1976 Arizona Wildcats baseball team

1976 Arizona Wildcats baseball
1976 Arizona Wildcats baseball
National Champions WAC Playoff Champions
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
CB	No. 1
Record	56–17 (12–6 WAC)
Head coach	Jerry Kindall (4th year);
Home stadium	Wildcat Stadium
	Seasons ← 1975 1977 →

1976 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Northern
BYU ^x‍‍‍	15	–	3	.833	26	–	21	.553
Wyoming ‍‍‍	10	–	7	.588	22	–	29	.431
Utah ‍‍‍	8	–	9	.471	15	–	26	.366
Colorado State ‍‍‍	2	–	16	.111	18	–	26	.409
Southern
No. 3 Arizona State ^x‍‍‍^y	17	–	1	.944	65	–	10	.867
No. 1 Arizona ‍‍‍^y	12	–	6	.667	56	–	17	.767
New Mexico ‍‍‍	4	–	14	.222	28	–	24	.538
UTEP ‍‍‍	3	–	15	.167	9	–	25	.265

x – Division champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1976^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1976 Arizona Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Arizona in the 1976 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team was coached by Jerry Kindall in his 4th season at Arizona.

The Wildcats won the College World Series, defeating the Eastern Michigan Hurons in the championship game.

Roster

1976 Arizona Wildcats roster

Pitchers

Robert Chaulk
David Crutcher
Bruce Ferguson
Craig Giola
Steve Powers
Chuck Zophi

Infielders

Al Lopez
Leslie Pearsey
Bill Simpson
Pete Van Horne
Glenn Wendt

Outfielders

Ken Bolek
Robin Carlsen
Dave Stegman
Don Zimmerman

Catchers

Ron Hassey
Bob Woodside

Schedule

1976 Arizona Wildcats Baseball Game Log

Regular Season

February

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall Record	Pac-10 Record
February 13	Pepperdine	13–2	1–0	–
February 14	Pepperdine	8–0	2–0	–
February 14	Pepperdine	15–3	3–0	–
February 16	Cal State Dominguez Hills	17–10	4–0	–
February 17	Cal State Dominguez Hills	11–6	5–0	–
February 20	Azusa Pacific	3–5	5–1	–
February 21	Azusa Pacific	9–0	6–1	–
February 21	Azusa Pacific	10–0	7–1	–
February 23	Cal Poly Pomona	4–3	8–1	–
February 24	Cal Poly Pomona	12–7	9–1	–
February 25	Cal Poly Pomona	11–7	10–1	–
February 26	San Diego State	6–7	10–2	–
February 27	San Diego State	11–5	11–2	–
February 28	San Diego State	5–3	12–2	–
February 28	San Diego State	14–13	13–2	–

March

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall Record	Pac-10 Record
March 1	at Grand Canyon	6–7	13–3	–
March 2	Grand Canyon	15–0	14–3	–
March 5	La Verne	8–5	15–3	–
March 6	La Verne	9–6	16–3	–
March 8	Oklahoma	7–1	17–3	–
March 8	Oklahoma	6–3	18–3	–
March 9	Oklahoma	14–1	19–3	–
March 9	Oklahoma	9–8	20–3	–
March 11	at San Diego State	7–1	21–3	–
March 12	at San Diego State	1–5	21–4	–
March 13	at San Diego State	4–6	21–5	–
March 13	at San Diego State	6–4	22–5	–
March 15	at Pepperdine	3–4	22–6	–
March 13	at UCLA	0–5	22–7	–
March 16	at Pepperdine	1–0	23–7	–
March 17	Southern California	3–4	23–8	–
March 18	Southern California	4–6	23–9	–
March 19	La Verne	10–5	24–9	–
March 20	La Verne	6–10	24–10	–
March 20	La Verne	4–3	25–10	–
March 23	Colorado	17–2	26–10	–
March 25	Southern California	8–0	27–10	–
March 26	Southern California	8–5	28–10	–
March 27	Southern California	8–4	29–10	–

April

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall Record	Pac-10 Record
April 1	vs. Northern Arizona	14–6	30–10	–
April 2	vs. Northern Arizona	9–3	31–10	–
April 3	vs. Northern Arizona	6–0	32–10	–
April 8	at Arizona State	2–7	32–11	0–1
April 9	at Arizona State	9–11	32–12	0–2
April 10	at Arizona State	5–6	32–13	0–3
April 17	UTEP	15–3	33–13	1–3
April 17	UTEP	8–1	34–13	2–3
April 18	UTEP	12–1	35–13	3–3
April 23	New Mexico	5–3	36–13	4–3
April 24	New Mexico	8–6	37–13	5–3
April 24	New Mexico	8–3	38–13	6–3
April 30	at UTEP	16–0	39–13	7–3

May

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall Record	Pac-10 Record
May 1	at UTEP	3–1	40–13	8–3
May 1	at UTEP	10–3	41–13	9–3
May 7	at New Mexico	6–3	42–13	10–3
May 8	at New Mexico	6–3	43–13	11–3
May 9	at New Mexico	10–4	44–13	12–3
May 13	Arizona State	1–2	44–14	12–4
May 14	Arizona State	4–9	44–15	12–5
May 15	Arizona State	9–14	44–16	12–6

WAC Playoffs

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall Record
May 21	vs. Wyoming	19–0	45–16
May 22	vs. Wyoming	6–2	46–16
May 24	vs. BYU	7–6	47–16
May 25	vs. BYU	4–0	48–16

NCAA Tournament: Midwest Regional

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall Record
May 28	vs. UT Pan American	5–0	49–16
May 29	vs. Missouri	10–1	50–16
May 30	vs. Texas A&M	10–1	51–16

NCAA Tournament: College World Series

Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record
June 12	vs. Arizona State	Rosenblatt Stadium	6–7	51–16
June 13	vs. Oklahoma	Rosenblatt Stadium	10–2	52–17
June 14	vs. Clemson	Rosenblatt Stadium	10–6	53–17
June 16	vs. Eastern Michigan	Rosenblatt Stadium	11–6	54–17
June 17	vs. Arizona State	Rosenblatt Stadium	5–1	55–17
June 18	vs. Eastern Michigan	Rosenblatt Stadium	7–1	56–17

Awards and honors

Bob Challk

College World Series All-Tournament Team^[2]

Craig Giola

First Team All-WAC South^[3]

Ron Hassey

College World Series All-Tournament Team^[2]
First Team All-WAC South^[3]

Steve Powers

College World Series Most Outstanding Player^[2]

Dave Stegman

First Team All-American^[3]
College World Series All-Tournament Team^[2]
First Team All-WAC South^[3]

Pete Van Horne

College World Series All-Tournament Team^[2]

Glenn Wendt

First Team All-WAC South^[3]

Wildcats in the 1976 MLB Draft

The following members of the Arizona Wildcats baseball program were drafted in the 1976 Major League Baseball Draft.^[4]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Ron Hassey	C	18th	422nd	Cleveland Indians
William Simpson	3B	20th	471st	St. Louis Cardinals
Ken Bolek	OF	24th	550th	Detroit Tigers
Bruce Ferguson	RHP	31st	660th	California Angels

References

^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1976". boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "CWS Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "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 – 1976". boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 23, 2014.

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

[Honors-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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