1988 Stanford Cardinal baseball team

1988 Stanford Cardinal baseball
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
CBNo. 1
Record46-23 (18–12 Pac-10)
Head coach
Home stadiumSunken Diamond
Seasons
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1989 →
1988 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northern
No. 16 Washington State  x‍‍‍y 18 – 4   .818 52 – 14   .788
Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 14 – 10   .583 30 – 19   .612
Portland State  ‍‍‍ 12 – 9   .571 33 – 25   .569
Gonzaga  ‍‍‍ 12 – 11   .522 28 – 28   .500
Portland  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13   .458 28 – 27   .509
Washington  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16   .333 17 – 28   .378
Eastern Washington  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18   .250 25 – 34   .424
Southern
No. 2 Arizona State  x‍‍‍y 21 – 9   .700 60 – 13   .822
No. 1 Stanford  ‍‍‍y 18 – 12   .600 46 – 23   .667
No. 8 California  ‍‍‍y 16 – 14   .533 40 – 25   .615
No. 13 Southern California  ‍‍‍y 13 – 17   .433 36 – 26   .581
UCLA  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18   .400 31 – 28   .525
Arizona  ‍‍‍ 10 – 20   .333 33 – 26   .559
x – Division champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1988[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1988 Stanford Cardinal baseball team represented Stanford University in the 1988 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team was coached by Mark Marquess in his 12th season at Stanford.

The Cardinal won the College World Series, defeating the Arizona State Sun Devils in the championship game.

Roster

1988 Stanford Cardinal roster
 

Pitchers

 

Infielders

 

Outfielders

Catchers

Schedule

1988 Stanford Cardinal baseball game log
Regular season
January/February
Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-10 record
January 31 at Santa Clara 2-3 0-1 –
February 1 Santa Clara 3-2 1-1 –
February 2 UC Davis 13-8 2-1 –
February 5 Cal State Fullerton 1-5 2-2 –
February 6 Cal State Fullerton 9-4 3-2 –
February 7 Cal State Fullerton 5-6 3-3 –
February 9 at Pacific 4-1 4-3 –
February 12 at Hawaii 5-0 5-3 –
February 13 at Hawaii 4-5 5-4 –
February 14 at Hawaii 3-4 5-5 –
February 16 Cal State Hayward 12-6 6-5 –
February 17 San Francisco 5-3 7-5 –
February 19 UC Santa Barbara 15-4 8-5 –
February 20 UC Santa Barbara 9-8 9-5 –
February 21 UC Santa Barbara 13-2 10-5 –
February 22 Cal State LA 4-1 11-5 –
February 26 at Southern California 13-4 12-5 1–0
February 27 at Southern California 7-6 13-5 2–0
March
Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-10 record
March 1 San Jose State 10-9 14-5 –
March 4 UCLA 3-6 14-6 2–1
March 5 UCLA 11-4 15-6 3–1
March 6 UCLA 5-1 16-6 4–1
March 19 Arizona 5-0 17-6 5–1
March 20 Arizona 8-7 18-6 6–1
March 21 Arizona 5-4 19-6 7–1
March 22 at Fresno State 3-13 19-7 –
March 25 at Arizona State 1-9 19-8 7–2
March 26 at Arizona State 10-11 19-9 7–3
March 27 at Arizona State 7-10 19-10 7–4
March 29 at Santa Clara 4-2 20-10 –
March 31 California 3-2 21-10 8–4
April
Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-10 record
April 1 at California 2-3 21-11 8–5
April 2 California 6-5 22-11 9–5
April 4 Saint Mary's 13-2 23-11 –
April 5 Santa Clara 20-3 24-11 –
April 8 at Arizona 5-20 24-12 9–6
April 9 at Arizona 10-7 25-12 10–6
April 10 at Arizona 8-9 25-13 10–7
April 12 at San Francisco 17-6 26-13 –
April 15 at UCLA 4-9 26-14 10–8
April 16 at UCLA 8-5 27-14 11–8
April 17 at UCLA 5-2 28-14 12–8
April 18 at USC 5-3 29-14 13–8
April 23 Arizona State 5-3 30-14 14–8
April 24 Arizona State 6-15 30-15 14–9
April 25 Arizona State 5-13 30-16 14–10
April 26 at San Jose State 7-3 31-16 –
April 27 at Fresno State 5-6 31-17 –
April 29 at Miami (FL) 3-9 31-18 –
April 30 at Miami (FL) 3-7 31-19 –
May
Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-10 record
May 3 Pacific 16-0 32-19 -
May 6 at California 3-8 32-20 14-11
May 7 California 13-3 33-20 15-11
May 8 at California 1-4 33-21 15-12
May 10 at San Francisco State 23-2 34-21 –
May 13 USC 10-8 35-21 16-12
May 14 USC 10-9 36-21 17-12
May 15 USC 12-4 37-21 18-12
Date Opponent Score Overall record
May 27 vs. St. John's 3-5 37-22
May 27 vs. Fordham 7-5 38-22
May 29 vs. Rutgers 8-1 39-22
May 30 vs. Kentucky 6-5 40-22
May 31 vs. Kentucky 16-2 41-22
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record
June 4 vs. Fresno State Rosenblatt Stadium 10-3 42-22
June 6 vs. Cal State Fullerton Rosenblatt Stadium 3-5 42-23
June 7 vs. Miami (FL) Rosenblatt Stadium 2-1 43-23
June 9 vs. Cal State Fullerton Rosenblatt Stadium 4-1 44-23
June 10 vs. Cal State Fullerton Rosenblatt Stadium 9-5 45-23
June 11 vs. Arizona State Rosenblatt Stadium 9-4 46-23

Awards and honors

Troy Paulsen
  • First Team All-Pac-10[2]
Lee Plemel
Doug Robbins
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[3]
Ed Sprague
  • First Team All-American[2]
  • First Team All-Pac-10[2]
Ron Witmeyer
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[3]

Cardinal in the 1988 MLB Draft

The following members of the Stanford Cardinal baseball program were drafted in the 1988 Major League Baseball draft.[4]

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Ed Sprague 3B 1st 25th Toronto Blue Jays
Lee Plemel RHP 5th 132nd St. Louis Cardinals
Ron Witmeyer 1B 7th 177th Oakland Athletics
Steve Chitren RHP 9th 227th Seattle Mariners
Doug Robbins C 10th 243rd Baltimore Orioles
Jim Price RHP 25th 653rd Seattle Mariners

References

  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1988". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Stanford Media Guide" (PDF). GoStanford.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved September 20, 2012.
  3. ^ a b c "CWS record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 16, 2012.
  4. ^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)"". Baseball Reference. Retrieved September 20, 2012.