1980 Arizona Wildcats baseball team

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.

1980 Arizona Wildcats baseball
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
CBNo. 1
1980 record45-21-1 (17–13 Pac-10)
Head coach
Home stadiumWildcat Stadium
1980 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Northern
Washington State  x‍‍‍ 11–3 .78636–10 .783
Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 8–9 .47133–16 .673
Washington  ‍‍‍ 6–9 .40033–20 .623
Oregon  ‍‍‍ 6–10 .37519–21 .475
Southern
No. 1 Arizona  x‍‍‍y 17–13 .56745–21 .682
No. 3 California  x‍‍‍y 17–13 .56744–23 .657
Arizona State  ‍‍‍ 15–15 .50038–25 .603
UCLA  ‍‍‍ 15–15 .50031–22 .585
Stanford  ‍‍‍ 13–17 .43329–24 .547
Southern California  ‍‍‍ 13–17 .43327–24 .529
x – Division champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1980[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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
DateOpponentScoreOverall RecordPac-10 Record
February 7Cal State Fullerton12-31-0–
February 9Cal State Fullerton1-41-1–
February 10Cal State Fullerton7-12-1–
February 16Pepperdine15-152-1-1–
February 18San Diego State3-52-2-1–
February 19San Diego State7-23-2-1–
February 20San Diego State14-84-2-1–
February 22La Verne20-185-2-1–
February 23La Verne4-06-2-1–
February 23La Verne30-87-2-1–
February 25UC Riverside1-27-3-1–
February 26UC Riverside13-38-3-1–
February 29at Stanford6-108-4-10-1
March
DateOpponentScoreOverall RecordPac-10 Record
March 1at Stanford6-88-5-10-2
March 2at Stanford3-29-5-11-2
March 6Southern California4-110-5-12-2
March 7Southern California6-910-6-12-3
March 8Southern California8-711-6-13-3
March 11Gonzaga12-612-6-1–
March 11Gonzaga3-113-6-1–
March 13at UCLA1-513-7-13–4
March 14at UCLA2-813-8-13–5
March 15at UCLA5-713-9-13–6
March 17vs. Point Loma8-414-9-1–
March 18vs. Loyola Marymount3-814-10-1–
March 18vs. Northern Arizona9-415-10-1–
March 19vs. San Diego0-1015-11-1–
March 20vs. Portland State2-2a15-12-1–
March 20vs. Colorado State18-616-12-1–
March 22vs. San Diego State7-517-12-1–
March 22vs. San Diego State7-7b18-12-1–
March 24vs. Colorado6-219-12-1–
March 25vs. Colorado3-020-12-1–
March 27California5-620-13-13-7
March 28California4-321-13-14-7
March 29California14-922-13-15-7
April
DateOpponentScoreOverall RecordPac-10 Record
April 3at Arizona State2-322-14-15–8
April 4at Arizona State11-523-14-16–8
April 5at Arizona State14-724-14-17–8
April 8Washington State11-725-14-1–
April 10UCLA3-226-14-18–8
April 11UCLA17-127-14-19–8
April 12UCLA3-427-15-19–9
April 14Northern Arizona4-1027-16-1–
April 14Northern Arizona8-028-16-1–
April 17Stanford6-429-16-110–9
April 18Stanford15-630-16-111–9
April 19Stanford7-531-16-112–9
April 22Grand Canyon14-532-16-1–
April 24at Southern California2-332-17-112–10
April 25at Southern California9-733-17-113–10
April 26at Southern California9-334-17-114–10
May
DateOpponentScoreOverall RecordPac-10 Record
May 1at California4-335-17-115–10
May 2at California9-836-17-116–10
May 3at California0-236-18-116–11
May 8Arizona State8-1436-19-116–12
May 9Arizona State6-836-20-116–13
May 10Arizona State22-437-20-117–13
Postseason
NCAA West Regional
DateOpponentScoreOverall Record
May 23vs. Fresno State5-438-20-1
May 24vs. Gonzaga13-939-20-1
May 25vs. Gonzaga8-540-20-1
1980 College World Series
DateOpponentSite/StadiumScoreOverall Record
May 30vs. St. John'sRosenblatt Stadium1-640-21-1
May 31vs. Florida StateRosenblatt Stadium5-341-21-1
June 2vs. MichiganRosenblatt Stadium8-042-21-1
June 4vs. HawaiiRosenblatt Stadium6-443-21-1
June 5vs. CaliforniaRosenblatt Stadium11-1044-21-1
June 6vs. HawaiiRosenblatt Stadium5-345-21-1

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 FranconaOF1st22ndMontreal Expos
Greg BargarRHP3rd73rdMontreal Expos
Wes ClementsOF6th146thHouston Astros
Craig LeffertsLHP9th218thChicago Cubs
Clark CristSS14th343rdSeattle Mariners
Jeff MorrisLHP15th380thHouston Astros
John MosesOF16th395thSeattle 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. "CWS Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  3. "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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