1991 Fresno State Bulldogs baseball team

1991 Fresno State Bulldogs baseball
Big West champions West I Regional champions
College World Series, T-5th
Conference	Big West
CB	No. 6
Record	42–23 (15–6 Big West)
Head coach	Bob Bennett (24th season)
Home stadium	Pete Beiden Field
Seasons ← 1990 1992 →

1991 Big West Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 6 Fresno State  ‍†‍‍y	15	–	6	–	0		.714			42	–	23	–	0		.646
Cal State Fullerton  ‍‍‍y	15	–	6	–	0		.714			34	–	22	–	0		.607
No. 5 Long Beach State  ‍‍‍y	14	–	7	–	0		.667			45	–	22	–	0		.672
UNLV  ‍‍‍	11	–	10	–	0		.524			30	–	25	–	0		.545
UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍	8	–	13	–	0		.381			33	–	25	–	1		.568
Pacific  ‍‍‍	8	–	13	–	0		.381			22	–	31	–	0		.415
San Jose State  ‍‍‍	7	–	14	–	0		.333			25	–	30	–	0		.455
UC Irvine  ‍‍‍	6	–	15	–	0		.286			24	–	32	–	0		.429
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1991 [1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1991 Fresno State Bulldogs baseball team represented Fresno State College in the 1991 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bulldogs played their home games at Pete Beiden Field. The team was coached by Bob Bennett in his 24th year as head coach at Fresno State.

The Bulldogs won the West I Regional to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Florida Gators.

Roster

1991 Fresno State Bulldogs baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town OF Anthony Bonifazio R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Las Vegas, Nevada INF Brant Brown L/L 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS Fr Porterville, California Kelly Champlin / — — Sr OF Tim Costic L/L 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 176 lb (80 kg) So INF John DaSilva / 5 ft 9 in(1.75 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr INF Chris Falco / — — Sr Eric Greene / — — Jim Greenlee / — — Jesse Hernandez / — — C Todd Johnson R/R 5 ft 11 in(1.8 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Fresno, California 23 RHP Bobby Jones R/R 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Fresno, California Bryce Judice / — — P Bobby Kazmirski / — — Fr Robert Marsh / — — C Wade Maxwell / — — Fr San Jose, California Tommy Minor R/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr P Johnny Najar / — — Fr OF Mike Noel / — — Sr RHP Jim Patterson R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Riverside, California OF Jeff Pintar R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Tigard, Oregon INF Phillip Romero R/R 5 ft 8 in(1.73 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Jr RHP Robbie Saitz R/R 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Sr LHP Mike Salazar L/L 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RHP Steve Soderstrom R/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Turlock, California OF Vernon Spearman L/L 5 ft 10 in(1.78 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Jr Oakland, California INF Martin Togher / — — Jr OF James Wheaton / — — Sr INF Jason Wood R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Fresno, California	Head coach 26 Bob Bennett Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

1991 Fresno State Bulldogs baseball game log
Regular season
February (10–5) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big West record 1 February 3 San Diego Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 5–2 1–0 – 2 February 3 San Diego Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 12–2 2–0 – 3 February 5 San Francisco Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 10–6 3–0 – 4 February 8 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 7–1 4–0 – 5 February 9 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 5–4 5–0 – 6 February 10 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 3–6 5–1 – 7 February 12 US International Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 5–3 6–1 – 8 February 13 at San Diego Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 7–1 7–1 – 9 February 15 California Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 8–10 7–2 – 10 February 16 California Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 14–15 7–3 – 11 February 17 California Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 17–9 8–3 – 12 February 19 Cal Poly Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 6–5 9–3 – 13 February 22 at Hawaii Rainbow Stadium • Honolulu, Hawaii 8–9 9–4 – 14 February 23 at Hawaii Rainbow Stadium • Honolulu, Hawaii 4–5 9–5 – 15 February 24 at Hawaii Rainbow Stadium • Honolulu, Hawaii 17–8 10–5 –
March (11–6) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big West record 16 March 2 New Mexico State Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 4–0 11–5 – 17 March 2 New Mexico State Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 5–4 12–5 – 18 March 7 St. Mary's Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 5–0 13–5 – 19 March 8 St. Mary's Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 9–13 13–6 – 20 March 9 St. Mary's Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 10–4 14–6 – 21 March 11 St. John's Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 5–3 15–6 – 22 March 12 Indiana State Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 9–5 16–6 – 23 March 13 Iowa State Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 4–5 16–7 – 24 March 15 Virginia Tech Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 0–4 16–8 – 25 March 15 Cal State Northridge Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 1–4 16–9 – 26 March 16 Iowa State Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 4–2 17–9 – 27 March 21 Oregon State Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 3–1 18–9 – 28 March 22 Oregon State Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 3–9 18–10 – 29 March 23 Oregon State Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 2–5 18–11 – 30 March 28 at Pacific Billy Hebert Field • Stockton, California 6–1 19–11 1–0 31 March 29 at Pacific Billy Hebert Field • Stockton, California 6–3 20–11 2–0 32 March 30 at Pacific Billy Hebert Field • Stockton, California 18–2 21–11 3–0
April (12–4) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big West record 33 April 5 at UC Irvine Anteater Field • Irvine, California 4–1 22–11 4–0 34 April 6 at UC Irvine Anteater Field • Irvine, California 8–2 23–11 5–0 35 April 7 at UC Irvine Anteater Field • Irvine, California 6–3 24–11 6–0 36 April 9 Cal Poly Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 7–8 24–12 6–0 37 April 12 Cal State Fullerton Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 1–0 25–12 7–0 38 April 13 Cal State Fullerton Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 6–4 26–12 8–0 39 April 14 Cal State Fullerton Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 5–20 26–13 8–1 40 April 16 Loyola Marymount Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 4–3 27–13 8–1 41 April 19 at San Jose State San Jose Municipal Stadium • San Jose, California 4–0 28–13 9–1 42 April 20 at San Jose State San Jose Municipal Stadium • San Jose, California 0–1 28–14 9–2 43 April 21 at San Jose State San Jose Municipal Stadium • San Jose, California 9–1 29–14 10–2 44 April 22 at Nevada William Peccole Park • Reno, Nevada 4–7 29–15 10–2 45 April 23 at Nevada William Peccole Park • Reno, Nevada 11–6 30–15 10–2 46 April 26 UNLV Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 6–1 31–15 11–2 47 April 27 UNLV Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 8–5 32–15 12–2 48 April 28 UNLV Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 11–7 33–15 13–2
May (4–5) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big West record 49 May 3 at Long Beach State Blair Field • Long Beach, California 2–1 34–15 14–2 50 May 4 at Long Beach State Blair Field • Long Beach, California 2–6 34–16 14–3 51 May 5 at Long Beach State Blair Field • Long Beach, California 2–6 34–17 14–4 52 May 10 UC Santa Barbara Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 10–6 35–17 15–4 53 May 11 UC Santa Barbara Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 13–14 35–18 15–5 54 May 12 UC Santa Barbara Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 3–8 35–19 15–6 55 May 16 Southwestern Louisiana Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 8–6 36–19 15–6 56 May 17 Southwestern Louisiana Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 3–9 36–20 15–6 57 May 18 Southwestern Louisiana Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 10–1 37–20 15–6
Postseason
West II Regional (4–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big West record 58 May 23 Cal State Northridge Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 7–2 38–20 15–6 59 May 24 Stanford Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 4–2 39–20 15–6 60 May 25 Stanford Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 7–2 40–20 15–6 61 May 26 Cal State Northridge Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 2–6 40–21 15–6 62 May 26 Cal State Northridge Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 6–5 41–21 15–6
College World Series (1–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big West record 63 May 31 vs Florida State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 6–3 42–21 15–6 64 June 2 vs LSU Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 3–15 42–22 15–6 65 June 4 vs Florida Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 1–2 42–23 15–6

Awards and honors

Todd Johnson

• First Team All-Big West

Bobby Jones

• First Team All-American American Baseball Coaches Association
• First Team All-American Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
• First Team All-American Baseball America
• Rotary Smith Award
• Collegiate Baseball Player of the Year
• First Team All-West II Regional
• First Team All-Big West
• Big West Pitcher of the Year

Mike Noel

• Second Team All-Big West

Phil Romero

• Second Team All-Big West

Jason Wood

• Third Team All-American American Baseball Coaches Association
• First Team All-West II Regional
• First Team All-Big West

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References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1991". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
2. "2021 Media Guide Fresno State Baseball" (PDF). www.gobulldogs.com. Fresno State University. Retrieved October 29, 2021.