1980 Arizona Wildcats baseball team

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1980 Arizona Wildcats baseball
National champion
Pac-10 South champion
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
CBNo. 1
1980 record45-21-1 (17–13 Pac-10)
Head coach
  • Jerry Kindall (8th year)
Home stadiumWildcat Stadium
Seasons
← 1979
1981 →
1980 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northern
Washington State  x‍‍‍ 11 – 3   .786 36 – 10   .783
Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 9   .471 33 – 16   .673
Washington  ‍‍‍ 6 – 9   .400 33 – 20   .623
Oregon  ‍‍‍ 6 – 10   .375 19 – 21   .475
Southern
No. 1 Arizona  x‍‍‍y 17 – 13   .567 45 – 21   .682
No. 3 California  x‍‍‍y 17 – 13   .567 44 – 23   .657
Arizona State  ‍‍‍ 15 – 15   .500 38 – 25   .603
UCLA  ‍‍‍ 15 – 15   .500 31 – 22   .585
Stanford  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433 29 – 24   .547
Southern California  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433 27 – 24   .529
x – Division champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1980[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1980 Arizona Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Arizona in the 1980 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team was coached by Jerry Kindall in his 8th season at Arizona.

The Wildcats won the College World Series, defeating the Hawaii Rainbows in the championship game.

Roster[]

1980 Arizona Wildcats roster
 

Pitchers

 

Infielders

 

Outfielders

Catchers

  • Chuck Hoyack
  • Don Hyman
  • David Landrith
  • Steven Miller
  

Schedule[]

1980 Arizona Wildcats Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
February
Date Opponent Score Overall Record Pac-10 Record
February 7 Cal State Fullerton 12-3 1-0 –
February 9 Cal State Fullerton 1-4 1-1 –
February 10 Cal State Fullerton 7-1 2-1 –
February 16 Pepperdine 15-15 2-1-1 –
February 18 San Diego State 3-5 2-2-1 –
February 19 San Diego State 7-2 3-2-1 –
February 20 San Diego State 14-8 4-2-1 –
February 22 La Verne 20-18 5-2-1 –
February 23 La Verne 4-0 6-2-1 –
February 23 La Verne 30-8 7-2-1 –
February 25 UC Riverside 1-2 7-3-1 –
February 26 UC Riverside 13-3 8-3-1 –
February 29 at Stanford 6-10 8-4-1 0-1
March
Date Opponent Score Overall Record Pac-10 Record
March 1 at Stanford 6-8 8-5-1 0-2
March 2 at Stanford 3-2 9-5-1 1-2
March 6 Southern California 4-1 10-5-1 2-2
March 7 Southern California 6-9 10-6-1 2-3
March 8 Southern California 8-7 11-6-1 3-3
March 11 Gonzaga 12-6 12-6-1 –
March 11 Gonzaga 3-1 13-6-1 –
March 13 at UCLA 1-5 13-7-1 3–4
March 14 at UCLA 2-8 13-8-1 3–5
March 15 at UCLA 5-7 13-9-1 3–6
March 17 vs. Point Loma 8-4 14-9-1 –
March 18 vs. Loyola Marymount 3-8 14-10-1 –
March 18 vs. Northern Arizona 9-4 15-10-1 –
March 19 vs. San Diego 0-10 15-11-1 –
March 20 vs. Portland State 2-2a 15-12-1 –
March 20 vs. Colorado State 18-6 16-12-1 –
March 22 vs. San Diego State 7-5 17-12-1 –
March 22 vs. San Diego State 7-7b 18-12-1 –
March 24 vs. Colorado 6-2 19-12-1 –
March 25 vs. Colorado 3-0 20-12-1 –
March 27 California 5-6 20-13-1 3-7
March 28 California 4-3 21-13-1 4-7
March 29 California 14-9 22-13-1 5-7
April
Date Opponent Score Overall Record Pac-10 Record
April 3 at Arizona State 2-3 22-14-1 5–8
April 4 at Arizona State 11-5 23-14-1 6–8
April 5 at Arizona State 14-7 24-14-1 7–8
April 8 Washington State 11-7 25-14-1 –
April 10 UCLA 3-2 26-14-1 8–8
April 11 UCLA 17-1 27-14-1 9–8
April 12 UCLA 3-4 27-15-1 9–9
April 14 Northern Arizona 4-10 27-16-1 –
April 14 Northern Arizona 8-0 28-16-1 –
April 17 Stanford 6-4 29-16-1 10–9
April 18 Stanford 15-6 30-16-1 11–9
April 19 Stanford 7-5 31-16-1 12–9
April 22 Grand Canyon 14-5 32-16-1 –
April 24 at Southern California 2-3 32-17-1 12–10
April 25 at Southern California 9-7 33-17-1 13–10
April 26 at Southern California 9-3 34-17-1 14–10
May
Date Opponent Score Overall Record Pac-10 Record
May 1 at California 4-3 35-17-1 15–10
May 2 at California 9-8 36-17-1 16–10
May 3 at California 0-2 36-18-1 16–11
May 8 Arizona State 8-14 36-19-1 16–12
May 9 Arizona State 6-8 36-20-1 16–13
May 10 Arizona State 22-4 37-20-1 17–13
Postseason
NCAA West Regional
Date Opponent Score Overall Record
May 23 vs. Fresno State 5-4 38-20-1
May 24 vs. Gonzaga 13-9 39-20-1
May 25 vs. Gonzaga 8-5 40-20-1
1980 College World Series
Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record
May 30 vs. St. John's Rosenblatt Stadium 1-6 40-21-1
May 31 vs. Florida State Rosenblatt Stadium 5-3 41-21-1
June 2 vs. Michigan Rosenblatt Stadium 8-0 42-21-1
June 4 vs. Hawaii Rosenblatt Stadium 6-4 43-21-1
June 5 vs. California Rosenblatt Stadium 11-10 44-21-1
June 6 vs. Hawaii Rosenblatt Stadium 5-3 45-21-1

Awards and honors[]

Craig Barger
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]
Wes Clements
  • First Team All-American[3]
  • First Team All-Pac-10 South[3]
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]
Terry Francona
Craig Lefferts
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]
John Moses
  • First Team All-Pac-10 South[3]
Dwight Taylor
  • First Team All-Pac-10 South[3]

Wildcats in the 1980 MLB Draft[]

The following members of the Arizona Wildcats baseball program were drafted in the 1980 Major League Baseball Draft.[4]

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Terry Francona OF 1st 22nd Montreal Expos
Greg Bargar RHP 3rd 73rd Montreal Expos
Wes Clements OF 6th 146th Houston Astros
Craig Lefferts LHP 9th 218th Chicago Cubs
Clark Crist SS 14th 343rd Seattle Mariners
Jeff Morris LHP 15th 380th Houston Astros
John Moses OF 16th 395th Seattle Mariners

Notes[]

  • ^a As part of the Sun Lite Classic, Arizona lost 7-14 as a result of a tiebreaker.
  • ^b As part of the Sun Lite Classic, Arizona won 28-16 as a result of a tiebreaker.

References[]

  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1980". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d "CWS Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "2012 Arizona Baseball Media Guide". ArizonaWildcats.com. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  4. ^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)"". Retrieved 18 October 2012.
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