Rick Hirtensteiner

Richard Scott Hirtensteiner (born October 9, 1967) is the head coach for the Pepperdine Waves baseball team as of December 2020.[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]

Rick Hirtensteiner
Hirtensteiner with Pepperdine in 2010
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamPepperdine
ConferenceWCC
Record160–158
Biographical details
Born (1967-10-09) October 9, 1967
Riverside, California, U.S.
Alma materPepperdine University
Playing career
1986–1989Pepperdine
1989Bend Bucks
1989Palm Springs Angels
1990Quad Cities Angels
1991Salt Lake City Trappers
1992Harrisburg Senators
1993Ottawa Lynx
1993St. Paul Saints
1994Brevard County Manatees
1994Portland Sea Dogs
Position(s)Outfielder
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996–1997Lamar (Asst)
1998–2015Pepperdine (Asst)
2016–presentPepperdine
Head coaching record
Overall160–158
TournamentsWCC: 3–4
NCAA: 0–0
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • West Coast (2018)
Awards
  • West Coast Conference Player of the Year (1989)
  • College Baseball All-American (1989)
  • West Coast Conference Coach of the Year (2018)
Medal record
Baseball
Representing  United States
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1987 Indianapolis Team

Playing career

In 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

He 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]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Pepperdine Waves (West Coast Conference) (2016–present)
2016 Pepperdine 29–2416–114thWest Coast Tournament
2017 Pepperdine 20–328–198th
2018 Pepperdine 31–2417–101stWest Coast Tournament
2019 Pepperdine 24–2414–13T-6th
2020 Pepperdine 12–30–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Pepperdine 20–2512–157th
2022 Pepperdine 24–2612–157th
Pepperdine: 160–15879–83
Total:160–158

      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

References
  1. Pepperdine names Rick Hirtensteiner as new baseball head coach
  2. THE 1987 PAN AMERICAN GAMES : Baseball : Puerto Rico Makes U.S. Go 11 Innings to Stay Unbeaten
  3. BR Minors page
  4. The Baseball Cube
  5. "Caps' Dave Staton Heads List of Cape League East Stars". The Cape Codder. Orleans, MA. July 12, 1988. p. 22.
  6. Winer, Jerry (June 11, 1998). "Key Players Return for Y-D's '98 Campaign". Yarmouth Register. Yarmouth, MA. p. 16.
  7. BR Minors
  8. Pepperdine page
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