University of Hawai'i Baseball History & Records
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University of Hawai‘i Baseball History & Records (updated February 2018) RAINBOW WARRIOR BASEBALL 1 LES MURAKAMI STADIUM Record at Les Murakami Stadium 844-522-1 (.618) The stadium was first built in 1984 on the site as “the house that Les built.” Baseball playoffs, the PAL opening ceremonies, of the old UH Stadium, which sat approximately In the season that saw the three-millionth Best of the West High School tournaments, UH 2,500 fans. With the success of his teams fan enter the gates at the Les Murakami Sta- Athletics Department Fun Run, the Special in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Head Coach dium, the facility completed its most recent face Olympics and numerous baseball clinics, including Les Murakami led a charge to build a facility that lift, as all 4,312 seats were replaced. the Cal Ripken-Hideo Nomo Camp. could accommodate the droves that he foresaw. The new seats are all green instead of the HOME ATTENDANCE With the help of political backers at Washington red, orange and blue seats of before. They were Year Attendance Average Dates Sellouts Place, the state appropriated the money for implemented in the fall of 2008, giving the 1984 104,177 2,216 47 11 the project, which took less than nine months stadium a fresh new look. 1985 106,526 1,746 61 4 to complete before its debut in UH’s Feb. 17, This comes less than a year after the sur- 1986 +114,367 2,599 44 3 1984, game vs. Stanford. face got an upgrade. During the winter of 2007, 1987 105,646 2,401 44 6 Now in the 35th year of what was formerly the stadium’s AstroTurf surface was ripped away 1988 125,752 2,566 49 14 known as Rainbow Stadium, Hawai‘i has seen to make room for the new Domo Turf surface. 1989 123,330 2,517 49 21 3,889,805 fans attend baseball games. They The stadium seats 4,312 with 3,738 of the 1990 118,305 2,366 50 20 have averaged 2,927 in the 1,329 games played seats covered to shelter fans from the “Manoa 1991 143,027 3,043 47 31 (with recorded attendance) at Les Murakami mist” that comes and goes throughout the day. 1992 +208,378 4,433 47 43 Stadium with 251 sellouts. It is a two-tiered structure with three levels of 1993 200,525 4,663 43 34 For the first season, UH played on the seating. In the middle of the upper section is the 1994 189,696 4,411 43 30 original playing surface, which was natural two-tiered pressbox, which also features one ra- 1995 146,712 3,860 38 5 grass. The basepath, pitcher’s mound and dio and one television booth on opposite sides. 1996 129,696 3,325 39 0 home plate consisted of a mixture of sand and The stadium contains two sunken dugouts 1997 108,537 2,783 39 0 crushed lava rocks. The roof only shaded the with separate locker room facilities. There is also 1998 98,441 2,524 39 1 press box and a portion of the area in front of a hospitality room, meeting room, umpire locker 1999 98,668 2,741 36 0 the press box. room, lounge for UH players and a training room. 2000 95,386 2,445 40 0 Rainbow Stadium, as it was first named, During one six-year span from 1989 to ’94, 2001 87,029 2,417 36 0 cost $11.2 million in 1984. Adding a roof Rainbow baseball was at its most prosperous. In 2002 94,804 2,708 35 0 covering from first to third base and the original 279 home dates in that span, UH had a home 2003 96,376 2,604 37 0 AstroTurf in 1985 pushed the final price tag to record of 195-84 for a 69.9 winning percentage. 2004 93,181 2,452 38 1 $12.2 million. The current surface features poly- Attendance flourished during that stretch, aver- 2005 97,268 2,701 36 0 ethylene blades that resemble blades of grass. It aging 3,524 for a total attendance of 983,261, 2006 81,881 2,558 32 2 was then filled in with sand and rubber granules including 179 sellouts, nearly 65 percent of 2007 88,978 2,696 33 2 to cushion the turf and give a grass-like feel. The those games. 2008 72,310 2,582 28 1 only dirt on the field is at the batter’s box and UH led the country in attendance twice, in 2009 92,717 2,990 31 3 the pitcher’s mound, with different colored turf 1986, averaging 2,599, and in 1992, averaging 2010 95,711 3,190 30 3 circling the infield. 4,433. The 208,378 fans that came through the 2011 116,222 3,320 38 5 In October 2001, the University then de- gates in 1992 set an NCAA record that has since 2012 118,945 3,327 36 5 cided to change the name of the stadium to Les been eclipsed by Texas, and later Louisiana 2013 97,355 3,357 29 2 Murakami Stadium, honoring the man respon- State. 2014 109,924 3,140 36 2 sible for its building. Murakami was the school’s Les Murakami Stadium has attracted 2015 97,979 3,265 30 1 first Division I full-time head coach and the 11th numerous events over the years. It was home to 2016 105,724 3,021 35 0 coach in the program’s history, dating back to the minor league Hawai‘i Islanders in 1986 and 2017 101,254 2978 34 1 1923. Not only did he turn the program into an the Hawai‘i Winter Baseball League on two Total 3,889,805 2,927 1,329 251 NCAA Division I team that consistently competed separate stints. The Hawai‘i Island Movers summer **There may be annual disparity in counted on a national level for much of his tenure, but he baseball club has used the facility for more than home contests for attendance purposes, due to was also largely responsible for the building of 20 years. Other athletic events held there include variance in tracking methods for doubleheaders the stadium that is now compassionately known the HHSAA state baseball championships, the AJA + Indicates led the country in attendance 2 RAINBOW WARRIOR BASEBALL ALL-TIME SERIES RECORDS Opponent W L T Pct. Last Mtg. Murray State 15 4 0 .789 1991 Abiline Christian 0 1 0 .000 2015 Nebraska 15 8 0 .652 2015 Air Force 24 7 0 .774 2010 Nebraska-Kearney (St.) 8 0 0 1.000 1983 Alabama 2 2 0 .500 2005 Nevada 37 38 0 .493 2017 Alabama-Birmingham 5 1 0 .833 2014 New Mexico 56 27 0 .675 2016 Albany 4 0 0 1.000 2014 New Mexico State 22 13 0 .629 2015 Arizona 10 15 0 .400 2016 NY Institute of Technology 4 0 0 1.000 2014 Arizona State 18 29 0 .382 2010 North Carolina 7 1 0 .875 1993 Arkansas 4 4 0 .500 2006 North Carolina State 1 2 0 .333 2017 Baylor 1 0 0 1.000 2015 Northwestern 3 1 0 .750 1999 Birmingham Southern 1 0 0 1.000 2002 Notre Dame 2 0 0 1.000 1990 Bradley 0 1 0 .000 2013 Ohio State 0 1 0 .000 1956 Brigham Young 42 30 2 .581 2002 Oklahoma 16 16 0 .500 2015 Brown 2 0 0 1.000 1992 Oklahoma State 2 0 0 1.000 1990 California 26 22 1 .541 2005 Oral Roberts 1 0 0 1.000 2017 Cal Poly 9 20 0 .310 2017 Oregon 13 17 0 .433 2015 Cal Poly-Pomona 15 13 0 .536 1992 Oregon State 18 7 0 .720 2010 Cal State Dominguez Hills 3 1 0 .750 1979 Pacific 17 4 0 .833 2013 Cal State Fullerton 8 19 0 .296 2017 Pacific Lutheran 2 1 0 .667 1982 Cal State Los Angeles 6 2 0 .750 1980 Pepperdine 11 7 0 .611 2015 CSUN 18 30 0 .375 2017 Portland 3 4 0 .429 2011 Centenary 8 0 0 1.000 2011 Portland State 15 4 0 .789 1995 Central Michigan 2 2 0 .500 2012 Purdue 3 0 0 1.000 1986 Chapman 0 1 0 .000 1987 Rice 10 36 0 .217 2013 Chicago State 10 1 0 .909 2016 Sacramento State 54 29 0 .651 2012 Citadel 3 2 0 600. 2010 Sacred Heart 4 0 0 1.000 2017 Coastal Carolina 4 2 0 .667 2009 St. John’s 1 0 0 1.000 1980 Colorado State 27 1 0 .964 1992 St. Mary’s (CA) 13 7 0 .650 2012 Concordia 1 0 0 1.000 1984 St. Mary’s (MN) 4 0 0 1.000 1982 Cornell 13 1 0 .929 1987 San Diego 7 1 0 .875 2010 Creighton 6 1 0 .857 1991 San Diego State 78 67 0 .538 2006 Dartmouth 2 0 0 1.000 1992 San Francisco 17 13 0 .567 2017 David Lipscomb 4 0 0 1.000 1979 San Francisco State 1 1 0 .500 1975 Davidson 1 0 0 1.000 1991 San Jose State 61 40 0 .604 2017 Florida 0 3 0 .000 2000 Santa Clara 17 11 0 .607 2016 Florida International 3 0 0 1.000 2004 Shippensburg (PA) 1 0 0 1.000 1985 Florida State 9 9 0 .500 2005 South Florida 1 0 0 1.000 2005 Fordham 2 0 0 1.000 1989 Southeastern Louisiana 1 1 0 .500 1992 Fresno State 51 81 0 .386 2013 Southern California 25 29 0 .463 2014 Georgia Southern 2 1 0 .667 2007 Southern California College 5 1 0 .833 1976 Georgia Tech 2 2 0 .500 1990 Spring Arbor College 5 1 0 .833 1976 Gonzaga 11 10 0 .524 2013 Stanford 10 18 1 .357 2010 Grambling State 2 0 0 1.000 2012 Texas 3 8 0 .273 2014 Grand Canyon 10 3 0 .769 1998 Texas A&M 2 1 0 .667 1986 Hawai‘i-Hilo 109 21 0 .839 2016 Texas Arlington 0 1 0 .000 2006 Hawai‘i Pacific 27 2 0 .931 2006 Texas Christian 6 14 0 .300 2001 Hofstra 3 2 0 .600 2015 Texas-El Paso 42 5 0 .894 1985 Houston 0 1 0 .000 2015 Texas-Pan American 1 0 0 1.000 1980 Illinois 1 3 0 .250 1993 Toledo 2 0 0 1.000 1975 Illinois-Chicago Circle 2 0 0 1.000 1978 Tulane 9 2 0 .818 1993 Indiana 1 4 0 .250 2017 UC Irvine 9 27 0 .250 2017 Indiana State 3 1 0 .750 1989 UCLA 31 25 0 .554 2013 Iona 4 0 0 1.000 1990 UC Davis 14 8 0 .636 2017 Iowa 1 2 0 .333 2017 UC Riverside 10 7 0 .588 2017 Iowa State 12 2 0 .929 1979 UC Santa Barbara 18 14 0 .563 2017 Kansas 4 1 0 .800 2006 UNLV 17 13 0 .567 2013 Lewis-Clark State 11 10 0 .524 2003 U.S.