1986 Arizona Wildcats baseball team

1986 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Northern
No. 23 Oregon State ^x‍‍‍^y	18	–	5	.783	39	–	15	.722
Gonzaga ‍‍‍	13	–	10	.565	30	–	21	.588
Portland State ‍‍‍	12	–	11	.522	39	–	23	.629
Washington State ‍‍‍	11	–	12	.478	35	–	24	.593
Portland ‍‍‍	10	–	13	.435	24	–	26	.480
Washington ‍‍‍	9	–	14	.391	25	–	23	.521
Eastern Washington ‍‍‍	8	–	16	.333	22	–	28	.440
Southern
No. 13 UCLA ^x‍‍‍^y	21	–	9	.700	39	–	23	.629
No. 1 Arizona ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12	.600	49	–	19	.721
No. 15 Stanford ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12	.600	38	–	23	.623
Southern California ‍‍‍	12	–	18	.400	26	–	29	.473
Arizona State ‍‍‍	11	–	19	.367	34	–	28	.548
California ‍‍‍	10	–	20	.333	32	–	25	.561

x – Division champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1986^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1986 Arizona Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Arizona in the 1986 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team was coached by Jerry Kindall in his 14th season at Arizona.

The Wildcats won the College World Series, defeating the Florida State Seminoles in the championship game.

Roster

1986 Arizona Wildcats roster

Pitchers

1986 Arizona Wildcats Baseball Game Log

Regular Season

January/February

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall Record	Pac-10 Record
January 30	Grand Canyon	8-6	1-0	–
January 31	at Grand Canyon	2-4	1-1	–
February 3	Cal State Dominguez Hills	12-2	2-1	–
February 4	Cal State Dominguez Hills	7-8	2-2	–
February 5	Cal State Dominguez Hills	10-13	2-3	–
February 6	Pepperdine	1-0	3-3	–
February 7	Pepperdine	5-4	4-3	–
February 8	Pepperdine	3-2	5-3	–
February 10	Western New Mexico	15-1	6-3	–
February 11	Western New Mexico	20-4	7-3	–
February 13	Cal State Fullerton	7-10	7-4	–
February 14	Cal State Fullerton	8-6	8-4	–
February 15	Cal State Fullerton	6-9	8-5	–
February 18	Texas Southern	20-1	9-5	–
February 19	Texas Southern	22-4	10-5	–
February 20	Texas Southern	15-2	11-5	–
February 21	at Hawaii	11-8	12-5	–
February 22	at Hawaii	5-9	12-6	–
February 23	at Hawaii	7-2	13-6	–
February 28	Stanford	4-6	13-7	1-0

March

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall Record	Pac-10 Record
March 1	Stanford	8-5	14-7	1-1
March 2	Stanford	4-7	14-8	1-2
March 7	at California	2-1	15-8	2-2
March 9	at California	7-4	16-8	3-2
March 11	Hartford	21-3	17-8	–
March 12	Hartford	16-4	18-8	–
March 14	at Southern California	0-5	18-9	3-3
March 15	at Southern California	12-14	18-10	3-4
March 17	Long Beach State	12-3	19-10	–
March 18	at Southern California	6-3	20-10	4-4
March 21	UCLA	14-5	21-10	5–4
March 22	UCLA	5-28	21-11	5–5
March 23	UCLA	9-12	21-12	5–6
March 27	New Mexico State	4-2	22-12	–
March 28	New Mexico State	21-4	23-12	–
March 29	New Mexico State	9-4	24-12	–
March 31	Seton Hall	10-1	25-12	–

April

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall Record	Pac-10 Record
April 1	Seton Hall	13-0	26-12	–
April 2	Seton Hall	12-11	27-12	–
April 4	California	6-3	28-12	6-6
April 5	California	5-4	29-12	7-6
April 6	California	11-8	30-12	8-6
April 6	at California	17-16	31-12	9-6
April 11	at Arizona State	9-12	31-13	9–7
April 12	at Arizona State	5-3	32-13	10–7
April 14	at Arizona State	5-6	32-14	10–8
April 18	Southern California	10-3	33-14	11-8
April 19	Southern California	9-4	34-14	12-8
April 20	Southern California	19-17	35-14	13-8
April 25	at UCLA	5-17	35-15	13-9
April 26	at UCLA	12-4	36-15	14-9
April 27	at UCLA	13-14	36-16	14-10

May

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall Record	Pac-10 Record
May 2	at Stanford	2-1	37-16	15-10
May 3	at Stanford	4-14	37-17	15-11
May 4	at Stanford	3-8	37-18	15-12
May 12	Grand Canyon	9-6	38-18	–
May 16	Arizona State	9-4	39-18	16-12
May 17	Arizona State	18-12	40-18	17-12
May 18	Arizona State	22-11	41-18	18-12

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall Record
May 22	vs. San Diego State	26-5	42-18
May 23	vs. Texas	9-3	43-18
May 24	vs. Pepperdine	10-6	44-18
May 25	vs. Pepperdine	5-3	45-18

Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record
May 30	vs. Maine	Rosenblatt Stadium	8-7	46-18
June 2	vs. Loyola Marymount	Rosenblatt Stadium	7-5	47-18
June 6	vs. Florida State	Rosenblatt Stadium	9-5	48-18
June 7	vs. Miami (FL)	Rosenblatt Stadium	2-4	48-19
June 9	vs. Florida State	Rosenblatt Stadium	9-5	49-19

The following members of the Arizona Wildcats baseball program were drafted in the 1986 Major League Baseball Draft.^[4]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Dave Rohde	SS	5th	120th	Houston Astros
Todd Trafton	1B	5th	127th	Chicago White Sox
Tommy Hinzo	2B	7th	161st	Cleveland Indians
Michael Senne	OF	14th	364th	St. Louis Cardinals
David Carley	RHP	16th	399th	Milwaukee Brewers
Joel Estes	LHP	23rd	586th	Houston Astros
Jim McDonald	RHP	26th	656th	Montreal Expos
Gar Millay	2B	28th	690th	Texas Rangers

v t e Arizona Wildcats 1986 College World Series champions
Chip Hale Gil Heredia Kevin Long Dave Rohde Mike Senne (College World Series MOP)
Head Coach: Jerry Kindall Assistant Coach: Jerry Stitt
Regular season NCAA tournament College World Series

v t e Arizona Wildcats baseball
Venues	UA Field (1929–1966) Jerry Kindall Field at Frank Sancet Stadium (1967–2011) Hi Corbett Field (2012–present)
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National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics