1976 Arizona Wildcats baseball team

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.

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

1976 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
	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 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

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1976". boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
2. "CWS Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
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.