1967 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team

1967 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball
National champions WAC champions
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
CB	No. 1
Record	53–12 (7–5 WAC)
Head coach	Bobby Winkles (9th year)
Assistant coach	Jack Smitheran
Seasons ← 1966 1968 →

1967 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Northern
No. 18 BYU  ‍‍‍	8	–	4		.667			33	–	14		.702
Wyoming  ‍‍‍	5	–	5		.500			18	–	26		.409
Utah  ‍‍‍	3	–	7		.300			19	–	14		.576
Southern
No. 1 Arizona State  ‍‍‍y	7	–	5		.583			53	–	12		.815
No. 12 Arizona  ‍‍‍	7	–	5		.583			35	–	15		.700
New Mexico  ‍‍‍	4	–	8		.333			25	–	19		.568
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1967 [1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1967 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team represented Arizona State University in the 1967 NCAA University Division baseball season. The team was coached by Bobby Winkles in his 9th season at Arizona State.

The Sun Devils won the College World Series, defeating the Houston Cougars in the championship game.

Roster

1967 Arizona State Sun Devils roster
	Pitchers 8 Gary Gentry 10 Sam chipps 11 Tom Burgess 14 Larry Gura 21 Doug Nurnberg 24 Jeff Pentland 27 Richard Kwasny		Infielders 2 Fred Nelson 3 Marc Musser 4 Jack Lind 5 Dave Grangaard 6 Kent Perry 18 Roger Detter 22 Bernie Vitek 23 Joe Paulson		Outfielders 7 Scott Reid 9 Ralph Carpenter 15 Bill Massarand 16 Larry Linville 17 Wayne Rice Catchers 12 Randy Bobb 19 Ron Davini 24 Phil Herzog

Schedule

1967 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball game log
Regular season
February/March Date Opponent Score Overall record WAC record February 24 San Fernando State 14–0 1–0 – February 25 San Fernando State 8–5 2–0 – February 25 San Fernando State 7–4 3–0 – March 2 Cal State LA 11–5 4–0 – March 3 Cal State LA 8–4 5–0 – March 4 Cal State LA 8–2 6–0 – March 4 Cal State LA 8–4 7–0 – March 9 UCLA 2–1 8–0 – March 10 Long Beach State 12–4 9–0 – March 11 Long Beach State 7–6 10–0 – March 11 Long Beach State 4–5 10–1 – March 17 Colorado State 3–0 11–1 – March 17 Santa Clara 4–1 12–1 – March 18 Colorado State 11–0 13–1 – March 20 Oregon State 1–5 13–2 – March 21 Oregon State 5–7 13–3 – March 22 Oregon State 7–3 14–3 – March 23 Colorado State 10–9 15–3 – March 24 Colorado 16–3 16–3 – March 25 Colorado 15–2 17–3 – March 27 Oklahoma 3–2 18–3 – March 28 Oklahoma 1–0 19–3 – March 30 Oklahoma 9–2 20–3 – March 31 Oklahoma 13–2 21–3 –
April Date Opponent Score Overall record WAC record April 3 Utah State 5–4 22–3 – April 4 Utah State 20–6 23–3 – April 5 Utah State 12–1 24–3 – April 6 Wyoming 12–3 25–3 – April 7 Wyoming 5–1 26–3 – April 8 Wyoming 1–0 27–3 – April 8 Wyoming 4–0 28–3 – April 12 Grand Canyon 5–4 29–3 – April 14 at Arizona 0–6 29–4 0–1 April 15 at Arizona 2–3 29–5 0–2 April 15 at Arizona 3–0 30–5 1–2 April 21 California Western 3–13 30–6 – April 22 California Western 6–5 31–6 – April 22 California Western 6–5 32–6 – April 26 at Grand Canyon 4–2 33–6 – April 28 at New Mexico 2–5 33–7 1–3 April 29 at New Mexico 13–17 33–8 1–4 April 29 at New Mexico 9–2 34–8 2–4
May Date Opponent Score Overall record WAC record May 5 San Diego 10–0 35–8 – May 6 San Diego 1–0 36–8 – May 6 San Diego 11–1 37–8 – May 9 Grand Canyon 6–2 38–8 – May 12 New Mexico 7–2 39–8 3–4 May 13 New Mexico 3–2 40–8 4–4 May 13 New Mexico 8–3 41–8 5–4 May 19 Arizona 3–0 42–8 6–4 May 20 Arizona 3–0 43–8 7–4 May 20 Arizona 2–7 43–9 7–5
Postseason
WAC Southern Division Playoff Date Opponent Score Overall record May 21 vs. Arizona 3–2 44–9
WAC Championship Date Opponent Score Overall record May 26 vs. BYU 0–3 44–10 May 27 vs. BYU 6–3 45–10 May 28 vs. BYU 4–3 46–10
NCAA tournament: District 7 playoffs Date Opponent Score Overall record June 2 vs. Air Force 11–0 47–10 June 3 vs. Air Force 2–5 47–11 June 3 vs. Air Force 6–0 48–11
NCAA tournament: College World Series Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record June 12 vs. Oklahoma State Rosenblatt Stadium 7–2 49–11 June 13 vs. Boston College Rosenblatt Stadium 8–1 50–11 June 14 vs. Stanford Rosenblatt Stadium 5–3 51–11 June 16 vs. Houston Rosenblatt Stadium 0–3 51–12 June 17 vs. Stanford Rosenblatt Stadium 4–3 52–12 June 18 vs. Houston Rosenblatt Stadium 11–2 53–12

Awards and honors

Randy Bobb

• First Team All-WAC ^[2]

Ron Davini

• College World Series Most Outstanding Player ^[3]
• First Team All-WAC ^[2]

Gary Gentry

• College World Series All-Tournament Team ^[3]
• The Sporting News Player of the Year ^[2]
• First Team All-American ^[2]
• First Team All-WAC ^[2]
• Dave Grangaard
• College World Series All-Tournament Team ^[3]

Jack Lind

• College World Series All-Tournament Team ^[3]

Scott Reid

• College World Series All-Tournament Team ^[3]
• First Team All-American ^[2]
• First Team All-WAC ^[2]

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1967". boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
2. "Arizona State Sun Devils baseball Media Guide" (PDF). TheSunDevils.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 4, 2012.
3. "CWS record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 16, 2012.