1998 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team

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1998 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball
Arizona State Sun Devils baseball logo.svg
Conference Pac-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
CB No. 2
Record41–23 (18–11 Pac-10)
Head coach
Home stadium Packard Stadium
Seasons
 1997
1999 
1998 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Northern
No. 13 Washington  xy177 .7084117 .707
Oregon State  159 .6253514 .714
Washington State  1212 .5002524 .510
Portland State  420 .1671734 .333
Southern
No. 9 Stanford  xy228 .7334214 .750
No. 1 Southern California  y219 .7004917 .742
No. 2 Arizona State  y1811 .6214123 .641
Arizona  1218 .4003323 .589
UCLA  1119 .3672333 .411
California  524 .1722232 .407
x Division champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1998 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1998 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team represented Arizona State University in the 1998 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Sun Devils played their home games at Packard Stadium. The team was coached by Pat Murphy in his fourth season at Arizona State.

Contents

The Sun Devils reached the College World Series, finishing as the runner up to Southern California.

Personnel

Roster

1998 Arizona State Sun Devils roster [2]
 

Pitchers

  • - Chuck Crumpton - Junior
  • - Aaron Kramer - Senior
  • - Phill Lowery - Junior
  • - Ryan Mills - Junior
  • - Robby Milner - Freshman
  • - Chad Pennington - Freshman

Catchers

  • - Greg Halvorson - Junior
  • - Jeremy Jones - Junior
 

Infielders

  • - Andrew Beinbrink - Junior
  • - Willie Bloomquist
  • - Michael Collins - Junior
  • - Chip Gosewisch - Junior
  • - Richy Leon - Senior
  • - Dan Meier - Junior
  • - Jeff Phelps - Freshman

Outfielders

  • - Rudy Arguelles - Senior
  • - Dustin Delucchi - Sophomore
  • - Brian Heintzelman - Senior
  • - Mikel Moreno - Senior
 

Unknown

  • - Colin Call
  • - Mark Ernster
  • - Drew Friedberg
  • - Jay Gehrke
  • - Casey Myers - Freshman
  • - Jay Sitzman
  • - Rick Wiens

Coaches

1994 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball coaching staff

Schedule

Legend
 Arizona State win
 Arizona State loss
1998 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball game log [3]
Regular season
Post-season

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
Poll23456Final
Coaches' Not released2
Baseball America Not released2
Collegiate Baseball 1214171762

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References

  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1998". Boyd's World. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
  2. 2022 Baseball Yearbool. Arizona State Sun Devils. pp. 60–63. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
  3. 2015 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Arizona State Sun Devils. p. 72. Retrieved December 28, 2016.