1998 Arizona Wildcats baseball team

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1998 Arizona Wildcats baseball
Arizona Wildcats logo.svg
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
Record33–23 (12–18 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadium Sancet Stadium
Seasons
←  1997
1999  →
1998 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Northern
No. 13 Washington  x‍‍‍y17–7 .70841–17 .707
Oregon State  ‍‍‍15–9 .62535–14 .714
Washington State  ‍‍‍12–12 .50025–24 .510
Portland State  ‍‍‍4–20 .16717–34 .333
Southern
No. 9 Stanford  x‍‍‍y22–8 .73342–14 .750
No. 1 Southern California  ‍‍‍y21–9 .70049–17 .742
No. 2 Arizona State  ‍‍‍y18–11 .62141–23 .641
Arizona  ‍‍‍12–18 .40033–23 .589
UCLA  ‍‍‍11–19 .36723–33 .411
California  ‍‍‍5–24 .17222–32 .407
x – Division champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1998 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1998 Arizona Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Arizona during the 1998 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games at Frank Sancet Stadium. The team was coached by Jerry Stitt in his 2nd season at Arizona. The Wildcats finished 33-23 overall and placed 4th in the Pacific-10's Southern Division with a 12–18 record. This season marked the last time that the Pac-10 played in divisions, as Portland State's discontinuation of baseball following the season led to their elimination. Arizona missed the postseason for the 5th consecutive season, surpassing the previous record of 4 consecutive seasons from 1981 to 1984. This remains the longest postseason drought in program history.

Contents

Previous season

The Wildcats finished the 1997 season with a record of 32-26 and 13–17 in conference play, finishing 5th in the "Six-Pac" (Pac-10 Southern). Arizona missed the postseason for the 4th straight season.

Personnel

Roster

1998 Arizona Wildcats baseball roster [2] [3]
 • Dave Abbott

• Eric Aguirre

• Russ Brown

• James Cameron

• Jeff Casper

• Greg Clark

• Kenny Corley

• Keoni DeRenne

• Brad Fendley

• Josh France

• Peter Fredericks

• Ted Gonzalez

• Tyler Haddix

• Jason Hendricks

• Darrell Hussman

• James Johnson

• Rafell Jones

• Erik Mattern

• Mike Meyer

• Tony Milo

• Jacob Mohler

• Omar Moraga

• Ryan Moskau

• Colin Porter

• Josh Ramsey

• Rob Shabansky

• Jason Shroyer

• Kevin Skinner

• Ryan Stoneberg

• Erik Torres

• Daniel Tyrell

• Mark Ukleja

• Devin Welch

Coaches

1998 Arizona Wildcats baseball coaching staff

1998 Schedule and results

1998 Arizona Wildcats Baseball Game Log [4]
Regular Season
DateOpponentRankSite/StadiumScoreWin/LossOverall

Record

Pac-10

Record

Jan 20 Cal State Northridge Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 15-12Milo (1-0)1-0
Jan 21Cal State NorthridgeSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 18-1Shabansky (1-0)2-0
Jan 23 San Diego Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 12-8Moskau (1-0)3-0
Jan 24San DiegoSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 15-9Milo (2-0)4-0
Jan 25San DiegoSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 10-5Shabansky (2-0)5-0
Jan 30 New Mexico Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 9-8Milo (3-0)6-0
Jan 31New MexicoSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 21-8Shabansky (3-0)7-0
Feb 1New MexicoSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 15-6Johnson (1-0)8-0
Feb 5 Baylor Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 8-1Hussman (1-0)9-0
Feb 6BaylorSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 15-2Shabansky (4-0)10-0
Feb 7BaylorSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 9-6Johnson (2-0)11-0
Feb 10 New Mexico State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 13-3Abbott (1-0)12-0
Feb 11New Mexico StateSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 11-10Milo (4-0)13-0
Feb 13 Portland State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 25-6Hussman (2-0)14-0
Feb 14Portland StateSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 22-1Shabansky (5-0)15-0
Feb 14Portland StateSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 5-1Moskau (2-0)16-0
Feb 20at USC Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA L 3-10Hussman (2-1)16-10-1
Feb 21at USCDedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CAL 1-4Shabansky (5-1)16-20-2
Feb 22at USCDedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CAW 3-2Johnson (3-0)17-21-2
Feb 25 Southern Utah Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 16-3Abbott (2-0)18-2
Feb 25Southern UtahSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 16-1Milo (5-0)19-2
Feb 27 California Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 8-3Hussman (3-1)20-22-2
Feb 28CaliforniaSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 12-7Moskau (3-0)21-23-2
Mar 1CaliforniaSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 17-10Johnson (4-0)22-24-2
Mar 6at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Palo Alto, CA L 4-13Hussman (3-2)22-34-3
Mar 7at StanfordSunken Diamond • Palo Alto, CAW 9-5Milo (6-0)23-35-3
Mar 8at StanfordSunken Diamond • Palo Alto, CAL 4-10Johnson (4-1)23-45-4
Mar 13 UCLA Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZL 14-16Moskau (3-1)23-55-5
Mar 14UCLASancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 18-7Milo (7-0)24-56-5
Mar 15UCLASancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 12-10Moskau (4-1)25-57-5
Mar 17at UNLV Earl Wilson Stadium • Paradise, NV L 3-6Hussman (3-3)25-6
Mar 18at UNLVEarl Wilson Stadium • Paradise, NVL 6-8Tyrrell (0-1)25-7
Mar 20USCSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZL 4-6Milo (7-1)25-87-6
Mar 21USCSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZL 6-7Moskau (4-2)25-97-7
Mar 22USCSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZL 6-10Abbott (2-1)25-107-8
Mar 28at Oregon State Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR L 2-3Johnson (4-2)25-11
Mar 29at Oregon StateColeman Field • Corvallis, ORL 1-9Hussman (3-4)25-12
Mar 29at Oregon StateColeman Field • Corvallis, ORL 3-4Moskau (4-3)25-13
Apr 3 Arizona State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZL 3-4Johnson (4-3)25-147-9
Apr 4Arizona StateSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZL 12-20Hussman (3-5)25-157-10
Apr 5Arizona StateSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZL 4-12Milo (7-2)25-167-11
Apr 7 Grand Canyon Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 17-0Abbott (3-1)26-16
Apr 9at UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CAW 10-4Johnson (5-3)27-168-11
Apr 10at UCLAJackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CAL 7-15Abbott (3-2)27-178-12
Apr 12at UCLAJackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CAL 7-12Milo (7-3)27-188-13
Apr 14at Grand Canyon Brazell Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 13-2Haddix (1-0)28-18
Apr 17StanfordSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 9-5Johnson (6-3)29-189-13
Apr 18StanfordSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZL 3-6Milo (7-4)29-199-14
Apr 19StanfordSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZL 1-17Haddix (1-1)29-209-15
Apr 24at Arizona State Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 8-7Moskau (5-3)30-2010-15
Apr 25at Arizona StatePackard Stadium • Tempe, AZL 13-16Milo (7-5)30-2110-16
Apr 26at Arizona StatePackard Stadium • Tempe, AZW 10-9Hussman (4-5)31-2111-16
Apr 28Grand CanyonSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 20-6Milo (8-5)32-21
May 2at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA W 10-5Johnson (7-3)33-2112-16
May 2at CaliforniaEvans Diamond • Berkeley, CAL 7-8Abbott (3-3)33-2212-17
May 3at CaliforniaEvans Diamond • Berkeley, CAL 4-13Milo (8-6)33-2312-18

1998 MLB Draft

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team
Darrell HussmanRHP4110 Cincinnati Reds
Ryan MoskauRHP6186 Los Angeles Dodgers
Greg ClarkC8228 St. Louis Cardinals
James JohnsonLHP10296 Milwaukee Brewers
Jason HendricksOF13384 Montreal Expos
Erik MatternINF16488 San Francisco Giants
Colin Porter OF17512 Houston Astros
Kenny CorleyINF33991 Anaheim Angels
Rob ShabanskyLHP391165 Boston Red Sox
Omar MoragaINF501438 Cleveland Indians

[5]

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