History & Tradition
You can't speak of sports and not speak of the past. For Texas Tech Baseball, the past holds great memories for Red Raider fans, fomer players and coaches and those memories will be catalysts for a 2012 team that seeks a return to the "glory days." The tradition of Red Raider baseball includes conference titles, winning streaks and great games, of course. However, what makes Texas Tech Baseball truly unique are the many great young men who have dedicated their college careers to the Red & Black and become part of something greater than themselves. | Photo Gallery
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Tech record for career strikeouts
Monty Ward (1996-98)
240
Tech record for career games played
Clint Bryant (1993-96)
34
Tech record for career wins
Shane Wright (1997-99)
33
Tech record for single-season home runs
Joe Dillon (1997)
30
Tech record for consecutive-game hit streak
Gera Alvarez (2002)
Baseball Roots
Baseball is the third oldest sport on the Texas Tech campus surpassed only by football and men's basketball. Tech baseball's roots date back to 1926 when E.Y. Freeland skippered the first Red Raider squad and since then Tech has won four conference titles, had 29 All-Americans, 173 All-Conference selections, 22 Major League Baseball players and 10 Academic All-Americans.
All-Americans
Through the years, Texas Tech fans have been able to cheer on some of the top players in the collegiate ranks as 30 players have earned All-America status at some point during their career. Of those 30 players, 11 were named to a First-Team All-American list including Clint Bryant, Josh Bard and Cameron Blair just to name a few. In fact, those 30 All-Americans have accounted for a total of 85 All-America awards. | Photo Gallery
Clint Bryant
Clint Bryant (1993-96) is the most decorated All-American in Texas Tech Baseball history as he became the first Red Raider to earn First Team All-America honors in back-to-back seasons (1995 & 1996). He was named the Southwest Conference's Most Valuable Player in both 1995 and 1996 and was an All-SWC selection all four years. He is one of just two former player to have their jersey retired at Dan Law Field and remains the career leader in nine offensive categories including games played (240), home runs (44) and RBI (271).
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By The Numbers |
173 All-Conference Selections
123 MLB Draft/Free Agent Picks
80 All-Big 12 Performers
30 All-Americans
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22 Big Leaguers
10 Academic All-Americans
10 First Team All-Americans
4 Conference Championships
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Conference Championships |
Southwest Conference (1995)
Big 12 (1997)
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SWC Tournament (1995)
Big 12 Tournament (1998)
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NCAA Regional Appearances |
1995, Stanford Regional
1996, Lubbock Regional
1997, Lubbock Regional
1998, Miami Regional
1999, Lubbock Regional
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2000, Houston Regional
2001, Fullerton Regional
2002, Houston Regional
2004, Atlanta Regional
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Retired Jerseys |
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All-Americans |
Jerry Haggard, 1969
Doug Ault, 1972
Barry Hoffpauir, 1972
Ruben Garcia, 1972
Ron Mattson, 1976
Gary Ashby, 1977
Bobby Kohler, 1980, 1982
Jimmy Zachry, 1983
John Grimes, 1984
Mark Brandenburg, 1991
Travis Driskill, 1993
Saul Bustos, 1993, 94
Mike Kinney, 1993
Ryan Nye, 1994
Brandon Welch, 1994, 95
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Jason Totman, 1995
Randy DuRoss, 1995, 96
Dion Ruecker, 1995
Matt Miller , 1995, 96
Matt Kastelic, 1996
David Lindstrom, 1996
Clint Bryant, 1994, 95, 96
Jason Gooding, 1997
Keith Ginter, 1997, 1998
Joe Dillon, 1997
Josh Bard, 1997, 98, 99
Shane Wright, 1998, 99
Josh Brady, 2004
Cameron Blair, 2004, 05
John Neely, 2011
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