1988 Stanford Cardinal baseball team

American college baseball season March 2026 August 2023 1988 Stanford Cardinal baseball Stanford Cardinal logo.svg 150 Pacific-10 Conference Pac-10 46-23 18–12 1 Mark Marquess (12th year) National championsPac-10 Southern Division champions Sunken Diamond The 1988 Stanford Cardinal baseball team represented Stanford University in the 1988 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team was coached by Mark Marquess in his 12th season at Stanford. The Cardinal won the College World Series, defeating the Arizona State Sun Devils in the championship game. Roster 1988 Stanford Cardinal roster Pitchers Steve Chitren Rob Kamerschen Brian Keyser Mike Mussina Lee Plemel Jim Price Stan Spencer Infielders Frank Carey Troy Paulsen Jeff Saenger Ed Sprague Jr. Ron Witmeyer Outfielders Rubén Amaro Jr. Eric DeGraw Mike Eicher Tim Griffin Jack Hollis Brian Johnson Catchers Eric Cox Doug Robbins Schedule background:#990000;color:white; 1988 Stanford Cardinal baseball game log ! style="background:#990000;color:white;"| Regular season |- valign="top" y background:#FFF;color:#990000; January/February Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-10 record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | January 31 || at 1988 Santa Clara Broncos Santa Clara University Santa Clara || 2-3 || 0-1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | February 1 || Santa Clara || 3-2 || 1-1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | February 2 || 1988 UC Davis Aggies University of California, Davis UC Davis || 13-8 || 2-1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | February 5 || Cal State Fullerton || 1-5 || 2-2 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | February 6 || Cal State Fullerton || 9-4 || 3-2 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | February 7 || Cal State Fullerton || 5-6 || 3-3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | February 9 || at 1988 Pacific Tigers University of the Pacific Pacific || 4-1 || 4-3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | February 12 || at 1988 Hawaii Warriors University of Hawaii Hawaii || 5-0 || 5-3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | February 13 || at Hawaii || 4-5 || 5-4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | February 14 || at Hawaii || 3-4 || 5-5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | February 16 || 1988 Cal State East Bay Pioneers California State University, East Bay Cal State Hayward || 12-6 || 6-5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | February 17 || 1988 San Francisco Dons University of San Francisco San Francisco || 5-3 || 7-5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | February 19 || 1988 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos University of California, Barbara UC Santa Barbara || 15-4 || 8-5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | February 20 || UC Santa Barbara || 9-8 || 9-5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | February 21 || UC Santa Barbara || 13-2 || 10-5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | February 22 || 1988 Cal State LA Golden Eagles California State University, Los Angeles Cal State LA || 4-1 || 11-5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | February 26 || at 1988 USC Trojans University of Southern California Southern California || 13-4 || 12-5 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | February 27 || at Southern California || 7-6 || 13-5 || 2–0 |- y background:#FFF;color:#990000; March Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-10 record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 1 || 1988 San Jose State Aztecs California State University, San Jose San Jose State || 10-9 || 14-5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | March 4 || 1988 UCLA Bruins University of California, Los Angeles UCLA || 3-6 || 14-6 || 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 5 || UCLA || 11-4 || 15-6 || 3–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 6 || UCLA || 5-1 || 16-6 || 4–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 19 || Arizona || 5-0 || 17-6 || 5–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 20 || Arizona || 8-7 || 18-6 || 6–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 21 || Arizona || 5-4 || 19-6 || 7–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | March 22 || at Fresno State || 3-13 || 19-7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | March 25 || at Arizona State || 1-9 || 19-8 || 7–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | March 26 || at Arizona State || 10-11 || 19-9 || 7–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | March 27 || at Arizona State || 7-10 || 19-10 || 7–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 29 || at Santa Clara || 4-2 || 20-10 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 31 || 1988 Cal Golden Bears University of California California || 3-2 || 21-10 || 8–4 |- y background:#FFF;color:#990000; April Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-10 record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | April 1 || at California || 2-3 || 21-11 || 8–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 2 || California || 6-5 || 22-11 || 9–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 4 || 1988 Saint Mary's Gaels Saint Mary's College of California Saint Mary's || 13-2 || 23-11 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 5 || Santa Clara || 20-3 || 24-11 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | April 8 || at Arizona || 5-20 || 24-12 || 9–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 9 || at Arizona || 10-7 || 25-12 || 10–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | April 10 || at Arizona || 8-9 || 25-13 || 10–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 12 || at San Francisco || 17-6 || 26-13 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | April 15 || at UCLA || 4-9 || 26-14 || 10–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 16 || at UCLA || 8-5 || 27-14 || 11–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 17 || at UCLA || 5-2 || 28-14 || 12–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 18 || at USC || 5-3 || 29-14 || 13–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 23 || Arizona State || 5-3 || 30-14 || 14–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | April 24 || Arizona State || 6-15 || 30-15 || 14–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | April 25 || Arizona State || 5-13 || 30-16 || 14–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 26 || at San Jose State || 7-3 || 31-16 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | April 27 || at Fresno State || 5-6 || 31-17 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | April 29 || at Miami (FL) || 3-9 || 31-18 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | April 30 || at Miami (FL) || 3-7 || 31-19 || – |- y background:#FFF;color:#990000; May Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-10 record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 3 || Pacific || 16-0 || 32-19 || - |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | May 6 || at California || 3-8 || 32-20 || 14-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 7 || California || 13-3 || 33-20 || 15-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | May 8 || at California || 1-4 || 33-21 || 15-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 10 || at 1988 San Francisco State Gators San Francisco State University San Francisco State || 23-2 || 34-21 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 13 || USC || 10-8 || 35-21 || 16-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 14 || USC || 10-9 || 36-21 || 17-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 15 || USC || 12-4 || 37-21 || 18-12 |- y background:#FFF;color:#990000; NCAA tournament: Northeast Regional Date Opponent Score Overall record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | May 27 || vs. 1988 St. John's Red Storm St. John's University St. John's || 3-5 || 37-22 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 27 || vs. 1988 Fordham Rams Fordham University Fordham || 7-5 || 38-22 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 29 || vs. 1988 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Rutgers University Rutgers || 8-1 || 39-22 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 30 || vs. 1988 Kentucky Wildcats University of Kentucky Kentucky || 6-5 || 40-22 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 31 || vs. Kentucky || 16-2 || 41-22 |- y background:#FFF;color:#990000; NCAA tournament: College World Series Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 4 || vs. Fresno State || Rosenblatt Stadium || 10-3 || 42-22 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | June 6 || vs. Cal State Fullerton || Rosenblatt Stadium || 3-5 || 42-23 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 7 || vs. Miami (FL) || Rosenblatt Stadium || 2-1 || 43-23 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 9 || vs. Cal State Fullerton || Rosenblatt Stadium || 4-1 || 44-23 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 10 || vs. Cal State Fullerton || Rosenblatt Stadium || 9-5 || 45-23 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 11 || vs. Arizona State || Rosenblatt Stadium || 9-4 || 46-23 |- Awards and honors Troy Paulsen First Team All-Pac-10 Lee Plemel College World Series Most Outstanding PlayerCWS record Book http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/baseball_cws_RB/2012/1-CWSGeneral.pdf NCAA.org 16 June 2012 Doug Robbins College World Series All-Tournament Team Ed Sprague First Team All-American First Team All-Pac-10Stanford Media Guide http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/stan/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/individual-honors.pdf GoStanford.com 20 September 2012 12 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121112013726/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/stan/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/individual-honors.pdf dead Ron Witmeyer College World Series All-Tournament Team Cardinal in the 1988 MLB draft The following members of the Stanford Cardinal baseball program were drafted in the 1988 Major League Baseball draft.MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)" https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?key_school=b6ff1406&exact=1&query_type=key_school Baseball Reference 20 September 2012 Player Position Round Overall MLB teamEd Sprague3B1st25thToronto Blue JaysLee PlemelRHP5th132ndSt. Louis CardinalsRon Witmeyer1B7th177thOakland AthleticsSteve ChitrenRHP9th227thSeattle MarinersDoug RobbinsC10th243rdBaltimore OriolesJim PriceRHP25th653rdSeattle Mariners References Stanford Cardinal Category:Stanford Cardinal baseball seasons Category:NCAA Division I baseball championship seasons Category:College World Series seasons Stanford Cardinal baseball Stanford