1988 Arizona Wildcats baseball team

The 1988 Arizona Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Arizona during the 1988 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games at Frank Sancet Stadium. The team was coached by Jerry Kindall in his 16th season at Arizona. The Wildcats finished 33-26 overall and placed 6th in the Pacific-10's Southern Division with an 10–20 record. Arizona failed to make the postseason for the first time since missing the tournament 4 seasons in a row from 1981 to 1984.

1988 Arizona Wildcats baseball
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record33–26 (10–20 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadiumSancet Stadium
1988 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Northern
No. 16 Washington State  x‍‍‍y 18–4 .81852–14 .788
Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 14–10 .58330–19 .612
Portland State  ‍‍‍ 12–9 .57133–25 .569
Gonzaga  ‍‍‍ 12–11 .52228–28 .500
Portland  ‍‍‍ 11–13 .45828–27 .509
Washington  ‍‍‍ 8–16 .33317–28 .378
Eastern Washington  ‍‍‍ 6–18 .25025–34 .424
Southern
No. 2 Arizona State  x‍‍‍y 21–9 .70060–13 .822
No. 1 Stanford  ‍‍‍y 18–12 .60046–23 .667
No. 8 California  ‍‍‍y 16–14 .53340–25 .615
No. 13 Southern California  ‍‍‍y 13–17 .43336–26 .581
UCLA  ‍‍‍ 12–18 .40031–28 .525
Arizona  ‍‍‍ 10–20 .33333–26 .559
x – Division champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1988[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Previous season

The Wildcats finished the 1987 season with a record of 34-26 and 13–17 in conference play, finishing 4th in the "Six-Pac" (Pac-10 Southern). Arizona advanced to the postseason for the 3rd straight season and was placed in the West II Regional hosted by rival Arizona State University at Packard Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. The Wildcats failed to make a 3rd straight College World Series appearance however, losing their first 2 games to Pepperdine and Hawaii to end their season.

Personnel

Roster
1988 Arizona Wildcats baseball roster[2][3]
  • Glenn Baxley

• Brian Callahan

• Todd Devereaux

• Lance Dickson

• Greg Fowble

• Mike Gambino

• Wayne Gilles

 • Frank Halcovich

• Trevor Hoffman

• Jason Klonosky

• Heath Lane

• Rick Lantrip

• Kenny Lofton

 • Kevin Long

• Jim Richardson

• Richard Schuman

• David Shermet

• J.T. Snow

• Michael Thorell

• Alan Zinter

Coaches
1988 Arizona Wildcats baseball coaching staff[4]

1988 Schedule and results
1988 Arizona Wildcats Baseball Game Log[5]
Regular Season
Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall

Record

 Pac-10

Record

Jan 28 UC Irvine Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 17-6 1-0
Jan 29 UC Irvine Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 3-10 1-1
Jan 30 UC Irvine Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 8-2 2-1
Feb 1 Prairie View A&M Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 14-2 3-1
Feb 2 Prairie View A&M Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 22-2 4-1
Feb 4 at Grand Canyon Brazell Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 26-3 5-1
Feb 5 Grand Canyon Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 13-9 6-1
Feb 6 Grand Canyon Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 15-16 6-2
Feb 8 Cal State Dominguez Hills Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 9-5 7-2
Feb 9 Cal State Dominguez Hills Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 10-8 8-2
Feb 11 Cal State Fullerton Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 14-9 9-2
Feb 12 Cal State Fullerton Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 5-22 9-3
Feb 13 Cal State Fullerton Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 13-6 10-3
Feb 15 New Mexico State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 3-2 11-3
Feb 16 New Mexico State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 30-6 12-3
Feb 18 Arkansas Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 12-11 13-3
Feb 19 Arkansas Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 4-3 14-3
Feb 20 Arkansas Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 2-7 14-4
Feb 22 Westmont Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 12-7 15-4
Feb 23 Westmont Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 9-2 16-4
Feb 26 at UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA L 2-9 16-5 0-1
Feb 27 at UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 12-6 17-5 1-1
Mar 4 California Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 10-12 17-6 1-2
Mar 5 California Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 5-3 18-6 2-2
Mar 6 California Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 3-4 18-7 2-3
Mar 7 Wyoming Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 10-3 19-7
Mar 8 Wyoming Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 11-5 20-7
Mar 9 Wyoming Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 7-4 21-7
Mar 12 USC Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 10-11 21-8 2-4
Mar 13 USC Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 7-11 21-9 2-5
Mar 14 USC Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 14-15 21-10 2-6
Mar 15 at Nevada Peccole Park • Reno, NV W 7-3 22-10
Mar 16 at Nevada Peccole Park • Reno, NV W 7-6 23-10
Mar 17 at Nevada Peccole Park • Reno, NV W 17-6 24-10
Mar 18 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Palo Alto, CA L 0-5 24-11 2-7
Mar 19 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Palo Alto, CA L 7-8 24-12 2-8
Mar 20 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Palo Alto, CA L 4-5 24-13 2-9
Mar 25 Minnesota Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 7-10 24-14
Mar 26 Minnesota Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 4-2 25-14
Mar 27 Minnesota Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 11-12 25-15
Apr 1 at Arizona State Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 4-5 25-16 2-10
Apr 2 at Arizona State Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 3-18 25-17 2-11
Apr 4 at Arizona State Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 3-6 25-18 2-12
Apr 8 Stanford Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 20-5 26-18 3-12
Apr 9 Stanford Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 7-10 26-19 3-13
Apr 10 Stanford Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 9-8 27-19 4-13
Apr 15 at USC Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA W 8-3 28-19 5-13
Apr 16 at USC Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA L 1-7 28-20 5-14
Apr 17 at USC Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA W 13-4 29-20 6-14
Apr 18 at UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA L 8-9 29-21 6-15
Apr 22 UCLA Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 4-9 29-22 6-16
Apr 23 UCLA Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 8-5 30-22 7-16
Apr 24 UCLA Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 17-0 31-22 8-16
Apr 29 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA W 11-3 32-22 9-16
Apr 30 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA L 4-5 32-23 9-17
May 1 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA L 4-7 32-24 9-18
May 13 Arizona State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 2-14 32-25 9-19
May 14 Arizona State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 7-11 32-26 9-20
May 15 Arizona State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 9-6 33-26 10-20

1988 MLB Draft
Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Dave Shermet OF 12 298 Houston Astros
Heath Lane RHP 16 419 Milwaukee Brewers
Kenny Lofton OF 17 428 Houston Astros
Frank Halcovich OF 22 569 Kansas City Royals
Greg Fowble INF 49 1223 Cleveland Indians

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References
  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1988". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
  2. "1988 Arizona Wildcats - The Baseball Cube". TheBaseballCube.com. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  3. "2023 BSB Media Guide" (PDF). University of Arizona Athletics. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  4. "2023 BSB Media Guide" (PDF). University of Arizona Athletics. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  5. "2023 BSB Media Guide" (PDF). University of Arizona Athletics. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  6. "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
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