Lawrence Keene was the pitcher for the 1910-1912 OAC baseball teams. He should not to be confused with Roy "Spec" Keene, also played baseball and later became OSU athletic director.
Photo used in the April-May 1960 issue of the Oregon Stater, page 3. Gary Moore lettered from 1958-1960. From Gig Harbor, Washington, Moore was an honor roll student.
Home Game, This is essentially the same picture as the one above. Varsity Baseball- From left to right, Row 1: Bill Oerding, Bill Wagner, Dan Luby, Bill Rudzik, Roy Critser, Jerry Dorocher, Leon Criner. Row 2: Gary Baker, Clayton Smith, John Whitelaw, Carla Petroni, Stan Yoshioka, Grimm Mason, Manager Ed DeYoe. Row 3: Manager Dale Robbins, Bert Girod, Bob Berreman, Ray Lunde, Rod Wells, Rene Moye, Bruce Day, Ed Reinking, Kim Bradshaw, Coach Ralph Coleman. Photo was used in the 1960 Beaver Yearbook, page 181.
Rich Dodge, a three year letterman, who playedfrom 1974-1977, concluded his career for OSU his final season with record-breaking baseball. He set a new Beaver season home run mark with seven and drew a record 48 walks. Over his three years of varsity football, the tailback was the Beavers' leading ground gainer. Photo was used in the June 1977 Oregon Stater, v.11 no.4, page 22.
Coach Jack Riley finds duty in the third base coaching box exciting as he waves Rich Harper on to home plate. Harper played from 1975-1978. Photo was used in the Oregon Stater, June 1977, vol.11 no.4, p. 22 and 1977 Beaver p. 97.
This is the cover of the 1997 Baseball Guide featuring Chris Pine, Ralph Coleman, Pat Casey, 1952 College World Series Team, Ryan McDonald, 1907 Varsity Team, Andrew Checketts, Ryan Lipe, and Jack Riley. It commemorates the 90th anniversary of Oregon State baseball.
Home Game, The Beavers race out onto the field to celebrate a double-header sweep which gave them the Northern Division crown for the second year running. Photo was used in the Oregon Stater, June 1983, page 22. The Beavers went on to lose to Stanford and Cal-Santa Barbara in the NCAA playoffs
Home Game, Photo was used in the 1971 Beaver Yearbook, page 230. Tanselli was the baseball coach from1967-1972. He compiled a 113-102-2 record while at OSU.
OSU Coach Jack Riley, Washington State Coach Bobo Brayton and umpires are shown before a game.Riley coached at Oregon State from 1973 through 1994 and is the winningest coach in Beaver Baseball history with a 613-411-5 record. Brayton coached at WSU for 33 years and also retired after the 1994 season.Washington State has been OSU's most formidable rival through the years. The series began in 1910 and stood at 186-215-2 through 2006. Riley's won-loss record versus Brayton was 49-79 (1973-1994).OSU has played both Washington State and the University of Washington more times than any other college or university. OSU all-time versus the UW is 218-179-2, beginning in 1911.
The Maurer's are a notable athletic clan in Oregon. There were five Maurer brothers, three of whom played football at OSU. The best known of the Maurers was Andy, who played at the UofO and had a long NFL career. The Maurers were from Prospect, where they played 8 man football.
The first postwar Northern Division conference game between OSC and Washington State College was celebrated with President A. L. Strand, Beaver coach Ralph Coleman, and WSC coach Buck Bailey taking part in the ceremonial "first pitch" as batter, pitcher and catcher. OSC participated in intercollegiate baseball for the first time since 1943, when competition was halted due to the war.