1981 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team

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1981 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball
Arizona State Sun Devils baseball logo.svg
Conference Pac-10 Conference
CB No. 1
Record55–13 (26–4 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Benny Hines
  • Tim Kelly
  • Jack Lind
Home stadium Packard Stadium
Seasons
← 1980
1982 →
1981 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Northern
Washington  x‍‍‍12–6 .66734–18 .654
Oregon State  ‍‍‍11–7 .61129–14 .674
Washington State  ‍‍‍11–7 .61127–25 .519
Oregon  ‍‍‍2–16 .11116–21 .432
Southern
No. 1 Arizona State  x‍‍‍y26–4 .86755–13 .809
Stanford  ‍‍‍y16–14 .53343–22 .662
Southern California  ‍‍‍15–15 .50034–24 .586
Arizona  ‍‍‍14–16 .46730–22 .577
California  ‍‍‍12–18 .40031–31 .500
UCLA  ‍‍‍7–23 .23321–35 .375
x – Division champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1981 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1981 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team represented Arizona State University in the 1981 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Sun Devils played their home games at Packard Stadium. The team was coached by Jim Brock in his 10th season at Arizona State.

Contents

The Sun Devils won the College World Series, defeating the Oklahoma State Cowboys in the championship game.

Roster

1981 Arizona State Sun Devils roster
 

Pitchers

  • 3 Randy Newman
  • 10 Mark Brewer
  • 14 Jeff Ahern
  • 18 Barry Koch
  • 19 Kevin Dukes
  • 20 Mike Pagel
  • 21 Kent Nielson
  • 25 Jim Jefferson
  • 27 Kendall Carter
  • 29 Jim Boudreau
 

Infielders

  • 4 Billy DeMann
  • 6 Donnie Hill
  • 7 Mike McCain
  • 9 Alvin Davis
  • 11 CJ Thompson
  • 15 Greg Steen
  • 16 Mike Sodders
  • 22 Chris Johnson
 

Outfielders

Catchers

  • 8 Ric Wilson
  • 17 Jim Tognozzi

Schedule

1981 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball game log
Regular season
February
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordPac-10 record
February 2 Long Beach State Packard Stadium 6–41–0–
February 3Long Beach StatePackard Stadium15–92–0–
February 4Long Beach StatePackard Stadium21–103–0–
February 6at Cal State Fullerton Titan Field 1–33–1–
February 7at Cal State FullertonTitan Field5–73–2–
February 11 UC Riverside Packard Stadium10–54–2–
February 14 Wichita State Packard Stadium12–105–2–
February 15Wichita StatePackard Stadium9–105–3–
February 16Wichita StatePackard Stadium11–26–3–
February 18 Azusa Pacific Packard Stadium17–107–3–
February 19Azusa PacificPackard Stadium9–08–3–
February 20 New Mexico Packard Stadium16–139–3–
February 21New MexicoPackard Stadium19–1510–3–
February 22New MexicoPackard Stadium10–211–3–
February 23 La Verne Packard Stadium14–412–3–
February 25La VernePackard Stadium12–413–3–
February 27 UNLV Packard Stadium4–314–3–
February 28UNLVPackard Stadium8–315–3–
March
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordPac-10 record
March 1UNLVPackard Stadium7–516–3–
March 3 BYU Packard Stadium17–217–3–
March 3BYUPackard Stadium4–517–4–
March 6at UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium 13–918–41–0
March 7at UCLAJackie Robinson Stadium10–119–42–0
March 8at UCLAJackie Robinson Stadium15–520–43–0
March 10at Fresno State Pete Beiden Field 5–720–5–
March 11at Santa Clara Buck Shaw Stadium 0–220–6–
March 14at California Evans Diamond 8–621–64–0
March 14at CaliforniaEvans Diamond10–622–65–0
March 18 UTEP Packard Stadium21–023–6–
March 20 Southern California Packard Stadium7–424–66–0
March 21Southern CaliforniaPackard Stadium20–1225–67–0
March 22Southern CaliforniaPackard Stadium10–626–68–0
March 24 Grand Canyon Packard Stadium3–526–7–
March 27 Stanford Packard Stadium9–227–79–0
March 28StanfordPackard Stadium12–728–710–0
March 29StanfordPackard Stadium9–629–711–0
March 31 Lewis-Clark State Packard Stadium17–730–7–
April
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordPac-10 record
April 2at Arizona Sancet Stadium 4–930–811–1
April 3at ArizonaSancet Stadium10–831–812–1
April 4at ArizonaSancet Stadium23–1132–813–1
April 7Grand CanyonPackard Stadium14–933–8–
April 9CaliforniaPackard Stadium8–734–814–1
April 10CaliforniaPackard Stadium19–535–815–1
April 11CaliforniaPackard Stadium6–436–816–1
April 12CaliforniaPackard Stadium8–437–817–1
April 14 Northern Arizona Packard Stadium4–537–9–
April 16at Southern California Dedeaux Field 6–038–918–1
April 17at Southern CaliforniaDedeaux Field13–339–919–1
April 18at Southern CaliforniaDedeaux Field13–240–920–1
April 21at Northern Arizona7–441–9–
April 24UCLAPackard Stadium6–542–921–1
April 25UCLAPackard Stadium10–943–922–1
April 26UCLAPackard Stadium14–944–923–1
May
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordPac-10 record
May 1at Stanford Sunken Diamond 3–1844–1023–2
May 2at StanfordSunken Diamond4–944–1123–3
May 3at StanfordSunken Diamond4–1644–1223–4
May 7ArizonaPackard Stadium10–645–1224–4
May 8ArizonaPackard Stadium13–446–1225–4
May 9ArizonaPackard Stadium6–547–1226–4
Post-season
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
May 22vs. Gonzaga Packard Stadium9–648–12
May 23vs. Cal State FullertonPackard Stadium18–949–12
May 24vs. Cal State FullertonPackard Stadium12–750–12
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
May 30vs. Texas Rosenblatt Stadium 11–251–12
June 2vs. Mississippi State Rosenblatt Stadium4–352–12
June 5vs. Oklahoma State Rosenblatt Stadium10–1152–13
June 6vs. South Carolina Rosenblatt Stadium10–753–13
June 7vs. TexasRosenblatt Stadium12–354–13
June 8vs. Oklahoma StateRosenblatt Stadium7–455–13

Awards and honors

Kendall Carter
Alvin Davis
Kevin Dukes
Stan Holmes
Lemmie Miller
Ricky Nelson
Kevin Romine
Mike Sodders

Sun Devils in the 1981 MLB Draft

The following members of the Arizona State Sun Devils baseball program were drafted in the 1981 Major League Baseball Draft. [4]

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team
Mike Sodders3B1st11th Minnesota Twins
Kevin DukesLHP2nd27th Seattle Mariners
Lemmie MillerOF2nd50th Los Angeles Dodgers
Ricky NelsonOF4th78th Seattle Mariners
Alvin Davis1B6th144th Oakland Athletics
Stan HolmesOF8th192nd Minnesota Twins
Allen BlackRHP15th365th Chicago Cubs
Mike McCainINF16th400th Minnesota Twins

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References

  1. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1981". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Arizona State Sun Devils baseball Media Guide" (PDF). TheSunDevils.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 4, 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "CWS record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 16, 2012.
  4. ↑ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)"". Baseball Reference. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
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