1997 Arizona Wildcats baseball team

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1997 Arizona Wildcats baseball
Arizona Wildcats logo.svg
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
Record32–26 (13–17 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadium Sancet Stadium
Seasons
←  1996
1998  →
1997 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Northern
No. 15 Washington  x‍‍‍y20–4 .83346–20 .697
Oregon State  ‍‍‍18–6 .75038–12 .760
Washington State  ‍‍‍7–17 .29213–42 .236
Portland State  ‍‍‍3–21 .12510–43 .189
Southern
No. 4 Stanford  x‍‍‍y21–9 .70045–20 .692
No. 8 UCLA  ‍‍‍y19–11 .63345–21 .682
No. 13 Southern California  ‍‍‍y17–13 .56742–20 .677
No. 14 Arizona State  ‍‍‍y16–14 .53339–22 .639
Arizona  ‍‍‍13–17 .43332–26 .552
California  ‍‍‍4–26 .13321–38 .356
x – Division champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1997 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1997 Arizona Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Arizona during the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games at Frank Sancet Stadium. The team was coached by Jerry Stitt in his 1st season at Arizona. This was the program's 1st season without longtime coach Jerry Kindall's involvement since 1971. The Wildcats finished 32–26 overall and placed 5th in the Pacific-10's Southern Division with a 13–17 record. Arizona missed the postseason for the 4th consecutive season, tying the previous record of 4 consecutive seasons from 1981 to 1984.

Contents

Previous season

The Wildcats finished the 1996 season with a record of 24–32 and 7–23 in conference play, finishing 6th in the "Six-Pac" (Pac-10 Southern). Arizona missed the postseason for the 3rd straight season.

Personnel

Roster

1997 Arizona Wildcats baseball roster [2] [3]
 • Dave Abbott

• Greg Clark

• Kenny Corley

• Andre Dawson

• Jeffrey Gjerde

• Ted Gonzalez

• Chet Henderson

• Jason Hendricks

• Kevin Huff

• Darrell Hussman

• James Johnson

• Rafell Jones

• Tim King

• Tom King

• Erik Mattern

• Mike Meyer

• Tony Milo

• Omar Moraga

• Ryan Moskau

• Colin Porter

• David R. Quick

• Keith Regina

• Diego Rico

• Kevin Sabbe

• Rob Shabansky

• Jason Shroyer

• Kevin Skinner

• Ryan Stoneberg

• Jason Thrower

• Daniel Tyrell

• Mark Ukleja

• Devin Welch

• Scott Wood

Coaches

1997 Arizona Wildcats baseball coaching staff [4]

1997 Schedule and results

1997 Arizona Wildcats Baseball Game Log [5]
Regular Season
DateOpponentSite/StadiumScoreOverall

Record

Pac-10

Record

Jan 24at Hawaii-Hilo Wong Stadium • Hilo, HI W 14–11–0
Jan 25at Hawaii-HiloWong Stadium • Hilo, HIW 9–02–0
Jan 25at Hawaii-HiloWong Stadium • Hilo, HIW 4–03–0
Jan 26at Hawaii-HiloWong Stadium • Hilo, HIL 4–103–1
Jan 31 New Mexico Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 3–73–2
Feb 1New MexicoSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 6–44–2
Feb 2New MexicoSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 8–15–2
Feb 6 Cal State Fullerton Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZL 13–235–3
Feb 7Cal State FullertonSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZL 6–85–4
Feb 8Cal State FullertonSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZL 9–205–5
Feb 11 Cal State Dominguez Hills Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 26–106–5
Feb 12Cal State Dominguez HillsSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 12–27–6
Feb 14at Texas A&M Olsen Field • College Station, TX W 3–28–5
Feb 15at Texas A&MOlsen Field • College Station, TXL 1–58–6
Feb 16at Texas A&MOlsen Field • College Station, TXL 4–58–7
Feb 18 New Mexico State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 12–49–7
Feb 19New Mexico StateSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZL 4–89–8
Feb 20 Southern Utah Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 20–610–8
Feb 21Southern UtahSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 3–211–8
Feb 22Oral RobertsSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 12–312–8
Feb 23Oral RobertsSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZL 3–512–9
Feb 25 Eastern Michigan Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 28–013–9
Feb 26Eastern MichiganSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 16–314–9
Feb 28at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA W 8–715–91–0
Mar 1at CaliforniaEvans Diamond • Berkeley, CAW 2–116–92–0
Mar 2at CaliforniaEvans Diamond • Berkeley, CAW 5–317–93–0
Mar 7 UCLA Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 4–218–94–0
Mar 8UCLASancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 13–319–95–0
Mar 9UCLASancet Stadium • Tucson, AZL 1–1219–105–1
Mar 11 Radford Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 5–420–10
Mar 12RadfordSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 13–921–10
Mar 14at USC Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA L 2–321–115–2
Mar 15at USCDedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CAW 6–522–116–2
Mar 16at USCDedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CAL 2–622–126–3
Mar 21 Arizona State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZL 6–822–136–4
Mar 22Arizona StateSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 5–423–137–4
Mar 23Arizona StateSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZL 7–1123–147–5
Mar 25 Grand Canyon Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 4–324–14
Mar 27 Stanford Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZL 3–1024–157–6
Mar 28StanfordSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 11–725–158–6
Mar 29StanfordSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZL 2–425–168–7
Apr 4CaliforniaSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 2–026–169–7
Apr 5CaliforniaSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 12–027–1610–7
Apr 6CaliforniaSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 5–028–1611–7
Apr 8at Grand Canyon Brazell Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 12–229–16
Apr 11at UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CAL 3–1129–1711–8
Apr 12at UCLAJackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CAL 6–1329–1811–9
Apr 13at UCLAJackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CAL 3–1329–1911–10
Apr 18USCSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZL 6–829–2011–11
Apr 19USCSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZL 1–1029–2111–12
Apr 20USCSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZL 9–1329–2211–13
Apr 22Grand CanyonSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 15–830–22
Apr 25at Arizona State Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 5–730–2311–14
Apr 26at Arizona StatePackard Stadium • Tempe, AZW 6–431–2312–14
Apr 27at Arizona StatePackard Stadium • Tempe, AZW 8–332–2313–14
May 2at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Palo Alto, CA L 2–932–2413–15
May 3at StanfordSunken Diamond • Palo Alto, CAL 9–1332–2513–16
May 4at StanfordSunken Diamond • Palo Alto, CAL 1–1232–2613–17

1997 MLB Draft

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team
No players selected

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