1988 Stanford Cardinal baseball team

The 1988 Stanford Cardinal baseball team represented Stanford University in the 1988 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team was coached by Mark Marquess in his 12th season at Stanford.

1988 Stanford Cardinal baseball
National Champions Pac-10 Southern Division Champions
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
CB	No. 1
1988 record	46-23 (18–12 Pac-10)
Head coach	Mark Marquess (12th year)
Home stadium	Sunken Diamond

1988 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Northern
No. 16 Washington State  ^x‍‍‍^y	18	–	4		.818			52	–	14		.788
Oregon State  ‍‍‍	14	–	10		.583			30	–	19		.612
Portland State  ‍‍‍	12	–	9		.571			33	–	25		.569
Gonzaga  ‍‍‍	12	–	11		.522			28	–	28		.500
Portland  ‍‍‍	11	–	13		.458			28	–	27		.509
Washington  ‍‍‍	8	–	16		.333			17	–	28		.378
Eastern Washington  ‍‍‍	6	–	18		.250			25	–	34		.424
Southern
No. 2 Arizona State  ^x‍‍‍^y	21	–	9		.700			60	–	13		.822
No. 1 Stanford  ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12		.600			46	–	23		.667
No. 8 California  ‍‍‍^y	16	–	14		.533			40	–	25		.615
No. 13 Southern California  ‍‍‍^y	13	–	17		.433			36	–	26		.581
UCLA  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			31	–	28		.525
Arizona  ‍‍‍	10	–	20		.333			33	–	26		.559
x – Division champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1988[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Cardinal won the College World Series, defeating the Arizona State Sun Devils in the championship game.

Roster

1988 Stanford Cardinal roster
	Pitchers Steve Chitren Rob Kamerschen Brian Keyser Mike Mussina Lee Plemel Jim Price Stan Spencer		Infielders Frank Carey Troy Paulsen Jeff Saenger Ed Sprague, Jr. Ron Witmeyer		Outfielders Rubén Amaro, Jr. Eric DeGraw Mike Eicher Tim Griffin Jack Hollis Brian Johnson Catchers Eric Cox Doug Robbins

Schedule

1988 Stanford Cardinal Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
January/February Date Opponent Score Overall Record Pac-10 Record January 31 at Santa Clara 2-3 0-1 – February 1 Santa Clara 3-2 1-1 – February 2 UC Davis 13-8 2-1 – February 5 Cal State Fullerton 1-5 2-2 – February 6 Cal State Fullerton 9-4 3-2 – February 7 Cal State Fullerton 5-6 3-3 – February 9 at Pacific 4-1 4-3 – February 12 at Hawaii 5-0 5-3 – February 13 at Hawaii 4-5 5-4 – February 14 at Hawaii 3-4 5-5 – February 16 Cal State Hayward 12-6 6-5 – February 17 San Francisco 5-3 7-5 – February 19 UC Santa Barbara 15-4 8-5 – February 20 UC Santa Barbara 9-8 9-5 – February 21 UC Santa Barbara 13-2 10-5 – February 22 Cal State LA 4-1 11-5 – February 26 at Southern California 13-4 12-5 1–0 February 27 at Southern California 7-6 13-5 2–0
March Date Opponent Score Overall Record Pac-10 Record March 1 San Jose State 10-9 14-5 – March 4 UCLA 3-6 14-6 2–1 March 5 UCLA 11-4 15-6 3–1 March 6 UCLA 5-1 16-6 4–1 March 19 Arizona 5-0 17-6 5–1 March 20 Arizona 8-7 18-6 6–1 March 21 Arizona 5-4 19-6 7–1 March 22 at Fresno State 3-13 19-7 – March 25 at Arizona State 1-9 19-8 7–2 March 26 at Arizona State 10-11 19-9 7–3 March 27 at Arizona State 7-10 19-10 7–4 March 29 at Santa Clara 4-2 20-10 – March 31 California 3-2 21-10 8–4
April Date Opponent Score Overall Record Pac-10 Record April 1 at California 2-3 21-11 8–5 April 2 California 6-5 22-11 9–5 April 4 Saint Mary's 13-2 23-11 – April 5 Santa Clara 20-3 24-11 – April 8 at Arizona 5-20 24-12 9–6 April 9 at Arizona 10-7 25-12 10–6 April 10 at Arizona 8-9 25-13 10–7 April 12 at San Francisco 17-6 26-13 – April 15 at UCLA 4-9 26-14 10–8 April 16 at UCLA 8-5 27-14 11–8 April 17 at UCLA 5-2 28-14 12–8 April 18 at USC 5-3 29-14 13–8 April 23 Arizona State 5-3 30-14 14–8 April 24 Arizona State 6-15 30-15 14–9 April 25 Arizona State 5-13 30-16 14–10 April 26 at San Jose State 7-3 31-16 – April 27 at Fresno State 5-6 31-17 – April 29 at Miami (FL) 3-9 31-18 – April 30 at Miami (FL) 3-7 31-19 –
May Date Opponent Score Overall Record Pac-10 Record May 3 Pacific 16-0 32-19 - May 6 at California 3-8 32-20 14-11 May 7 California 13-3 33-20 15-11 May 8 at California 1-4 33-21 15-12 May 10 at San Francisco State 23-2 34-21 – May 13 USC 10-8 35-21 16-12 May 14 USC 10-9 36-21 17-12 May 15 USC 12-4 37-21 18-12
NCAA Tournament: Northeast Regional Date Opponent Score Overall Record May 27 vs. St. John's 3-5 37-22 May 27 vs. Fordham 7-5 38-22 May 29 vs. Rutgers 8-1 39-22 May 30 vs. Kentucky 6-5 40-22 May 31 vs. Kentucky 16-2 41-22
NCAA Tournament: College World Series Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record June 4 vs. Fresno State Rosenblatt Stadium 10-3 42-22 June 6 vs. Cal State Fullerton Rosenblatt Stadium 3-5 42-23 June 7 vs. Miami (FL) Rosenblatt Stadium 2-1 43-23 June 9 vs. Cal State Fullerton Rosenblatt Stadium 4-1 44-23 June 10 vs. Cal State Fullerton Rosenblatt Stadium 9-5 45-23 June 11 vs. Arizona State Rosenblatt Stadium 9-4 46-23

Awards and honors

Troy Paulsen

• First Team All-Pac-10[2]

Lee Plemel

• College World Series Most Outstanding Player[3]

Doug Robbins

• College World Series All-Tournament Team[3]

Ed Sprague

• First Team All-American[2]
• First Team All-Pac-10[2]

Ron Witmeyer

• College World Series All-Tournament Team[3]

Cardinal in the 1988 MLB Draft

The following members of the Stanford Cardinal baseball program were drafted in the 1988 Major League Baseball draft.[4]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Ed Sprague	3B	1st	25th	Toronto Blue Jays
Lee Plemel	RHP	5th	132nd	St. Louis Cardinals
Ron Witmeyer	1B	7th	177th	Oakland Athletics
Steve Chitren	RHP	9th	227th	Seattle Mariners
Doug Robbins	C	10th	243rd	Baltimore Orioles
Jim Price	RHP	25th	653rd	Seattle Mariners

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1988". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
2. "Stanford Media Guide" (PDF). GoStanford.com. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
3. "CWS Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
4. "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)"". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 20 September 2012.