# Texas State Bobcats baseball

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

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. 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. He has helped produce 88 all-conference selections, 10 All-Americans, seven conference players of the year and 53 Major League Baseball Draftees. On June 20, 2019, Harrington retired after 20 seasons at Texas State.
On July 1, 2019, Steven Trout was named Texas State baseball's fifth head coach. 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.

## Texas State in the NCAA tournament

| Year | Record | Pct | Notes |
| 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

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.
Bobcat Ballpark Attendance Records :
| | Date | Opponent | Result | Attendance |
| 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

Statistics overview :
| Season | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| Independent (1984) ||||||
| 1984 | Dr. William Pool | 18–31 | | | |
| Independent: | 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: | 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: | Southland: | 812–629–1 | 357–273 | | |
| Western Athletic Conference (2013) ||||||
| 2013 | Ty Harrington | 29–29 | 16–11 | 3rd | |
| WAC: | 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: | Sun Belt: | 325–272–2 | 160–134 | | |
| Total: | 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:

## Notable players

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