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.