1980 Arizona Wildcats baseball team

1980 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
v t e	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 ^x‍‍‍^y	17	–	13	.567	45	–	21	.682
No. 3 California ^x‍‍‍^y	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

Greg Bargar
Scott Green
Joe Kellner
Craig Lefferts
Jeff Morris
Jay Sargent
Ron Sismondo
Ed Vosberg

Infielders

Casey Candaele
Wes Clements
Clark Crist
Ron Quick
Pat Roessler
Shawn Smith

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	2-2^a	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	7-7^b	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

NCAA Tournament: 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

NCAA Tournament: 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

Golden Spikes Award^[3]
The Sporting News Player of the Year^[3]
First Team All-American^[3]
Pac-10 South Player of the Year^[3]
College World Series Most Outstanding Player^[2]

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

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

[1] "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1980". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 3, 2014.

[CWS-2] "CWS Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 23 November 2012.

[Honors-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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v t e Arizona Wildcats 1980 College World Series champions
Greg Bargar Casey Candaele Terry Francona (College World Series MOP) Craig Lefferts John Moses Pat Roessler Dwight Taylor Ed Vosberg
Head Coach: Jerry Kindall Assistant Coach: Jerry Stitt
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