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1983 Arizona Wildcats baseball team

The 1983 Arizona Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Arizona during the 1983 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games at Wildcat Field. The team was coached by Jerry Kindall in his 11th season at Arizona. The Wildcats finished 25–31 overall and placed 4th in the Pacific-10's Southern Division with an 14–15 record. Arizona missed the postseason for the 3rd straight season, tying at the time the longest postseason drought in program history, set on 3 occasions (1947–1949, 1967–1969, 1971–1973).

1983 Arizona Wildcats baseball
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record25–31 (14–15 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadiumWildcat Field
Seasons
← 1982
1984 →
1983 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Northern
Oregon State  x‍‍‍ 17 – 7 – 0   .708 27 – 15 – 0   .643
Washington State  ‍‍‍ 16 – 8 – 0   .667 39 – 17 – 1   .693
Washington  ‍‍‍ 12 – 11 – 0   .522 25 – 16 – 1   .607
Portland State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 12 – 0   .478 32 – 18 – 0   .640
Eastern Washington  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13 – 0   .458 25 – 17 – 0   .595
Portland  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14 – 0   .417 23 – 21 – 1   .522
Gonzaga  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18 – 0   .250 17 – 34 – 0   .333
Southern
No. 6 Stanford  x‍‍‍y 20 – 10 – 0   .667 42 – 17 – 1   .708
No. 3 Arizona State  ‍‍‍y 17 – 13 – 0   .567 44 – 24 – 0   .647
Southern California  ‍‍‍ 17 – 13 – 0   .567 32 – 23 – 1   .580
Arizona  ‍‍‍ 14 – 15 – 0   .483 25 – 31 – 0   .446
UCLA  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18 – 0   .400 28 – 24 – 1   .538
California  ‍‍‍ 9 – 20 – 0   .310 23 – 37 – 0   .383
x – Division champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1983[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Previous season

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The Wildcats finished the 1982 season with a record of 32–21–1 and 15–13–1 in conference play, finishing 3rd in the "Six-Pac" (Pac-10 Southern). Despite being above .500 both overall and in conference play, the Wildcats did not receive a bid to the postseason. This marked the 1st time that the program missed back-to-back postseasons since 1972–1973.

Personnel

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Roster

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1983 Arizona Wildcats baseball roster[2][3]
  • Marcel Bachelier

• Richard Beatty

• John Beuerlein

• Brian Billard

• Wayne Bonham

• Kerry Burns

• David Cooper

• Dan Devers

• Alan Haugen

• Randal Hayes

• Murray Hicks

• Darrell Higgs

• Jack Howell

• Dave Landrith

• Lance Lincoln

• Joe Magrane

• Michael Ollom

• Bobby Ralston

• Doug Scherer

• Cory Sylvester

• Ed Vosberg

• Kevin Ward

• Thomas Weiser

Coaches

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1983 Arizona Wildcats baseball coaching staff[4]

1983 Schedule and results

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1983 Arizona Wildcats Baseball Game Log[5]
Regular Season
Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall

Record

Pac-10

Record

Jan 31 New Mexico State Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 15–2 1–0
Feb 1 New Mexico State Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 11–6 2–0
Feb 7 UC Riverside Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ L 3–5 2–1
Feb 8 UC Riverside Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 9–5 3–1
Feb 10 Cal State Fullerton Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 19–11 4–1
Feb 11 Cal State Fullerton Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ L 5–8 4–2
Feb 12 Cal State Fullerton Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ L 2–5 4–3
Feb 15 UC Santa Barbara Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 9–2 5–3
Feb 17 UC Santa Barbara Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ L 11–16 5–4
Feb 18 San Diego State Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ L 10–11 5–5
Feb 19 San Diego State Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 15–8 6–5
Feb 19 San Diego State Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ L 12–13 6–6
Feb 21 UTEP Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 6–4 7–6
Feb 22 UTEP Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 14–0 8–6
Feb 24 at Hawaii UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI L 7–9 8–7
Feb 25 at Hawaii UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI L 1–3 8–8
Feb 25 at Hawaii UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI L 10–14 8–9
Feb 26 at Hawaii UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI L 5–13 8–10
Mar 4 Stanford Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 4–3 9–10 1–0
Mar 5 Stanford Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ L 9–10 9–11 1–1
Mar 6 Stanford Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ L 6–15 9–12 1–2
Mar 11 at Cal State Fullerton Titan Field • Fullerton, CA L 3–4 9–13
Mar 12 at Cal State Fullerton Titan Field • Fullerton, CA L 6–7 9–14
Mar 13 at Cal State Fullerton Titan Field • Fullerton, CA L 3–7 9–15
Mar 15 at UC Santa Barbara Campus Stadium • Santa Barbara, CA L 3–6 9–16
Mar 16 at UC Santa Barbara Campus Stadium • Santa Barbara, CA W 8–1 10–16
Mar 22 Chapman Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ L 3–7 10–17
Mar 23 Chapman Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 7–5 11–17
Mar 26 USC Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 11–1 12–17 2–2
Mar 26 USC Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ L 3–4 12–18 2–3
Mar 27 USC Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ L 3–9 12–19 2–4
Apr 1 at UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 8–6 13–19 3–4
Apr 2 at UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA L 3–4 13–20 3–5
Apr 3 at UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 3–2 14–20 4–5
Apr 7 Arizona State Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 4–3 15–20 5–5
Apr 8 Arizona State Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ L 7–14 15–21 5–6
Apr 9 Arizona State Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ L 2–3 15–22 5–7
Apr 12 at Grand Canyon Brazell Field • Phoenix, AZ L 4–12 15–23
Apr 14 California Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 9–3 16–23 6–7
Apr 14 California Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ L 5–6 16–24 6–8
Apr 15 California Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 11–8 17–24 7–8
Apr 16 California Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ L 5–8 17–25 7–9
Apr 17 California Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 6–3 18–25 8–9
Apr 19 Grand Canyon Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 13–12 19–25
Apr 22 at USC Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA W 2–1 20–25 9–9
Apr 23 at USC Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA L 2–3 20–26 9–10
Apr 24 at USC Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA L 0–4 20–27 9–11
May 1 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Palo Alto, CA W 4–2 21–27 10–11
May 2 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Palo Alto, CA W 3–1 22–27 11–11
May 3 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Palo Alto, CA L 3–5 22–28 11–12
May 6 UCLA Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ L 14–16 22–29 11–13
May 7 UCLA Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ L 0–20 22–30 11–14
May 8 UCLA Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 6–5 23–30 12–14
May 11 at Arizona State Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 5–9 23–31 12–15
May 12 at Arizona State Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 5–2 24–31 13–15
May 13 at Arizona State Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 5–3 25–31 14–15

1983 MLB Draft

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Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Ed Vosberg LHP 3 64 San Diego Padres
Kevin Ward OF 6 154 Philadelphia Phillies
Dave Landrith C 12 309 Kansas City Royals
Doug Scherer RHP 13 319 Oakland Athletics
Bobby Ralston INF 17 434 San Francisco Giants
John Beuerlein C 25 637 Milwaukee Brewers
Doyle Bonham OF 28 696 San Francisco Giants

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References

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  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1983". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  2. ^ "1983 Arizona Wildcats – The Baseball Cube". TheBaseballCube.com. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  3. ^ "2023 BSB Media Guide" (PDF). University of Arizona Athletics. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  4. ^ "2023 BSB Media Guide" (PDF). University of Arizona Athletics. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  5. ^ "2023 BSB Media Guide" (PDF). University of Arizona Athletics. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  6. ^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
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