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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 Wildcats played their home games at Wildcat Field. The team was coached by Jerry Kindall in his 8th season at Arizona. The Wildcats finished 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.

1980 Arizona Wildcats baseball
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
CBNo. 1
Record45-21-1 (17–13 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadiumWildcat Field
Seasons
← 1979
1981 →
1980 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
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

Personnel

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Roster

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1980 Arizona Wildcats roster
 

Pitchers

 

Infielders

 

Outfielders

Catchers

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

Coaches

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1980 Arizona Wildcats baseball coaching staff[2]

1980 Schedule and results

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1980 Arizona Wildcats Baseball Game Log[3]
Regular Season
Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall

Record

Pac-10

Record

Feb 7 Cal State Fullerton Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 12-3 1-0-0
Feb 9 Cal State Fullerton Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ L 1-4 2-0-0
Feb 10 Cal State Fullerton Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 7-1 2-1-0
Feb 16 Pepperdine Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ T 15-15 2-1-1
Feb 18 San Diego State Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ L 3-5 2-2-1
Feb 19 San Diego State Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 7-2 3-2-1
Feb 20 San Diego State Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 14-8 4-2-1
Feb 22 La Verne Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 20-18 5-2-1
Feb 23 La Verne Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 4-0 6-2-1
Feb 23 La Verne Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 30-8 7-2-1
Feb 25 UC Riverside Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ L 1-2 7-3-1
Feb 26 UC Riverside Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 13-3 8-3-1
Feb 29 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Palo Alto, CA L 6-10 8-4-1 0-1
Mar 1 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Palo Alto, CA L 6-8 8-5-1 0-2
Mar 2 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Palo Alto, CA W 3-2 9-5-1 1-2
Mar 6 USC Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 4-1 10-5-1 2-2
Mar 7 USC Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ L 6-9 10-6-1 2-3
Mar 8 USC Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 8-7 11-6-1 3-3
Mar 11 Gonzaga Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 12-6 12-6-1
Mar 11 Gonzaga Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 3-1 13-6-1
Mar 13 at UCLA Eddy D. Field Stadium • Malibu, CA L 1-5 13-7-1 3-4
Mar 14 at UCLA Eddy D. Field Stadium • Malibu, CA L 2-8 13-8-1 3-5
Mar 15 at UCLA Eddy D. Field Stadium • Malibu, CA L 5-7 13-9-1 3-6
Mar 17 vs Point Loma Smith Field • San Diego, CA W 8-4 14-9-1
Mar 18 vs Loyola Marymount Smith Field • San Diego, CA L 3-8 14-10-1
Mar 18 vs Northern Arizona Smith Field • San Diego, CA W 9-4 15-10-1
Mar 19 vs San Diego Smith Field • San Diego, CA L 0-10 15-11-1
Mar 20 vs Portland State Smith Field • San Diego, CA T 2-2a 15-12-1
Mar 20 vs Colorado State Smith Field • San Diego, CA W 18-6 16-12-1
Mar 22 at San Diego State Smith Field • San Diego, CA W 7-5 17-12-1
Mar 22 at San Diego State Smith Field • San Diego, CA T 7-7b 18-12-1
Mar 24 Colorado Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 6-2 19-12-1
Mar 25 Colorado Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 3-0 20-12-1
Mar 27 California Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ L 5-6 20-13-1 3-7
Mar 28 California Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 4-3 21-13-1 4-7
Mar 29 California Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 14-9 22-13-1 5-7
Apr 3 at Arizona State Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 2-3 22-14-1 5-8
Apr 4 at Arizona State Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 11-5 23-14-1 6-8
Apr 5 at Arizona State Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 14-7 24-14-1 7-8
Apr 8 Washington State Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 11-7 25-14-1
Apr 10 UCLA Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 3-2 26-14-1 8-8
Apr 11 UCLA Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 17-1 27-14-1 9-8
Apr 12 UCLA Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ L 3-4 27-15-1 9-9
Apr 14 Northern Arizona Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ L 4-10 27-16-1
Apr 14 Northern Arizona Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 8-0 28-16-1
Apr 17 Stanford Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 6-4 29-16-1 10-9
Apr 18 Stanford Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 15-6 30-16-1 11-9
Apr 19 Stanford Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 7-5 31-16-1 12-9
Apr 22 Grand Canyon Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 14-5 32-16-1
Apr 24 at USC Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA L 2-3 32-17-1 12-10
Apr 25 at USC Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA W 9-7 33-17-1 13-10
Apr 26 at USC Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA W 9-3 34-17-1 14-10
May 1 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA W 4-3 35-17-1 15-10
May 2 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA W 9-8 36-17-1 16-10
May 3 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA L 0-2 36-18-1 16-11
May 8 Arizona State Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ L 8-14 36-19-1 16-12
May 9 Arizona State Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ L 6-8 36-20-1 16-13
May 10 Arizona State Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 22-4 37-20-1 17-13
NCAA West Regional
May 23 Fresno State Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 5-4 38-20-1
May 24 Gonzaga Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 13-9 39-20-1
May 25 Gonzaga Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 8-5 40-20-1
College World Series
May 30 vs St. John's Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 1-6 40-21-1
May 31 vs Florida State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 5-3 41-21-1
Jun 2 vs Michigan Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 8-0 42-21-1
Jun 4 vs Hawaii Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 6-4 43-21-1
Jun 5 vs California Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 11-10 44-21-1
Jun 6 vs Hawaii Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 5-3 45-21-1

West Regional

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Main article: 1980 NCAA Division I baseball tournament § West Regional
West Regional Teams
Arizona Wildcats Fresno State Bulldogs Gonzaga Bulldogs Cal State Fullerton Titans

College World Series

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See also: 1980 College World Series
1980 College World Series Teams
Arizona Wildcats California Golden Bears Clemson Tigers Florida State Seminoles Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Miami Hurricanes Michigan Wolverines St. John's Redmen
Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsPreliminary finalFinal
St. John's6
Arizona1
St. John's2
Hawaii7
Hawaii7
Florida State6
Hawaii9
Miami (FL)3
Miami (FL)13
Hawaii4
Clemson5
Miami (FL)3Arizona611
Michigan2
Michigan911
California8Hawaii3
Arizona10Arizona5
Lower round 1Lower round 2California9
Michigan0
Arizona5Arizona8
Miami (FL)3
Florida State3
California4
St. John's5
Clemson4California8
California6

Awards and honors

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Craig Barger
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[4]
Wes Clements
  • First Team All-American[5]
  • First Team All-Pac-10 South[5]
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[4]
Terry Francona
Craig Lefferts
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[4]
John Moses
  • First Team All-Pac-10 South[5]
Dwight Taylor
  • First Team All-Pac-10 South[5]

1980 MLB Draft

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

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Notes

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  • ^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

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  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1980". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  2. ^ "2023 BSB Media Guide" (PDF). University of Arizona Athletics. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  3. ^ "2023 BSB Media Guide" (PDF). University of Arizona Athletics. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d "CWS record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h "2012 Arizona Baseball Media Guide". ArizonaWildcats.com. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  6. ^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
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