1977 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team

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1977 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball
Conference Western Athletic Conference
CB No. 1
Record57–12 (15–3 WAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Pat Kuehner
  • Roger Schmuck
Home stadium Packard Stadium
Seasons
  1976
1978  
1977 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Northern
BYU  x162 .8893517 .673
Colorado State  711 .3893825 .603
Wyoming  711 .3891730 .362
Utah  612 .3331728 .378
Southern
No. 1 Arizona State  xy153 .8335712 .826
Arizona  117 .6113825 .603
New Mexico  711 .3893220 .615
UTEP  315 .1672624 .520
x Division champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1977 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1977 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team represented Arizona State University in the 1977 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Sun Devils played their home games at Packard Stadium. The team was coached by Jim Brock in his 6th season at Arizona State.

Contents

The Sun Devils won the College World Series, defeating the South Carolina Gamecocks in the championship game.

Roster

1977 Arizona State Sun Devils roster
 

Pitchers

  • 8 Tom Teuchert
  • 10 Larry Eiler
  • 11 Jerry Vasquez
  • 12 Jim Haggerty
  • 15 Casey Lindsey
  • 18 Tom Hawk
  • 24 Tom Van Der Meersche
  • 25 Pat Gillie
  • 27 Mitch Dean
  • 29 Darrell Jackson
 

Infielders

 

Outfielders

Catchers

Schedule

1977 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball game log
Regular season
February
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordWAC record
February 16 Azusa Pacific 12–71–0
February 16Azusa Pacific15–32–0
February 18 Loyola Marymount 4–23–0
February 19Loyola Marymount9–44–0
February 19Loyola Marymount10–15–0
February 21 Chapman 7–56–0
February 21Chapman7–67–0
February 22Chapman22–88–0
February 25 Cal State Fullerton 5–49–0
February 26Cal State Fullerton7–310–0
February 26Cal State Fullerton8–910–1
February 28 La Verne 9–811–1
March
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordWAC record
March 1La Verne8–212–1
March 3 Southern California 7–513–1
March 4Southern California9–1213–2
March 5Southern California8–414–2
March 6 Cal State Northridge 8–615–2
March 7 UNLV 6–516–2
March 8UNLV7–017–2
March 10 Wyoming 14–018–2
March 11 Fresno State 6–419–2
March 11Fresno State4–320–2
March 12Fresno State9–521–2
March 14at UNLV12–1421–3
March 15at UNLV13–822–3
March 17at Southern California10–323–3
March 18at Southern California8–1023–4
March 19at Southern California6–923–5
March 23at Arizona 8–923–6
March 24 Grand Canyon 18–824–6
March 24 Pepperdine 10–325–6
March 25 Oregon State 11–626–6
March 26 Northern Arizona 10–827–6
March 26Arizona8–728–6
March 29at Hawaii 0–328–7
March 29at Hawaii0–628–8
March 30at Hawaii7–029–8
March 30at Hawaii13–330–8
April
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordWAC record
April 8at New Mexico 4–131–81–0
April 9at New Mexico1–231–91–1
April 9at New Mexico2–431–101–2
April 15 UTEP 15–032–102–2
April 15UTEP21–433–103–2
April 16UTEP13–234–104–2
April 21at Arizona6–934–114–3
April 22at Arizona10–435–115–3
April 23at Arizona13–636–116–3
April 26Grand Canyon15–237–11
April 28New Mexico12–438–117–3
April 29New Mexico11–239–118–3
May
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordWAC record
May 3at Northern Arizona17–1041–11
May 6at UTEP27–142–1110–3
May 7at UTEP4–243–1111–3
May 7at UTEP17–144–1112–3
May 11Arizona5–445–1113–3
May 12Arizona7–246–1114–3
May 14Arizona11–747–1115–3
May 19 BYU 7–248–11
May 20BYU8–149–11
Post-season
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
May 27vs. Cal State FullertonPackard Stadium6–250–11
May 28vs. Washington State Packard Stadium11–751–11
May 29vs. Washington StatePackard Stadium3–252–11
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
June 10vs. Clemson Rosenblatt Stadium 10–753–11
June 13vs. Southern Illinois Rosenblatt Stadium2–353–12
June 14vs. Minnesota Rosenblatt Stadium8–454–12
June 16vs. South Carolina Rosenblatt Stadium6–255–12
June 17vs. Southern IllinoisRosenblatt Stadium10–056–12
June 18vs. South CarolinaRosenblatt Stadium2–157–12

Awards and honors

Jamie Allen
Chris Bando
Hubie Brooks
Mike Henderson
Bob Horner
Dave Hudgens
Brandt Humphry
Darrell Jackson
Chris Nyman
Rick Peters
Jerry Vasquez

Sun Devils in the 1977 MLB Draft

The following members of the Arizona State Sun Devils baseball program were drafted in the 1977 Major League Baseball Draft. [4]

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team
Jerry VasquezRHP3rd61st Texas Rangers
Rick PetersonOF7th161st Detroit Tigers
Brandt Humphry3B9th215th California Angels
Darrell JacksonLHP9th215th Minnesota Twins
Mike HendersonSS11th263rd Milwaukee Brewers
Dave Hudgens1B18th444th Milwaukee Brewers
Chris BandoC22nd541st Milwaukee Brewers

References

  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1977". boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "CWS record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 16, 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "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.