1981 Miami Hurricanes baseball team

1981 Miami Hurricanes baseball
NCAA South Regional champions
College World Series, 1–2
Conference	Independent
Record	61–10
Head coach	Ron Fraser (19th year)
Home stadium	Mark Light Field
Seasons ←  1980 1982  →

The 1981 Miami Hurricanes baseball team represented the University of Miami in the 1981 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Hurricanes played their home games at Mark Light Field. The team was coached by Ron Fraser in his 19th season at Miami.

The Hurricanes reached the College World Series, where they were eliminated after recording a win against Maine and losses to eventual runner-up Oklahoma State and third-place Texas. ^[1]

Personnel

Roster

1981 Miami Hurricanes roster [2]
	Pitchers Mike Browning Neal Heaton Mike Kasprzak Jeff Morrison Danny Smith Sam Sorce Catchers Frank Castro		Infielders Alex DeJesus Calvin James Mike Pagliarulo Mitch Seoane Bill Wrona Outfielders Tom Gil Mike Kutner Scott Parsons Doug Shields Mickey Williams		Unknown Tony Barquin Rob Biagini Terry Gallagher Bert Jordan Norm Kirkpatrick Mike Maude Charlie Pagliarulo Brian Silvas

Coaches

1981 Miami Hurricanes baseball coaching staff
Ron Fraser – Head coach – 19th year

Schedule and results

Legend
	Miami win
	Miami loss

1981 Miami Hurricanes baseball game log [3]
Regular season
February Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Feb 6 Southern California Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 7–6 1–0 Feb 7 Southern California Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 6–3 2–0 Feb 8 Southern California Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 10–9 3–0 Feb 20 Florida Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 8–5 4–0 Feb 21 Florida Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 2–0 5–0 Feb 25 Biscayne Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 5–3 6–0 Feb 28 South Florida Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 13–2 7–0
March Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Mar 1 South Florida Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 9–2 8–0 Mar 1 South Florida Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 17–3 9–0 Mar 2 St. Joseph's Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 14–4 10–0 Mar 3 St. Joseph's Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 11–0 11–0 Mar 4 St. Joseph's Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 15–7 12–0 Mar 6 Florida State Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 4–310 13–0 Mar 7 Florida State Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 10–8 14–0 Mar 8 Florida State Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 19–4 15–0 Mar 9 George Washington Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 6–3 16–0 Mar 10 Indiana State Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 2–0 17–0 Mar 11 Indiana State Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 16–1 18–0 Mar 12 Indiana State Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 9–4 19–0 Mar 13 Southern Illinois Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 5–0 20–0 Mar 14 Southern Illinois Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 6–4 21–0 Mar 16 Miami (OH) Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 1–4 21–1 Mar 17 Maine Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 11–4 22–1 Mar 18 Southern Illinois Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 11–5 23–1 Mar 19 Miami (OH) Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 6–0 24–1 Mar 20 Maine Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 15–10 25–1 Mar 21 Southern Illinois Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 7–4 26–1 Mar 22 Maine Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 15–9 27–1 Mar 23 Bowling Green Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 12–0 28–1 Mar 24 Michigan Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 3–210 29–1 Mar 25 Maine Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL 30–1 Mar 27 Michigan Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 12–3 31–1 Mar 28 Michigan Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 10–3 32–1 Mar 29 Bowling Green Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 8–1 33–1
April Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Apr 3 Jacksonville Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 1–0 34–1 Apr 4 Jacksonville Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 4–0 35–1 Apr 4 Jacksonville Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 9–6 36–1 Apr 5 Florida A&M Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 21–3 37–1 Apr 6 Baltimore Orioles Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 2–16 Apr 8 at Stetson Conrad Park • DeLand, FL W 6–5 38–1 Apr 8 at Stetson Conrad Park • DeLand, FL W 5–3 39–1 Apr 9 at Stetson Conrad Park • DeLand, FL L 3–9 39–2 Apr 11 at South Florida Red McEwen Field • Tampa, FL L 3–4 39–3 Apr 11 at South Florida Red McEwen Field • Tampa, FL W 6–5 40–3 Apr 12 at South Florida Red McEwen Field • Tampa, FL W 7–2 41–3 Apr 13 Eckerd Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 7–2 42–3 Apr 14 Eckerd Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 9–10 42–4 Apr 17 FIU Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 4–2 43–4 Apr 22 Biscayne Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 5–3 44–4 Apr 24 FIU Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 8–7 45–4 Apr 28 Biscayne Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 2–4 45–5 Apr 29 Saint Leo Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 14–2 46–5 Apr 30 Saint Leo Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 8–1 47–5
May Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record May 2 at Florida State Seminole Field • Tallahassee, FL W 3–2 48–5 May 3 at Florida State Seminole Field • Tallahassee, FL L 4–5 48–6 May 4 at Florida State Seminole Field • Tallahassee, FL W 4–3 49–6 May 5 at Florida A&M Tallahassee, FL L 1–2 49–7 May 5 at Florida A&M Tallahassee, FL W 3–211 50–7 May 6 at Florida Perry Field • Gainesville, FL L 7–8 50–8 May 7 at Florida Perry Field • Gainesville, FL W 11–4 51–8 May 8 FIU Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 4–0 52–8 May 11 at FIU Miami, FL W 8–5 53–8 May 13 at South Alabama Eddie Stanky Field • Mobile, AL W 3–0 54–8 May 14 at South Alabama Eddie Stanky Field • Mobile, AL W 4–1 55–8 May 15 at South Alabama Eddie Stanky Field • Mobile, AL W 5–2 56–8
Postseason
NCAA South Regional Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record May 21 Minnesota Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 12–0 57–8 1–0 May 22 Middle Tennessee State Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 2–0 58–8 2–0 May 23 Florida State Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 14–6 59–8 3–0 May 24 Florida Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 8–6 60–8 4–0
College World Series Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CWS record May 31 Maine Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 6–1 61–8 1–0 June 2 Oklahoma State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 6–12 61–9 1–1 June 4 Texas Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 4–5 61–10 1–2

References

1. "1981 College World Series". Omaha.com. Archived from the original on July 5, 2017. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
2. Miami Hurricanes Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Miami Hurricanes. pp. 141–146. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
3. Miami Hurricanes Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Miami Hurricanes. pp. 55–56. Retrieved January 21, 2021.