RRECORDSECORDS BBOOKOOK 22014014 BBASEBALLASEBALL TTABLEABLE OOFF CONTENTSCONTENTS PPEPPERDINEEPPERDINE HISTORYHISTORY History .............................................................. 3 Heading into its 75th season of intercollegiate play, the Pepperdine baseball program has Yearly Results ................................................4-5 long been known as one of the nation’s fi nest. Postseason .................................................... 6-9 Since fi elding its initial team at the old campus in South-Central Los Angeles back in Honors & Awards .......................................10-14 1939, Pepperdine has established a baseball tradition that is rich in history. Pepperdine has Waves in MLB ........................................... 15-20 compiled a cumulative record of 1,960-1,390-24 (.584)* and has won 17 West Coast Conference Waves with USA Baseball .............................. 21 championships. Additionally, the Waves have appeared in postseason play 32 times, including Career/Season Records ............................22-27 28* appearances in various NCAA Tournaments. All-Time Roster ..........................................28-31 The Pepperdine baseball program reached the pinnacle in June 1992 as the Waves All-Time Results ........................................ 32-44 captured the College World Series title. Pepperdine defeated local rival Cal State Fullerton in Results vs. Opponents .............................. 45-50 the championship game by a fi nal score of 3-2 in front of 17,000 fans at Rosenblatt Stadium in Eddy D. Field Stadium ....................................51 Omaha, Neb. Through the 2012 season, 33 former Pepperdine players have enjoyed Major League Baseball careers. One of the most notable was Mike Scott, the 1986 National League Cy Young QQUICKUICK FFACTSACTS Award winner with the Houston Astros. Former Pepperdine players on 2013 MLB rosters included Barry Enright (Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim), Dan Haren (Washington Nationals) and Danny Location ...............................Malibu, Calif. 90263 Worth (Detroit Tigers). Founded ................ 1937 (Malibu Campus 1972) Between 1978 and 2009, the Waves ran off a remarkable 32* seasons in a row with 30 or Enrollment .............8,000 (3,000 undergraduate) more victories. Nickname..................................................Waves Pepperdine became an established collegiate Colors ...........................Blue, Orange and White baseball power in the 1950s under the guidance of Conference .......................................West Coast head coach John Scolinos. The Waves advanced Field .................................Eddy D. Field Stadium to the District 8 Playoffs in 1955, 1957 and 1960. capacity .................................................1,800 The 1957 team was within one game of a College opened ...................................................1973 World Series berth before losing to eventual national President ............................... Andrew K. Benton champion California in Berkeley. Athletic Director .......................... Dr. Steve Potts In the mid-1970s, Pepperdine won three Athletic Department phone .........(310) 506-4150 consecutive WCC titles under the guidance of Ticket Offi ce phone ...................(866) WAVE-TIX Wayne Wright, who later served as the University’s Director of Athletics. The team competed in the BBASEBALLASEBALL District 8 Playoffs in 1974, 1975 and 1976. Pepperdine advanced to the College World Head Coach..............................Steve Rodriguez Series for the fi rst time in 1979 under then-fi rst-year experience ..................................11th season head coach Dave Gorrie. After fi nishing second in e-mail [email protected] the rugged Southern California Baseball Association, phone .....................................(310) 506-4371 Pepperdine won the Mideast Regional in East Lansing, Mich., defeating San Diego State in the title game by a fi nal score of 13-2. AATHLETICTHLETIC The Waves lost their opening game at the CCOMMUNICATIONSOMMUNICATIONS 1979 College World Series to Arkansas by a fi nal SSTEVETEVE RRODRIGUEZODRIGUEZ score of 5-4, but rebounded to defeat Miami (9-4), Director ...........................................Roger Horne Mississippi State (5-4) and Texas (6-4) before being offi ce phone ...........................(310) 506-4455 eliminated by SCBA rival Cal State Fullerton by a fi nal count of 8-5. Pepperdine fi nished third at e-mail [email protected] the eight-team event and compiled a school-record total of 53 victories. Associate Dir................................... Dena Meiste Pepperdine’s success continued during the 1980s, as the team advanced to the NCAA offi ce phone ...........................(310) 506-4160 Tournament six more times. Four of those squads advanced to the regional championship before e-mail [email protected] being eliminated. The 1987 team established a school record by winning 21 consecutive games Assistant Dir./BASE Contact........ Jacob Breems and was ranked as high as #2 in the national polls. offi ce phone ...........................(310) 506-4333 The WCC was reinstituted for baseball prior to the 1984 campaign, and Pepperdine has e-mail [email protected] been the league’s dominant program, winning or sharing 14 of the 30 championships since that Assistant Dir./Video ........................ Jordan Holm time. offi ce phone ...........................(310) 506-4817 Pepperdine shook off years of postseason frustration in 1992 as the Waves defeated e-mail [email protected] Hawaii by a fi nal score of 9-0 to win the NCAA West Regional at Tucson, Ariz. The Waves quickly Address ................24255 Pacifi c Coast Highway became the crowd favorite at the 1992 College World Series, posting shutout wins over Wichita ........................................Malibu, Calif. 90263 State (6-0) and Texas (7-0). After recording a dramatic come-from-behind 5-4 win over Texas, Fax..............................................(310) 506-7459 Pepperdine edged Cal State Fullerton, 3-2, in the fi rst-ever NCAA championship game to feature two teams from the same state. Website ................... www.pepperdinesports.com Pepperdine’s success continued throughout the 1990s as the school compiled a 381-189- Facebook ........................... Pepperdine Baseball 3 (.668) record during the decade, the 18th-best winning percentage nationally over that 10-year .......................................Pepperdine Athletics period. There were fi ve regional appearances in the ‘90s, and the Waves capped off the decade Twitter ........................................@PeppBaseball by posting a 46-16 overall record and advancing to the championship game of the 1999 Los .......................................@PepperdineWaves Angeles Regional at USC. Pepperdine fi nished the year with a Top 20 ranking and was ranked as high as #3 during the season. Steve Rodriguez, a former Pepperdine All-American and a member of the 1992 NCAA championship team, took over as head coach in 2004, and quickly led the Waves to three straight WCC titles between 2004-06 and fi ve straight regional appearances betweeen 2004-08*. The 2006 season marked a new milestone in program history as Pepperdine hosted its fi rst-ever NCAA Regional. The Waves won the WCC title and advanced to NCAA play again in 2012. * see page fi ve 22014014 PPEPPERDINEEPPERDINE BASEBALLBASEBALL RECORDSRECORDS BOOKBOOK • 3 YYEARLYEARLY RRESULTSESULTS OVERALL CONFERENCE YEAR COACH W L T PCT W L T PCT FINISH POSTSEASON 1939 Wade Ruby 8 10 .444 — — — — — 1940 Benny Lefebvre 5 9 .357 — — — — — 1941 Benny Lefebvre 5 9 .357 — — — — — 1942 Maurice Ruby 4 8 .333 — — — — — 1943 no team 1944 Shan Denniston 2 10 .167 — — — — — 1945 Clarence Shaffer 9 4 .692 — — — — — 1946 John Scolinos 17 8 .680 — — — — — 1947 John Scolinos 18 16 .529 — — — — — 1948 John Scolinos 17 14 .548 — — — — — 1949 John Scolinos 12 9 .571 — — — — — 1950 John Scolinos 22 18 .550 — — — — — 1951 John Scolinos 23 15 .605 — — — — — 1952 John Scolinos 11 15 .423 — — — — — 1953 John Scolinos 15 16 .484 — — — — — 1954 John Scolinos 17 10 .630 — — — — — 1955 John Scolinos 19 12 .613 — — — — NCAA District Playoffs 1956 John Scolinos 15 13 1 .534 — — — — — 1957 John Scolinos 19 14 1 .574 — — — — NCAA District Playoffs 1958 John Scolinos 16 17 .485 — — — — — 1959 John Scolinos 13 20 .394 — — — — — 1960 John Scolinos 26 12 .684 — — — — NCAA District Playoffs 1961 Walter Glass 12 19 .387 — — — — — 1962 Benny Lefebvre 17 15 .531 — — — — NAIA District Playoffs 1963 Gary Marks 26 8 .765 — — — — NCAA College Division Playoffs 1964 Gary Marks 11 25 .306 — — — — — 1965 Gary Marks 17 17 .500 — — — — NCAA College Division Playoffs 1966 Gary Marks 12 25 1 .329 — — — — — 1967 Gary Marks 9 21 .300 — — — — — 1968 Gail Hopkins 8 29 .216 6 14 .300 7th WCC — 1969 Wayne Wright 9 31 1 .232 3 17 .150 T-7th WCC — 1970 Wayne Wright 20 22 .476 9 12 .429 5th WCC — 1971 Wayne Wright 20 24 .455 8 13 .381 6th WCC — 1972 Wayne Wright 24 17 .585 11 7 .611 2nd WCC — 1973 Wayne Wright 17 28 .378 7 11 .389 5th WCC — 1974 Wayne Wright 38 12 .760 15 3 .833 1st WCC NCAA District Playoffs 1975 Wayne Wright 37 13 .740 14 2 .875 1st WCC NCAA Regional 1976 Wayne Wright 29 19 1 .602 16 2 .889 1st WCC NCAA Regional 1977 Bob Zuber 23 27 2 .462 12 11 1 .521 4th SCBA — 1978 Bob Zuber 36 18 2 .661 20 8 .714 2nd SCBA — 1979 Dave Gorrie 53 18 .746 19 9 .679 2nd SCBA NCAA College World Series 1980 Dave