1969 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team

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1969 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball
Conference Western Athletic Conference
CB No. 1
Record56–11 (15–3 WAC)
Head coach
Assistant coachJack Smitheran
Seasons
← 1968
1970 →
1969 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Northern
No. 18 BYU  ‍‍‍13–5 .72230–15 .667
Wyoming  ‍‍‍11–7 .61114–22 .389
Utah  ‍‍‍7–11 .38920–22 .476
Colorado State  ‍‍‍5–13 .27813–20 .394
Southern
No. 1 Arizona State  ‍‍‍y15–3 .83356–11 .836
No. 19 Arizona  ‍‍‍10–8 .55637–10 .787
New Mexico  ‍‍‍7–11 .38931–17 .646
UTEP  ‍‍‍4–14 .22217–27 .386
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1969 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1969 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team represented Arizona State University in the 1969 NCAA University Division baseball season. The team was coached by Bobby Winkles in his 11th season at Arizona State.

Contents

The Sun Devils won the College World Series, defeating the Tulsa Golden Hurricane in the championship game.

Roster

1969 Arizona State Sun Devils roster
 

Pitchers

 

Infielders

  • 2 Lenny Randle
  • 5 Bill Massarand
  • 6 Jeff Osborn
  • 8 Roger Detter
  • 9 Gene Kobar
  • 10 Rick Valley
  • 15 Tom Welton
  • 17 Jack Collinge
  • 18 Terry Brenner
 

Outfielders

Catchers

  • 22 Billy Cotton
  • 27 Irv McDonald

Schedule

1969 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball game log
Regular season
February/March
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordWAC record
February 27 Cal Poly Pomona 5–01–0–
February 28 Chapman 8–131–1–
March 1Chapman9–12–1–
March 1Chapman11–83–1–
March 7 Cal State LA 3–14–1–
March 8Cal State LA9–35–1–
March 8Cal State LA6–06–1–
March 11 Albuquerque 10–07–1–
March 11Albuquerque8–58–1–
March 12 San Diego State 3–29–1–
March 13San Diego State5–110–1–
March 14 San Fernando State 0–510–2–
March 14San Fernando State4–510–3–
March 15San Fernando State4–910–4–
March 17 Ohio State 5–1010–5–
March 18Ohio State2–011–5–
March 19Ohio State5–012–5–
March 21 Michigan 18–1413–5–
March 24Michigan19–314–5–
March 24Michigan5–315–5–
March 25Michigan6–516–5–
March 25Michigan3–416–6–
March 26 Cal Poly 5–017–6–
March 26 Southern Illinois 4–318–6–
March 27 Oklahoma 5–419–6–
March 28 Wyoming 11–720–6–
March 29Wyoming6–421–6–
March 29Wyoming11–422–6–
March 31Wyoming18–923–6–
April
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordWAC record
April 4 Wisconsin 18–024–6–
April 5Wisconsin11–125–6–
April 5Wisconsin3–126–6–
April 7Wisconsin12–127–6–
April 8Wisconsin7–228–6–
April 9Wisconsin1–029–6–
April 11at Arizona 4–330–61–0
April 12at Arizona11–731–62–0
April 12at Arizona4–531–72–1
April 15 Grand Canyon 7–232–7–
April 18 UTEP 5–033–73–1
April 19UTEP11–634–74–1
April 19UTEP11–035–75–1
April 24at Albuquerque10–1235–8–
April 25at New Mexico 2–136–86–1
April 26at New Mexico9–537–87–1
April 26at New Mexico13–238–88–1
April 29 Northern Arizona 5–139–8–
May
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordWAC record
May 2Arizona0–239–98–2
May 3Arizona11–040–99–2
May 3Arizona5–041–910–2
May 6Grand Canyon4–042–9–
May 9at UTEP2–143–911–2
May 10at UTEP10–244–912–2
May 10at UTEP13–145–913–2
May 16New Mexico3–146–914–2
May 17New Mexico3–546–1014–3
May 17New Mexico14–047–1015–3
Post-season
WAC Championship
DateOpponentScoreOverall record
May 22vs. BYU 1–048–10
May 23vs. BYU 10–049–10
DateOpponentScoreOverall record
May 30vs. Idaho 7–150–10
May 31vs. Idaho3–251–10
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
June 13vs. Texas Rosenblatt Stadium 0–451–11
June 14vs. UCLA Rosenblatt Stadium2–152–11
June 17vs. Massachusetts Rosenblatt Stadium4–253–11
June 18vs. Tulsa Rosenblatt Stadium11–354–11
June 19vs. NYU Rosenblatt Stadium4–155–11
June 20vs. TulsaRosenblatt Stadium10–156–11

Awards and honors

Billy Cotton
Roger Detter
Ralph Dick
John Dolincek
Larry Gura
Jeff Osborn
Paul Powell

Sun Devils in the 1969 MLB Draft

The following members of the Arizona State Sun Devils baseball program were drafted in the 1969 Major League Baseball Draft. [4]

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team
Paul PowellOF1st7th Minnesota Twins
Larry GuraLHP2nd40th Chicago Cubs
Lerrin LaGrowRHP6th139th Detroit Tigers
John DolinsekOF8th170th Houston Astros

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References

  1. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1969". boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "CWS record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 16, 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Arizona State Sun Devils baseball Media Guide" (PDF). TheSunDevils.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 4, 2012.
  4. ↑ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)"". Baseball Reference. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
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