1980 Miami Hurricanes baseball team

1980 Miami Hurricanes baseball
NCAA East Regional champions
College World Series, 2–2
Conference	Independent
Record	59–12
Head coach	Ron Fraser (18th year)
Home stadium	Mark Light Field
Seasons ←  1979 1981  →

1980 NCAA Division I baseball independents standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍y		–			–			59	–	12		.831
No. 7 Florida State  ‍‍‍y		–			–			51	–	12		.810
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍		–			–			29	–	8		.784
Air Force  ‍‍‍		–			–			27	–	9		.750
No. 10 Gonzaga  ‍‍‍y		–			–			39	–	15		.722
Stetson  ‍‍‍		–			–			34	–	18		.654
Louisville  ‍‍‍		–			–			38	–	21		.644
Detroit  ‍‍‍		–			–			32	–	21		.604
Campbell  ‍‍‍		–			–			18	–	18		.500
Lafayette  ‍‍‍		–			–			11	–	13		.458
Northern Iowa  ‍‍‍		–			–			12	–	16		.429
Hofstra  ‍‍‍		–			–			7	–	28		.200
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1980 [1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1980 Miami Hurricanes baseball team represented the University of Miami in the 1980 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Hurricanes played their home games at Mark Light Field. The team was coached by Ron Fraser in his 18th season at Miami.

The Hurricanes reached the College World Series, where they were eliminated in the semifinals after recording wins against Clemson and Michigan and losses to eventual runner-up Hawaii and third-place California. ^[2]

Personnel

Roster

1980 Miami Hurricanes roster [3]
	Pitchers Bob Bastian Eddie Escribano Neal Heaton Jeff Morrison Danny Smith Catchers Frank Castro		Infielders Ross Jones Mike Pagliarulo Outfielders Matt Tyner		Unknown Tony Barquin Rob Biagini Dave Bisceglia Lou Burmester Alex DeJesus Rick Del Giudice Wally Egnatuk Dave Ferguson Terry Gallagher Leigh Gullette Paul Hundhammer Mike Kutner Mike Maude Matt Minium George Reyes Gary Ross

Coaches

1980 Miami Hurricanes baseball coaching staff
Ron Fraser – Head coach – 18th year

Schedule and results

Legend
	Miami win
	Miami loss

1980 Miami Hurricanes baseball game log [4]
Regular season
February Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Feb 9 Lamar Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 9–1 1–0 Feb 10 Lamar Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 11–5 2–0 Feb 11 Lamar Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 21–1 3–0 Feb 16 at Florida Perry Field • Gainesville, FL W 7–0 4–0 Feb 17 at Florida Perry Field • Gainesville, FL W 5–0 5–0 Feb 18 at Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL W 5–1 6–0 Feb 19 at Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL L 6–7 6–1 Feb 19 at Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL W 4–0 7–1 Feb 22 Florida State Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 10–0 8–1 Feb 23 Florida State Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 4–3 9–1 Feb 24 Florida State Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 8–9 9–2 Feb 26 Saint Leo Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 7–2 10–2 Feb 27 Saint Leo Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 20–2 11–2 Feb 29 South Alabama Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 2–0 12–2
March Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Mar 1 South Alabama Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 4–7 12–3 Mar 2 South Alabama Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 7–1 13–3 Mar 4 St. Joseph's Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 6–0 14–3 Mar 5 St. Joseph's Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 12–4 15–3 Mar 6 Buffalo Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 1–2 15–4 Mar 7 at South Florida Red McEwen Field • Tampa, FL W 4–3 16–4 Mar 8 at South Florida Red McEwen Field • Tampa, FL W 8–0 17–4 Mar 9 Buffalo Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 15–8 18–4 Mar 10 Buffalo Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 14–7 19–4 Mar 12 Indiana State Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 3–1 20–4 Mar 13 Baltimore Orioles Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 2–8 Mar 14 Oklahoma State Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 2–1 21–4 Mar 15 Indiana State Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 3–1 22–4 Mar 17 Southern Illinois Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 5–1 23–4 Mar 18 Southern Illinois Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 2–5 23–5 Mar 19 Miami (OH) Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 7–2 24–5 Mar 20 Southern Illinois Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 9–4 25–5 Mar 21 Bowling Green Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 7–1 26–5 Mar 22 Southern Illinois Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 8–1 27–5 Mar 25 Delaware Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 11–2 28–5 Mar 26 Florida A&M Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 11–4 29–5 Mar 27 Florida A&M Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 20–17 30–5 Mar 28 Bowling Green Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 8–3 31–5 Mar 29 Jacksonville Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 8–5 32–5 Mar 30 Jacksonville Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 12–5 33–5 Mar 31 Jacksonville Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 14–2 34–5
April Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Apr 2 South Carolina Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 9–0 35–5 Apr 3 South Carolina Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 5–0 36–5 Apr 4 South Carolina Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 5–15 36–6 Apr 5 South Carolina Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 1–8 36–7 Apr 8 at FIU Miami, FL W 10–2 37–7 Apr 11 at Texas A&M Olsen Field • College Station, TX W 8–1 38–7 Apr 12 at Texas A&M Olsen Field • College Station, TX W 4–17 39–7 Apr 15 Biscayne Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 7–4 40–7 Apr 16 Biscayne Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 2–1 41–7 Apr 18 South Florida Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 6–4 42–7 Apr 19 Biscayne Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 9–4 43–7 Apr 22 FIU Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 4–6 43–8 Apr 25 Stetson Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 17–6 44–8 Apr 26 Stetson Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 11–4 45–8 Apr 27 Stetson Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 3–2 46–8 Apr 29 FIU Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 13–6 47–8 Apr 30 Biscayne Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 15–0 48–8
May Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record May 3 at Florida State Seminole Field • Tallahassee, FL W 10–6 49–8 May 4 at Florida State Seminole Field • Tallahassee, FL L 5–7 49–9 May 5 at Florida State Seminole Field • Tallahassee, FL W 7–5 50–9 May 6 at Florida A&M Tallahassee, FL L 3–410 50–10 May 7 at Florida A&M Tallahassee, FL W 13–6 51–10 May 8 at Mercer Claude Smith Field • Macon, GA W 9–2 52–10 May 9 at Mercer Claude Smith Field • Macon, GA W 8–2 53–10 May 10 at Mercer Claude Smith Field • Macon, GA W 4–3 54–10
Postseason
NCAA East Regional Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record May 25 South Alabama Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 15–6 55–10 1–0 May 26 James Madison Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 10–3 56–10 2–0 May 27 Delaware Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 10–1 57–10 3–0
College World Series Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CWS record May 31 Clemson Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 13–5 58–10 1–0 June 2 Michigan Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 3–2 59–10 2–0 June 3 Hawaii Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 3–9 59–11 2–1 June 4 California Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 3–4 59–12 2–2

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1980". Boyd's World. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
2. "1980 College World Series". Omaha.com. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
3. Miami Hurricanes Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Miami Hurricanes. pp. 141–146. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
4. Miami Hurricanes Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Miami Hurricanes. p. 55. Retrieved January 20, 2021.