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1979 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team

The 1979 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team represented California State University, Fullerton in the 1979 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Titans played their home games at Titan Field. The team was coached by Augie Garrido in his 7th season at Cal State Fullerton.

1979 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball
ConferenceSouthern California Baseball Association
CBNo. 1
Record60–14–1 (23–4–1 SCBA)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jody Robinson (3rd year)
  • Matt McCann (1st year)
  • Bill Kernen (2nd year)
Home stadiumTitan Field
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 Southern California Baseball Association standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
#1 Cal State Fullerton †y  ‍‍‍ 23 – 4   .852 60 – 14   .811
No. 3 Pepperdine  ‍‍‍y 19 – 9   .679 47 – 16   .746
Long Beach State  ‍‍‍ 17 – 10   .630 40 – 22   .645
San Diego  ‍‍‍ 14 – 12   .538 32 – 19   .627
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍ 12 – 16   .429 29 – 34   .460
Cal State Los Angeles  ‍‍‍ 9 – 19   .321 25 – 39   .391
UC Irvine  ‍‍‍ 8 – 19   .296 22 – 37   .373
UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍ 7 – 20   .259 17 – 31   .354
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1979[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Titans won the College World Series, defeating the Arkansas Razorbacks in the championship game.

Roster

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1979 Cal State Fullerton Titans roster
 

Pitchers

  • 6 Bruce Davis - Junior
  • 7 Pat Estrada - Junior
  • 18 Frank Ferroni - Sophomore
  • 19 Dave Weatherman - Sophomore
  • 20 Tony Hudson - Sophomore
  • 22 Tim Miner - Sophomore
  • 26 Ray Lane - Junior
  • 27 Jim Sutton - Sophomore
  • 30 Larry Navilhon - Junior
  

Infielders

  • 3 Sam Favata - Sophomore
  • 8 Mike Garcia - Senior
  • 9 Matt Vejar - Junior
  • 13 Glenn Robertson - Junior
  • 15 Dan Hanggie - Sophomore
  • 29 Tim Wallach - Senior

Catchers

  • 14 Kurt Kingsolver - Junior
  • 24 Jerald Traylor - Sophomore
  • 25 Joe Martelli - Senior
  • 28 Mike Rubel - Freshman
  • 31 Scott Desrosier - Senior
  

Outfielders

Coaches

  • 16 Augie Garrido - 7th Season
  • 4 Jody Robinson - 3rd Season
  • 11 Matt McCann - 1st Season
  • 17 Bill Kernen - 2nd Season
  

Schedule

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1979 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball game log
Regular season
February
Date Opponent Score Overall record SCBA record
February 5 Southern California 13–6 1–0 –
February 8 Arizona 9–7 2–0 –
February 9 at Arizona 9–0 3–0 –
February 9 at Arizona 8–4 4–0 –
February 14 at Cal Poly Pomona 2–4 4–1 –
February 16 California 4–1 5–1 –
February 17 California 5–4 6–1 –
February 17 California 7–6 7–1 –
February 20 Chapman 5–3 8–1 –
February 23 at Arizona State 4–5 8–2 –
February 24 at Arizona State 3–10 8–3 –
February 24 at Arizona State 18–12 9–3 –
February 27 UCLA 9–2 10–3 –
February 28 Biola 4–2 11–3 –
March
Date Opponent Score Overall record SCBA record
March 4 Cal State Dominguez Hills 3–1 12–3 –
March 6 at Cal Poly Pomona 13–6 13–3 –
March 6 at La Verne 6–9 13–4 –
March 8 UNLV 4–2 14–4 –
March 9 UNLV 12–0 15–4 –
March 10 at San Diego State 13–6 16–4 –
March 10 at San Diego State 10–3 17–4 –
March 11 at San Diego State 10–4 18–4 –
March 14 So. California College 15–0 19–4 –
March 16 New Mexico 10–6 20–4 –
March 17 New Mexico 2–5 20–5 –
March 17 New Mexico 4–1 21–5 –
March 22 at Chapman 11–3 22–5 –
March 23 Azusa Pacific 7–6 23–5 –
March 24 Stanford 8–3 24–5 –
March 24 Stanford 2–3 24–6 –
March 30 UC Irvine 1–0 25–6 1–0
March 31 at UC Irvine 8–6 26–6 2–0
March 31 at UC Irvine 7–3 27–6 3–0
April
Date Opponent Score Overall record SCBA record
April 3 UC Santa Barbara 5–1 28–6 4–0
April 6 San Diego 11–11 28–6–1 4–0–1
April 7 at San Diego 10–3 29–6–1 5–0–1
April 7 at San Diego 8–2 30–6–1 6–0–1
April 8 at Loyola Marymount 2–1 31–6–1 7–0–1
April 12 vs. UC Irvine 16–2 32–6–1 –
April 13 vs. Chapman 4–13 32–7–1 –
April 13 vs. UC Irvine 11–2 33–7–1 –
April 14 vs. Chapman 5–2 34–7–1 –
April 14 vs. Chapman 5–6 34–8–1 –
April 17 Cal State LA 12–6 35–8–1 7–2–1
April 20 Pepperdine 3–5 35–9–1 7–1–1
April 21 at Pepperdine 9–10 35–10–1 8–2–1
April 21 Pepperdine 8–7 36–10–1 9–2–1
April 22 Hawaii 12–4 37–10–1 –
April 24 San Diego 7–2 38–10–1 10–2–1
April 27 at Long Beach State 6–9 38–11–1 10–3–1
April 28 Long Beach State 7–1 39–11–1 11–3–1
April 28 Long Beach State 5–3 40–11–1 12–3–1
May
Date Opponent Score Overall record SCBA record
May 1 Pepperdine 8–2 41–11–1 13–3–1
May 4 at Cal State LA 9–0 42–11–1 14–3–1
May 5 Cal State LA 8–3 43–11–1 15–3–1
May 5 Cal State LA 4–2 44–11–1 16–3–1
May 8 UC Irvine 10–6 45–11–1 17–3–1
May 11 UC Santa Barbara 21–2 46–11–1 18–3–1
May 12 at UC Santa Barbara 14–2 47–11–1 19–3–1
May 12 at UC Santa Barbara 18–0 48–11–1 20–3–1
May 15 at Long Beach State 10–5 49–11–1 21–3–1
May 18 at Loyola Marymount 17–6 50–11–1 22–3–1
May 19 at Loyola Marymount 7–4 51–11–1 23–3–1
May 19 at Loyola Marymount 3–5 51–12–1 23–4–1
Post-season
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Cal State Fullerton Decision Attendance Overall record
May 25 vs. UCLA Pete Beiden Field 4–5 Hudson (L; 9–4) 384 51–13–1
May 26 vs. Portland Pete Beiden Field 20–3 Weatherman (W; 13–2) – 52–13–1
May 27 vs. Fresno State Pete Beiden Field 12–3 Sutton (W; 8–2) 513 53–13–1
May 27 vs. UCLA Pete Beiden Field 9–2 Hudson (W; 10–4) 420 54–13–1
May 28 vs. UCLA Pete Beiden Field 9–5 Navilhon (W; 14–0) 392 55–13–1
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Cal State Fullerton Decision Attendance Overall record
June 2 vs. Mississippi State Rosenblatt Stadium 1–6 Navilhon (L; 14–1) 11,047 55–14–1
June 3 vs. Connecticut Rosenblatt Stadium 8–3 Weatherman (W; 14–2) 3,813 56–14–1
June 4 vs. Arizona Rosenblatt Stadium 16–3 Sutton (W; 9–2) – 57–14–1
June 6 vs. Arkansas Rosenblatt Stadium 13–10 Estrada (W; 3–0) 9,091 58–14–1
June 7 vs. Pepperdine Rosenblatt Stadium 8–5 Sutton (W; 10–2) 9,299 59–14–1
June 8 vs. Arkansas Rosenblatt Stadium 2–1 Weatherman (W; 15–2) 10,158 60–14–1

Awards and honors

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Dan Hanggie
  • All-America Second Team[2]
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]
  • All-SCBA First Team[2]
Sam Favata
  • All-SCBA First Team[2]
Tony Hudson
Kurt Kingsolver
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]
Larry Navilhon
  • All-SCBA First Team[2]
Matt Vejar
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]
Tim Wallach
Dave Weatherman
  • All-SCBA First Team[2]

Titans in the 1979 MLB Draft

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The following members of the Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball program were drafted in the 1979 Major League Baseball Draft.[4]

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Tim Wallach 1B 1st 10th Montreal Expos
Michael Palmer OF 5th 125th Kansas City Royals
Larry Navilhon RHP 12th 300th San Diego Padres
Andre David OF 14th 349th Minnesota Twins
Kurt Kingsolver C 16th 413th Milwaukee Brewers
Tony Hudson RHP 17th 422nd St. Louis Cardinals
Mike Garcia 2B 27th 669th Atlanta Braves

References

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  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1979". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Titans Honors and Awards" (PDF). FullertonTitans.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
  3. ^ "College World Series record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
  4. ^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks from Cal State Fullerton University". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
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