# TCU Horned Frogs baseball

The TCU Horned Frogs baseball team represents Texas Christian University in NCAA Division I baseball. The Frogs have competed in the Big 12 Conference since 2013 and previously competed in the Mountain West, Conference USA, Western Athletic Conference and Southwest Conference. Since February 2003, the Horned Frogs have played their home games at Lupton Stadium, located on the TCU campus in Fort Worth, Texas. The Frogs are led by head coach Kirk Saarloos.

## History
### The early years

TCU has fielded a baseball team since 1896, before the university found its permanent home in Fort Worth. The Horned Frog baseball team began playing baseball in the Southwest Conference (SWC) when it became a member of the conference in 1923. In their inaugural SWC season, the Frogs finished the year with a 13–11 overall record and a 2–10 conference record.

### The Southwest Conference years

In 1933 Dutch Meyer, most noted for his tenure as head coach of the two-time national champion football team, led TCU to its first SWC title with a 9–1 record. The Horned Frogs went on to win 4 more SWC titles in 1956, 1966, 1967 and 1994. The SWC baseball tournament began in 1977, but the Horned Frogs never earned a conference tournament title before the SWC dissolved following the 1996 baseball season.

### The wandering years

The dissolution of the SWC in 1996 touched off a period of instability for the Horned Frogs that lasted nearly two decades, during which they made stops in six conferences. Following the dissolution of the SWC, the TCU Horned Frogs first joined the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). During the 1997 and 1998 seasons, TCU competed in the WAC South Division with the New Mexico Lobos, UNLV Rebels, and former SWC member Rice Owls. The Horned Frogs made two appearances in the WAC baseball tournament in the team's five seasons as a member of the WAC. Eight WAC member schools joined with schools from several other conferences to form the new Mountain West Conference (MWC) in 2000. Two seasons later, TCU joined the Houston Cougars, another former SWC member, in entering Conference USA (C-USA) for the 2002 season.
Longtime TCU head coach Lance Brown, a SWC hall-of-famer as both a TCU player and TCU coach, retired after the 2003 season. Through his career as TCU's skipper, Brown notched a school-record 517 wins. After Brown's departure, TCU would go on to make several more conference moves in the early 2000s and see an emergence of its baseball program as a perennial national power.

### TCU's emergence under Jim Schlossnagle

Jim Schlossnagle was hired as TCU's head coach in 2003 and coached his first season at TCU in Spring 2004. His impact was immediate. Former Head Coach Lance Brown had recruited several exceptional classes, which allowed Schlossnagle to coach his first TCU team to the program's first regular season conference championship in a decade, its first conference tournament championship in history, and its first NCAA tournament appearance since 1994. Under Schlossnagle, conference championships began piling up year after year, in conference after conference. Schlossnagle's Horned Frogs repeated as C-USA regular season and tournament champions in 2005, and once again earned a berth to the NCAA tournament.
Prior to the 2006 season, conference realignment again led TCU to change conferences as eight other C-USA members changed conference homes. The Horned Frogs joined the Mountain West Conference (MWC), where the Frogs competed for seven years (2006–2012). In each season in the MWC, TCU advanced to the NCAA tournament and won at least a share of the Mountain West regular season title. In those seven years, TCU also won four MWC Tournament championships. During this era, TCU won its first-ever NCAA Regional Championship in 2009, and repeated the feat in 2010 and 2012. In 2009, the Horned Frogs advanced to its first NCAA Super Regional, where the Texas Longhorns eliminated TCU from the Tournament. In 2010, TCU and Texas met again in an NCAA Super Regional, but the Horned Frogs emerged from the rematch—advancing to the College World Series for the first time in school history. TCU compiled a 3–2 record in its first CWS appearance, eventually falling in the national semifinal to UCLA.
In 2011, the MWC Champion Horned Frogs were eliminated from the NCAA tournament in the Fort Worth Regional, but TCU came storming back in 2012 by winning the College Station Regional over host Texas A&M. TCU advanced to the 2012 Los Angeles Super Regional, where they were again eliminated from NCAA tournament play by the Bruins.

### The Big 12 Conference era

After 16 combined seasons wandering through the Western Athletic Conference, Conference USA and Mountain West Conference (and after brief plan to join the Big East Conference), the Horned Frogs rejoined three former SWC rivals, the Baylor Bears, Texas Longhorns, and Texas Tech Red Raiders, as members of the Big 12 Conference. Pre-season expectations for the Horned Frogs were high after the 2012 Super Regional run, but TCU finished their inaugural season in the Big 12 with a 29–28 record. This season marked the first and only time under Jim Schlossnagle that the Horned Frogs failed to make the NCAA tournament and win a conference title.
The Horned Frogs showed tremendous improvement in their second year in the Big 12. TCU finished the 2014 regular season in second place and swept through the 2014 Big 12 tournament, 4–0, to earn the Big 12 Tournament title. This was the first Big 12 championship won by any TCU team since joining the league on July 1, 2012. The late-season surge earned TCU a coveted National Seed for the first time in the program's long history. TCU hosted and won the 2014 Fort Worth NCAA Regional. Then, as a National Seed, TCU earned the right to host its first Super Regional. The 2014 Fort Worth NCAA Super Regional matched the TCU Horned Frogs against the Pepperdine Waves, winners of the 2014 San Luis Obispo NCAA Regional. The Horned Frogs took 2 of 3 in the Super Regional series to advance to the 2014 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. In this, their second CWS appearance in program history, TCU notched a 1–2 record after winning its opening games versus Texas Tech, then falling to Virginia and Ole Miss.
In 2015, TCU earned its first Big 12 Regular season Baseball Championship. The Horned Frogs were the fifth different team in as many years to win the conference title, and their victory marked the ninth time in Big 12 history that the prior year's Tournament champion went on to win the following year's regular season crown. During the regular season, head coach Jim Schlossnagle notched his 200th conference win and 500th total win as TCU's head coach. The Frogs won their second NCAA Regional of the Big 12 era by defeating North Carolina State, and then hosted and defeated Texas A&M in the 2015 Fort Worth Super Regional to advance to the 2015 College World Series. This season marked the 11th season in 12 years that TCU won either a regular season or conference tournament championship, the fifth time in seven years that the Horned Frogs advanced to a Super Regional, and the third time in six years that TCU advanced to the College World Series.
After significant roster turnover due to graduation and the MLB Draft, 2016 was expected to be a rebuilding year for the Horned Frogs, yet TCU won the 2016 Big 12 Tournament and was selected to host and won their third consecutive NCAA Regional. The Frogs advanced to the College Station Super Regional, where they defeated Texas A&M to advance to the College World Series for the third consecutive year.
On June 9, 2021, Schlossnagle was named the head baseball coach of the Texas A&M Aggies, leaving the Horned Frogs.

### Kirk Saarloos Era

Schlossnagle’s longtime TCU pitching coach, Kirk Saarloos, took over the program after Schlossnagle left for Texas A&M.
In 2022, the Horned Frogs won the Big 12 regular season championship and made an appearance in the College Station Regional. Saarloos was awarded Big 12 Coach of the Year.
In 2023, the Horned Frogs finished 4th in the Big 12 regular season. They won the Big 12 Tournament championship, the Fayetteville regional against national #3 seed, Arkansas, and the Fort Worth Super regional against national #14 seed, Indiana State to clinch the program’s sixth College World Series appearance.

## Attendance

Since Lupton Stadium opened in 2003, annual total and average attendance for TCU baseball has steadily increased from approximately 1,500 fans per game to over 4,000 fans per game. The increase in attendance has coincided with the Horned Frogs’ 2010, 2014, 2015 and 2016 College World Series appearances and the 2010 Lupton Stadium seating expansion.
Total and average attendance at Lupton Stadium has ranked in the top 15 for NCAA home games since TCU's 2011 season. In 2015, TCU and Lupton ranked 8th nationally in total attendance, 10th national in average attendance, and led all private schools in the nation in total and average attendance.
| Year | Home Games | Total Attendance | Natl. Rank by Total | Private School Rank by Total | Average Attendance | Natl. Rank by Average | Private School Rank by Average |
| 2003 | 28 | 38,581 | 34 | 7 | 1,378 | 34 | 9 |
| 2004 | 28 | 34,657 | 44 | 9 | 1,238 | 44 | 9 |
| 2005 | 30 | 46,848 | 35 | 9 | 1,562 | 33 | 7 |
| 2006 | 26 | 40,158 | 43 | 11 | 1,545 | 38 | 8 |
| 2007 | 29 | 51,373 | 37 | 9 | 1,771 | 35 | 7 |
| 2008 | 33 | 63,959 | 26 | 6 | 1,938 | 29 | 6 |
| 2009 | 32 | 71,054 | 26 | 5 | 2,220 | 27 | 4 |
| 2010 | 29 | 90,687 | 22 | 4 | 3,127 | 19 | 2 |
| 2011 | 36 | 149,333 | 11 | 1 | 4,148 | 10 | 2 |
| 2012 | 32 | 131,610 | 11 | 1 | 4,112 | 11 | 2 |
| 2013 | 30 | 107,117 | 13 | 2 | 3,570 | 11 | 2 |
| 2014 | 34 | 121,957 | 12 | 1 | 3,587 | 13 | 1 |
| 2015 | 36 | 147,335 | 8 | 1 | 4,092 | 10 | 1 |
| 2016 | 31 | 132,796 | 13 | 1 | 4,284 | 11 | 1 |
The record attendance of 8,994 was set on June 10, 2023 when TCU hosted Indiana State in a 3-game NCAA Super Regional, surpassing the previous record of 8,812 set just one day earlier. 8,994 also set a new record for the largest crowd on a college campus for any school in Texas.

## Season-by-season results

Statistics overview :
| Season | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| Independent (1896–1922) ||||||
| 1896 | Unknown | 4–0–1 | | | |
| 1897 | Alexander Easley | 2–4 | | | |
| 1898 | Unknown | 1–0 | | | |
| 1899 | Unknown | 1–1 | | | |
| 1900 | Unknown | 2–0 | | | |
| 1901 | Unknown | 2–0 | | | |
| 1902 | Unknown | 0–2 | | | |
| 1903 | Unknown | 7–3 | | | |
| 1904 | Unknown | 7–5 | | | |
| 1905 | Unknown | 10–3 | | | |
| 1906 | Unknown | 10–3 | | | |
| 1907 | Ellis Hardy | 9–9 | | | |
| 1908 | Ellis Hardy | 20–6–2 | | | |
| 1909 | Ellis Hardy | 18–2–2 | | | |
| 1910 | Ellis Hardy | 10–1 | | | |
| 1911 | M. A. Baldwin | 8–6 | | | |
| 1912 | Henry Lever | 12–14 | | | |
| 1913 | William Nance | 17–5–1 | | | |
| 1914 | William Nance | 17–5–1 | | | |
| 1915 | Fred Moore | 1–11 | | | |
| 1916 | Ewing Freeland | 9–7 | | | |
| 1917 | Unknown | 6–4 | | | |
| 1918 | Unknown | 9–4 | | | |
| 1919 | Fred Cahoon | 12–6 | | | |
| 1920 | Fred Cahoon | 11–6–2 | | | |
| 1921 | William Nance | 20–2 | | | |
| 1922 | William Nance | 13–0 | | | |
| Southwest Conference (1923–1996) ||||||
| 1923 | William Nance | 13–11 | 2–10 | 7th | |
| 1924 | William Nance | 11–7 | 11–7 | 2nd | |
| 1925 | William Nance | 9–3–2 | 9–3 | 2nd | |
| 1926 | Dutch Meyer | 14–5 | 8–3 | 3rd | |
| 1927 | Dutch Meyer | 7–13 | 7–13 | 4th | |
| 1928 | Dutch Meyer | 7–13 | 6–12 | 4th | |
| 1929 | Dutch Meyer | 8–12 | 8–12 | 4th | |
| 1930 | Dutch Meyer | 13–5 | 13–5 | 2nd | |
| 1931 | Dutch Meyer | 1–9–1 | 1–9–1 | 6th | |
| 1932 | Dutch Meyer | 6–4 | 6–4 | 3rd | |
| 1933 | Dutch Meyer | 9–1 | 9–1 | 1st | |
| 1934 | Dutch Meyer | 8–6 | 6–6 | 3rd | |
| 1935 | Raymond Wolf | 8–11–1 | 4–8 | 4th | |
| 1936 | Raymond Wolf | 9–10 | 8–7 | 3rd | |
| 1937 | Howard Grubbs | 7–9 | 6–9 | 4th | |
| 1938 | Howard Grubbs | 3–11 | 3–11 | 5th | |
| 1939 | Howard Grubbs | 5–11 | 5–11 | T–4th | |
| 1940 | Walter Roach | 5–10 | 4–10 | 5th | |
| 1941 | Walter Roach | 1–14 | 1–14 | 6th | |
| 1942 | Walter Roach | 2–13 | 2–12 | 6th | |
| No Team Fielded: World War II (1943–1944) ||||||
| 1945 | Dutch Meyer | 7–4 | 7–4 | 2nd | |
| 1946 | Walter Roach | 3–15 | 3–12 | 6th | |
| 1947 | Walter Roach | 4–15 | 3–12 | 6th | |
| 1948 | Walter Roach | 8–13 | 1–13 | 6th | |
| 1949 | Walter Roach | 6–14 | 4–9 | 5th | |
| 1950 | Walter Roach | 14–9 | 7–8 | 4th | |
| 1951 | Walter Roach | 10–11 | 8–7 | 3rd | |
| 1952 | Walter Roach | 13–12 | 8–7 | 3rd | |
| 1953 | Walter Roach | 7–15 | 2–11 | 6th | |
| 1954 | Walter Roach | 12–13 | 8–7 | 3rd | |
| 1955 | Walter Roach | 8–13–2 | 2–13–2 | 6th | |
| 1956 | Dutch Meyer | 18–8 | 13–2 | 1st | NCAA District 6, L 0–2 |
| 1957 | Dutch Meyer | 8–4 | 8–4 | 2nd | |
| 1958 | Clyde McDowell | 6–12 | 4–9 | 5th | |
| 1959 | Clyde McDowell | 11–13 | 4–10 | 6th | |
| 1960 | Clyde McDowell | 3–13–2 | 3–11 | 5th | |
| 1961 | Clyde McDowell | 7–16 | 6–8 | T–4th | |
| 1962 | Frank Windegger | 12–11 | 6–9 | 4th | |
| 1963 | Frank Windegger | 21–4 | 12–3 | T–1st | |
| 1964 | Frank Windegger | 11–12 | 5–8 | 4th | |
| 1965 | Frank Windegger | 12–13 | 4–11 | 6th | |
| 1966 | Frank Windegger | 21–9–1 | 9–6 | T–1st | |
| 1967 | Frank Windegger | 20–9–1 | 10–5 | T–1st | |
| 1968 | Frank Windegger | 20–9 | 13–5 | 2nd | |
| 1969 | Frank Windegger | 22–8 | 9–6 | 2nd | |
| 1970 | Frank Windegger | 17–15 | 9–8 | 4th | |
| 1971 | Frank Windegger | 22–19 | 9–8 | 4th | |
| 1972 | Frank Windegger | 29–13 | 12–6 | T–1st | |
| 1973 | Frank Windegger | 31–12 | 12–7 | 2nd | |
| 1974 | Frank Windegger | 31–17 | 14–10 | 3rd | |
| 1975 | Frank Windegger | 29–17 | 12–12 | 3rd | |
| 1976 | Roger Williams | 22–24 | 8–15 | 8th | |
| 1977 | Willie Maxwell | 22–22–1 | 9–13–1 | 7th | |
| 1978 | Willie Maxwell | 18–29–1 | 7–17 | 8th | |
| 1979 | Willie Maxwell | 21–24 | 7–17 | 8th | |
| 1980 | Willie Maxwell | 19–28–2 | 7–14 | 7th | |
| 1981 | Willie Maxwell | 27–19 | 9–12 | 6th | |
| 1982 | Willie Maxwell | 16–25–2 | 4–15–1 | 8th | |
| 1983 | Willie Maxwell | 26–25 | 6–15 | 7th | |
| 1984 | Bragg Stockton | 25–22 | 6–15 | T–7th | |
| 1985 | Bragg Stockton | 35–17 | 9–12 | 6th | |
| 1986 | Bragg Stockton | 31–29 | 5–16 | T–7th | |
| 1987 | Lance Brown | 24–35 | 4–17 | 8th | |
| 1988 | Lance Brown | 27–32 | 8–13 | 5th | |
| 1989 | Lance Brown | 37–22 | 7–14 | T–6th | |
| 1990 | Lance Brown | 27–32 | 4–17 | 8th | |
| 1991 | Lance Brown | 34–25 | 10–11 | T–4th | SWC Tournament, L 2–2 |
| 1992 | Lance Brown | 25–30 | 14–22 | 6th | |
| 1993 | Lance Brown | 34–22 | 5–13 | 6th | |
| 1994 | Lance Brown | 38–22 | 14–4 | 1st | SWC Tournament, L 0–2 NCAA Midwest I Regional, L 1–2 |
| 1995 | Lance Brown | 27–29 | 11–13 | 5th | |
| 1996 | Lance Brown | 34–33 | 11–13 | T–4th | SWC Tournament, L 1–2 |
| Western Athletic Conference (1997–2001) ||||||
| 1997 | Lance Brown | 26–27 | 15–15 | 2nd (South) | |
| 1998 | Lance Brown | 33–23 | 18–11 | 2nd (South) | WAC Tournament, L 0–2 |
| 1999 | Lance Brown | 32–26 | 19–10 | 2nd | WAC Tournament, L 3–2 |
| 2000 | Lance Brown | 22–34 | 12–18 | 5th | |
| 2001 | Lance Brown | 32–28 | 21–15 | 3rd | |
| Conference USA (2002–2005) ||||||
| 2002 | Lance Brown | 30–29 | 35–22 | 3rd | C-USA tournament, L 1–2 |
| 2003 | Lance Brown | 35–22 | 22–8 | 2nd | C-USA tournament, L 0–2 |
| 2004 | Jim Schlossnagle | 39–26 | 19–11 | 4th | C-USA tournament, W 5–1 NCAA Austin Regional, L 1–2 |
| 2005 | Jim Schlossnagle | 41–20 | 20–10 | T–2nd | C-USA tournament, W 3–0 NCAA Waco Regional, L 1–2 |
| Mountain West Conference (2006–2012) ||||||
| 2006 | Jim Schlossnagle | 39–23 | 17–5 | 1st | MWC tournament, W 3–0 NCAA Norman Regional, L 1–2 |
| 2007 | Jim Schlossnagle | 48–14 | 20–3 | 1st | MWC tournament, W 3–0 NCAA Houston Regional, L 2–2 |
| 2008 | Jim Schlossnagle | 44–19 | 19–5 | 1st | MWC tournament, W 4–1 NCAA Stillwater Regional, L 1–2 |
| 2009 | Jim Schlossnagle | 40–18 | 15–5 | 1st | MWC tournament, L 1–2 NCAA Fort Worth Regional, W 3–0 NCAA Austin Super Regional, L 1–2 |
| 2010 | Jim Schlossnagle | 54–14 | 19–5 | 1st | MWC tournament, W 3–0 NCAA Fort Worth Regional, W 3–0 NCAA Austin Super Regional, W 2–1 NCAA College World Series, L 3–2 |
| 2011 | Jim Schlossnagle | 43–19 | 20–3 | 1st | MWC tournament, L 1–2 NCAA Fort Worth Regional, L 1–2 |
| 2012 | Jim Schlossnagle | 40–22 | 18–6 | T–1st | MWC tournament, L 1–2 NCAA College Station Regional, W 4–1 NCAA Los Angeles Super Regional, L 0–2 |
| Big 12 Conference (2013–present) ||||||
| 2013 | Jim Schlossnagle | 29–28 | 12–12 | T–6th | Big 12 tournament, L 1–2 |
| 2014 | Jim Schlossnagle | 48–18 | 17–7 | 2nd | Big 12 tournament, W 4–0 NCAA Fort Worth Regional, W 3–0 NCAA Fort Worth Super Regional, W 2–1 NCAA College World Series, L 1–2 |
| 2015 | Jim Schlossnagle | 51–15 | 18–5 | 1st | Big 12 tournament, L 0–2 NCAA Fort Worth Regional, W 4–1 NCAA Fort Worth Super Regional, W 2–1 NCAA College World Series, L 2–2 |
| 2016 | Jim Schlossnagle | 49–18 | 15–9 | 3rd | Big 12 tournament, W 4–1 NCAA Fort Worth Regional, W 3–0 NCAA College Station Super Regional, W 2–1 NCAA College World Series, L 2–2 |
| 2017 | Jim Schlossnagle | 50–18 | 16–8 | T-1st | Big 12 tournament, L 3–2 NCAA Fort Worth Regional, W 3–0 NCAA Fort Worth Super Regional, W 2-0 NCAA College World Series, L 3-2 |
| 2018 | Jim Schlossnagle | 33-23 | 10-13 | 6th | Big 12 tournament, L 3-1 |
| 2019 | Jim Schlossnagle | 34-28 | 11-13 | 6th | Big 12 tournament, L 3–2 NCAA Fayetteville Regional, L 2–2 |
| 2020 | Jim Schlossnagle | 11-4 | | | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Jim Schlossnagle | 41-19 | 17-7 | T-1st | Big 12 tournament, W 4–1 NCAA Fort Worth Regional, L 1–2 |
| 2022 | Kirk Saarloos | 38-22 | 16-8 | 1st | Big 12 tournament, L 1–2 NCAA College Station Regional, L 2–2 |
| 2023 | Kirk Saarloos | 44-24 | 13-11 | T-4th | Big 12 tournament, W 4–0 NCAA Fayetteville Regional, W 3–0 NCAA Fort Worth Super Regional, W 2–0 NCAA College World Series, L 2–2 |
| Total: | Total: | 2,422–1,782–25 | | | |
| 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 ||||||

## People
### TCU Baseball All-Americans

| Year | Position | Name | Team |
| 1921 | P | Pete Donahue | |
| 1927 | 1B | Bear Wolf | |
| 1934 | P | Slim Kinzy | |
| 1948 | CF | Jim Busby | |
| 1956 | SS | Al Paschal | |
| 1957 | OF | Carl Warwick | |
| 1963 | P | Lance Brown | |
| 1970 | C | Jeff Newman | |
| 1973 | 2B | Phil Turner | |
| 1974 | P | Frank Johnstone | |
| 1985 | OF | Mike Ramsey | |
| 1988 | 1B | Rob Jones | |
| 1994 | 1B | Adam Robson | 2nd |
| 1994 | C | Darren Tawwater | 3rd |
| 1994 | P | Tim Grieve | 3rd |
| 1998 | 3B | Royce Huffman | 2nd |
| 1999 | 3B | Royce Huffman | 1st |
| 2002 | OF | Terry Trofholz | 2nd |
| 2003 | P | Clayton Jerome | 3rd |
| 2004 | P | Robbie Findlay | HM |
| 2005 | P | Lance Broadway | 1st |
| 2006 | P | Jake Arrieta | 2nd |
| 2006 | 1B | Chad Huffman | 3rd |
| 2008 | P | Andrew Cashner | 3rd |
| 2010 | P | Steven Maxwell | 2nd |
| 2010 | P | Matt Purke | 2nd |
| 2010 | C | Bryan Holaday | 2nd |
| 2011 | P | Kyle Winkler | 2nd |
| 2012 | P | Preston Morrison | 3rd |
| 2014 | P | Preston Morrison | 2nd |
| 2015 | P | Preston Morrison | 2nd |
| 2017 | C | Evan Skoug | 1st |
| Source: ||||

### Other baseball awards

| Award | Year | Position | Name |
| Academic All-Americans | 1992 | 1B | Scott Malone |
| Freshman All-Americans | 1996 | DH | Royce Huffman |
| Freshman All-Americans | 2004 | OF | Chad Huffman |
| Freshman All-Americans | 2004 | 3B | Shelby Ford |
| Freshman All-Americans | 2004 | SS | Germán Durán |
| Freshman All-Americans | 2005 | DH | Matt McGuirk |
| Freshman All-Americans | 2005 | C | Andrew Walker |
| Freshman All-Americans | 2008 | P | Sean Hoelscher |
| Freshman All-Americans | 2010 | P | Matt Purke |
| SWC Player of the Year | 1963 | P | Lance Brown |
| SWC Player of the Year | 1966 | 2B | Jimmy Duffy |
| SWC Freshman of the Year | 1996 | DH | Royce Huffman |
| WAC Player of the Year | 1999 | 3B | Royce Huffman |
| C-USA Pitcher of the year | 2003 | P | Clayton Jerome |
| C-USA Pitcher of the year | 2005 | P | Lance Broadway |
| C-USA Player of the Year | 2004 | OF | Chad Huffman |
| MWC Pitcher of the Year | 2006 | P | Jake Arrieta |
| MWC Freshman of the Year | 2010 | P | Matt Purke |
| MWC Pitcher of the Year | 2010 | P | Steven Maxwell |
| Big12 Freshman of the Year | 2015 | 1B | Conner Wanhanen |
| Big12 Freshman of the Year | 2016 | DH/P | Luken Baker |
| Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Collegiate Baseball Freshman Pitcher of the Year | 2010 | P | Matt Purke |
| Johnny Bench Award | 2010 | C | Bryan Holaday |
| Big 12 Conference Baseball Player of the Year | 2017 | C | Evan Skoug |
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### Horned Frogs in Major League Baseball

| Name | Team | Years on Team |
| Louis Drucke | New York Giants | 1909–1912 |
| Ona Dodd | Pittsburgh Pirates | 1912 |
| Jim Haislip | Philadelphia Phillies | 1913 |
| Claude Cooper | New York Giants | 1913 |
| Claude Cooper | Philadelphia Phillies | 1916–1917 |
| Pete Donahue | Cincinnati Reds | 1921–1930 |
| Pete Donahue | New York Giants | 1930–1931 |
| Pete Donahue | Cleveland Indians | 1931 |
| Pete Donahue | Boston Red Sox | 1932 |
| A.S. Douglass | Cincinnati Reds | 1921–1925 |
| Boob Fowler | Cincinnati Reds | 1932–1925 |
| Boob Fowler | Boston Red Sox | 1926 |
| Leo Tankersley | Chicago White Sox | 1925 |
| Bear Wolf | Cincinnati Reds | 1927 |
| Tex Carleton | St. Louis Cardinals | 1932–1934 |
| Tex Carleton | Chicago Cubs | 1935–1938 |
| Tex Carleton | Brooklyn Dodgers | 1940 |
| Slim Kinzy | Chicago White Sox | 1934 |
| L. D. Meyer | Chicago Cubs | 1937 |
| L. D. Meyer | Detroit Tigers | 1940–1942 |
| L. D. Meyer | Cleveland Indians | 1945–1946 |
| Randy Jackson | Chicago Cubs | 1950–1955 |
| Randy Jackson | Chicago Cubs | 1959 |
| Randy Jackson | Brooklyn Dodgers | 1956–1957 |
| Randy Jackson | Los Angeles Dodgers | 1958 |
| Randy Jackson | Cleveland Indians | 1958–1959 |
| Jim Busby | Chicago White Sox | 1950–1952 |
| Jim Busby | Chicago White Sox | 1955 |
| Jim Busby | Washington Senators | 1952–1955 |
| Jim Busby | Cleveland Indians | 1956–1957 |
| Jim Busby | Baltimore Orioles | 1957–1958 |
| Jim Busby | Baltimore Orioles | 1960–1961 |
| Jim Busby | Boston Red Sox | 1959–1960 |
| Jim Busby | Houston Colt .45s | 1962 |
| Carl Warwick | Los Angeles Dodgers | 1961 |
| Carl Warwick | St. Louis Cardinals | 1961–1962 |
| Carl Warwick | St. Louis Cardinals | 1964–1965 |
| Carl Warwick | Houston Colt .45s | 1962–1963 |
| Carl Warwick | Baltimore Orioles | 1965 |
| Carl Warwick | Chicago Cubs | 1966 |
| Tommy Gramly | Cleveland Indians | 1968 |
| Chuck Machemehl | Cleveland Indians | 1971 |
| Jeff Newman | Oakland Athletics | 1976–1982 |
| Jeff Newman | Boston Red Sox | 1983–1984 |
| Freddie Benavides | Cincinnati Reds | 1991–1992 |
| Freddie Benavides | Colorado Rockies | 1993 |
| Freddie Benavides | Montreal Expos | 1994 |
| Tim Mauser | Philadelphia Phillies | 1991,1993 |
| Tim Mauser | San Diego Padres | 1993–1995 |
| John Briscoe | Oakland A's | 1991–1996 |
| Chris Eddy | Oakland A's | 1995 |
| Glenn Dishman | San Diego Padres | 1995–1996 |
| Glenn Dishman | Philadelphia Phillies | 1996 |
| Glenn Dishman | Detroit Tigers | 1997 |
| Jeff Zimmerman | Texas Rangers | 1999–2001 |
| Scott Atchison | Seattle Mariners | 2004–2005 |
| Scott Atchison | San Francisco Giants | 2007 |
| Scott Atchison | Boston Red Sox | 2010-2012 |
| Scott Atchison | New York Mets | 2013 |
| Scott Atchison | Cleveland Indians | 2014-2015 |
| Lance Broadway | Chicago White Sox | 2007–2009 |
| Lance Broadway | New York Mets | 2009 |
| Yovani Gallardo | Milwaukee Brewers | 2007-2015 |
| Yovani Gallardo | Texas Rangers | 2015 |
| Yovani Gallardo | Baltimore Orioles | 2016 |
| Yovani Gallardo | Seattle Mariners | 2017 |
| Yovani Gallardo | Cincinnati Reds | 2018 |
| Yovani Gallardo | Texas Rangers | 2018 |
| Geno Espineli | San Francisco Giants | 2008 |
| Andrew Cashner | Chicago Cubs | 2010–2011 |
| Andrew Cashner | San Diego Padres | 2012-2016 |
| Andrew Cashner | Miami Marlins | 2016 |
| Andrew Cashner | Texas Rangers | 2017 |
| Andrew Cashner | Baltimore Orioles | 2018-2019 |
| Andrew Cashner | Boston Red Sox | 2019 |
| Jake Arrieta | Baltimore Orioles | 2010–2013 |
| Jake Arrieta | Chicago Cubs | 2013-2017, 2021 |
| Jake Arrieta | Philadelphia Phillies | 2018-2020 |
| Jake Arrieta | San Diego Padres | 2021 |
| Chad Huffman | New York Yankees | 2010 |
| Chad Huffman | St. Louis Cardinals | 2017 |
| Sam Demel | Arizona Diamondbacks | 2010–2012 |
| Matt Carpenter | St. Louis Cardinals | 2011-2021, 2024 |
| Matt Carpenter | New York Yankees | 2022 |
| Matt Carpenter | San Diego Padres | 2023 |
| Bryan Holaday | Detroit Tigers | 2012-2015 |
| Bryan Holaday | Texas Rangers | 2016 |
| Bryan Holaday | Boston Red Sox | 2016 |
| Bryan Holaday | Detroit Tigers | 2017 |
| Bryan Holaday | Miami Marlins | 2018–2019 |
| Bryan Holaday | Baltimore Orioles | 2020 |
| Bryan Holaday | Arizona Diamondbacks | 2021 |
| Brandon Finnegan | Kansas City Royals | 2014-2015 |
| Brandon Finnegan | Cincinnati Reds | 2015-2018 |
| Taylor Featherston | Los Angeles Angels | 2015 |
| Taylor Featherston | Philadelphia Phillies | 2016 |
| Taylor Featherston | Tampa Bay Rays | 2017 |
| Matt Purke | Chicago White Sox | 2016 |
| Jason Coats | Chicago White Sox | 2016 |
| Nick Lodolo | Cincinnati Reds | 2022- |
| Brandon Williamson | Cincinnati Reds | 2023- |
| Luken Baker | St. Louis Cardinals | 2023- |
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