Chuck Brayton
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Frederick Charles Brayton (October 20, 1925 – March 28, 2015), usually known as Chuck Brayton or Bobo Brayton, was an American college baseball head coach; he led the Washington State Cougars for 33 seasons, from 1962 to 1994.[1] He is the winningest coach in school history, with a record of 1,162 wins, 523 losses and eight ties—the fourth-best total in NCAA history at the time he retired.[2]
His Cougar teams won 21 conference titles (two Northern Division and 19 Pac-8/10), including 11 in a row from 1970 to 1980. He led the Cougars to the College World Series in 1965 and 1976, and was the fifth baseball head coach in NCAA history to exceed a thousand wins.[3] Win number 1,000 came in 1990 in his 29th season, at home on April 11,[4][5] and he coached four more years.[6]
Brayton was a three-sport varsity athlete at Washington State and played shortstop in 1944 for interim coach Jack Friel and from 1946 to 1948 for Buck Bailey;[1] he was named the school's first baseball All-American in 1947.[7] As an incoming freshman in September 1943, Brayton hitchhiked across the state to Pullman from Skagit County in northwestern Washington.[8][9] After his freshman year, he served 18 months in the Army Air Forces.[1][10] His #14 jersey was retired by the school in 2003,[11][12][13][14] and he was inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007.[2][15]
Bailey–Brayton Field, the Cougars' home stadium since 1980, is named for Brayton and his predecessor, Buck Bailey (1896–1964).[16] When the old field was displaced by the new Mooberry track, Brayton constructed the new stadium on a budget, using items salvaged from Sick's Stadium in Seattle, as well as donated materials and volunteer labor.[8][9] Formerly Buck Bailey Field, Brayton's name joined his mentor's in January 2000.[17]
Prior to coaching at WSU, Brayton was the head coach for over a decade at Yakima Valley Junior College,[18][19] and also its head football coach for five seasons.[20][21] He had a record of 251–68 (Template:Winning percentage) in 11 seasons at Yakima and won ten championships.[9] While at Yakima, a line drive nearly killed him and he was hospitalized for a month; he wore a helmet the rest of his coaching career.[1][22]
In declining health in his later years, Brayton died at age 89 at his Pullman home in 2015,[23][24][25] and was buried at the city cemetery.
Head coaching record
Template:CBB Yearly Record Start Template:CBB Yearly Record Subhead |- | 1962 | Washington State
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|- | 1963 | Washington State
| 24–8 || 7–7 || 3rd (North)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". ||
|- | 1964 | Washington State
| 31–9 || 10–6 || 2nd (North)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". ||
|- style="background:#bbffff" | 1965 | Washington State
| 33–8 || 14–4 || 1st (North)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". || College World Series
|- style="background:#bbffff" | 1966 | Washington State
| 35–8–1 || 15–1 || 1st (North)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". || NCAA Regional
|- | 1967 | Washington State
| 22–10 || 7–6 || 6th (North)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". ||
|- | 1968 | Washington State
| 29–9 || 11–7 || 3rd (North)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". ||
|- | 1969 | Washington State
| 27–15 || 8–13 || t-6th (North)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". ||
|- style="background:#bbffff" | 1970 | Washington State
| 30–11–1 || 9–6 || 1st (North)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". || Pac-8 Tournament
|- style="background:#bbffff" | 1971 | Washington State
| 34–15 || 7–8 || 1st (North)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". || Pac-8 Tournament
|- style="background:#bbffff" | 1972 | Washington State
| 29–13 || 14–4 || t-1st (North)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". || Pac-8 Tournament
|- style="background:#bbffff" | 1973 | Washington State
| 40–15 || 15–3 || 1st (North)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". || Pac-8 Tournament
|- style="background:#bbffff" | 1974 | Washington State
| 38–9 || 14–4 || T-1st (North)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". ||
|- style="background:#bbffff" | 1975 | Washington State
| 33–18 || 13–5 || 1st (North)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". || NCAA Regional
|- style="background:#bbffff" | 1976 | Washington State
| 43–15 || 16–2 || 1st (North)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". || College World Series
|- style="background:#bbffff" | 1977 | Washington State
| 39–17 || 14–4 || 1st (North)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". || NCAA Regional
|- style="background:#bbffff" | 1978 | Washington State
| 41–17 || 15–3 || 1st (North)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". || NCAA Regional
|- style="background:#bbffff" | 1979 | Washington State
| 40–11 || 12–3 || 1st (North)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". || Pac-10 Tournament
|- style="background:#bbffff" | 1980 | Washington State
| 36–10–2 || 11–3 || 1st (North)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". || Pac-10 Tournament
|- | 1981 | Washington State
| 27–25–1 || 11–7 || T-2nd (North)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". ||
|- style="background:#bbffff" | 1982 | Washington State
| 34–16 || 16–8 || t-1st (North)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". ||
|- | 1983 | Washington State
| 40–16–1 || 16–8 || 2nd (North)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". ||
|- style="background:#d9a53d" | 1984 | Washington State
| 41–20 || 15–6 || T-1st (North)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". || NCAA Regional
|- style="background:#bbffff" | 1985 | Washington State
| 45–22 || 16–8 || 1st (North)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". || Pac-10 North Tournament
|- | 1986 | Washington State
| 35–24 || 11–12 || 4th (North)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". || Pac-10 North Tournament
|- style="background:#d9a53d" | 1987 | Washington State
| 44–19 || 18–6 || 1st (North)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". || NCAA Regional
|- style="background:#d9a53d" | 1988 | Washington State
| 52–14 || 18–4 || 1st (North)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". || NCAA Regional
|- | 1989 | Washington State
| 37–20 || 16–8 || 1st (North)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". || Pac-10 North Tournament
|- style="background:#d9a53d" | 1990 | Washington State
| 48–19 || 19–5 || 1st (North)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". || NCAA Regional
|- style="background:#bbffff" | 1991 | Washington State
| 37–25 || 14–6 || 1st (North)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". || Pac-10 North Tournament
|- | 1992 | Washington State
| 31–23–1 || 16–14 || 2nd (North)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". ||
|- | 1993 | Washington State
| 34–24 || 16–13 || T-3rd (North)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". ||
|- | 1994 | Washington State
| 35–26 || 11–19 || 5th (North)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". ||
|- style="background:#fafafa; border-top: 2px solid #aaaaaa;" | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Washington State: | 1162-523-8 || 423–218 || colspan="5" |
|- style="background:#fafafa; border-top: 2px solid #aaaaaa;" | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Yakima Valley JC: | 251–68 || (1951–1961) || colspan="5" |
|- style="background:#dddddd" | colspan="2" style="text-align:center" | Total: || 1413-591-8 ||colspan="7" |
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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
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References
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External links
- College Baseball Hall of Fame website Template:Webarchive
- Video of induction speech
- Yakima Valley Community College Athletics Hall of Fame
- Baseball Essentials – Remembering Chuck "Bobo" Brayton (1925–2015)
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