2000 Arizona Wildcats baseball team

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2000 Arizona Wildcats baseball
Arizona Wildcats logo.svg
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
Record26-30 (8-16 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadium Sancet Stadium
Seasons
←  1999
2001  →
2000 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 Stanford  ‍†‍‍y17–7 .70850–16 .758
No. 12 Arizona State  ‍†‍‍y17–7 .70844–15 .746
No. 16 UCLA  ‍†‍‍y17–7 .70838–26 .594
No. 5 Southern California  ‍‍‍y16–8 .66744–20 .688
California  ‍‍‍11–13 .45825–28 .472
Oregon State  ‍‍‍9–15 .37528–27 .509
Arizona  ‍‍‍8–16 .33326–30 .464
Washington  ‍‍‍7–17 .29226–30 .464
Washington State  ‍‍‍6–18 .25020–36 .357
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 19, 2000 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2000 Arizona Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Arizona during the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games at Frank Sancet Stadium. The team was coached by Jerry Stitt in his 4th season at Arizona. The Wildcats would finish 7th in the Pacific-10 Conference with a record of 8-16, 26-30 overall. This was the Wildcats 1st losing season since Jerry Kindall's final season in 1996.

Contents

Previous season

The Wildcats finished the 1999 season with a record of 33-23 (13-11 Pac-10), good enough for a 3rd place finish in the conference. Arizona was selected to the postseason for the 1st time since 1993 and was placed in the Waco Regional as the 3-seed. The Wildcats would fail to win a game, losing two matches in a row to 2-seed Minnesota and 4-seed Eastern Illinois to be eliminated.

Personnel

Roster

2000 Arizona Wildcats baseball roster [2] [3]
  Pitchers

• 4 - Mike Meyer - Senior

• 15 - Brian Pemble - Sophomore

• 16 - Rob Elias - Junior

• 19 - Rob Shabansky - Senior

• 21 - Mike Crawford - Senior

• 23 - Tony Milo - Senior

• 27 - David Capek - Senior

• 28 - Kevin Huff - Senior

• 29 - Scott Burns - Freshman

• 30 - Robert Shulz - Senior

• 33 - Ben Diggins - Junior

• 39 - Nathan Duarte - Junior

 Catchers

• 5 - Jeff Casper - Junior

• 26 - Ken Riley - Freshman

• 40 - Chris Cunningham - Sophomore

Infielders

• 10 - Brad Hassey - Sophomore

• 17 - Erik Torres - Junior

• 21 - Keoni DeRenne - Junior

• 24 - Matt Abram - Sophomore

• 25 - Trevor Mote - Sophomore

• 41 - Kelsey Osburn - Sophomore

• 44 - Ernie Durazo - Sophomore

 Outfielders

• 1 - Rafell Jones - Senior

• 2 - Troy Gingrich - Senior

• 12 - Ryan O'Donnell - Junior

• 18 - Shelley Duncan - Sophomore

• 22 - Kenny Huff - Sophomore

• 34 - Jason Shroyer - Junior

• 43 - John Denny - Junior

Coaches

2000 Arizona Wildcats baseball coaching staff

Opening day

Opening Day Starters [4]
NamePosition
Troy Gingrich Center fielder
Ryan O'Donnell Left fielder
Keoni DeRenne Shortstop
Shelley Duncan Right fielder
Erik Torres Third baseman
Matt Abram Designated hitter
Ernie Durazo First baseman
Chris Cunningham Catcher
Brad Hassey Second baseman
Ben Diggins Starting pitcher

Schedule and results

2000 Arizona Wildcats baseball game log [5]
Regular season
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWin/LossOverall

Record

Pac-10

Record

Jan 21 Saint Mary's #19 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 11-2Diggins (1-0)1-0
Jan 22Saint Mary's#19Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZL 3-4Crawford (0-1)1-1
Jan 23Saint Mary's#19Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 5-2Pemble (1-0)2-1
Jan 28 San Francisco #19Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 4-3Milo (1-0)3-1
Jan 29San Francisco#19Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 21-7Crawford (1-1)4-1
Jan 30San Francisco#19Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZL 10-16Meyer (0-1)4-2
Jan 31 BYU #19Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZL 9-15Milo (1-1)4-3
Feb 1BYU#19Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZL 1-8Meyer (0-2)4-4
Feb 3 New Mexico #19Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 7-3Diggins (2-0)5-4
Feb 4New Mexico#19Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 14-7Crawford (2-1)6-4
Feb 5New Mexico#19Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 6-4Pemble (2-0)7-4
Feb 11 Nevada #19Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZL 7-10Milo (1-2)7-5
Feb 12Nevada#19Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZL 12-22Crawford (2-2)7-6
Feb 13Nevada#19Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 9-3Pemble (3-0)8-6
Feb 16at Texas-A&M-Corpus Christi Cabaniss Field • Corpus Christi, TX W 23-8Crawford (3-2)9-6
Feb 18at Texas A&M Olsen Field • College Station, TX W 4-1Diggins (3-0)10-6
Feb 19at Texas A&MOlsen Field • College Station, TXL 3-8Pemble (3-1)10-7
Feb 20at Texas A&MOlsen Field • College Station, TXL 3-7Crawford (3-3)10-8
Feb 25#12 Tulane Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 4-3Diggins (4-0)11-8
Feb 26#12 TulaneSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 19-7Crawford (4-3)12-8
Feb 27#12 TulaneSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 8-5Shabansky (1-0)13-8
Mar 3at #18 Arizona State Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 7-9Milo (1-3)13-9
Mar 4at #18 Arizona StatePackard Stadium • Tempe, AZL 3-32Pemble (3-2)13-10
Mar 5at #18 Arizona StatePackard Stadium • Tempe, AZL 8-14Shabansky (1-1)13-11
Mar 10 UC Santa Barbara Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 12-8Milo (2-3)14-11
Mar 11UC Santa BarbaraSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZL 12-15Schulz (0-1)14-12
Mar 12UC Santa BarbaraSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 10-4Diggins (5-0)15-12
Mar 14#9 Houston Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZL 4-10Crawford (4-4)15-13
Mar 17 California Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 4-1Diggins (6-0)16-131-0
Mar 18CaliforniaSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZL 6-26Pemble (3-3)16-141-1
Mar 19CaliforniaSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZL 14-24Milo (2-4)16-151-2
Mar 21 Grand Canyon Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZL 7-8Milo (2-5)16-16
Mar 24at #4 Stanford Sunken Diamond • Palo Alto, CA W 8-5Diggins (7-0)17-162-2
Mar 25at #4 StanfordSunken Diamond • Palo Alto, CAL 4-6Crawford (4-5)17-172-3
Mar 26at #4 StanfordSunken Diamond • Palo Alto, CAL 1-7Shabansky (1-2)17-182-4
Mar 31#10 USC Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 11-4Diggins (8-0)18-183-4
Apr 1#10 USCSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZL 9-20Shabansky (1-3)18-193-5
Apr 2#10 USCSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZL 2-6Crawford (4-6)18-203-6
Apr 7at Washington Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA L 2-6Diggins (8-1)18-213-7
Apr 8at WashingtonHusky Ballpark • Seattle, WAW 14-8Milo (3-5)19-214-7
Apr 9at WashingtonHusky Ballpark • Seattle, WAW 3-2Meyer (1-2)20-215-7
Apr 14at Oregon State Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR L 3-6Diggins (8-2)20-225-8
Apr 15at Oregon StateGoss Stadium • Corvallis, ORL 4-10Milo (3-6)20-235-9
Apr 16at Oregon StateGoss Stadium • Corvallis, ORW 10-5Shabansky (2-3)21-236-9
Apr 20 Washington State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZL 4-12Diggins (8-3)21-246-10
Apr 21Washington StateSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZL 6-9Shabansky (2-4)21-256-11
Apr 22Washington StateSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 21-3Milo (4-6)22-257-11
Apr 28 Cal State Northridge Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 6-1Diggins (9-3)23-25
Apr 29Cal State NorthridgeSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 12-8Shabansky (3-4)24-25
Apr 30Cal State NorthridgeSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 9-7Milo (5-6)25-25
May 13at UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA L 3-5Diggins (9-4)25-267-12
May 14at UCLAJackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CAL 0-10Shabansky (3-5)25-277-13
May 15at #22 UCLAJackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CAL 5-8Meyer (1-3)25-287-14
May 19#4 Arizona StateSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZW 19-11Diggins (10-4)26-288-14
May 20#4 Arizona StateSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZL 4-11Shabansky (3-6)26-298-15
May 21#4 Arizona StateSancet Stadium • Tucson, AZL 10-24Milo (5-7)26-308-16

2000 MLB draft

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB team
Ben Diggins RHP262 Los Angeles Dodgers
David AbbottRHP12361 Toronto Blue Jays
Keoni DeRenne SS361067 Atlanta Braves
Mike MeyerRHP381127 St. Louis Cardinals

References

  1. ↑ http://www.pac-12.org/portals/7/images/history/baseball/pac-10-history.pdf
  2. ↑ "2000 Arizona Wildcats - The Baseball Cube". TheBaseballCube.com. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  3. ↑ "2000 Arizona Baseball - FINAL (Statistics)" (PDF). University of Arizona Athletics. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  4. ↑ "First Victory for Coach Vance Law". BYU Cougars. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  5. ↑ "2000 Arizona Baseball - FINAL (Schedule and Results)" (PDF). University of Arizona Athletics. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
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