1984 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team

The 1984 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team represented California State University, Fullerton in the 1984 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Titans played their home games at Titan Field. The team was coached by Augie Garrido in his 12th season at Cal State Fullerton.

1984 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball
ConferenceSouthern California Baseball Association
CBNo. 1
Record66–20 (22–6 SCBA)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Chris Smith (1st year)
  • Bill Hughes (1st year)
  • Dave Snow (5th year)
Home stadiumTitan Field
Seasons
← 1983
1985 →
1984 Southern California Baseball Association standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Cal State Fullerton  ‍‍‍y 22 6   .786 66 20   .767
No. 23 UNLV  ‍‍‍y 17 10   .630 42 24   .636
UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍ 15 11   .577 46 21   .687
Pepperdine  ‍‍‍ 16 12   .571 41 21   .661
Long Beach State  ‍‍‍ 13 15   .464 32 34   .485
UC Irvine  ‍‍‍ 11 17   .393 23 34   .404
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍ 10 18   .357 23 38   .377
San Diego  ‍‍‍ 6 21   .222 20 36   .357
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1984[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Titans won the College World Series, defeating the Texas Longhorns in the championship game.

Roster

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1984 Cal State Fullerton Titans roster
 

Pitchers

  • 2 Eddie Delzer - Senior
  • 8 Damon Allen - Sophomore
  • 9 Mark Titchener - Freshman
  • 20 Scott Wright - Junior
  • 22 Steve Rousey - Junior
  • 23 Paul Hartwig - Sophomore
  • 25 Greg Mathews - Senior
  • 26 Jack Reinholtz - Senior
  • 27 Todd Simons - Junior
  • 36 Glen Braybrooks - Junior
 

Infielders

  • 2 Shane Turner - Junior
  • 4 Blaine Larker - Junior
  • 5 Jose Mota - Sophomore
  • 19 Mike Halasz - Junior
  • 15 Kirk Bates - Junior
  • 24 Dan Apodaca - Sophomore
  • 28 Rick Vanderhook - Senior
  • 31 Rich Slominski - Sophomore
  • 32 George Sarkissian - Senior
  • 33 James Jackle - Freshman
  • 34 Rick Campo - Junior

Catchers

  • 14 Bob Caffrey - Junior
  • 17 Ray Roman - Senior
  • 35 Jeff Robinson - Freshman
 

Outfielders

  • 6 Coby Oakes - Freshman
  • 10 Tom Thomas - Senior
  • 11 Jeff Farber - Junior
  • 12 John Fishel - Junior
  • 21 John Bryant - Senior
  • 30 Keith Watkins - Freshman

Coaches

  • 16 Augie Garrido - 12th Season
  • 1 Chris Smith - 1st Season
  • 7 Bill Hughes - 1st Season
  • 13 Dave Snow - 5th Season
 

Schedule

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1984 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball game log
Regular season
February
Date Opponent Score Overall record SCBA record
February 3 at Stanford 5–4 1–0
February 4 at Stanford 1–7 1–1
February 5 at Stanford 7–5 2–1
February 7 at Cal Poly Pomona 12–3 3–1
February 9 Saint Mary's 7–1 4–1
February 10 Arizona 1–4 4–2
February 11 Arizona 7–8 4–3
February 11 Arizona 5–1 5–3
February 13 at Chapman 3–5 5–4
February 14 UCLA 2–5 5–5
February 16 at Arizona 4–1 6–5
February 17 at Arizona 15–3 7–5
February 18 at Arizona 13–6 8–5
February 21 So. California College 6–5 9–5
February 21 Chapman 6–10 9–6
February 22 at UCLA 16–1 10–6
February 23 Cal Poly Pomona 17–5 11–6
February 24 Fresno State 4–2 12–6
February 25 Fresno State 3–2 13–6
February 26 Fresno State 5–3 14–6
February 28 Southern California 4–3 15–6
February 29 UC Riverside 9–4 16–6
March
Date Opponent Score Overall record SCBA record
March 2 at Texas 10–2 17–6
March 2 at Texas 2–4 17–7
March 3 at Texas 3–8 17–8
March 5 Southern California 2–1 18–8
March 8 Nebraska 9–7 19–8
March 9 Florida State 5–3 20–8
March 10 Florida State 6–1 21–8
March 11 Florida State 4–10 21–9
March 13 at Pepperdine 5–2 22–9 1–0
March 14 UC Riverside 10–1 23–9
March 16 at Pepperdine 2–4 23–10 1–1
March 17 Pepperdine 8–5 24–10 2–1
March 17 Pepperdine 4–5 24–11 2–2
March 20 at La Verne 11–6 25–11
March 21 Azusa Pacific 5–2 26–11
March 23 at UNLV 6–4 27–11 3–2
March 23 at UNLV 6–4 28–11 4–2
March 24 at UNLV 5–7 28–12 4–3
March 24 at UNLV 4–2 29–12 5–2
March 26 at UC Riverside 2–6 29–13
March 27 vs. San Diego State 0–4 29–14
March 27 vs. Washington State 2–7 29–15
March 28 vs. Oregon State 14–5 30–15
March 29 vs. Seton Hall 7–3 31–15
March 30 vs. Oral Roberts 5–4 32–15
March 31 vs. BYU 11–4 33–15
April
Date Opponent Score Overall record SCBA record
April 3 at UC Santa Barbara 4–3 34–15 6–2
April 4 at Azusa Pacific 6–5 35–15 7–2
April 6 at San Diego 8–3 36–15 8–2
April 7 San Diego 13–2 37–15 9–2
April 7 San Diego 7–1 38–15 10–2
April 10 at UC Irvine 13–5 39–15 11–2
April 11 La Verne 11–2 40–15
April 13 Cal Poly 3–0 41–15
April 15 Cal Poly 18–4 42–15
April 20 Loyola Marymount 12–9 43–15 12–2
April 21 at Loyola Marymount 3–7 43–16 12–3
April 21 at Loyola Marymount 14–3 44–16 13–3
April 24 Long Beach State 6–1 45–16 14–3
April 25 Cal Lutheran 16–0 46–16
April 27 at UC Irvine 6–2 47–16 15–3
April 28 UC Irvine 3–5 47–17 15–4
April 28 UC Irvine 3–0 48–17 16–4
May
Date Opponent Score Overall record SCBA record
May 1 Loyola Marymount 6–0 49–17 17–4
May 4 Long Beach State 12–4 50–17 18–4
May 5 at Long Beach State 4–3 51–17 19–4
May 5 at Long Beach State 3–4 51–18 19–5
May 8 at San Diego 5–3 52–18 19–6
May 11 at UC Santa Barbara 14–8 53–18 20–6
May 12 UC Santa Barbara 15–13 54–18 21–6
May 12 UC Santa Barbara 6–0 55–18 22–6
May 19 UNLV 9–3 56–18
May 19 UNLV 7–3 57–18
May 20 UNLV 9–7 58–18
Post-season
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Cal State Fullerton Decision Attendance Overall record
May 25 vs. Southern California Pete Beiden Field 10–6 Simmons (W; 14–2) 59–18
May 26 vs. San Diego State Pete Beiden Field 16–6 Reinholtz (W; 12–2) 1,752 60–18
May 27 vs. San Diego State Pete Beiden Field 5–9 Mathews (L; 9-4) 1,643 60–19
May 28 vs. San Diego State Pete Beiden Field 8–7 Wright (W; 5–1) 1,368 61–19
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Cal State Fullerton Decision Attendance Overall record
June 1 vs. Michigan Rosenblatt Stadium 8–4 Wright (W; 6–1) 10,274 62–19
June 4 vs. Texas Rosenblatt Stadium 4–6 Simmons (L; 14–3) 9,514 62–20
June 6 vs. Miami (FL) Rosenblatt Stadium 13–5 Delzer (W; 7–2) 5,000 63–20
June 8 vs. Arizona State Rosenblatt Stadium 6–1 Reinholtz (W; 13–2) 9,000 64–20
June 9 vs. Oklahoma State Rosenblatt Stadium 10–2 Simmons (W; 15–3) 9,931 65–20
June 10 vs. Texas Rosenblatt Stadium 3–1 Delzer (W; 8–2) 13,487 66–20

Awards and honors

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Kirk Bates
  • All-SCBA First Team[2]
Bob Caffrey
  • All-SCBA First Team[2]
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[3]
Eddie Delzer
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[3]
John Fishel
Blaine Larker
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[3]
Jose Mota
  • All-SCBA First Team[2]
Todd Simmons
  • All-America First Team[2]
  • All-SCBA First Team[2]
Tom Thomas
  • All-SCBA First Team[2]
Scott Wright
  • All-America First Team[2]
  • SCBA Player of the Year[2]
  • All-SCBA First Team[2]

Titans in the 1984 MLB Draft

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The following members of the Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball program were drafted in the 1984 Major League Baseball Draft.[4]

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Bob Caffrey C 1st 15th New York Yankees
Steve Rousey RHP 4th 82nd Seattle Mariners
Todd Simmons RHP 4th 106th Chicago White Sox
Damon Allen RHP 7th 182nd Detroit Tigers
Greg Mathews LHP 10th 243rd St. Louis Cardinals
Kirk Bates 2B 11th 274th Texas Rangers
Scott Wright RHP 14th 361st Philadelphia Phillies
Jack Reinholtz LHP 17th 420th Seattle Mariners
Tom Thomas OF 17th 480th Minnesota Twins
John Fishel OF 19th 480th Oakland Athletics
Edwin Delzer LHP 21st 528th California Angels
John Bryant OF 23rd 577th Cincinnati Reds
Ray Roman C 28th 690th Philadelphia Phillies

References

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  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1984". Boyd's World. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Titans Honors and Awards" (PDF). FullertonTitans.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d e "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.