1980 Michigan Wolverines baseball team

1980 Michigan Wolverines baseball
1980 Michigan Wolverines baseball
Big Ten Conference
College World Series, T-5th
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
CB	No. 6
Record	36–18–1 (14–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bud Middaugh (1st season);
Assistant coach	Danny Hall (1st season)
Hitting coach	Terry Hunter (1st season)
MVP	Gerry Hool (Junior year)
Home stadium	Ray Fisher Stadium
	Seasons ← 1979 1981 →

The 1980 Michigan Wolverines baseball team represented the University of Michigan in the 1980 NCAA Division I baseball season. The head coach was Bud Middaugh, serving his 1st year. The Wolverines finished the season in 5th place in the 1980 College World Series.

1980 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 6 Michigan ‍†‍‍^y	14	–	2	–	0	.875	36	–	18	–	1	.664
Minnesota ‍‍‍	14	–	4	–	0	.778	33	–	13	–	0	.717
Iowa ‍‍‍	11	–	5	–	0	.688	31	–	14	–	0	.689
Wisconsin ‍‍‍	10	–	8	–	0	.556	23	–	24	–	1	.490
Purdue ‍‍‍	7	–	9	–	0	.438	27	–	24	–	0	.529
Ohio State ‍‍‍	6	–	10	–	0	.375	18	–	25	–	0	.419
Indiana ‍‍‍	6	–	10	–	0	.375	17	–	25	–	0	.405
Illinois ‍‍‍	6	–	10	–	0	.375	18	–	33	–	1	.356
Northwestern ‍‍‍	5	–	11	–	0	.313	20	–	21	–	1	.488
Michigan State ‍‍‍	3	–	13	–	0	.188	15	–	35	–	0	.300

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1980^[1]^[2] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Roster

1980 Michigan Wolverines baseball team

Players

Coaches

#	Pos.	Name	B/T	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
	C	Charles Arvai III	/	—	—
	INF	Patrick Balaze	/	—	—	Sr
6	RHP	Mark Clinton	/R	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr
		F. W. Davenport	/	—	—
	P	Scott Dawson	/	—	—	Fr	Plymouth, Michigan
		George Derby	/	—	—
	RHP	Scot Elam	/R	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)
	OF	Frederick Erdmann	/	—	—
	P	Anthony Erpenback	/	—	—
9	INF	Tony Evans	R/R	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Franklin, Ohio
	INF	George Foussianes	R/R	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	Birmingham, Michigan
	OF	Thomas Fredal	/	—	—
		Maurice French	/	—	—
		James Gallagher	/	—	—	So
	INF	Garrick Gawrych	/	—	—	Fr
	C	Gerald Hool	R/R	—	—	Jr
	INF	Jeffery Jacobson	R/R	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr
26	P	Timothy Karazim	/	—	—	Fr	Jackson, Michigan
	P	Michael Kazmierski	/	—	—
	INF	Timothy Miller	/	—	—
29	P	David Nuss	/	—	—
16	RHP	Steve Ontiveros	R/R	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Tularosa, New Mexico
19	OF	Jim Paciorek	R/R	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	203 lb (92 kg)	So	Detroit, Michigan
	OF	Greg Schulte	/	—	—	Jr
	C	Chris Shea	/	—	—
8	C	Sherman Stenson	R/R	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sr	Farmington, Michigan
	OF	Daniel Sygar	/	—	—
	C	Jaime Vela	/	—	—
7	INF	Charles Wagner	R/R	—	—	Sr	Madison Heights, Michigan
12	P	Joe Wissing	/	—	—		Southfield, Michigan
	OF	Randal Wroten	/	—	—	Jr	Novi, Michigan
10	C	John Young	L/R	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	Sterling Heights, Michigan

Head coach

27 Bud Middaugh

Assistant coach(es)

17 Danny Hall
41 Terry Hunter

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

1980 Michigan Wolverines baseball game log

Regular season

February (0–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	Big Ten record
1	February 28	at Tampa	UT Baseball Field • Tampa, Florida	7–11	0–1	0–0
2	February 29	at Eckerd	Unknown • St. Petersburg, Florida	6–8	0–2	0–0

March (6–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	Big Ten record
3	March 3	vs Old Dominion	Unknown • Lakeland, Florida	8–3	1–2	0–0
4	March 3	vs Western Michigan	Unknown • Lakeland, Florida	8–3	2–2	0–0
5	March 4	vs Missouri	Unknown • Lakeland, Florida	0–1	2–3	0–0
6	March 4	vs Old Dominion	Unknown • Lakeland, Florida	7–4	3–3	0–0
7	March 6	vs Old Dominion	Unknown • Lakeland, Florida	0–8	3–4	0–0
8	March 6	vs Old Dominion	Unknown • Lakeland, Florida	4–2	4–4	0–0
9	March 7	at Tampa	UT Baseball Field • Tampa, Florida	4–14	4–5	0–0
10	March 9	vs Missouri	Unknown • Lakeland, Florida	2–3	4–6	0–0
11	March 10	vs Temple	Unknown • Lakeland, Florida	5–3	5–6	0–0
12	March 10	vs Eckerd	Unknown • Lakeland, Florida	1–4	5–7	0–0
13	March 11	vs Purdue	Unknown • Lakeland, Florida	7–4	6–7	0–0
14	March 29	Grand Valley State	Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan	3–0	7–7	0–0
15	March 29	Grand Valley State	Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan	0–3	7–8	0–0

April (14–4–1)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	Big Ten record
16	April 2	Bowling Green	Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan	5–0	8–8	0–0
17	April 2	Bowling Green	Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan	11–0	9–8	0–0
18	April 5	Wayne State	Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan	9–0	10–8	0–0
19	April 5	Wayne State	Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan	1–0	11–8	0–0
20	April 8	vs Western Michigan	Unknown • Unknown, Michigan	7–9	11–9	0–0
21	April 12	Michigan State	Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan	7–0	12–9	1–0
22	April 13	at Michigan State	Ray Fisher Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan	7–0	13–9	2–0
23	April 15	vs Central Michigan	Unknown • Unknown, Michigan	2–11	13–10	2–0
24	April 15	vs Central Michigan	Unknown • Unknown, Michigan	5–5	13–10–1	2–0
25	April 19	vs Minnesota	Siebert Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota	2–13	13–11–1	2–1
26	April 19	at Minnesota	Siebert Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota	7–2	14–11–1	3–1
27	April 20	at Wisconsin	Guy Lowman Field • Madison, Wisconsin	5–2	15–11–1	4–1
28	April 20	at Wisconsin	Guy Lowman Field • Madison, Wisconsin	4–1	16–11–1	5–1
29	April 22	Wayne State	Unknown • Unknown, Michigan	4–3	17–11–1	5–1
30	April 22	Wayne State	Unknown • Unknown, Michigan	11–3	18–11–1	5–1
31	April 23	Western Michigan	Unknown • Unknown, Michigan	1–3	18–12–1	5–1
32	April 23	Western Michigan	Unknown • Unknown, Michigan	9–4	19–12–1	5–1
33	April 27	Eastern Michigan	Unknown • Unknown, Michigan	8–4	20–12–1	5–1
34	April 27	Eastern Michigan	Unknown • Unknown, Michigan	4–2	21–12–1	5–1

May (11–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	Big Ten record
35	May 3	Purdue	Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan	5–2	22–12–1	6–1
36	May 3	Purdue	Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan	4–3	23–12–1	7–1
37	May 4	Illinois	Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan	7–2	24–12–1	8–1
38	May 4	Illinois	Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan	8–7	25–12–1	9–1
39	May 7	vs Eastern Michigan	Unknown • Unknown, Michigan	4–3	26–12–1	9–1
40	May 7	vs Eastern Michigan	Unknown • Unknown, Michigan	6–10	26–13–1	9–1
41	May 10	Ohio State	Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan	4–0	27–13–1	10–1
42	May 10	Ohio State	Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan	7–1	28–13–1	11–1
43	May 11	Indiana	Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan	1–0	29–13–1	12–1
44	May 11	Indiana	Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan	18–4	30–13–1	13–1
45	May 13	vs Toledo	Unknown • Unknown	4–7	30–14–1	13–1
46	May 14	vs Detroit	Unknown • Unknown, Michigan	9–8	31–14–1	13–1
47	May 14	vs Detroit	Unknown • Unknown, Michigan	8–9	31–15–1	13–1
48	May 18	vs Northwestern	Unknown • Unknown	5–0	32–15–1	14–1
49	May 18	vs Northwestern	Unknown • Unknown	2–3	32–16–1	14–2

Postseason

Mideast Regional (3–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	Big Ten record
50	May 22	Central Michigan	Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan	9–4	33–16–1	14–2
51	May 23	Nebraska	Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan	7–0	34–16–1	14–2
52	May 23	Nebraska	Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan	12–3	35–16–1	14–2

1980 College World Series (1–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	Big Ten record
53	June 1	vs California	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	9–8	36–16–1	14–2
54	June 2	vs Miami (FL)	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	2–3	36–17–1	14–2
55	June 2	vs Arizona	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	0–8	36–18–1	14–2

Awards and honors

Scott Dawson

First Team All-Big Ten

George Foussianes

First Team All-Big Ten
Third Team All-American (ABCA)

Jim Paciorek

First Team All-Big Ten
College World Series Most Outstanding Player^[3]

References

^ 2019 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1980". Boyd's World. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
^ "College World Series record Book" (PDF). www.ncaa.org. National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved July 4, 2020.

[record-1] 2019 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved June 24, 2020.

[2] "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1980". Boyd's World. Retrieved June 24, 2020.

[CWS-3] "College World Series record Book" (PDF). www.ncaa.org. National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved July 4, 2020.

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