Texas State Bobcats baseball

Baseball team representing Texas State University

Texas State Bobcats

2025 Texas State Bobcats baseball team
Founded| 1985; 40 years ago (1985)
University| Texas State University
Head coach| Steven Trout (6th season)
Conference| Sun Belt
West Division
Location| San Marcos, Texas
Home stadium| Bobcat Ballpark
(Capacity: 2,400)
Nickname| Bobcats
Colors| Maroon and gold[1]

NCAA tournament appearances
1997, 1999, 2000, 2009, 2011, 2022
Conference tournament champions
Southland Conference: 1997, 1999, 2000, 2011
Conference regular season champions
Southland: 2009, 2010, 2011
Sun Belt: 2019, 2022

The Texas State Bobcats baseball program is the intercollegiate baseball team representing Texas State University. The Bobcats' first season was in 1985, and have played their home games at Bobcat Ballpark on the university's campus in San Marcos, Texas since 2009.

Since the 2014 season, the Bobcats have competed as a member of the Sun Belt Conference. Previously, the Bobcats were a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), Southland Conference, and Gulf Star Conference.

## History

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Ty Harrington (University of Texas at Austin '89) began his tenure as Texas State baseball's fourth head coach in the 2000 season and compiled an overall record of 657-516-2 over 20 seasons. His overall record includes a 265-146 record in the Southland Conference and a 95-85 record in the Sun Belt Conference.[2] Harrington was honored as the Southland Conference Coach of the Year in 2009 and 2011. Texas State won three consecutive regular season SLC championships in 2009, 2010 and 2011 under Harrington. His teams also won the SLC tournament championship in 2000 and 2011 and made three NCAA Championship Regional appearances in 2000, 2009 and 2011. Harrington guided Texas State to its first Sun Belt Conference regular season championship in 2019.[3] He has helped produce 88 all-conference selections,[4] 10 All-Americans, seven conference players of the year and 53 Major League Baseball Draftees.[5][6] On June 20, 2019, Harrington retired after 20 seasons at Texas State.[7]

On July 1, 2019, Steven Trout was named Texas State baseball's fifth head coach.[8] Trout previously served as Texas State's associate head coach for the 2018 and 2019 seasons and as an assistant coach in 2016 and 2017. Prior to his current stint with the Bobcats, Trout was an assistant coach on the West Virginia Mountaineers staff from 2013 to 2015.[9]

## Texas State in the NCAA tournament

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Year  | Record  | Pct  | Notes

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1997 | 2–2  | .500  | Central Regional
1999 | 0–2  | .000  | Houston Regional
2000 | 1–2  | .333  | Waco Regional
2009 | 0–2  | .000  | Austin Regional
2011 | 1–2  | .333  | Austin Regional
2022 | 2–2  | .500  | Stanford Regional

TOTALS

| 6-12 | .333 |

## Bobcat Ballpark

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Main article: Bobcat Ballpark

Texas State hosted the Texas Longhorns in Bobcat Ballpark's first game on March 3, 2009 in front of a then-record 2,593 spectators. As of the end of the 2019 season, the Bobcats have a 225-116-1 record at the facility.[10]

Bobcat Ballpark Attendance Records[11] | Date  | Opponent  | Result  | Attendance

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1\.  | March 21, 2017  | Texas  | W, 11-10 (10)  | 3,017
2\.  | March 28, 2017  | Texas A&M  | L, 9-3  | 2,952
3\.  | March 1, 2016  | Texas  | L, 10-4 (11)  | 2,776
4\.  | March 24, 2015  | Texas  | L, 6-4  | 2,653
T-5.  | March 30, 2010  | Texas A&M  | W, 6-5 (11)  | 2,603
T-5.  | March 11, 2014  | Texas  | L, 6-3  | 2,603
7\.  | March 3, 2009  | Texas  | L, 6-5  | 2,593
8\.  | March 27, 2018  | Texas  | L, 6-1  | 2,547
9\.  | April 23, 2013  | Texas A&M  | W, 4-1  | 2,512
10\.  | February 14, 2014  | Michigan  | W, 8-7 (10)  | 2,439

## Year-by-year results

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Statistics overview  Season  | Coach  | Overall  | Conference  | Standing  | Postseason

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Independent  (1984)
1984  | Dr. William Pool  | 18–31 |  |  |
Independent: | 18–31 |  |
Gulf Star Conference (1985–1987)
1985  | Jay Jeffrey | 29–27 |  |  |
1986  | Jay Jeffrey  | 31–25 |  |  |
1987  | Steve Prentice  | 39–21–2 |  |  |
Gulf Star: | 99–73–2 |  |
Southland Conference (1988–2012)
1988 | Steve Prentice  | 31–27 | 7–11 | 7th |
1989 | Steve Prentice  | 31–24 | 10–8 | 4th |
1990 | Steve Prentice  | 31–22–1 | 7–11 | 6th |
1991 | Steve Prentice  | 33–15 | 4–7 | 7th |
1992 | Steve Prentice  | 31–19 | 11–10 | 3rd |
1993 | Steve Prentice  | 26–29 | 8–15 | 8th |
1994 | Howard Bushong | 28–23 | 10–13 | 7th |
1995 | Howard Bushong  | 23–31 | 10–14 | 6th |
1996 | Howard Bushong  | 29–22 | 10–15 | 8th |
1997 | Howard Bushong  | 38–26 | 8–11 | 1st (TX Division) | NCAA Regionals
1998 | Howard Bushong  | 28–28 | 13–11 | 5th |
1999 | Howard Bushong  | 27–32 | 15–12 | 3rd | NCAA Regionals
2000 | Ty Harrington | 34–29 | 16–11 | 3rd | NCAA Regionals
2001 | Ty Harrington  | 36–22 | 15–11 | 4th |
2002 | Ty Harrington  | 36–24 | 14–13 | 6th |
2003 | Ty Harrington  | 30–28 | 19–7 | 2nd |
2004 | Ty Harrington  | 32–26 | 16–10 | 3rd |
2005 | Ty Harrington  | 32–26 | 15–12 | 3rd |
2006 | Ty Harrington  | 29–30 | 20–10 | 3rd |
2007 | Ty Harrington  | 37–23 | 20–10 | 2nd (West) |
2008 | Ty Harrington  | 30–27 | 19–11 | 2nd (West) |
2009 | Ty Harrington  | 41–17 | 24–7 | 1st | NCAA Regionals
2010 | Ty Harrington  | 38–22 | 23–10 | 1st |
2011 | Ty Harrington  | 41–23 | 24–9 | 1st | NCAA Regional
2012 | Ty Harrington  | 32–24 | 19–14 | 4th |
Southland: | 812–629–1 | 357–273 |
Western Athletic Conference (2013)
2013 | Ty Harrington  | 29–29 | 16–11 | 3rd |
WAC: | 29–29 | 16–11 |
Sun Belt Conference (2014–present)
2014 | Ty Harrington  | 30–28 | 16–14 | 4th |
2015 | Ty Harrington  | 24–32–1 | 14–16 | 6th |
2016 | Ty Harrington  | 31–28 | 16–14 | 5th |
2017 | Ty Harrington  | 29–30 | 13–17 | 4th (West) |
2018 | Ty Harrington  | 30–28–1 | 16–14 | 2nd (West) |
2019 | Ty Harrington  | 36–20 | 20–10 | 1st (West) |
2020 | Steven Trout | 14–4 | 0–0 | No conference season | Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 | Steven Trout  | 21–36 | 9–15 | 6th (West) |
2022 | Steven Trout  | 47-14 | 26-4 | 1st | NCAA Regional
2023 | Steven Trout  | 36-23 | 17-13 | 5th |
2024 | Steven Trout  | 27-29 | 13-17 | T-10th |
Sun Belt: | 325–272–2 | 160–134 |
Total: | 1,283–1,034–5 |

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

References:[12][13][14][15]

## Notable players

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* Will Brunson
* Tommy Field
* Jeremy Fikac
* Paul Goldschmidt
* Billy Grabarkewitz
* Billy Jones
* Scott Linebrink
* Carson Smith
* Joe Vance
* Blake Williams
* Kyle Finnegan

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## See also

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* List of NCAA Division I baseball programs

## References

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1. ^ Texas State University Brand Guide. January 14, 2022. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
2. ^ "2019 Baseball Schedule - Texas State Athletics". January 18, 2020. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
3. ^ "Sun Belt Regular season Champions!". May 18, 2019. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
4. ^ "Reich and Harrington Earn Specialty Awards; Four Named to All-Conference Teams". May 20, 2019. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
5. ^ "Three Bobcats Selected on Final Day of MLB Draft". June 5, 2019. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
6. ^ "2019 Texas State Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). January 18, 2020. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
7. ^ Alex Miller (June 20, 2019). "Texas State baseball coach Ty Harrington retires after 20 seasons". www.expressnews.com. Hearst. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
8. ^ Drew King (July 1, 2019). "Steven Trout Introduced As New Texas State Head Coach". www.sanmarcosrecord.com. San Marcos Daily Record. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
9. ^ "Steven Trout - Baseball Coach - Texas State Athletics". January 18, 2020. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
10. ^ "2018 Baseball Schedule". Texas State Athletics. January 17, 2020. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
11. ^ "2019 Texas State Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). Texas State Athletics. January 17, 2020. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
12. ^ "2021 TXST Baseball Media Guide (PDF)" (PDF). Texas State Athletics. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
13. ^ "2022 Southland Baseball Record Book (PDF) - Southland Conference" (PDF). www.southland.org. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
14. ^ "Sun Belt Conference All Sports Record Book" (PDF). Sun Belt Sports. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
15. ^ "Western Athletic Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
16. ^ "Texas State Baseball Coaching Staff".
17. ^ "4 Bobcats Selected on Final Day of 2012 MLB First Year Player Draft".

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