University of Hawai‘i Baseball History & Records (updated February 2017) RAINBOW WARRIOR BASEBALL 1 LES MURAKAMI STADIUM Record at Les Murakami Stadium 824-507-1 (.619) The stadium was first built in 1984 on the site fan enter the gates at the Les Murakami PAL opening ceremonies, Best of the West High of the old UH Stadium, which sat approximately Stadium, the facility completed its most recent School tournaments, UH Athletics Department 2,500 fans. With the success of his teams face lift, as all 4,312 seats were replaced. Fun Run, the Special Olympics and numerous in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Head Coach The new seats are all green instead of the baseball clinics, including the Cal Ripken-Hideo Les Murakami led a charge to build a facility red, orange and blue seats of before. They were Nomo Camp. that could accommodate the droves that he implemented in the fall of 2008, giving the foresaw. With the help of political backers at stadium a fresh new look. HOME ATTENDANCE Washington Place, the state appropriated the This comes less than a year after the Year Attendance Average Dates Sellouts money for the project, which took less than surface got an upgrade. During the winter of 1984 104,177 2,216 47 11 nine months to complete before its debut in 2007, the stadium’s AstroTurf surface was 1985 106,526 1,746 61 4 UH’s Feb. 17, 1984, game vs. Stanford. ripped away to make room for the new Domo 1986 +114,367 2,599 44 3 Now in the 34th year of what was formerly Turf surface. 1987 105,646 2,401 44 6 known as Rainbow Stadium, Hawai‘i has seen The stadium seats 4,312 with 3,738 of the 1988 125,752 2,566 49 14 3,788,551 fans attend baseball games. They seats covered to shelter fans from the “Manoa 1989 123,330 2,517 49 21 have averaged 2,927 in the 1,294 games mist” that comes and goes throughout the day. 1990 118,305 2,366 50 20 played at Les Murakami Stadium with 250 It is a two-tiered structure with three levels of 1991 143,027 3,043 47 31 sellouts. seating. In the middle of the upper section is 1992 +208,378 4,433 47 43 For the first season, UH played on the the two-tiered pressbox, which also features 1993 200,525 4,663 43 34 original playing surface, which was natural one radio and one television booth on opposite 1994 189,696 4,411 43 30 grass. The basepath, pitcher’s mound and sides. 1995 146,712 3,860 38 5 home plate consisted of a mixture of sand and The stadium contains two sunken dugouts 1996 129,696 3,325 39 0 crushed lava rocks. The roof only shaded the with separate locker room facilities. There is 1997 108,537 2,783 39 0 press box and a portion of the area in front of also a hospitality room, meeting room, locker 1998 98,441 2,524 39 1 the press box. room for umpires, lounge for UH players and a 1999 98,668 2,741 36 0 Rainbow Stadium, as it was first named, training room. 2000 95,386 2,445 40 0 cost $11.2 million in 1984. Adding a roof During one six-year span from 1989 to ’94, 2001 87,029 2,417 36 0 covering from first to third base and the original Rainbow baseball was at its most prosper- 2002 94,804 2,708 35 0 AstroTurf in 1985 pushed the final price tag ous. In 279 home dates in that span, UH had 2003 96,376 2,604 37 0 to $12.2 million. The current surface features a home record of 195-84 for a 69.9 winning 2004 93,181 2,452 38 1 polyethylene blades that resemble blades percentage. Attendance flourished during that 2005 97,268 2,701 36 0 of grass. It was then filled in with sand and stretch, averaging 3,524 for a total attendance 2006 81,881 2,558 32 2 rubber granules to cushion the turf and give of 983,261, including 179 sellouts, nearly 65 2007 88,978 2,696 33 2 a grass-like feel. The only dirt on the field is at percent of those games. 2008 72,310 2,582 28 1 the batter’s box and the pitcher’s mound, with UH led the country in attendance twice, in 2009 92,717 2,990 31 3 different colored turf circling the infield. 1986, averaging 2,599, and in 1992, averaging 2010 95,711 3,190 30 3 In October 2001, the University then 4,433. The 208,378 fans that came through 2011 116,222 3,320 38 5 decided to change the name of the stadium the gates in 1992 set an NCAA record that has 2012 118,945 3,327 36 5 to Les Murakami Stadium, honoring the man since been eclipsed by Texas, and later Louisi- 2013 97,355 3,357 29 2 responsible for its building. Murakami was the ana State. 2014 109,924 3,140 36 2 school’s first Division I full-time head coach and Les Murakami Stadium has attracted 2015 97,979 3,265 30 1 the 11th coach in the program’s history, dating numerous events over the years. It was home to 2016 105,724 3,021 35 0 back to 1923. Not only did he turn the program the minor league Hawai‘i Islanders in 1986 and Total 3,788,551 2,927 1,294 250 into an NCAA Division I team that consistently the Hawai‘i Winter Baseball League on two **There may be annual disparity in counted competed on a national level for much of his separate stints. The Hawai‘i Island Movers home contests for attendance purposes, due to tenure, but he was also largely responsible for summer baseball club has used the facility for variance in tracking methods for doubleheaders the building of the stadium that is now compas- more than 20 years. Other athletic events held + Indicates led the country in attendance sionately known as “the house that Les built.” there include the HHSAA state baseball In the season that saw the three-millionth championships, the AJA Baseball playoffs, the 2 RAINBOW WARRIOR BASEBALL ALL-TIME SERIES RECORDS Opponent W L T Pct. Last Mtg. Missouri 1 1 0 .500 1980 Abiline Christian 0 1 0 .000 2015 Murray State 15 4 0 .789 1991 Air Force 24 7 0 .774 2010 Nebraska 15 8 0 .652 2015 Alabama 2 2 0 .500 2005 Nebraska-Kearney (St.) 8 0 0 1.000 1983 Alabama-Birmingham 5 1 0 .833 2014 Nevada 34 37 0 .479 2014 Albany 4 0 0 1.000 2014 New Mexico 56 27 0 .675 2016 Arizona 10 15 0 .400 2016 New Mexico State 22 13 0 .629 2015 Arizona State 18 29 0 .382 2010 NY Institute of Technology 4 0 0 1.000 2014 Arkansas 4 4 0 .500 2006 North Carolina 7 1 0 .875 1993 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 Oregon 13 17 0 .433 2015 Cal Poly 8 17 0 .320 2016 Oregon State 18 7 0 .720 2010 Cal Poly-Pomona 15 13 0 .536 1992 Pacific 17 4 0 .833 2007 Cal State Dominguez Hills 3 1 0 .750 1979 Pacific Lutheran 2 1 0 .667 1982 Cal State Fullerton 7 17 0 .292 2016 Pepperdine 11 7 0 .611 2015 Cal State Los Angeles 6 2 0 .750 1980 Portland 3 4 0 .429 2011 CSUN 16 29 0 .356 2016 Portland State 15 4 0 .789 1995 Centenary 8 0 0 1.000 2011 Purdue 3 0 0 1.000 1986 Central Michigan 2 2 0 .500 2012 Rice 10 36 0 .217 2013 Chapman 0 1 0 .000 1987 Sacramento State 54 29 0 .651 2012 Chicago State 10 1 0 .909 2016 St. John’s 1 0 0 1.000 1980 Citadel 3 2 0 600. 2010 St. Mary’s (CA) 13 7 0 .650 2012 Coastal Carolina 4 2 0 .667 2009 St. Mary’s (MN) 4 0 0 1.000 1982 Colorado State 27 1 0 .964 1992 San Diego 7 1 0 .875 2010 Concordia 1 0 0 1.000 1984 San Diego State 78 67 0 .538 2006 Cornell 13 1 0 .929 1987 San Francisco 15 11 0 .577 2016 Creighton 6 1 0 .857 1991 San Francisco State 1 1 0 .500 1975 Dartmouth 2 0 0 1.000 1992 San Jose State 57 40 0 .588 2012 David Lipscomb 4 0 0 1.000 1979 Santa Clara 17 11 0 .607 2016 Davidson 1 0 0 1.000 1991 Shippensburg (PA) 1 0 0 1.000 1985 Florida 0 3 0 .000 2000 South Florida 1 0 0 1.000 2005 Florida International 3 0 0 1.000 2004 Southeastern Louisiana 1 1 0 .500 1992 Florida State 9 9 0 .500 2005 Southern California 25 29 0 .463 2014 Fordham 2 0 0 1.000 1989 Southern California College 5 1 0 .833 1976 Fresno State 51 81 0 .386 2013 Spring Arbor College 5 1 0 .833 1976 Georgia Southern 2 1 0 .667 2007 Stanford 10 18 1 .357 2010 Georgia Tech 2 2 0 .500 1990 Texas 3 8 0 .273 2014 Gonzaga 11 10 0 .524 2013 Texas A&M 2 1 0 .667 1986 Grambling State 2 0 0 1.000 2012 Texas Arlington 0 1 0 .000 2006 Grand Canyon 10 3 0 .769 1998 Texas Christian 6 14 0 .300 2001 Hawai‘i-Hilo 109 21 0 .839 2016 Texas-El Paso 42 5 0 .894 1985 Hawai‘i Pacific 27 2 0 .931 2006 Texas-Pan American 1 0 0 1.000 1980 Hofstra 3 2 0 .600 2015 Toledo 2 0 0 1.000 1975 Houston 0 1 0 .000 2015 Tulane 9 2 0 .818 1993 Illinois 1 3 0 .250 1993 UC Irvine 8 25 0 .242 2016 Illinois-Chicago Circle 2 0 0 1.000 1978 UCLA 31 25 0 .554 2013 Indiana State 3 1 0 .750 1989 UC Davis 13 6 0 .684 2016 Iona 4 0 0 1.000 1990 UC Riverside 8 6 0 .571 2016 Iowa 1 1 0 .500 1983 UC Santa Barbara 16 13 0 .552 2016 Iowa State 12 2 0 .929 1979 UNLV 17 13 0 .567 2013 Kansas 4 1 0 .800 2006 U.S.