1979 Arizona Wildcats baseball team

The 1979 Arizona Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Arizona in the 1979 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games at Wildcat Field. The team was coached by Jerry Kindall in his 7th year at Arizona.

1979 Arizona Wildcats baseball
Midwest Regional champions
College World Series, T-5th
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
	South Division
CB	No. 5
1979 record	43–25 (17–13 Pac-10)
Head coach	Jerry Kindall (7th season)
Home stadium	Wildcat Field

1979 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Northern
No. 29 Washington State  ^x‍‍‍	12	–	3		.800			40	–	10		.800
Washington  ‍‍‍	11	–	5		.688			37	–	13		.740
Oregon State  ‍‍‍	4	–	11		.267			21	–	19		.525
Oregon  ‍‍‍	3	–	11		.214			14	–	27		.341
Southern
No. 9 UCLA  ^x‍‍‍^y	21	–	9		.700			43	–	18		.705
No. 5 Arizona  ‍‍‍^y	17	–	13		.567			43	–	25		.632
California  ‍‍‍	16	–	14		.533			31	–	25		.554
Southern California  ‍‍‍	15	–	15		.500			33	–	24		.579
Stanford  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			35	–	23		.603
Arizona State  ‍‍‍	8	–	22		.267			32	–	31		.508
x – Division champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1979[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Wildcats won the Midwest Regional to advanced to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Cal State Fullerton Titans.

Roster

1979 Arizona Wildcats baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name Bats/Throws Height Weight Year Home town INF Wes Clements R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Inglewood, California INF Clark Crist R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) — Jr Michael Flinn / — — David Fortman / — — OF Terry Francona L/L 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) — So New Brighton, Pennsylvania Scott Green / — — RHP Kendall Greene /R — — Jr C Don Hyman / — — Jr William Kinnegberg / — — Ron Kirby / — — LHP Craig Lefferts L/L 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr St. Petersburg, Florida OF Ross McGehee /R — — Steven Merrill / — — INF Brad Mills L/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Exeter, California Jeffrey Morris / — — OF John Moses S/L 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Jr Los Angeles, California C Vergel Overlund /R — — Sr Danny Powers / — — INF Ronald Quick / — — 33 LHP Alan Regier /L — — Randy Roeder / — — Pat Roessler / — — William Salzbrenner / — — Jay Sargent / — — Gary Schulz / — — INF Jim Scranton R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Torrance, California P Ron Sismondo / — — 16 INF Scott Stanley /L — — Robert Straley / — — OF Dwight Taylor L/L 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 166 lb (75 kg) Fr Los Angeles, California	Head coach Jerry Kindall Assistant coach(es) Jerry Stitt Wing Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

1979 Arizona Wildcats Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
February (11–5) # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Pac-10 Record 1 February 8 Cal State Fullerton Wildcat Field • Tucson, Arizona 7–9 0–1 – 2 February 9 Cal State Fullerton Wildcat Field • Tucson, Arizona 0–9 0–2 – 3 February 9 Cal State Fullerton Wildcat Field • Tucson, Arizona 4–8 0–3 – 4 February 12 UC Santa Barbara Wildcat Field • Tucson, Arizona 11–10 1–3 – 5 February 13 UC Santa Barbara Wildcat Field • Tucson, Arizona 13–10 2–3 – 6 February 14 UC Santa Barbara Wildcat Field • Tucson, Arizona 15–7 3–3 – 7 February 16 New Mexico Wildcat Field • Tucson, Arizona 10–5 4–3 – 8 February 17 New Mexico Wildcat Field • Tucson, Arizona 6–4 5–3 – 9 February 17 New Mexico Wildcat Field • Tucson, Arizona 16–4 6–3 – 10 February 19 Lamar Wildcat Field • Tucson, Arizona 7–6 7–3 – 11 February 20 Lamar Wildcat Field • Tucson, Arizona 5–4 8–3 – 12 February 22 La Verne Wildcat Field • Tucson, Arizona 12–2 9–3 – 13 February 23 La Verne Wildcat Field • Tucson, Arizona 9–2 10–3 – 14 February 24 La Verne Wildcat Field • Tucson, Arizona 4–11 10–4 – 15 February 26 Loyola Marymount Wildcat Field • Tucson, Arizona 3–5 10–5 – 16 February 27 Loyola Marymount Wildcat Field • Tucson, Arizona 11–10 11–5 –
March (11–10) # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Pac-10 Record 17 March 1 Stanford Wildcat Field • Tucson, Arizona 6–5 12–5 1–0 18 March 3 Stanford Wildcat Field • Tucson, Arizona 7–9 12–6 1–1 19 March 4 Stanford Wildcat Field • Tucson, Arizona 15–6 13–6 2–1 20 March 5 Azusa Pacific Wildcat Field • Tucson, Arizona 12–9 14–6 2–1 21 March 8 UCLA Wildcat Field • Tucson, Arizona 4–12 14–7 2–2 22 March 9 UCLA Wildcat Field • Tucson, Arizona 13–4 15–7 3–2 23 March 10 UCLA Wildcat Field • Tucson, Arizona 10–15 15–8 3–3 24 March 13 Colorado State Wildcat Field • Tucson, Arizona 10–6 16–8 3–3 25 March 16 at Southern California Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, California 4–5 16–9 3–4 26 March 17 at Southern California Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, California 8–9 16–10 3–5 27 March 20 at Texas A&M Olsen Field • College Station, Texas 0–2 16–11 3–5 28 March 20 at Texas A&M Olsen Field • College Station, Texas 9–3 17–11 3–5 29 March 22 vs Minnesota Disch–Falk Field • Austin, Texas 3–5 17–12 3–5 30 March 23 at Texas Disch–Falk Field • Austin, Texas 8–2 18–12 3–5 31 March 23 at Texas Disch–Falk Field • Austin, Texas 7–4 19–12 3–5 32 March 24 at Texas Disch–Falk Field • Austin, Texas 7–3 20–12 3–5 33 March 24 at Texas Disch–Falk Field • Austin, Texas 0–4 20–13 3–5 34 March 27 Colorado Wildcat Field • Tucson, Arizona 11–1 21–13 3–5 35 March 30 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, California 0–2 21–14 3–6 36 March 31 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, California 6–3 22–14 4–6 37 March 31 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, California 4–8 22–15 4–7
April (10–6) # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Pac-10 Record 38 April 5 Arizona State Wildcat Field • Tucson, Arizona 10–4 23–15 5–7 39 April 6 Arizona State Wildcat Field • Tucson, Arizona 12–9 24–15 6–7 40 April 7 Arizona State Wildcat Field • Tucson, Arizona 8–5 25–15 7–7 41 April 9 Grand Canyon Wildcat Field • Tucson, Arizona 12–5 26–15 7–7 42 April 12 Southern California Wildcat Field • Tucson, Arizona 5–7 26–16 7–8 43 April 12 Southern California Wildcat Field • Tucson, Arizona 6–2 27–16 8–8 44 April 13 USC Wildcat Field • Tucson, Arizona 16–15 28–16 9–8 45 April 14 USC Wildcat Field • Tucson, Arizona 6–5 29–16 10–8 46 April 20 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 7–13 29–17 10–9 47 April 21 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 4–13 29–18 10–10 48 April 22 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 8–6 30–18 11–10 49 April 24 Northern Arizona Wildcat Field • Tucson, Arizona 5–6 30–19 11–10 50 April 24 Northern Arizona Wildcat Field • Tucson, Arizona 11–4 31–19 11–10 51 April 27 at UCLA Sawtelle Field • Los Angeles, California 1–13 31–20 11–11 52 April 28 at UCLA Sawtelle Field • Los Angeles, California 6–12 31–21 11–12 53 April 28 at UCLA Sawtelle Field • Los Angeles, California 6–5 32–21 12–12
May (5–1) # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Pac-10 Record 54 May 3 California Wildcat Field • Tucson, Arizona 9–15 32–22 12–13 55 May 4 California Wildcat Field • Tucson, Arizona 6–5 33–22 13–13 56 May 5 California Wildcat Field • Tucson, Arizona 19–18 34–22 14–13 57 May 10 at Arizona State Packard Stadium • Tempe, Arizona 12–1 35–22 15–13 58 May 11 at Arizona State Packard Stadium • Tempe, Arizona 9–6 36–22 16–13 59 May 12 at Arizona State Packard Stadium • Tempe, Arizona 6–4 37–22 17–13
Postseason
Pac-10 2nd Place Series (2–1) # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Pac-10 Record 60 May 16 at Washington State Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 9–7 38–22 17–13 61 May 17 at Washington State Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 8–9 38–23 17–13 62 May 17 at Washington State Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 22–14 39–23 17–13
NCAA Midwest Regional (3–0) # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Pac-10 Record 63 May 25 Oklahoma State Wildcats Field • Tucson, Arizona 8–1 40–23 17–13 64 May 26 Hawaii Wildcat Field • Tucson, Arizona 10–2 41–23 17–13 65 May 27 Hawaii Wildcat Field • Tucson, Arizona 5–3 42–23 17–13
College World Series (1–2) # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Pac-10 Record 66 June 1 vs Miami (FL) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 5–1 43–23 17–13 67 June 3 vs Arkansas Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 3–10 43–24 17–13 68 June 4 vs Cal State Fullertone Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 3–16 43–25 17–13

Awards and honors

Clark Crist

• All-Pac-10 South Division

Terry Francona

• All-Pac-10 South Division

Craig Lefferts

• All-Pac-10 South Division

Brad Mills

• All-Pac-10 South Division

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1979". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 3, 2014.