1979 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team

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1979 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball
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Conference Southern California Baseball Association
CB No. 1
Record60–14–1 (23–4–1 SCBA)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jody Robinson (3rd year)
  • Matt McCann (1st year)
  • Bill Kernen (2nd year)
Home stadium Titan Field
Seasons
 1978
1980 
1979 Southern California Baseball Association standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
#1 Cal State Fullerton y 234 .8526014 .811
No. 3 Pepperdine  y199 .6794716 .746
Long Beach State  1710 .6304022 .645
San Diego  1412 .5383219 .627
Loyola Marymount  1216 .4292934 .460
Cal State Los Angeles  919 .3212539 .391
UC Irvine  819 .2962237 .373
UC Santa Barbara  720 .2591731 .354
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1979 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1979 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team represented California State University, Fullerton in the 1979 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Titans played their home games at Titan Field. The team was coached by Augie Garrido in his 7th season at Cal State Fullerton.

Contents

The Titans won the College World Series, defeating the Arkansas Razorbacks in the championship game.

Roster

1979 Cal State Fullerton Titans roster
 

Pitchers

  • 6 Bruce Davis - Junior
  • 7 Pat Estrada - Junior
  • 18 Frank Ferroni - Sophomore
  • 19 Dave Weatherman - Sophomore
  • 20 Tony Hudson - Sophomore
  • 22 Tim Miner - Sophomore
  • 26 Ray Lane - Junior
  • 27 Jim Sutton - Sophomore
  • 30 Larry Navilhon - Junior
 

Infielders

  • 3 Sam Favata - Sophomore
  • 8 Mike Garcia - Senior
  • 9 Matt Vejar - Junior
  • 13 Glenn Robertson - Junior
  • 15 Dan Hanggie - Sophomore
  • 29 Tim Wallach - Senior

Catchers

  • 14 Kurt Kingsolver - Junior
  • 24 Jerald Traylor - Sophomore
  • 25 Joe Martelli - Senior
  • 28 Mike Rubel - Freshman
  • 31 Scott Desrosier - Senior
 

Outfielders

Coaches

  • 16 Augie Garrido - 7th Season
  • 4 Jody Robinson - 3rd Season
  • 11 Matt McCann - 1st Season
  • 17 Bill Kernen - 2nd Season
 

Schedule

1979 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball game log
Regular season
February
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordSCBA record
February 5 Southern California 13–61–0
February 8 Arizona 9–72–0
February 9at Arizona9–03–0
February 9at Arizona8–44–0
February 14at Cal Poly Pomona 2–44–1
February 16 California 4–15–1
February 17California5–46–1
February 17California7–67–1
February 20 Chapman 5–38–1
February 23at Arizona State 4–58–2
February 24at Arizona State3–108–3
February 24at Arizona State18–129–3
February 27 UCLA 9–210–3
February 28 Biola 4–211–3
March
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordSCBA record
March 4 Cal State Dominguez Hills 3–112–3
March 6at Cal Poly Pomona13–613–3
March 6at La Verne 6–913–4
March 8 UNLV 4–214–4
March 9UNLV12–015–4
March 10at San Diego State 13–616–4
March 10at San Diego State10–317–4
March 11at San Diego State10–418–4
March 14 So. California College 15–019–4
March 16 New Mexico 10–620–4
March 17New Mexico2–520–5
March 17New Mexico4–121–5
March 22at Chapman11–322–5
March 23 Azusa Pacific 7–623–5
March 24 Stanford 8–324–5
March 24Stanford2–324–6
March 30 UC Irvine 1–025–61–0
March 31at UC Irvine8–626–62–0
March 31at UC Irvine7–327–63–0
April
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordSCBA record
April 3 UC Santa Barbara 5–128–64–0
April 6 San Diego 11–1128–6–14–0–1
April 7at San Diego10–329–6–15–0–1
April 7at San Diego8–230–6–16–0–1
April 8at Loyola Marymount 2–131–6–17–0–1
April 12vs. UC Irvine16–232–6–1
April 13vs. Chapman4–1332–7–1
April 13vs. UC Irvine11–233–7–1
April 14vs. Chapman5–234–7–1
April 14vs. Chapman5–634–8–1
April 17 Cal State LA 12–635–8–17–2–1
April 20 Pepperdine 3–535–9–17–1–1
April 21at Pepperdine9–1035–10–18–2–1
April 21Pepperdine8–736–10–19–2–1
April 22 Hawaii 12–437–10–1
April 24 San Diego 7–238–10–110–2–1
April 27at Long Beach State 6–938–11–110–3–1
April 28Long Beach State7–139–11–111–3–1
April 28Long Beach State5–340–11–112–3–1
May
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordSCBA record
May 1Pepperdine8–241–11–113–3–1
May 4at Cal State LA9–042–11–114–3–1
May 5Cal State LA8–343–11–115–3–1
May 5Cal State LA4–244–11–116–3–1
May 8UC Irvine10–645–11–117–3–1
May 11UC Santa Barbara21–246–11–118–3–1
May 12at UC Santa Barbara14–247–11–119–3–1
May 12at UC Santa Barbara18–048–11–120–3–1
May 15at Long Beach State10–549–11–121–3–1
May 18at Loyola Marymount17–650–11–122–3–1
May 19at Loyola Marymount7–451–11–123–3–1
May 19at Loyola Marymount3–551–12–123–4–1
Post-season
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreCal State Fullerton DecisionAttendanceOverall record
May 25vs. UCLA Pete Beiden Field 4–5Hudson (L; 9–4)38451–13–1
May 26vs. Portland Pete Beiden Field20–3Weatherman (W; 13–2)52–13–1
May 27vs. Fresno State Pete Beiden Field12–3Sutton (W; 8–2)51353–13–1
May 27vs. UCLAPete Beiden Field9–2Hudson (W; 10–4)42054–13–1
May 28vs. UCLAPete Beiden Field9–5Navilhon (W; 14–0)39255–13–1
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreCal State Fullerton DecisionAttendanceOverall record
June 2vs. Mississippi State Rosenblatt Stadium 1–6Navilhon (L; 14–1)11,04755–14–1
June 3vs. Connecticut Rosenblatt Stadium8–3Weatherman (W; 14–2)3,81356–14–1
June 4vs. ArizonaRosenblatt Stadium16–3Sutton (W; 9–2)57–14–1
June 6vs. Arkansas Rosenblatt Stadium13–10Estrada (W; 3–0)9,09158–14–1
June 7vs. PepperdineRosenblatt Stadium8–5Sutton (W; 10–2)9,29959–14–1
June 8vs. ArkansasRosenblatt Stadium2–1Weatherman (W; 15–2)10,15860–14–1

Awards and honors

Dan Hanggie
Sam Favata
Tony Hudson
Kurt Kingsolver
Larry Navilhon
Matt Vejar
Tim Wallach
Dave Weatherman

Titans in the 1979 MLB Draft

The following members of the Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball program were drafted in the 1979 Major League Baseball Draft. [4]

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team
Tim Wallach1B1st10th Montreal Expos
Michael PalmerOF5th125th Kansas City Royals
Larry NavilhonRHP12th300th San Diego Padres
Andre DavidOF14th349th Minnesota Twins
Kurt KingsolverC16th413th Milwaukee Brewers
Tony HudsonRHP17th422nd St. Louis Cardinals
Mike Garcia2B27th669th Atlanta Braves

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