Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball

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Texas Tech Red Raiders
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Founded1926
University Texas Tech University
Head coach Tim Tadlock (12th season)
Conference Big 12
Location Lubbock, Texas
Home stadium Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park
(Capacity: 4,801)
Nickname Red Raiders
ColorsScarlet and black [1]
   
College World Series appearances
2014, 2016, 2018, 2019
NCAA regional champions
2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021
NCAA Tournament appearances
1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
Conference tournament champions
1995, 1998
Regular season conference champions
1995, 1997, 2016, 2017, 2019

The Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team represents Texas Tech University in NCAA Division I college baseball. The team competes in the Big 12 Conference and plays at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park. Their head coach is Tim Tadlock and is entertaining his 9th season with the Red Raiders.

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History

Early years

The inaugural 1926 Texas Tech baseball team. TTUBaseball1926.jpg
The inaugural 1926 Texas Tech baseball team.

Along with the football and men's basketball teams, the Texas Tech baseball team was founded during the university's initial academic year, in 1925–26. The team's first series was against the West Texas A&M Buffaloes in 1926, an 18–9 victory in the first game and 14–9 loss in the second. [2] The third game in the team's history—this one against Daniel Baker College—ended in a 3–3 tie after 11 innings. [3]

E. Y. Freeland was the first coach of the Red Raiders, though the team was known as the Matadors at the time. He remained in the position for three years before R. Grady Higginbotham took the role. Higginbotham coached for only two years. [2] From 1930 to 1953, Texas Tech did not field an intercollegiate baseball team. [3]

Revival era

When the program returned in 1954, Beattie Feathers became the head coach of the Red Raiders and remained until 1960. He was followed by Berl Huffman (1961–1967), Kal Segrist (1968–1983), and Gary Ashby (1984–1986). Texas Tech joined the Southwest Conference in 1968, but experienced little success. During this 26 season period, the Red Raiders had only seven winning seasons; only twice finishing as high as third, with only three winning records in conference play. [2]

Modern era

Larry Hays took over the Red Raiders baseball team in 1987. Under Hays, Texas Tech endured only two losing seasons, his first and last, and enjoyed their greatest success in baseball. Hays took Texas Tech from having a losing tradition to being a national contender. When Hays started with the Red Raiders, the team's overall record stood at 550–576–5. By the time he left, he was the fourth-winningest coach in college baseball history and improved the team's record to 1,365–1,054–8. [4] The Red Raiders reached eight straight NCAA tournaments from 1995 to 2002 and again in 2004, three of which were held at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park. [5] They also won the 1995 Southwest Conference championship, and the inaugural Big 12 Conference championship in 1997. The Hays-led Red Raiders also won the SWC Tournament in 1995, and the Big 12 Tournament in 1998. [4]

On June 2, 2008, Larry Hays announced his retirement, paving the way for assistant coach Dan Spencer to take over. Spencer, a former Texas Tech player, won back-to-back national championships as an assistant head coach for the Oregon State Beavers. [6] In Spencer's four seasons as head coach, he led the Red Raiders to only one winning season. Prior to Spencer's fourth, and final, season as head coach, Tim Tadlock was hired as associate head coach for the Red Raiders under Dan Spencer. The following season saw Tadlock replace Spencer as the ninth head coach of the Red Raiders following Spencer's firing.

Tadlock was a starting shortstop for the Red Raiders during the 1990 and 1991 seasons. Tadlock previously led the Grayson College Vikings to back-to-back NJCAA Division I World Series championships in the team's five appearances over his 9 seasons as head coach. Tadlock's first season saw the team finish 26–30, and 8th of 9 in Big 12 play. Prior to the 2014 season, the Red Raiders were selected to finish in 8th place in the Big 12 Conference in the preseason polls. In only his second season, the Red Raiders won their first NCAA tournament Regional Championship, defeating the Columbia Lions and host team Miami Hurricanes to advance to the program's first Super Regional appearance. The team would host College of Charleston in the Lubbock Super Regional before shutting them out twice in two 1–0 games, earning the programs first berth in the College World Series on the back of a 0.65 post season earned run average produced by assistant coach Ray Hayward's pitching staff. [7] The Red Raiders have since gone on to win Big 12 regular season conference championships in 2016, 2017 and 2019 and again host both Regional and Super Regional rounds of the NCAA tournament in Lubbock while also making three more appearances in the College World Series (2016, 2018–2019).

Ballpark

Season-by-season results

Statistics overview
SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Independent (1926–1967)
1926Ewing Y. Freeland 11–2–1
1927Ewing Y. Freeland 4–9–1
1928Grady Higginbotham 8–6
1929Grady Higginbotham 2–11
No Team Fielded (1930–1953)
1954Beattie Feathers 1–7–1
1955Beattie Feathers 3–17
1956Beattie Feathers 8–7
1957Beattie Feathers 7–4
1958Beattie Feathers 6–9
1959Beattie Feathers 7–6
1960Beattie Feathers 8–7
1961Berl Huffman 13–5
1962Berl Huffman 15–11
1963Berl Huffman 12–10
1964Berl Huffman 9–16
1965Berl Huffman 7–16
1966Berl Huffman 10–13
1967Berl Huffman 14–16
Southwest Conference (1968–1996)
1968Kal Segrist 9–202–157th
1969Kal Segrist 13–139–63rd
1970Kal Segrist 12–16–15–105th
1971Kal Segrist 26–1411–73rd
1972Kal Segrist 23–196–12T–5th
1973Kal Segrist 12–166–10T–6th
1974Kal Segrist 11–219–15T–8th
1975Kal Segrist 22–239–156th
1976Kal Segrist 32–2110–116th
1977Kal Segrist 25–2412–125th
1978Kal Segrist 23–258–167th
1979Kal Segrist 16–239–156th
1980Kal Segrist 28–23–114–104thSWC Tournament, L 1–2
1981Kal Segrist 26–218–137th
1982Kal Segrist 21–229–125th
1983Kal Segrist 18–238–136th
1984Gary Ashby 33–229–12T–5th
1985Gary Ashby 18–332–198th
1986Gary Ashby 34–257–146th
1987Larry Hays 21–287–146th
1988Larry Hays 34–25–17–146th
1989Larry Hays 32–229–12T–4th
1990Larry Hays 31–296–167th
1991Larry Hays 42–189–127th
1992Larry Hays 29–2515–194th
1993Larry Hays 43–1511–7T–2ndSWC Tournament, L 0–2
1994Larry Hays 40–1712–6T–2ndSWC Tournament, L 2–2
1995Larry Hays 51–1416–81stSWC Tournament, W 3–1
NCAA Midwest I Regional, L 3–2
1996Larry Hays 49–1515–92ndSWC Tournament, L 3–2
NCAA Central II Regional, L 2–2
Big 12 Conference (1997–present)
1997Larry Hays 46–1423–71st Big 12 tournament, L 3–2
NCAA Central Regional, L 0–2
1998Larry Hays 44–2018–113rd Big 12 tournament, W 4–1
NCAA Atlantic I Regional, L 1–2
1999Larry Hays 42–1718–83rd Big 12 tournament, L 0–2
NCAA Lubbock Regional, L 2–2
2000Larry Hays 36–2618–125th Big 12 tournament, L 1–2
NCAA Houston Regional, L 1–2
2001Larry Hays 43–20–119–10–12nd Big 12 tournament, L 1–2
NCAA Fullerton Regional, L 3–2
2002Larry Hays 42–2016–112nd Big 12 tournament, L 1–2
NCAA Houston Regional, L 1–2
2003Larry Hays 30–258–189th
2004Larry Hays 40–2117–93rd Big 12 tournament, L 0–2
NCAA Atlanta Regional, L 2–2
2005Larry Hays 34–259–168th Big 12 tournament, L 1–2
2006Larry Hays 31–26–19–16–18th Big 12 tournament, L 0–3
2007Larry Hays 28–278–1810th
2008Larry Hays 25–309–18T–9th
2009Dan Spencer 25–3212–157th Big 12 tournament, L 1–2
2010Dan Spencer 28–2913–145th Big 12 tournament, L 1–2
2011Dan Spencer 33–2512–157th Big 12 tournament, L 0–2
2012Dan Spencer 29–267–17T–8th
2013 Tim Tadlock 26–309–158th Big 12 tournament, L 1–2
2014 Tim Tadlock 45–1914–104th Big 12 tournament, L 0–2
NCAA Coral Gables Regional, W 3–1
NCAA Lubbock Super Regional, W 2–0
NCAA College World Series, 0–2
2015 Tim Tadlock 31–2413–11T-3rd Big 12 tournament, L 1–2
2016 Tim Tadlock 47–2019–51st Big 12 tournament, L 1–2
NCAA Lubbock Regional, W 3–1
NCAA Lubbock Super Regional, W 2–1
NCAA College World Series, 1–2
2017 Tim Tadlock 45–1716–8T-1st Big 12 tournament, L 1–2
NCAA Lubbock Regional, L 2-2
2018 Tim Tadlock 45–2015–93rd Big 12 tournament, L 1–2
NCAA Lubbock Regional, W 3–0
NCAA Lubbock Super Regional, W 2–1
NCAA College World Series, 1–2
2019 Tim Tadlock 45–1916–81st Big 12 tournament, L 3–2
NCAA Lubbock Regional, W 3–0
NCAA Lubbock Super Regional, W 2–1
NCAA College World Series, L 2–2
2020 Tim Tadlock 16–30–0—Season cancelled due to COVID-19
2021 Tim Tadlock 39–1714–103rd Big 12 tournament, L 1–2
NCAA Lubbock Regional, W 3–0
NCAA Lubbock Super Regional, L 0–2
2022 Tim Tadlock 39–2215–9T–2nd Big 12 tournament, L 1–2
NCAA Statesboro Regional, L 2–2
2023 Tim Tadlock 41-2312-126th Big 12 tournament, L 2-2
NCAA Gainesville Regional, L 2–2
Total:

      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

Source: [8] [9]

Head coaches

Individual accomplishments

Unanimous All-American

National Pitcher of the Year Award

Big 12 Conference Player of the Year

Big 12 Conference Pitcher of the Year

Big 12 Conference Freshman of the Year

Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year

Big 12 Conference Tournament MVP

Southwest Conference Coach of the Year

Southwest Conference Tournament MVP

NCAA Division I Regional Tournament MVP

Skip Bertman Award

Retired jerseys

NumberPlayerSeasons
22 Brooks Wallace 1977–1980
23 Clint Bryant 1993–1996
24 Kal Segrist 1968–1983
27 Larry Hays 1987–2008

Red Raiders in the Major Leagues

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Dallas Braden with Oakland
Josh Bard with Washington Josh Bard 2009.jpg
Josh Bard with Washington

At least 30 former Texas Tech Red Raiders have gone on to play Major League Baseball. [10]

PlayerMLB Career DatesRound DraftedTeam Drafted
Chuck Harrison1965–1969, 1971N/AN/A
Doug Ault 1976–1980Free Agent Texas Rangers
Donald Harris1991–19931st (5th pick) Texas Rangers
Mike Humphreys1991–199315th San Diego Padres
Mark Brandenburg 1995–199726th Texas Rangers
Ryan Nye1997–19982nd Philadelphia Phillies
Travis Smith 1998–200619th Milwaukee Brewers
Brandon Kolb 2000–200138th Oakland Athletics
Keith Ginter 2000–200510th Houston Astros
Stubby Clapp 2001

2019–present (Coach)

36th St. Louis Cardinals
Matt Miller2001–20022nd Detroit Tigers
Trey Lunsford 2002–200333rd San Francisco Giants
Travis Driskill 2002–2005, 20074th Cleveland Indians
Josh Bard 2002–2011

2016–present (Coach)

3rd Colorado Rockies
Steve Watkins200416th San Diego Padres
Joe Dillon 2005, 2007–2009

2018–present (Coach)

7th Kansas City Royals
Chris Sampson 2006–20098th Houston Astros
Jeff Karstens 2006–201219th New York Yankees
Dallas Braden 2007–201124th Oakland Athletics
Dustin Richardson 2009–20105th Boston Red Sox
Josh Tomlin 2010–present19th Cleveland Indians
Zach Stewart 2011–20123rd Cincinnati Reds
AJ Ramos 2012–2018, 2020–202121st Florida Marlins
Roger Kieschnick 2013–20143rd San Francisco Giants
Nathan Karns 2013–2017, 201912th Washington Nationals
Chad Bettis 2013–20192nd Colorado Rockies
Danny Coulombe 2014–2018, 2020–present25th Los Angeles Dodgers
Kelby Tomlinson 2015–201812th San Francisco Giants
Robert Dugger 2019–present18th Seattle Mariners
Parker Mushinski 2022–present7th Houston Astros
Davis Martin2022–present14th Chicago White Sox
Caleb Kilian2022–present77th San Francisco Giants
Josh Jung 2022–present1st Texas Rangers
John McMillon2022–present11th Detroit Tigers

Pro Red Raiders in other sports

Former Texas Tech football player and Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was also a baseball player at TTU Patrick Mahomes.png
Former Texas Tech football player and Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was also a baseball player at TTU
PlayerYearsBaseball
Position		Position in
other sport		LeagueTeam
Patrick Mahomes 2015Relief pitcherQuarterback NFL Kansas City Chiefs

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