1988 Stanford Cardinal baseball team

American college baseball season

1988 Stanford Cardinal baseball

National champions Pac-10 Southern Division champions
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
CB	No. 1
Record	46-23 (18–12 Pac-10)
Head coach	Mark Marquess (12th year)
Home stadium	Sunken Diamond
Seasons ← 1987 1989 →

1988 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Northern
No. 16 Washington State ^x‍‍‍^y	18	–	4	.818	52	–	14	.788
Oregon State ‍‍‍	14	–	10	.583	30	–	19	.612
Portland State ‍‍‍	12	–	9	.571	33	–	25	.569
Gonzaga ‍‍‍	12	–	11	.522	28	–	28	.500
Portland ‍‍‍	11	–	13	.458	28	–	27	.509
Washington ‍‍‍	8	–	16	.333	17	–	28	.378
Eastern Washington ‍‍‍	6	–	18	.250	25	–	34	.424
Southern
No. 2 Arizona State ^x‍‍‍^y	21	–	9	.700	60	–	13	.822
No. 1 Stanford ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12	.600	46	–	23	.667
No. 8 California ‍‍‍^y	16	–	14	.533	40	–	25	.615
No. 13 Southern California ‍‍‍^y	13	–	17	.433	36	–	26	.581
UCLA ‍‍‍	12	–	18	.400	31	–	28	.525
Arizona ‍‍‍	10	–	20	.333	33	–	26	.559

x – Division champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1988^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1988 Stanford Cardinal baseball team represented Stanford University in the 1988 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team was coached by Mark Marquess in his 12th season at Stanford.

The Cardinal won the College World Series, defeating the Arizona State Sun Devils in the championship game.

Roster

1988 Stanford Cardinal roster
	Pitchers Steve Chitren Rob Kamerschen Brian Keyser Mike Mussina Lee Plemel Jim Price Stan Spencer		Infielders Frank Carey Troy Paulsen Jeff Saenger Ed Sprague Jr. Ron Witmeyer		Outfielders Rubén Amaro Jr. Eric DeGraw Mike Eicher Tim Griffin Jack Hollis Brian Johnson Catchers Eric Cox Doug Robbins

1988 Stanford Cardinal roster

Pitchers

Infielders

Frank Carey
Troy Paulsen
Jeff Saenger
Ed Sprague Jr.
Ron Witmeyer

Outfielders

Rubén Amaro Jr.
Eric DeGraw
Mike Eicher
Tim Griffin
Jack Hollis
Brian Johnson

Catchers

Eric Cox
Doug Robbins

Schedule

1988 Stanford Cardinal baseball game log

Regular season

January/February

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall record	Pac-10 record
January 31	at Santa Clara	2-3	0-1	–
February 1	Santa Clara	3-2	1-1	–
February 2	UC Davis	13-8	2-1	–
February 5	Cal State Fullerton	1-5	2-2	–
February 6	Cal State Fullerton	9-4	3-2	–
February 7	Cal State Fullerton	5-6	3-3	–
February 9	at Pacific	4-1	4-3	–
February 12	at Hawaii	5-0	5-3	–
February 13	at Hawaii	4-5	5-4	–
February 14	at Hawaii	3-4	5-5	–
February 16	Cal State Hayward	12-6	6-5	–
February 17	San Francisco	5-3	7-5	–
February 19	UC Santa Barbara	15-4	8-5	–
February 20	UC Santa Barbara	9-8	9-5	–
February 21	UC Santa Barbara	13-2	10-5	–
February 22	Cal State LA	4-1	11-5	–
February 26	at Southern California	13-4	12-5	1–0
February 27	at Southern California	7-6	13-5	2–0

March

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall record	Pac-10 record
March 1	San Jose State	10-9	14-5	–
March 4	UCLA	3-6	14-6	2–1
March 5	UCLA	11-4	15-6	3–1
March 6	UCLA	5-1	16-6	4–1
March 19	Arizona	5-0	17-6	5–1
March 20	Arizona	8-7	18-6	6–1
March 21	Arizona	5-4	19-6	7–1
March 22	at Fresno State	3-13	19-7	–
March 25	at Arizona State	1-9	19-8	7–2
March 26	at Arizona State	10-11	19-9	7–3
March 27	at Arizona State	7-10	19-10	7–4
March 29	at Santa Clara	4-2	20-10	–
March 31	California	3-2	21-10	8–4

April

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall record	Pac-10 record
April 1	at California	2-3	21-11	8–5
April 2	California	6-5	22-11	9–5
April 4	Saint Mary's	13-2	23-11	–
April 5	Santa Clara	20-3	24-11	–
April 8	at Arizona	5-20	24-12	9–6
April 9	at Arizona	10-7	25-12	10–6
April 10	at Arizona	8-9	25-13	10–7
April 12	at San Francisco	17-6	26-13	–
April 15	at UCLA	4-9	26-14	10–8
April 16	at UCLA	8-5	27-14	11–8
April 17	at UCLA	5-2	28-14	12–8
April 18	at USC	5-3	29-14	13–8
April 23	Arizona State	5-3	30-14	14–8
April 24	Arizona State	6-15	30-15	14–9
April 25	Arizona State	5-13	30-16	14–10
April 26	at San Jose State	7-3	31-16	–
April 27	at Fresno State	5-6	31-17	–
April 29	at Miami (FL)	3-9	31-18	–
April 30	at Miami (FL)	3-7	31-19	–

May

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall record	Pac-10 record
May 3	Pacific	16-0	32-19	-
May 6	at California	3-8	32-20	14-11
May 7	California	13-3	33-20	15-11
May 8	at California	1-4	33-21	15-12
May 10	at San Francisco State	23-2	34-21	–
May 13	USC	10-8	35-21	16-12
May 14	USC	10-9	36-21	17-12
May 15	USC	12-4	37-21	18-12

NCAA tournament: Northeast Regional

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall record
May 27	vs. St. John's	3-5	37-22
May 27	vs. Fordham	7-5	38-22
May 29	vs. Rutgers	8-1	39-22
May 30	vs. Kentucky	6-5	40-22
May 31	vs. Kentucky	16-2	41-22

NCAA tournament: College World Series

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record
June 4	vs. Fresno State	Rosenblatt Stadium	10-3	42-22
June 6	vs. Cal State Fullerton	Rosenblatt Stadium	3-5	42-23
June 7	vs. Miami (FL)	Rosenblatt Stadium	2-1	43-23
June 9	vs. Cal State Fullerton	Rosenblatt Stadium	4-1	44-23
June 10	vs. Cal State Fullerton	Rosenblatt Stadium	9-5	45-23
June 11	vs. Arizona State	Rosenblatt Stadium	9-4	46-23

Awards and honors

Troy Paulsen

First Team All-Pac-10^[2]

Lee Plemel

College World Series Most Outstanding Player^[3]

Doug Robbins

College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]

Ed Sprague

First Team All-American^[2]
First Team All-Pac-10^[2]

Ron Witmeyer

College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]

Cardinal in the 1988 MLB Draft

The following members of the Stanford Cardinal baseball program were drafted in the 1988 Major League Baseball draft.^[4]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Ed Sprague	3B	1st	25th	Toronto Blue Jays
Lee Plemel	RHP	5th	132nd	St. Louis Cardinals
Ron Witmeyer	1B	7th	177th	Oakland Athletics
Steve Chitren	RHP	9th	227th	Seattle Mariners
Doug Robbins	C	10th	243rd	Baltimore Orioles
Jim Price	RHP	25th	653rd	Seattle Mariners

References

^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1988". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Stanford Media Guide" (PDF). GoStanford.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved September 20, 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c "CWS record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 16, 2012.
^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)"". Baseball Reference. Retrieved September 20, 2012.

v t e Stanford Cardinal 1988 College World Series champions
Rubén Amaro Jr. Steve Chitren Brian Johnson Brian Keyser Mike Mussina Lee Plemel (College World Series MOP) Doug Robbins Stan Spencer Ed Sprague Jr. Ron Witmeyer
Head Coach Mark Marquess
Regular season NCAA tournament College World Series

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