Wikipedia

1987 Arizona Wildcats baseball team

The 1987 Arizona Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Arizona during the 1987 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games at Frank Sancet Stadium. The team was coached by Jerry Kindall in his 15th season at Arizona. The Wildcats finished 34-26 overall and placed 4th in the Pacific-10's Southern Division with an 13–17 record. Arizona made a 3rd straight postseason appearance and was placed in the West II Regional hosted by rival Arizona State University at Packard Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. The Wildcats failed to make a 3rd straight College World Series appearance, losing their first 2 games to Pepperdine and Hawaii to end their season.

1987 Arizona Wildcats baseball
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record34–26 (13–17 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadiumSancet Stadium
Seasons
← 1986
1988 →
1987 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northern
No. 18 Washington State  x‍‍‍y 18 – 6   .750 44 – 19   .698
Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 15 – 9   .625 31 – 15   .674
Portland State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542 37 – 20   .649
Portland  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12   .500 30 – 22   .577
Washington  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13   .458 21 – 20   .512
Gonzaga  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16   .333 20 – 32   .385
Eastern Washington  ‍‍‍ 7 – 17   .292 24 – 32   .429
Southern
No. 1 Stanford  x‍‍‍y 21 – 9   .700 53 – 17   .757
No. 12 UCLA  ‍‍‍y 16 – 14   .533 40 – 25   .615
No. 8 Arizona State  ‍‍‍y 16 – 14   .533 40 – 27   .597
Arizona  ‍‍‍y 13 – 17   .433 34 – 26   .567
California  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18   .400 36 – 25   .590
Southern California  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18   .400 32 – 28   .533
x – Division champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1987[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Previous season

edit

The Wildcats finished the 1986 season with a record of 49-19 and 18–12 in conference play, finishing tied for 2nd in the "Six-Pac" (Pac-10 Southern). Arizona advanced to the postseason for the 2nd straight season and was placed in the Central Regional hosted by the University of Texas at Disch-Falk Field in Austin, Texas. The Wildcats defeated San Diego State, Texas and Pepperdine to win the Regional and advance to the College World Series for the 2nd straight season (and 14th overall). In Omaha, Nebraska, the team defeated Maine, Loyola Marymount and Florida State to qualify for the finals before losing a game to Miami (FL). In the final game, Arizona defeated Florida State 10–2 to win their 3rd National Championship.

Personnel

edit

Roster

edit
1987 Arizona Wildcats baseball roster[2][3]
  • Gary Alexander

• Glenn Baxley

• David Blake

• Greg Fowble

• Wayne Gilles

• Frank Halcovich

• Chip Hale

• Gil Heredia

• Jason Klonosky

• Heath Lane

• Sam Messina

• David Miller

• Shaun Murphy

• Richard Schuman

• David Shermet

• J.T. Snow

• Steven Strong

• Michael Thorell

• Pat Waid

• Alan Zinter

Coaches

edit
1987 Arizona Wildcats baseball coaching staff[4]

1987 Schedule and results

edit
1987 Arizona Wildcats Baseball Game Log[5]
Regular Season
Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall

Record

Pac-10

Record

Jan 29 UC Irvine Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 14-1 1-0
Jan 30 UC Irvine Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 11-6 2-0
Jan 31 UC Irvine Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 6-5 3-0
Feb 5 at Grand Canyon Brazell Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 8-2 4-0
Feb 6 Grand Canyon Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 12-5 5-0
Feb 7 Grand Canyon Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 11-3 6-0
Feb 9 Cal State Dominguez Hills Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 13-3 7-0
Feb 10 Cal State Dominguez Hills Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 9-6 8-0
Feb 12 at Cal State Fullerton Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 7-4 9-0
Feb 14 at Cal State Fullerton Titan Field • Fullerton, CA L 6-7 9-1
Feb 14 at Cal State Fullerton Titan Field • Fullerton, CA L 4-5 9-2
Feb 16 Westmont Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 11-12 9-3
Feb 17 Westmont Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 9-6 10-3
Feb 20 at UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 12-10 11-3 1-0
Feb 21 at UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA L 5-6 11-4 1-1
Feb 22 at UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA L 5-18 11-5 1-2
Feb 27 California Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 7-1 12-5 2-2
Feb 28 California Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 13-6 13-5 3-2
Mar 1 California Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 13-5 14-5 4-2
Mar 6 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Palo Alto, CA L 4-14 14-6 4-3
Mar 7 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Palo Alto, CA L 6-10 14-7 4-4
Mar 8 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Palo Alto, CA L 6-8 14-8 4-5
Mar 9 Pace Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 19-2 15-8
Mar 10 Pace Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 20-1 16-8
Mar 10 Wyoming Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 10-2 17-8
Mar 13 at USC Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA W 13-6 18-8 5-5
Mar 14 at USC Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA W 10-8 19-8 6-5
Mar 15 at USC Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA L 3-4 19-9 6-6
Mar 20 Arizona State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 5-8 19-10 6-7
Mar 21 Arizona State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 2-10 19-11 6-8
Mar 23 Arizona State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 4-15 19-12 6-9
Mar 24 Utah Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 12-1 20-12
Mar 24 Linfield Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 4-1 21-12
Mar 27 at Miami Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 5-0 22-12
Mar 28 at Miami Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 3-7 22-13
Mar 29 at Miami Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 8-9 22-14
Mar 30 Minnesota Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 11-2 23-14
Mar 31 Minnesota Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 6-4 24-14
Apr 1 United States International Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 8-1 25-14
Apr 2 United States International Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 2-1 26-14
Apr 3 Loyola Marymount Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 10-7 27-14
Apr 4 Loyola Marymount Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 7-15 27-15
Apr 5 Loyola Marymount Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 11-16 27-16
Apr 10 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA L 4-5 27-17 6-10
Apr 11 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA L 3-10 27-18 6-11
Apr 12 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA L 6-7 27-19 6-12
Apr 16 Stanford Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 10-5 28-19 7-12
Apr 17 Stanford Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 3-12 28-20 7-13
Apr 18 Stanford Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 11-14 28-21 7-14
Apr 24 USC Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 4-1 29-21 8-14
Apr 25 USC Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 9-4 30-21 9-14
Apr 26 USC Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 11-5 31-21 10-14
May 1 UCLA Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 10-8 32-21 11-14
May 2 UCLA Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 12-8 33-21 12-14
May 3 UCLA Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 12-4 34-21 13-14
May 15 at Arizona State Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 1-2 34-22 13-15
May 16 at Arizona State Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 2-3 34-23 13-16
May 17 at Arizona State Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 4-5 34-24 13-17
NCAA West II Regional
May 22 vs (1) Pepperdine Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 3-7 34-25
May 23 vs (5) Hawaii Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 3-6 34-26

West II Regional

edit
Main article: 1987 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament § West II Regional at Tempe, AZ
West II Regional Teams
(1) Pepperdine Waves (6) Arizona Wildcats (2) UCLA Bruins (5) Hawaii Rainbow Warriors (3) Arizona State Sun Devils (4) Southwest Missouri State Bears

at Tempe, AZ

Round 1Round 2QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Pepperdine7
Arizona3Pepperdine10
SW Missouri State4
UCLA12Pepperdine2
Hawaii11Arizona State4
UCLA3Arizona State14—
Arizona State9UCLA4—
Arizona State9Pepperdine5
SW Missouri State5UCLA16UCLA21
Hawaii6Hawaii7
Arizona3

1987 MLB Draft

edit
Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Gary Alexander OF 8 207 Texas Rangers
Gil Heredia RHP 9 230 San Francisco Giants
Chip Hale OF 17 425 Minnesota Twins
Steve Strong OF 24 625 Detroit Tigers

[6]

References

edit
  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1987". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  2. ^ "1987 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.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1987_Arizona_Wildcats_baseball_team&oldid=1205027231"