Photographs, video,
ephemera, essays and statistics documenting more than 100 years of OSU baseball players, coaches, and teams.
The 2007 Beavers will play games in Hawaii, Georgia, California, Arizona and Texas in a five-week span to begin the season. However, when the Beavers went to Omaha for the 1952 College World Series, it was the first time that Oregon State had played east of the Rockies. Other than trips to Eastern Washington and Idaho which began in 1910, this was the Beavers’ first trip away from the west coast.
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This footage shows portions of the eighth through tenth innings of a double-header at Coleman Field.
The original film is 16 mm color silent and is about eleven minutes long.
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.
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:
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.
Chronological List of Games Played
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).
On May 17, 1952, the University of Oregon came to Corvallis for what turned out to be one of the strangest baseball games in Beaver history. Entering the bottom of the eighth inning, the OSC nine had produced precisely one hit, and found itself on the short end of a 12-0 score, thanks in large part to seven Beaver errors.
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The greatest comeback in OSU baseball history occurred very recently. On February 21, 2003, the Beavers were on one of their typical early-season tournament swings through the warmer climes, playing the University of New Mexico in the Baseball Fiesta at El Paso. It wasn’t looking much like OSU’s day. Shaky pitching and multiple errors on the part of the Beavers had allowed the Lobos to run out to a 14-0 lead after five innings. It was looking like time to mail this one in.
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In researching OSU’s baseball history, an odd box score was discovered a few years ago. It seemed that a team called the New York Colored Sox had come to Corvallis and on April 14, 1921, played the Aggies. One name for the New Yorkers jumped out—Rogan, an outfielder for the Colored Sox that day. A check with the Negro Leagues Hall of Fame in Kansas City confirmed that this was indeed Bullet Joe Rogan, one of the league’s great fireballing pitchers, elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998. Not only that but those New York Colored Sox were actually the Kansas City Monarchs, barnstorming their way home after conducting spring training in the Los Angeles area. The team was referred to in the press as both the Colored Giants and the Colored Sox.
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