2005 — http://hdl.handle.net/1957/8573

2006 — http://hdl.handle.net/1957/9379

2007 — http://hdl.handle.net/1957/9378

This list was compiled by Kip Carlson and Paul Andresen from many sources, including yearbooks, media guides, athletic department records and correspondence, newspaper microfilm, and the Oregon Stater (alumni magazine). It is certainly not a complete list of everyone who wore the uniform, nor can it be assumed to be a complete list of lettermen, as some records are missing or incomplete. While not perfect, it should include anyone who saw a reasonable amount of playing time for OSU.

The list gives player’s name (last and first in columns A-B), year played (column C), position (column D); year in school (column E) and hometown and high school (column F).

Games Played (listed by Opponent)

As Kip Carlson and Paul Andresen began delving into OSU’s baseball past in the mid-1990s, it quickly became apparent that no accurate list existed of all of the games played. Some games were reported inaccurately; others were missing all together. Over the years, those holes have been filled in, and today we’re pretty confident that the list is complete.The chronological list shows running totals for team’s record at any point in each particular season as well as their overall record since 1907. If you wanted to know that in 1918 the 10-game schedule consisted entirely of games against Willamette and the Ducks, or that the 1962 team began the season with an 18-0 record, this table is the place to look.The games played (by opponent) list shows running totals by year and overall against every team that OSU has ever played. When a college’s name changes, as many have over the years, games are listed by their present name. If you wanted to know that until the 2006 College World Series, North Carolina and OSU had never met or that when the Ducks quit playing baseball after the 1981 season, OSU owned a 151-145 edge, this table will tell you that and more.

The lists give the date of the game (year in column A and month/day, when known, in column B); game number that year and overall (columns C-D); opponent (column E); home/away/neutral site (column F); win/loss (column G); score (OSU in column H and opponent in column I).

The chronological table lists the win-loss-tie record for season to date (columns K-L-M); for 1907 to date (columns N-O-P); and for conference season to date (columns Q-R-S).

The opponent table lists the win-loss-tie record versus that opponent for the season to date (columns K-L-M) and for 1907 to date (columns N-O-P).

Planning for the project began in the spring of 2005 before the OSU baseball team made its first trip to the College World Series in more than 50 years (since 1952). The 2006 team’s run to the National Championship provided new energy for the project. The project staff knew that OSU baseball, as the reigning National Champions, would receive significant attention from fans and the media in 2007.

The Archives’ baseball-related photographs are scattered in many different collections and had been poorly described or un-identified. This project brings the images together in one “virtual” collection and provides enhanced descriptions. OSU Sports Information has provided more recent images (especially of the 2005 and 2006 teams) and other images that are not part of the Archives collections.

In the course of the project, more than 1500 baseball images were identified in the Archives’ collections, almost double the number we expected.

This project includes several features not previously used in OSU Libraries digital projects:

• Narrative content is provided through a blog allowing users to add comments.
• Streaming video of several films of OSU baseball is available from within both the media and narrative components of the site.
• Extensive descriptions are provided for many of the images on the site.

Many OSU Libraries staff contributed to this project: Linda Kathman, Sue Kunda, and Terry Reese in the Digital Production Unit; Larry Landis and Elizabeth Nielsen in the University Archives; Reid Parham in Library Technology, who designed the site; and many student assistants who scanned photographs and other items.

Kip Carlson in OSU Sports Information provided images and text for the site and supported the project from its inception as a way to honor the rich history of OSU baseball.

The OSU Libraries and OSU Sports Information especially acknowledge the yeoman service of Paul Andresen as a volunteer on this project. Paul’s extensive knowledge of and enthusiasm for OSU baseball history and his tenacity in tracking down all manner of details about players, teams, and games are reflected in the detailed descriptions he prepared to accompany many of the images and the essays about various aspects of OSU baseball history which he wrote for the site.

DVDs of the films and videos on this site can be ordered by contacting the University Archives through the Ask an Archivist page. The approximate cost is $25 per DVD.

View game 1 – second part.

View game 2.

The doubleheader versus Washington State University at Coleman Field on May 21, 1983 was televised on KBVR-TV, with Ken Shafer and Mark Snider announcing. The original footage is recorded on 5 3/4″ videotapes.

The 1983 team, defending Pacific 10 Northern Division champions, ended the regular season with a nine-game winining streak including a doubleheader sweep of Washington State University on May 21 at Coleman Field, to capture its second consecutive division crown.

A record 3100 fans jammed Coleman Field on Fan Appreciation Day to watch Jeff Reece hurl OSU to a 2-1 extra-inning victory in game one. WSU entered the final day of the seasonal series and the division title, but the Cougars suffered a tail-chopping 14-5 defeat in game two and cancelled their post-season travel plans.

From 1983 Beaver yearbook, p. 214.

This footage of Coach Jack Riley (20) with a wireless microphone was shot at the April 7, 1982 game versus Portland State University at Coleman Field. This was the Northern Division league opener for both teams. The Beavers won 5-4 in ten innings. The innings are not identified on the footage, but include the following:

Inning A (Beavers at bat)

• Pat Shaw (14) flies out
• Jeff Myers (6) single
• Todd Thomas flies out
• Myers is thrown out trying to steal second, with Mickey Riley (2) at the plate

Inning B (Beavers at bat)

• Mickey Riley (2) at bat
• Bill Gassaway (8) at bat
• Jim Wilson (22) fly out

Inning C (Beavers in the field)

• Mike Gorman (21) pitching
• Jim Wilson (22) making a putout at first

The original footage is 3/4″ videotape that is extensively degraded. The length is about 9 minutes.

The original film is 16 mm color silent and is about eleven minutes long.

View film.

This was the first game of a double header played on May 10, 1975, with the Beavers winning 6-5 in ten innings. OSU also took the nightcap 11-7. These were the last regularly scheduled games of the conference season. OSU finished in a tie with Washington State for the Northern Division title, and a one-game playoff ensued in Pullman the following Wednesday, with the Cougars prevailing 6-4. OSU finished the season with a 28-10-1 record. Assuming that the film is in chronological order, all the action takes place from the eighth inning on. Pat Barry, pitching in relief, was the winning pitcher in each game of the double-header.

Postscript: Rowe, who had no hits in his last 20 AB’s, singled in Merrill for the winning run. Merrill was a JV player, who Riley had grabbed at the last minute as a roster fill-in.

Prepared by Paul Andresen; October 1, 2006.

This short clip from the 1925 film The Old Grad Comes Back shows the members of the 1925 Northwest Conference champions playing pepper on the lawn near Waldo Hall.

This is a b/w silent film. The length is 14 sec.

Prothro happened by baseball practice one day, and Rich mysteriously became convinced that he should really be at spring football practice.

Paul Andresen: 2/22/2007