1980 Arizona Wildcats baseball team

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.

1980 Arizona Wildcats baseball
National Champions Pac-10 South Champions
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
CB	No. 1
1980 record	45-21-1 (17–13 Pac-10)
Head coach	Jerry Kindall (8th year)
Home stadium	Wildcat Stadium

1980 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
	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 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 Mike Flinn		Infielders Casey Candaele Wes Clements Clark Crist Ron Quick Pat Roessler Shawn Smith		Outfielders Terry Francona John Moses Gary Schulz Dwight Taylor 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
Postseason
NCAA 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
1980 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

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1980". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 3, 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.