OSU has played a number of games over the years against local professional nines. The most frequent of these opponents were the Salem Senators, against whom the Beavers posted a6-10 mark between 1924 and 1955. In 1983, OSU won it's only contest with the Portland Beavers. It also played and lost games againstthe Eugene Emeralds in 1957 and 1959.They also lost to the Portland Colts in 1913, which was a farm team of the Portland Beavers.
One of the Beavers' first trips by air was to Los Angeles to meet Southern California for the 1951 Pacific Coast Conference title. They went on the Southwest Airways plane. Photo was used in the 2006 Oregon State Baseball Guide, page 93.