Texas State Bobcats
2023 Texas State Bobcats baseball team
Founded1985
UniversityTexas State University
Head coachSteven Trout (4th season)
ConferenceSun Belt
West Division
LocationSan Marcos, Texas
Home stadiumBobcat Ballpark
(Capacity: 2,400)
NicknameBobcats
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.

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]

Bobcat Ballpark

Main article: 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]
Date Opponent Result Attendance
1. March 21, 2017 Texas W, 11-10 (10) 3,017
2. March 28, 2017 Texas A&M L, 9-3 2,952
3. March 1, 2016 Texas L, 10-4 (11) 2,776
4. March 24, 2015 Texas L, 6-4 2,653
T-5. March 30, 2010 Texas A&M W, 6-5 (11) 2,603
T-5. March 11, 2014 Texas L, 6-3 2,603
7. March 3, 2009 Texas L, 6-5 2,593
8. March 27, 2018 Texas L, 6-1 2,547
9. April 23, 2013 Texas A&M W, 4-1 2,512
10. February 14, 2014 Michigan W, 8-7 (10) 2,439

Year-by-year results

Statistics overview
Season Coach Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Independent (1984)
1984 Dr. William Pool 18–31
Independent: 18–31
Gulf Star Conference (1985–1987)
1985 Jay Jeffrey 29–27
1986 Jay Jeffrey 31–25
1987 Steve Prentice 39–21–2
Gulf Star: 99–73–2
Southland Conference (1988–2012)
1988 Steve Prentice 31–27 7–11 7th
1989 Steve Prentice 31–24 10–8 4th
1990 Steve Prentice 31–22–1 7–11 6th
1991 Steve Prentice 33–15 4–7 7th
1992 Steve Prentice 31–19 11–10 3rd
1993 Steve Prentice 26–29 8–15 8th
1994 Howard Bushong 28–23 10–13 7th
1995 Howard Bushong 23–31 10–14 6th
1996 Howard Bushong 29–22 10–15 8th
1997 Howard Bushong 38–26 8–11 1st (TX Division) NCAA Regionals
1998 Howard Bushong 28–28 13–11 5th
1999 Howard Bushong 27–32 15–12 3rd NCAA Regionals
2000 Ty Harrington 34–29 16–11 3rd NCAA Regionals
2001 Ty Harrington 36–22 15–11 4th
2002 Ty Harrington 36–24 14–13 6th
2003 Ty Harrington 30–28 19–7 2nd
2004 Ty Harrington 32–26 16–10 3rd
2005 Ty Harrington 32–26 15–12 3rd
2006 Ty Harrington 29–30 20–10 3rd
2007 Ty Harrington 37–23 20–10 2nd (West)
2008 Ty Harrington 30–27 19–11 2nd (West)
2009 Ty Harrington 41–17 24–7 1st NCAA Regionals
2010 Ty Harrington 38–22 23–10 1st
2011 Ty Harrington 41–23 24–9 1st NCAA Regional
2012 Ty Harrington 32–24 19–14 4th
Southland: 812–629–1 357–273
Western Athletic Conference (2013)
2013 Ty Harrington 29–29 16–11 3rd
WAC: 29–29 16–11
Sun Belt Conference (2014–present)
2014 Ty Harrington 30–28 16–14 4th
2015 Ty Harrington 24–32–1 14–16 6th
2016 Ty Harrington 31–28 16–14 5th
2017 Ty Harrington 29–30 13–17 4th (West)
2018 Ty Harrington 30–28–1 16–14 2nd (West)
2019 Ty Harrington 36–20 20–10 1st (West)
2020 Steven Trout 14–4 0–0 No conference season Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Steven Trout 21–36 9–15 6th (West)
2022 Steven Trout 47-14 26-4 1st NCAA Regional
Sun Belt: 262–220–2 130–104
Total: 1,220–982–5

      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

References

  1. ^ Texas State University Brand Guide. January 14, 2022. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  2. ^ "2019 Baseball Schedule - Texas State Athletics". January 18, 2020. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
  3. ^ "Sun Belt Regular season Champions!". May 18, 2019. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
  4. ^ "Reich and Harrington Earn Specialty Awards; Four Named to All-Conference Teams". May 20, 2019. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
  5. ^ "Three Bobcats Selected on Final Day of MLB Draft". June 5, 2019. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
  6. ^ "2019 Texas State Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). January 18, 2020. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
  7. ^ Alex Miller (June 20, 2019). "Texas State baseball coach Ty Harrington retires after 20 seasons". www.expressnews.com. Hearst. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  8. ^ Drew King (July 1, 2019). "Steven Trout Introduced As New Texas State Head Coach". www.sanmarcosrecord.com. San Marcos Daily Record. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
  9. ^ "Steven Trout - Baseball Coach - Texas State Athletics". January 18, 2020. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
  10. ^ "2018 Baseball Schedule". Texas State Athletics. January 17, 2020. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  11. ^ "2019 Texas State Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). Texas State Athletics. January 17, 2020. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  12. ^ "2021 TXST Baseball Media Guide (PDF)" (PDF). Texas State Athletics. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  13. ^ "2022 Southland Baseball Record Book (PDF) - Southland Conference" (PDF). www.southland.org. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  14. ^ "Sun Belt Conference All Sports Record Book" (PDF). Sun Belt Sports. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  15. ^ "Western Athletic Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  16. ^ "Texas State Baseball Coaching Staff".
  17. ^ "4 Bobcats Selected on Final Day of 2012 MLB First Year Player Draft".

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