Richard Scott Hirtensteiner (born October 9, 1967) is the head coach for the Oaks Christian School baseball team. He was previously the head coach for the Pepperdine Waves baseball team from 2016 to 2024.[1] He previously played at Pepperdine for four years, earning All-American honors in 1989. In 1987, he represented the United States in the Pan American Games.[2] From 1989 to 1994, he played professionally.[3]
_(cropped).jpg) Hirtensteiner with Pepperdine in 2010 | |||||||||||||||
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| Title | Head coach | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Oaks Christian Lions | ||||||||||||||
| Record | 0–0 | ||||||||||||||
| Biographical details | |||||||||||||||
| Born | October 9, 1967 Riverside, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | |||||||||||||||
| 1986–1989 | Pepperdine | ||||||||||||||
| 1989 | Bend Bucks | ||||||||||||||
| 1989 | Palm Springs Angels | ||||||||||||||
| 1990 | Quad Cities Angels | ||||||||||||||
| 1991 | Salt Lake City Trappers | ||||||||||||||
| 1992 | Harrisburg Senators | ||||||||||||||
| 1993 | Ottawa Lynx | ||||||||||||||
| 1993 | St. Paul Saints | ||||||||||||||
| 1994 | Brevard County Manatees | ||||||||||||||
| 1994 | Portland Sea Dogs | ||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Outfielder | ||||||||||||||
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |||||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Lamar (Asst) | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–2015 | Pepperdine (Asst) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2024 | Pepperdine | ||||||||||||||
| 2025–present | Oaks Christian School | ||||||||||||||
| Head coaching record | |||||||||||||||
| Overall | 194–226 | ||||||||||||||
| Tournaments | WCC: 3–5 NCAA: 0–0 | ||||||||||||||
| Accomplishments and honors | |||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Playing career
editIn 877 at-bats at Pepperdine, he hit .336 with 27 home runs and 176 RBI. In his All-American senior year, he slashed .366/.469/.620 with 12 home runs, 41 RBI and 13 steals.[4] In the 1987 Pan American Games, he batted .409. In 1988, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL) and was named a league all-star.[5][6]
He was drafted three times, last by the California Angels in the 8th round of the 1989 Major League Baseball Draft. He played in the Angels system through 1990 before joining the unaffiliated Salt Lake City Trappers in 1991. With them, he hit .356 with 11 home runs and 20 RBI in 70 games. He joined the Montreal Expos system in 1992, played briefly at Triple-A in 1993 (spending most of the year in the independent ranks) and finished his career in the Florida Marlins system in 1994.[7]
Coaching career
editHe later became an assistant coach at Lamar University before joining Pepperdine as an assistant. In 1998, he returned to the CCBL as an assistant coach for the Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox[6] He became Pepperdine's head coach in 2015.[8]
On August 1, 2024, Hirtensteiner was named the head coach of the Oaks Christian School baseball team.[9]
Head coaching record
editCollege
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Pepperdine Waves (West Coast Conference) (2016–2024) | |||||||||
| 2016 | Pepperdine | 29–24 | 16–11 | 4th | West Coast Tournament | ||||
| 2017 | Pepperdine | 20–32 | 8–19 | 8th | |||||
| 2018 | Pepperdine | 31–24 | 17–10 | 1st | West Coast Tournament | ||||
| 2019 | Pepperdine | 24–24 | 14–13 | T-6th | |||||
| 2020 | Pepperdine | 12–3 | 0–0 | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | |||||
| 2021 | Pepperdine | 20–25 | 12–15 | 7th | |||||
| 2022 | Pepperdine | 24–26 | 12–15 | 7th | |||||
| 2023 | Pepperdine | 19–30 | 8–19 | T–8th | |||||
| 2024 | Pepperdine | 15–38 | 9–15 | T–6th | West Coast Tournament | ||||
| Pepperdine: | 194–226 | 96–117 | |||||||
| Total: | 194–226 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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High school
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Oaks Christian Lions () (2025–present) | |||||||||
| 2025 | Oaks Christian | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Oaks Christian: | 0–0 | 0–0 | |||||||
| Total: | 0–0 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
edit- ^ Pepperdine names Rick Hirtensteiner as new baseball head coach
- ^ THE 1987 PAN AMERICAN GAMES : Baseball : Puerto Rico Makes U.S. Go 11 Innings to Stay Unbeaten
- ^ BR Minors page
- ^ The Baseball Cube
- ^ "Caps' Dave Staton Heads List of Cape League East Stars". The Cape Codder. Orleans, MA. July 12, 1988. p. 22.
- ^ a b Winer, Jerry (June 11, 1998). "Key Players Return for Y-D's '98 Campaign". Yarmouth Register. Yarmouth, MA. p. 16.
- ^ BR Minors
- ^ Pepperdine page
- ^ "Hirtensteiner named head coach of OCS baseball program". oakschristian.org. August 1, 2024. Retrieved October 29, 2024.