The Oregon State Beavers baseball team represents

Oregon State University Oregon State University (OSU) is a public land-grant, research university in Corvallis, Oregon. OSU offers more than 200 undergraduate-degree programs along with a variety of graduate and doctoral degrees. It has the 10th largest engineering co ...

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. The team participates in the

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. They are currently coached by

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and assistant coaches Ryan Gipson, Darwin Barney and Rich Dorman. They play home games in

Goss Stadium at Coleman Field Goss Stadium at Coleman Field is a college baseball park in the northwest United States, on the campus of Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon. It is home to the Oregon State Beavers of the Pac-12 Conference. Through the 2014 se ...

. The Beavers won the

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, 2007 and 2018 College World Series to become the winningest collegiate baseball program in the Super Regionals era. In addition, the program has won 26 conference championships, qualified for 21 NCAA tournaments, and appeared in seven College World Series.

Head Coaches

Records taken from the 2021 Oregon State baseball media guide.

Facilities

is the home of Oregon State Baseball. Except for the pitcher's mound, the entire infield uses artificial turf, and the outfield is also artificial. In 2015, the

Jacoby Ellsbury Jacoby McCabe Ellsbury ( ; born September 11, 1983) is an American former professional baseball center fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox from 2007 through 2013 and then played for the New York Yankees from 2 ...

Players' Locker Room (in name of Jacoby Ellsbury who donated $1 million to the project) was completed which finished a string of upgrades to Goss Stadium.

Player Awards

All-Americans

Oregon State players have been named

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ns 40 times, as of the end of the 2022 season. The university recognizes All-Americans as selected by the

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, Baseball America magazine, the

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, College Baseball Foundation, D1Baseball.com, the

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, Perfect Game, and USA Today/Sports Weekly. Key

National Awards

Conference Awards

Other notable players

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– MLB player 1972–1973. *

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– MLB Infielder 2010-2017 and 2012 Gold Glove Award winner. *

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– MLB Infielder 1975–1980. * Matthew Boyd - MLB Pitcher for

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2015-present. *

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– MLB catcher 2001-2010. *

- Oregon State Head Coach & 2007 All-American. * Ed Coleman – MLB Outfielder 1932–1936. *

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– MLB outfielder for

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– MLB Outfielder 2007–2017,

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, Gold Glove Award and 2x

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Champion. *

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- MLB Pitcher for

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- MLB Outfielder 2010-2016. *

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- MLB Outfielder 2012. *

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- 2018 MLB 1st Round Draft Pick

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– MLB player from 1943–1948 and 2x

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- 2018 MLB 1st Round Draft Pick

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. *

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- MLB 2nd basemen for

2020-present. * Howard Maple – MLB Catcher 1932. *

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– 2006

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. * Joe Paterson – MLB Pitcher 2011–2014. *

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League. *

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- 2019

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Winner, 2018

and 2019 MLB 1st overall pick. *

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, 2014–present. *

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References

External links

''Oregon Stater'': Making it look easy

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