Washington State Cougars baseball
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 2016 Washington State Cougars baseball team
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| Founded | 1892 |
| University | Washington State University |
| Conference | Pac-12 |
| Location | Pullman, WA |
| Head coach | Marty Lees (1st year) |
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Bailey–Brayton Field (Capacity: 3,500) |
| Nickname | Cougars |
| Colors | Crimson and Gray |
| College World Series Runner-up | |
| 1950 | |
| College World Series appearances | |
| 1950, 1956, 1965, 1976 | |
| NCAA Tournament appearances | |
| 1950, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1990, 2009, 2010 | |
| Conference tournament champions | |
| Northwest Conference: 1915 PCC Northern Division: 1927 Pac-8 North: 1972 Pac-10 North: 1984, 1987, 1988, 1990 |
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| Conference champions | |
| Northwest Conference: 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1918 PCC Northern Division: 1927, 1928, 1933, 1936, 1938, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1956 AAWU: 1960, 1961, 1965, 1966 Pac-8 North: 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 Pac-10 North: 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1995 |
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The Washington State Cougars baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate baseball team of Washington State University, located in Pullman, Washington. The Cougars' home venue is Bailey–Brayton Field, first opened 37 years ago for the 1980 season and located on the university's campus. Head coach Marty Lees took over the program ahead of the 2016 season.
The program has been a baseball member of the Pac-12 Conference in NCAA Division I since the start of the 1960 season, following the dissolution of the Pacific Coast Conference. Through 2014, the Cougars have appeared in four College World Series and 16 NCAA Tournaments. In conference postseason play, WSU has won one Northwest Conference Tournament, one Pacific Coast Conference Northern Division Tournament, one Pacific-8 Conference North Division Tournament, and four Pacific-10 Conference Northern Division Tournaments. In regular season play, the program has won five Northwest Conference Championships, 12 Pacific Coast Conference Northern Division titles, four AAWU Championships, nine Pac-8 North Division titles, and 11 Pac-10 North Division titles. As of the start of the 2013 Major League Baseball season, 32 former Cougars have appeared in Major League Baseball.
The first season of organized baseball at the school was 125 years ago in 1892, shortly after the school's founding. In that season, the team had an 11–1 record; its first game was a 26–0 victory over Pullman Military College on March 12. After a three-year hiatus from 1893–1895, the team returned for one season in 1896. After another break in 1897, baseball at Washington State returned permanently in 1898. Previously led by team captains, H.E. Lougheed was named its first head coach for the 1901 season. Through the end of the 1909 season, the program competed as an independent and compiled a 110–59–1 (.650) record.
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