .750 --- UCLA (24-15) 7 2 .778 0.5 So. California (25-15) 7 5 .583 2.0 California (20-20) 8 7 .533 2.5 Arizona (21-23) 6 9 .400 4.5 Oregon State (20-18) 3 6 .333 6.0 Washington (14-20) 3 9 .250 4.5 Washington St. (14-25) 2 10 .167 7.0
BEAVERS AMONG CONFERENCE LEADERS: Oregon State players among the Pacific-10 leaders through April 16:
BATTING AVERAGE 3. Drew Hedges .394 4. Joe Gerber .386 SLUGGING PERCENTAGE 10. Drew Hedges .654 ON-BASE PERCENTAGE 2. Joe Gerber .494 3. Drew Hedges .488 HITS 8. (tie) Joe Gerber 56 RUNS BATTED IN 3. (tie) Joe Gerber 49 DOUBLES 3. (tie) Joe Gerber 15 8. (tie) Josh Carter 13 WALKS 9. (tie) Joe Gerber 27 OPPONENTS BATTING AVERAGE 7. Thad Johnson .248 INNINGS PITCHED 8. Scott Nicholson 70.2 STRIKEOUTS 10. (tie) Scott Nicholson 59 WINS 6. (tie) Scott Nicholson 6 SAVES 7. (tie) Nick Renault 2 PITCHING STARTS 7. (tie) Thad Johnson 11 TEAM BATTING AVERAGE 4. Oregon State .314 TEAM SLUGGING PERCENTAGE 5. Oregon State .483 TEAM ON-BASE PERCENTAGE 2. Oregon State .412 RUNS SCORED 4. Oregon State 298 HITS 5. Oregon State 404 RUNS BATTED IN 4. Oregon State 274 DOUBLES 6. Oregon State 83 TRIPLES 6. Oregon State 10 HOME RUNS 7. Oregon State 38 TOTAL BASES 6. Oregon State 621 WALKS RECEIVED 2. (tie) Oregon State 184 HIT BY PITCH 6. Oregon State 37 FEWEST OFFENSIVE STRIKEOUTS 3. Oregon State 271 TEAM EARNED RUN AVERAGE 5. Oregon State 5.47 OPPONENTS BATTING AVERAGE 6. Oregon State .295 INNINGS PITCHED 8. Oregon State 322.1 PITCHING STRIKEOUTS 8. Oregon State 227 SAVES 8. (tie) Oregon State 3 FEWEST HITS ALLOWED 4. Oregon State 374 FEWEST RUNS ALLOWED 4. Oregon State 234 FEWEST EARNED RUNS ALLOWED 4. Oregon State 196 FEWEST WALKS ALLOWED 1. (tie) Oregon State 138 TEAM FIELDING 5. Oregon State .963 DOUBLE PLAYS 2. Oregon State 50 FEWEST STOLEN BASES ALLOWED 2. (tie) Oregon State 25
BEAVERS AMONG CAREER LEADERS: Current Oregon State players on or near the school's career top 10 lists through April 16:
BATTING AVERAGE (minimum 260 at-bats) 1. Jay Dean, 1952-55 .379 2. A.J. Marquardt, 1993-94 .373 3. Ben Bertrand, 1996-98 .358 4. Dan Cunningham, 1971-73 .354 5. Dave Brundage, 1984-86 .350 (tie) Mike Leone, 1996-97 .350 7. Twink Pederson, 1956-58 .346 (tie) Rob Colley, 1998-99 .346 9. Jason Akina, 1992-93 .342 10. Chris Wakeland, 1995-96 .341 > * Joe Gerber, 1997-present .373 <> * Drew Hedges, 1997-present .348 < *="" -="" cannot="" join="" list="" until="" career="" is="" complete.="" at-bats="" 10.="" bryan="" ganter,="" 1984-87="" 557=""> Joe Gerber, 1997-present 490 <> Drew Hedges, 1997-present 474 < hits="" 1.="" ken="" bowen,="" 1984-87="" 206="" 2.="" pete="" rowe,="" 1974-77="" 186="" 3.="" aaron="" anderson,="" 1989-92="" 185="" 4.="" joe="" gerber,="" 1997-present="" 183="">< 5.="" kevin="" hooker,="" 1991-95="" 180="" 6.="" jon="" yonemitsu,="" 1990-93="" 179="" 7.="" ryan="" lipe,="" 1995-98="" 178="" 8.="" mickey="" riley,="" 1980-83="" 169="" (tie)="" bryan="" ganter,="" 1984-87="" 169="" 10.="" dave="" brundage,="" 1984-86="" 167=""> Drew Hedges, 1997-present 165 < runs="" 6.="" kevin="" hooker,="" 1991-95="" 128="" 7.="" jon="" yonemitsu,="" 1990-93="" 127=""> 8. Drew Hedges, 1997-present 125 <> 9. Joe Gerber, 1997-present 120 < doubles=""> 1. Joe Gerber, 1997-present 40 2. Ken Bowen, 1984-87 36 3. Troy Schader, 1997-99 35 4. Tim Lambert, 1985-88 34 > 5. Drew Hedges, 1997-pres. 33 < triples="" 7.="" lute="" barnes,="" 1967-69="" 7="" (tie)="" bob="" beall,="" 1968-70="" 7="" (tie)="" bob="" mcnair,="" 1978-80="" 7="" (tie)r.a.="" neitzel,="" 1988-90="" 7=""> Eric Stark, 1998-present 3 < home="" runs=""> 1. Joe Gerber, 1997-present 29 < 2.="" al="" hunsinger,="" 1980-81="" 28="" 3.="" bob="" mcnair,="" 1978-80="" 27="" (tie)="" jim="" wilson,="" 1980-82="" 27="" 5.="" matt="" bailie,="" 1995-98="" 25="" 6.="" steve="" smith,="" 1981-83="" 21="" (tie)="" david="" schmidt,="" 1994-96="" 21="" (tie)="" ben="" bertrand,="" 1996-98="" 21="" (tie)="" troy="" schader,="" 1997-99="" 21="" 10.="" ken="" bowen,="" 1984-87="" 19=""> Drew Hedges, 1997-present 15 < runs="" batted="" in="" 1.="" joe="" gerber,="" 1997-present="" 151="">< 2.="" matt="" bailie,="" 1995-98="" 144="" 3.="" ken="" bowen,="" 1984-87="" 131="" 4.="" bob="" mcnair,="" 1978-80="" 130="" 5.="" ryan="" lipe,="" 1995-98="" 126="" 6.="" troy="" schader,="" 1997-99="" 118="" 7.="" pete="" rowe,="" 1974-77="" 110="" 8.="" al="" hunsinger,="" 1980-81="" 105="" (tie)="" jim="" wilson,="" 1980-82="" 105="" (tie)="" ben="" bertrand,="" 1996-98="" 105=""> Drew Hedges, 1997-present 103 < walks="" 10.="" kevin="" hooker,="" 1991-95="" 94=""> Joe Gerber, 1997-present 89 <> Drew Hedges, 1997-present 84 < total="" bases=""> 1. Joe Gerber, 1997-present 310 < 1.="" ken="" bowen,="" 1984-87="" 303="" 3.="" bob="" mcnair,="" 1978-80="" 285="" 4.="" matt="" bailie,="" 1995-98="" 269="" 5.="" ryan="" lipe,="" 1995-98="" 255="" 6.="" troy="" schader,="" 1997-99="" 254=""> 7. Drew Hedges, 1997-present 249 < slugging="" percentage="" (minimum="" 260="" at-bats)="" 1.="" jim="" wilson,="" 1980-82="" .640="" 2.="" al="" hunsinger,="" 1980-81="" .639="" 3.="" ben="" bertrand,="" 1996-98="" .631="" 4.="" a.j.="" marquardt,="" 1993-94="" .578="" 5.="" chris="" wakeland,="" 1995-96="" .569="" 6.="" mike="" leone,="" 1996-97="" .555="" 7.="" bob="" mcnair,="" 1978-80="" .535="" 8.="" chris="" newman,="" 1980-84="" .520="" 9.="" david="" schmidt,="" 1994-96="" .513="" 10.="" dave="" brundage,="" 1984-86="" .507=""> * Joe Gerber, 1997-present .633 <> * Drew Hedges, 1997-present .525 < *="" -="" cannot="" join="" list="" until="" career="" is="" complete.="" wins="" 10.="" scott="" christman,="" '91-93="" (21-8)="" 21=""> Mark Newell, 1996-present (15-11) 15 SAVES 3. Dave Schoppe, 1989-91 6 4. Ron Daulton, 1984-86 5 (tie) Tim Lambert, 1985-88 5 6. Jeff Post, 1989-92 4 (tie) Scott Christman, 1991-93 4 > (tie) Mark Newell, 1996-present 4 STRIKEOUTS 10. Andrew Checketts, 1996-98 197 > Mark Newell, 1996-present 164 <>
