Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball
| Texas Tech Red Raiders | |
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 2016 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team
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| Founded | 1926 |
| University | Texas Tech University |
| Conference | Big 12 |
| Location | Lubbock, TX |
| Head coach | Tim Tadlock (4th year) |
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Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park (Capacity: 4,801) |
| Nickname | Red Raiders |
| Colors | Scarlet and Black |
| College World Series appearances | |
| 2014, 2016 | |
| NCAA Regional Champions | |
| 2014, 2016 | |
| NCAA Tournament appearances | |
| 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2014, 2016 | |
| Conference tournament champions | |
| SWC: 1995 Big 12: 1998 |
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| Conference champions | |
| SWC: 1995 Big 12: 1997, 2016 |
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The Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team represents Texas Tech University in NCAA Division I college baseball. The team competes in the Big 12 Conference and plays at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park.
Behind football and men's basketball, baseball is the third oldest sport at Texas Tech. The initial team organized in 1925 and the first game, an 18–9 victory over West Texas State Teachers College, was played in 1926. In the following game, the team suffered its first ever loss, 14–9 to the team it had previously defeated. The third game in the team's history—this one against Daniel Baker College—ended in a 3–3 tie after 11 innings.
E. Y. Freeland was the first coach of the Red Raiders, though the team was known as the Matadors at the time. He remained in the position for three years before R. Grady Higginbotham took the role. Higginbotham coached for only two years. From 1930 to 1953, Texas Tech did not field an intercollegiate baseball team.
When the program returned in 1954, Beattie Feathers became the head coach of the Red Raiders and remained until 1960. He was followed by Berl Huffman (1961–1967), Kal Segrist (1968–1983), and Gary Ashby (1984–1986). During this time, the Red Raiders only had seven winning seasons. Texas Tech joined the Southwest Conference in 1968, but experienced little success. Through the 1986 season, the Red Raiders only finished as high as third in conference play twice, and had only three winning conference records.
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