1985 Stanford Cardinal baseball team

The 1985 Stanford Cardinal baseball team represented Stanford University in the 1985 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinal played their home games at Sunken Diamond. The team was coached by Mark Marquess in his 9th year at Stanford.

1985 Stanford Cardinal baseball
Pacific-10 Conference South Division champions West I Regional champions
College World Series, T-5th
Conference	Pacific 10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
CB	No. 6
Record	47–15 (23–7 Pac-10)
Head coach	Mark Marquess (9th season)
Home stadium	Sunken Diamond

1985 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Northern
Washington State  x‍‍‍	16	–	8	–	0		.667			45	–	22	–	0		.672
Washington  ‍‍‍	15	–	9	–	0		.625			36	–	12	–	0		.750
No. 29 Oregon State  ‍‍‍y	12	–	12	–	0		.500			34	–	17	–	0		.667
Portland State  ‍‍‍	12	–	12	–	0		.500			34	–	17	–	0		.667
Gonzaga  ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0		.458			26	–	23	–	1		.530
Eastern Washington  ‍‍‍	10	–	14	–	0		.417			42	–	24	–	0		.636
Portland  ‍‍‍	8	–	16	–	0		.333			22	–	22	–	0		.500
Southern
No. 6 Stanford  x‍‍‍y	23	–	7	–	0		.767			47	–	15	–	0		.758
No. 7 Arizona  ‍‍‍y	17	–	13	–	0		.567			47	–	22	–	0		.681
No. 28 California  ‍‍‍y	17	–	13	–	0		.567			42	–	24	–	0		.636
Arizona State  ‍‍‍	15	–	15	–	0		.500			31	–	35	–	0		.470
UCLA  ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0		.433			34	–	30	–	1		.531
Southern California  ‍‍‍	5	–	25	–	0		.167			22	–	44	–	0		.333
x – Division champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1985 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Cardinal won the Pacific-10 Conference South Division and the West I Regional to advanced to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Arkansas Razorbacks.

Roster

1985 Stanford Cardinal baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town OF Rubén Amaro Jr. S/R — — So P Jeff Ballard / — — Sr Don Buford / — — Darrell Cass / — — P Ugo Colella / — — OF Toi Cook / — — So OF Mark Davis / — — Jr Mike DeBenon / — — Jr P Rick Dietz / — — INF David Esquer / — — So James Gasho / — — Ken Green / — — Jr P David Harris / — — Sr Walt Harris / — — Jr P Don Hogue / — — P Kevin Kunkel / — — Jr Fred Laningham / — — INF Rick Lundblade / — — Sr Mark Machtolf / — — So P Jack McDowell / — — Fr David Nelson / — — Lee Plemel / — — C John Ramos / — — Doug Robbins / — — Fr Lance Shebelut / — — INF Pete Stanicek / — — Sr INF John Verducci / — — Sr P Rob Wassenaar / — — So	Head coach Mark Marquess Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: January 10, 2021

Schedule

1985 Stanford Cardinal Baseball Game Log
Regular season
January (2–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record 1 January 29 Saint Mary's Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 5–1 1–0 – 2 January 31 at Cal State Fullerton Titan Field • Fullerton, California 7–13 1–1 –
February (11–3) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record 3 February 1 at Cal State Fullerton Titan Field • Fullerton, California 6–3 2–1 – 4 February 5 at Cal State Fullerton Titan Field • Fullerton, California 6–4 3–1 – 5 February 9 Santa Clara Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 3–2 4–1 – 6 February 10 Santa Clara Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 5–9 4–2 – 7 February 12 San Francisco Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 18–3 5–2 – 8 February 15 at Fresno State Pete Beiden Field at Bob Bennett Stadium • Fresno, California 8–4 6–2 – 9 February 16 at Fresno State Unknown • Hayward, California 2–7 6–3 – 10 February 17 Fresno State Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 9–3 7–3 – 11 February 18 Fresno State Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 10–6 8–3 – 12 February 22 at San Jose State San Jose Municipal Stadium • San Jose, California 4–0 9–3 – 13 February 23 San Jose State Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 7–3 10–3 – 14 February 23 San Jose State Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 12–6 11–3 – 15 February 26 Stanislaus State Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 7–2 12–3 – 16 February 27 United States International Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 4–5 12–4 –
March (10–3) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record 17 March 1 Arizona State Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 9–8 13–4 1–0 18 March 2 Arizona State Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 11–7 14–4 2–0 19 March 3 Arizona State Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 10–7 15–4 3–0 20 March 8 at UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California 5–2 16–4 4–0 21 March 9 at UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California 3–2 17–4 5–0 22 March 10 at UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California 9–0 18–4 6–0 23 March 15 Southern California Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 5–6 18–5 6–1 24 March 16 Southern California Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 15–4 19–5 7–1 25 March 17 Southern California Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 15–5 20–5 8–1 26 March 23 at Arizona Jerry Kindall Field at Frank Sancet Stadium • Tucson, Arizona 20–5 21–5 9–1 27 March 23 at Arizona Jerry Kindall Field at Frank Sancet Stadium • Tucson, Arizona 10–6 22–5 10–1 28 March 24 at Arizona Jerry Kindall Field at Frank Sancet Stadium • Tucson, Arizona 8–13 22–6 10–2 29 March 28 at UC Santa Barbara Caesar Uyesaka Stadium • Santa Barbara, California 2–4 22–7 10–2
April (12–4) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record 30 April 2 at San Jose State San Jose Municipal Stadium • San Jose, California 8–5 23–7 10–2 31 April 4 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, California 7–1 24–7 11–2 32 April 5 California Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 9–1 25–7 12–2 33 April 6 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, California 8–10 25–8 12–3 34 April 9 at UC Davis Unknown • Davis, California 20–5 26–8 12–3 35 April 12 Arizona Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 5–7 26–9 12–4 36 April 13 Arizona Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 20–8 27–9 13–4 37 April 13 Arizona Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 11–1 28–9 14–4 38 April 19 UCLA Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 4–3 29–9 15–4 39 April 20 UCLA Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 6–9 29–10 15–5 40 April 21 UCLA Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 9–8 30–10 16–5 41 April 22 at Pacific Billy Hebert Field • Stockton, California 5–4 31–10 16–5 42 April 26 at Southern California Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, California 16–1 32–10 17–5 43 April 27 at Southern California Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, California 13–9 33–10 18–5 44 April 28 at Southern California Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, California 14–5 34–10 19–5 45 April 30 at Santa Clara Buck Shaw Stadium • Santa Clara, California 11–8 35–10 19–5
May (8–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record 46 May 3 at Arizona State Packard Stadium • Tempe, Arizona 15–8 36–10 20–5 47 May 4 at Arizona State Packard Stadium • Tempe, Arizona 8–13 36–11 20–6 48 May 5 at Arizona State Packard Stadium • Tempe, Arizona 15–10 37–11 21–6 49 May 7 at Saint Mary's Louis Guisto Field • Moraga, California 14–7 38–11 21–6 50 May 8 Cal Poly Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 12–0 39–11 21–6 51 May 9 San Francisco State Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 15–0 40–11 21–6 52 May 14 at Santa Clara Stephen Schott Stadium • Santa Clara, California 17–7 41–11 21–6 53 May 17 California Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 7–1 42–11 22–6 54 May 18 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, California 5–4 43–11 23–6 55 May 19 California Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 6–12 43–12 23–7
Postseason
NCAA West I Regional (3–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record 56 May 24 Oregon State Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 17–3 44–12 23–7 57 May 25 Nebraska Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 9–8 45–12 23–7 58 May 26 Pepperdine Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 1–5 45–13 23–7 59 May 27 Pepperdine Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 7–1 46–13 23–7
College World Series (1–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record 60 June 1 vs Miami (FL) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 3–17 46–14 23–7 61 June 2 vs Arizona Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 9–2 47–14 23–7 62 June 6 vs Arkansas Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 4–10 47–15 23–7

Awards and honors

Jeff Ballard

• All-Pac-10 South Division
• Third Team All-American Baseball America

Mark Davis

• All-Pac-10 South Division

Rick Lundblade

• Pac-10 Conference South Division Player of the Year
• All-Pac-10 South Division
• Second Team All-American Baseball America

Jack McDowell

• Co-Freshman of the Year Baseball America

Pete Stanicek

• All-Pac-10 South Division

John Verducci

• All-Pac-10 South Division