1992 Pepperdine Waves baseball team

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1992 Pepperdine Waves baseball
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Conference West Coast Conference
Record48-11-1 (23-4 WCC)
Head coach
Home stadium Eddy D. Field Stadium
Seasons
← 1991
1993 →
1992 West Coast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 Pepperdine  ‍†‍‍y23–4 .85248–11 .814
San Diego  ‍‍‍14–13 .51928–24 .538
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍14–16 .46723–32 .418
San Francisco  ‍‍‍13–16 .44816–39 .291
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍10–16 .38516–36 .308
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍9–18 .33315–36 .294
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1992 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1992 Pepperdine Waves baseball team represented Pepperdine University in the 1992 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Waves played their home games at Eddy D. Field Stadium. The team was coached by Andy Lopez in his 4th season at Pepperdine.

Contents

The Waves won the College World Series, defeating the Cal State Fullerton Titans in the championship game.

Roster

1992 Pepperdine Waves roster
 

Pitchers

 

Infielders

 

Outfielders

  • Matt McElreath
  • Matt Nuez
  • Jorge Paz
  • Chris Sheff

Catchers

  • Kevin Dell'Amico
  • Scott Vollmer
 

Schedule

1992 Pepperdine Waves baseball game log
Regular season
Regular season
OpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordWCC record
Westmont Eddy D. Field Stadium 8-51–0–
Southern California Eddy D. Field Stadium5-32–0–
at Southern California Dedeaux Field 10-93–0–
Cal Poly Pomona Eddy D. Field Stadium8-64–0–
Chapman Eddy D. Field Stadium5-25–0–
at Stanford Sunken Diamond 1-75–1–
at StanfordSunken Diamond3-45–2–
at StanfordSunken Diamond3-45–3–
Cal State Dominguez Hills Eddy D. Field Stadium7-66–3–
Northwestern Eddy D. Field Stadium19-87–3–
NorthwesternEddy D. Field Stadium8-28–3–
at Long Beach State Blair Field 5-68–4–
at San Francisco Benedetti Diamond 14-09–41–0
at San FranciscoBenedetti Diamond3-210–42–0
at San FranciscoBenedetti Diamond5-1110–52–1
Santa Clara Eddy D. Field Stadium1-011–53–1
Santa ClaraEddy D. Field Stadium13-012–54–1
at UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium 1-012–6–
at Loyola Marymount George C. Page Stadium 17-413–65–1
at Loyola MarymountGeorge C. Page Stadium7-114–66–1
at Loyola MarymountGeorge C. Page Stadium6-215–67–1
Long Beach StateEddy D. Field Stadium4-415–6–1–
Hartford Eddy D. Field Stadium5-016–6–1–
HartfordEddy D. Field Stadium11-1017–6–1–
at Saint Mary's Louis Guisto Field 13-118–6–18–1
at Saint Mary'sLouis Guisto Field2-418–7–18–2
at Saint Mary'sLouis Guisto Field4-618–8–18–3
StanfordEddy D. Field Stadium5-419–8–1–
San Diego Eddy D. Field Stadium2-020–8–19–3
San DiegoEddy D. Field Stadium5-021–8–110–3
San DiegoEddy D. Field Stadium2-421–9–110–4
at San Diego John Cunningham Stadium 3-122–9–111–4
at San DiegoJohn Cunningham Stadium6-123–9–112–4
at San DiegoJohn Cunningham Stadium2-124–9–113–4
UC Santa Barbara Eddy D. Field Stadium10-625–9–1–
San FranciscoEddy D. Field Stadium14-026–9–114–4
San FranciscoEddy D. Field Stadium5-227–9–115–4
San FranciscoEddy D. Field Stadium6-128–9–116–4
at UC Santa Barbara Caesar Uyesaka Stadium 7-928–10–1–
at Chapman W.O. Park 5-229–10–1–
at Santa Clara Buck Shaw Stadium 9-830–10–117–4
at Santa ClaraBuck Shaw Stadium8-731–10–118–4
at Santa ClaraBuck Shaw Stadium16-032–10–119–4
at Santa ClaraBuck Shaw Stadium10-133–10–120–4
UC Irvine Anteater Field 4-334–10–1–
Cal State Northridge Eddy D. Field Stadium11-235–10–1–
Loyola MarymountEddy D. Field Stadium6-136–10–121–4
Loyola MarymountEddy D. Field Stadium3-237–10–122–4
Loyola MarymountEddy D. Field Stadium17-238–10–123–4
at Cal State Northridge Matador Field 6-439–10–1–
UCLAEddy D. Field Stadium16-840–10–1–
Post-season
OpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
vs. Fresno State Sancet Stadium 5–441–10–1
vs. Southeastern Louisiana Sancet Stadium8–542–10–1
vs. Washington Sancet Stadium11–043–10–1
vs. Hawaii Sancet Stadium3–643–11–1
vs. HawaiiSancet Stadium9–044–11–1
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
May 30vs. Wichita State Rosenblatt Stadium 6–045–11–1
June 1vs. Texas Rosenblatt Stadium7–046–11–1
June 4vs. TexasRosenblatt Stadium5–447–11–1
June 6vs. Cal State Fullerton Rosenblatt Stadium3–248–11–1

Awards and honors

Pat Ahearne
Steve Duda
David Main
Dan Melendez
Steve Montgomery
Steve Rodriguez
Chris Sheff
Scott Vollmer

Waves in the 1992 MLB Draft

The following members of the Pepperdine Waves baseball program were drafted in the 1992 Major League Baseball Draft. [4]

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team
Derek WallaceRHP1st11th Chicago Cubs
Dan Melendez1B2nd57th Los Angeles Dodgers
Steve MontgomeryRHP3rd83rd St. Louis Cardinals
Steve Rodriguez2B5th142nd Boston Red Sox
Pat AhearneRHP7th196th Detroit Tigers
Chris SheffOF10th292nd Florida Marlins
Jeff MyersLHP14th383rd San Francisco Giants
Jerry AschoffLHP39th1090th Seattle Mariners

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References

  1. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1992". Boyd's World. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "College World Series record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved July 19, 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Individual Honors" (PDF). PepperdineSports.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
  4. ↑ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA)"". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 19, 2012.
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