1981 Arizona Wildcats baseball team

1981 Arizona Wildcats baseball
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record30–22 (14–16 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadiumWildcat Field
Seasons
← 1980
1982 →
1981 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northern
Washington  x‍‍‍ 12 – 6   .667 34 – 18   .654
Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 7   .611 29 – 14   .674
Washington State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 7   .611 27 – 25   .519
Oregon  ‍‍‍ 2 – 16   .111 16 – 21   .432
Southern
No. 1 Arizona State  x‍‍‍y 26 – 4   .867 55 – 13   .809
Stanford  ‍‍‍y 16 – 14   .533 43 – 22   .662
Southern California  ‍‍‍ 15 – 15   .500 34 – 24   .586
Arizona  ‍‍‍ 14 – 16   .467 30 – 22   .577
California  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18   .400 31 – 31   .500
UCLA  ‍‍‍ 7 – 23   .233 21 – 35   .375
x – Division champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1981[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1981 Arizona Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Arizona during the 1981 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games at Wildcat Field. The team was coached by Jerry Kindall in his 9th season at Arizona. The Wildcats finished 30–22 overall and placed 4th in the Pacific-10's Southern Division with an 14–16 record. Arizona failed to make the postseason for the 1st time since 1977.

Previous season

The Wildcats finished the 1980 season with a record of 45–21–1 and 17–13 in conference play, finishing tied for 1st in the "Six-Pac" (Pac-10 Southern). This was the Wildcats' 1st Pacific-10 Conference championship. Arizona advanced to the postseason for the 3rd straight season and was selected to host the West Regional at Wildcat Field. The Wildcats defeated Fresno State in their 1st game before defeating Gonzaga twice to advance to the College World Series for the 2nd straight season (and 12th overall). After losing their 1st game in Omaha, Nebraska to St. John's, Arizona won the next 4 against Florida State, Michigan, Hawaii and California to advance to the final game: a rematch against Hawaii. The Wildcats defeated Hawaii 5–3 to win their 2nd National Championship.

Personnel

Roster

1981 Arizona Wildcats baseball roster[2][3]
  • Jim Bagnall

• Tommy Barrett

• Casey Candaele

• Joe Cipolloni

• Rocky Coyle

• Jack Daugherty

• Mike Flinn

• Chuck Haney

• Chuck Hovack

• Walter Kellner

• Dave Landrith

• Tyler Lawton

• Rich Lucero

• Steven Miller

• Garret Nago

• Dave Page

• Dave Powers

• Mike Querry

• Pat Roessler

• David Rooker

• Ron Sismondo

• Dwight Taylor

• Ed Vosberg

• Kevin Ward

Coaches

1981 Arizona Wildcats baseball coaching staff[4]

1981 Schedule and results

1981 Arizona Wildcats Baseball Game Log[5]
Regular Season
Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall

Record

Pac-10

Record

Feb 6 San Diego Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 16–5 1–0
Feb 7 San Diego Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 12–10 2–0
Feb 7 San Diego Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 21–0 3–0
Feb 10 UC Riverside Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 8–5 4–0
Feb 10 UC Riverside Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ L 2–5 4-1c
Feb 12 Cal State Fullerton Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 10–9 5–1
Feb 13 Cal State Fullerton Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ L 2–8 5–2
Feb 14 Cal State Fullerton Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 2–0 6–2
Feb 16 UTEP Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 14–13 7–2
Feb 17 UTEP Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 9–5 8–2
Feb 18 UTEP Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 23–4 9–2
Feb 20 at Cal State Fullerton Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 2–1 10–2
Feb 22 at Cal State Fullerton Titan Field • Fullerton, CA L 3–4 10–3
Feb 24 La Verne Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 9–8 11–3
Feb 24 La Verne Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 9–7 12–3
Feb 27 California Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ L 8–14 12–4 0–1
Feb 28 California Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 11–5 13–4 1–1
Mar 1 California Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 8–1 14–4 2–1
Mar 4 BYU Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 4–1 15–4
Mar 6 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Palo Alto, CA W 9–4 16–4 3–1
Mar 7 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Palo Alto, CA L 4–5 16–5 3–2
Mar 8 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Palo Alto, CA L 12–14 16–6 3–3
Mar 10 Mississippi State Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ L 9–11 16–7
Mar 11 Mississippi State Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ L 12–16 16–8
Mar 13 UCLA Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ L 2–5 16–9 3–4
Mar 14 UCLA Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 10–9 17–9 4–4
Mar 15 UCLA Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ L 2–8 17–10 4–5
Mar 27 at USC Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA W 12–7 18–10 5–5
Mar 28 at USC Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA L 10–15 18–11 5–6
Mar 29 at USC Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA W 10–6 19–11 6–6
Apr 2 Arizona State Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 9–4 20–11 7–6
Apr 3 Arizona State Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ L 8–10 20–12 7–7
Apr 4 Arizona State Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ L 11–23 20–13 7–8
Apr 6 Lewis & Clark Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 8–2 21–13
Apr 10 at UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 5–3 22–13 8–8
Apr 11 at UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA L 8–9 22–14 8–9
Apr 12 at UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 10–5 23–14 9–9
Apr 16 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA W 8–5 24–14 10–9
Apr 17 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA W 9–1 25–14 11–9
Apr 18 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA L 8–9 25–15 11–10
Apr 24 Stanford Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ L 6–11 25–16 11–11
Apr 25 Stanford Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 18–16 26–16 12–11
Apr 26 Stanford Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ L 13–21 26–17 12–12
Apr 28 Grand Canyon Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ L 5–6 26–18
May 2 USC Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 6–2 27–18 13–12
May 2 USC Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ L 8–9 27–19 13–13
May 3 USC Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 16–4 28–19 14–13
May 5 Northern Arizona Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 10–8 29–19
May 5 Northern Arizona Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 6–1 30–19
May 7 at Arizona State Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 6–10 30–20 14–14
May 8 at Arizona State Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 4–13 30–21 14–15
May 9 at Arizona State Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 5–6 30–22 14–16

1981 MLB Draft

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Dwight Taylor OF 7 168 Cleveland Indians
Ron Sismondo LHP 11 280 Milwaukee Brewers
Rich Seidel RHP 2 (6sc) 50 California Angels

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References

  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1981". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  2. ^ "1981 Arizona Wildcats – The Baseball Cube". TheBaseballCube.com. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  3. ^ "2023 BSB Media Guide" (PDF). University of Arizona Athletics. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  4. ^ "2023 BSB Media Guide" (PDF). University of Arizona Athletics. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  5. ^ "2023 BSB Media Guide" (PDF). University of Arizona Athletics. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  6. ^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 4, 2023.