1969 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team

The 1969 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team represented Arizona State University in the 1969 NCAA University Division baseball season. The team was coached by Bobby Winkles in his 11th season at Arizona State.

1969 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball
National Champions WAC Champions
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
CB	No. 1
1969 record	56–11 (15–3 WAC)
Head coach	Bobby Winkles (11th year)
Assistant coach	Jack Smitheran

1969 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Northern
No. 18 BYU  ‍‍‍	13	–	5		.722			30	–	15		.667
Wyoming  ‍‍‍	11	–	7		.611			14	–	22		.389
Utah  ‍‍‍	7	–	11		.389			20	–	22		.476
Colorado State  ‍‍‍	5	–	13		.278			13	–	20		.394
Southern
No. 1 Arizona State  ‍‍‍^y	15	–	3		.833			56	–	11		.836
No. 19 Arizona  ‍‍‍	10	–	8		.556			37	–	10		.787
New Mexico  ‍‍‍	7	–	11		.389			31	–	17		.646
UTEP  ‍‍‍	4	–	14		.222			17	–	27		.386
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1969[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Sun Devils won the College World Series, defeating the Tulsa Golden Hurricane in the championship game.

Roster

1969 Arizona State Sun Devils roster
	Pitchers 11 Larry Gura 14 Lerrin LaGrow 20 Jim Crawford 21 Bill Leinheiser 23 Craig Swan 25 Joe Miller 26 Ken Hansen		Infielders 2 Lenny Randle 5 Bill Massarand 6 Jeff Osborn 8 Roger Detter 9 Gene Kobar 10 Rick Valley 15 Tom Welton 17 Jack Collinge 18 Terry Brenner		Outfielders 3 John Dolinsek 4 Paul Powell 7 Ralph Dick 24 Willie Harris Catchers 22 Billy Cotton 27 Irv McDonald

Schedule

1969 Arizona State Sun Devils Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
February/March Date Opponent Score Overall Record WAC Record February 27 Cal Poly Pomona 5–0 1–0 – February 28 Chapman 8–13 1–1 – March 1 Chapman 9–1 2–1 – March 1 Chapman 11–8 3–1 – March 7 Cal State LA 3–1 4–1 – March 8 Cal State LA 9–3 5–1 – March 8 Cal State LA 6–0 6–1 – March 11 Albuquerque 10–0 7–1 – March 11 Albuquerque 8–5 8–1 – March 12 San Diego State 3–2 9–1 – March 13 San Diego State 5–1 10–1 – March 14 San Fernando State 0–5 10–2 – March 14 San Fernando State 4–5 10–3 – March 15 San Fernando State 4–9 10–4 – March 17 Ohio State 5–10 10–5 – March 18 Ohio State 2–0 11–5 – March 19 Ohio State 5–0 12–5 – March 21 Michigan 18–14 13–5 – March 24 Michigan 19–3 14–5 – March 24 Michigan 5–3 15–5 – March 25 Michigan 6–5 16–5 – March 25 Michigan 3–4 16–6 – March 26 Cal Poly 5–0 17–6 – March 26 Southern Illinois 4–3 18–6 – March 27 Oklahoma 5–4 19–6 – March 28 Wyoming 11–7 20–6 – March 29 Wyoming 6–4 21–6 – March 29 Wyoming 11–4 22–6 – March 31 Wyoming 18–9 23–6 –
April Date Opponent Score Overall Record WAC Record April 4 Wisconsin 18–0 24–6 – April 5 Wisconsin 11–1 25–6 – April 5 Wisconsin 3–1 26–6 – April 7 Wisconsin 12–1 27–6 – April 8 Wisconsin 7–2 28–6 – April 9 Wisconsin 1–0 29–6 – April 11 at Arizona 4–3 30–6 1–0 April 12 at Arizona 11–7 31–6 2–0 April 12 at Arizona 4–5 31–7 2–1 April 15 Grand Canyon 7–2 32–7 – April 18 UTEP 5–0 33–7 3–1 April 19 UTEP 11–6 34–7 4–1 April 19 UTEP 11–0 35–7 5–1 April 24 at Albuquerque 10–12 35–8 – April 25 at New Mexico 2–1 36–8 6–1 April 26 at New Mexico 9–5 37–8 7–1 April 26 at New Mexico 13–2 38–8 8–1 April 29 Northern Arizona 5–1 39–8 –
May Date Opponent Score Overall Record WAC Record May 2 Arizona 0–2 39–9 8–2 May 3 Arizona 11–0 40–9 9–2 May 3 Arizona 5–0 41–9 10–2 May 6 Grand Canyon 4–0 42–9 – May 9 at UTEP 2–1 43–9 11–2 May 10 at UTEP 10–2 44–9 12–2 May 10 at UTEP 13–1 45–9 13–2 May 16 New Mexico 3–1 46–9 14–2 May 17 New Mexico 3–5 46–10 14–3 May 17 New Mexico 14–0 47–10 15–3
Post-Season
WAC Championship Date Opponent Score Overall Record May 22 vs. BYU 1–0 48–10 May 23 vs. BYU 10–0 49–10
NCAA Tournament: District 7 Playoffs Date Opponent Score Overall Record May 30 vs. Idaho 7–1 50–10 May 31 vs. Idaho 3–2 51–10
NCAA Tournament: College World Series Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record June 13 vs. Texas Rosenblatt Stadium 0–4 51–11 June 14 vs. UCLA Rosenblatt Stadium 2–1 52–11 June 17 vs. Massachusetts Rosenblatt Stadium 4–2 53–11 June 18 vs. Tulsa Rosenblatt Stadium 11–3 54–11 June 19 vs. NYU Rosenblatt Stadium 4–1 55–11 June 20 vs. Tulsa Rosenblatt Stadium 10–1 56–11

Awards and honors

Billy Cotton

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

Roger Detter

• College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]

Ralph Dick

• First Team All-WAC[3]

John Dolincek

• College World Series Most Outstanding Player[2]

Larry Gura

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

Jeff Osborn

• First Team All-WAC[3]

Paul Powell

• The Sporting News Player of the Year[3]
• College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]
• First Team All-American[3]
• First Team All-WAC[3]

Sun Devils in the 1969 MLB Draft

The following members of the Arizona State Sun Devils baseball program were drafted in the 1969 Major League Baseball Draft.[4]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Paul Powell	OF	1st	7th	Minnesota Twins
Larry Gura	LHP	2nd	40th	Chicago Cubs
Lerrin LaGrow	RHP	6th	139th	Detroit Tigers
John Dolinsek	OF	8th	170th	Houston Astros

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1969". boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
2. "CWS Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
3. "Arizona State Sun Devils baseball Media Guide" (PDF). TheSunDevils.com. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
4. "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)"". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 14 August 2012.