1969 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team

American college baseball season March 2026 August 2023 1969 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball 150 Western Athletic Conference WAC 56–11 15–3 1 Bobby Winkles (11th year) Jack Smitheran National championsWAC champions The 1969 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team represented Arizona State University in the 1969 NCAA University Division baseball season. The team was coached by Bobby Winkles in his 11th season at Arizona State. The Sun Devils won the College World Series, defeating the Tulsa Golden Hurricane in the championship game. Roster 1969 Arizona State Sun Devils roster Pitchers 11 Larry Gura 14 Lerrin LaGrow 20 Jim Crawford 21 Bill Leinheiser 23 Craig Swan 25 Joe Miller 26 Ken Hansen Infielders 2 Lenny Randle 5 Bill Massarand 6 Jeff Osborn 8 Roger Detter 9 Gene Kobar 10 Rick Valley 15 Tom Welton 17 Jack Collinge 18 Terry Brenner Outfielders 3 John Dolinsek 4 Paul Powell 7 Ralph Dick 24 Willie Harris Catchers 22 Billy Cotton 27 Irv McDonald Schedule background:#990033;color:white; 1969 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball game log ! style="background:#FFB310;color:#990033;"| Regular season |- valign="top" y background:#FFF;color:#990033; February/March Date Opponent Score Overall record WAC record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | February 27 || 1969 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos California Polytechnic State University, Pomona Cal Poly Pomona || 5–0 || 1–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | February 28 || 1969 Chapman Panthers Chapman University Chapman || 8–13 || 1–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 1 || Chapman || 9–1 || 2–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 1 || Chapman || 11–8 || 3–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 7 || 1969 Cal State LA Golden Eagles California State University, Los Angeles Cal State LA || 3–1 || 4–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 8 || Cal State LA || 9–3 || 5–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 8 || Cal State LA || 6–0 || 6–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 11 || Albuquerque || 10–0 || 7–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 11 || Albuquerque || 8–5 || 8–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 12 || 1969 San Diego State Aztecs California State University, San Diego San Diego State || 3–2 || 9–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 13 || San Diego State || 5–1 || 10–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | March 14 || 1969 Cal State Northridge Matadors California State University, Northridge San Fernando State || 0–5 || 10–2 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | March 14 || San Fernando State || 4–5 || 10–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | March 15 || San Fernando State || 4–9 || 10–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | March 17 || 1969 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State University Ohio State || 5–10 || 10–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 18 || Ohio State || 2–0 || 11–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 19 || Ohio State || 5–0 || 12–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 21 || 1969 Michigan Wolverines University of Michigan Michigan || 18–14 || 13–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 24 || Michigan || 19–3 || 14–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 24 || Michigan || 5–3 || 15–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 25 || Michigan || 6–5 || 16–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | March 25 || Michigan || 3–4 || 16–6 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 26 || 1969 Cal Poly Pomona Mustangs California Polytechnic State University Cal Poly || 5–0 || 17–6 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 26 || 1969 Southern Illinois Salukis Southern Illinois University Southern Illinois || 4–3 || 18–6 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 27 || 1969 Oklahoma Sooners University of Oklahoma Oklahoma || 5–4 || 19–6 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 28 || 1969 Wyoming Cowboys University of Wyoming Wyoming || 11–7 || 20–6 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 29 || Wyoming || 6–4 || 21–6 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 29 || Wyoming || 11–4 || 22–6 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 31 || Wyoming || 18–9 || 23–6 || – |- y background:#FFF;color:#990033; April Date Opponent Score Overall record WAC record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 4 || 1969 Wisconsin Badgers University of Wisconsin Wisconsin || 18–0 || 24–6 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 5 || Wisconsin || 11–1 || 25–6 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 5 || Wisconsin || 3–1 || 26–6 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 7 || Wisconsin || 12–1 || 27–6 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 8 || Wisconsin || 7–2 || 28–6 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 9 || Wisconsin || 1–0 || 29–6 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 11 || at 1969 Arizona Wildcats University of Arizona Arizona || 4–3 || 30–6 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 12 || at Arizona || 11–7 || 31–6 || 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | April 12 || at Arizona || 4–5 || 31–7 || 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 15 || 1969 Grand Canyon 'Lopes Grand Canyon University Grand Canyon || 7–2 || 32–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 18 || 1969 UTEP Miners University of Texas, El Paso UTEP || 5–0 || 33–7 || 3–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 19 || UTEP || 11–6 || 34–7 || 4–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 19 || UTEP || 11–0 || 35–7 || 5–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | April 24 || at Albuquerque || 10–12 || 35–8 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 25 || at 1969 New Mexico Lobos University of New Mexico New Mexico || 2–1 || 36–8 || 6–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 26 || at New Mexico || 9–5 || 37–8 || 7–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 26 || at New Mexico || 13–2 || 38–8 || 8–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 29 || 1969 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks Northern Arizona University Northern Arizona || 5–1 || 39–8 || – |- y background:#FFF;color:#990033; May Date Opponent Score Overall record WAC record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | May 2 || Arizona || 0–2 || 39–9 || 8–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 3 || Arizona || 11–0 || 40–9 || 9–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 3 || Arizona || 5–0 || 41–9 || 10–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 6 || Grand Canyon || 4–0 || 42–9 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 9 || at UTEP || 2–1 || 43–9 || 11–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 10 || at UTEP || 10–2 || 44–9 || 12–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 10 || at UTEP || 13–1 || 45–9 || 13–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 16 || New Mexico || 3–1 || 46–9 || 14–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | May 17 || New Mexico || 3–5 || 46–10 || 14–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 17 || New Mexico || 14–0 || 47–10 || 15–3 |- |- ! style="background:#990033;color:white;"| Post-season |- y background:#FFF;color:#990033; WAC Championship Date Opponent Score Overall record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 22 || vs. 1969 BYU Cougars Brigham Young University BYU || 1–0 || 48–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 23 || vs. 1969 BYU Cougars Brigham Young University BYU || 10–0 || 49–10 |- y background:#FFF;color:#990033; NCAA tournament: District 7 playoffs Date Opponent Score Overall record |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 30 || vs. 1969 Idaho Vandals University of Idaho Idaho || 7–1 || 50–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 31 || vs. Idaho || 3–2 || 51–10 |- y background:#FFF;color:#990033; NCAA tournament: College World Series Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | June 13 || vs. Texas || Rosenblatt Stadium || 0–4 || 51–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 14 || vs. UCLA || Rosenblatt Stadium || 2–1 || 52–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 17 || vs. 1969 UMass Minutemen University of Massachusetts Massachusetts || Rosenblatt Stadium || 4–2 || 53–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 18 || vs. Tulsa || Rosenblatt Stadium || 11–3 || 54–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 19 || vs. NYU || Rosenblatt Stadium || 4–1 || 55–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 20 || vs. Tulsa || Rosenblatt Stadium || 10–1 || 56–11 |- Awards and honors Billy Cotton College World Series All-Tournament Team First Team All-American First Team All-WAC Roger Detter College World Series All-Tournament Team Ralph Dick First Team All-WAC John Dolincek 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 Larry Gura College World Series All-Tournament Team First Team All-American First Team All-WAC Jeff Osborn First Team All-WAC Paul Powell The Sporting News Player of the YearArizona State Sun Devils baseball Media Guide http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/asu/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/MediaGuidePart2.pdf TheSunDevils.com 4 September 2012 4 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304122210/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/asu/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/MediaGuidePart2.pdf dead College World Series All-Tournament Team First Team All-American First Team All-WAC Sun Devils in the 1969 MLB draft The following members of the Arizona State Sun Devils baseball program were drafted in the 1969 Major League Baseball draft.MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)" https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?key_school=86c63769&exact=1&query_type=key_school Baseball Reference 14 August 2012 Player Position Round Overall MLB teamPaul PowellOF1st7thMinnesota TwinsLarry GuraLHP2nd40thChicago CubsLerrin LaGrowRHP6th139thDetroit TigersJohn DolinsekOF8th170thHouston Astros References Category:Arizona State Sun Devils baseball seasons Category:College World Series seasons Category:NCAA Division I baseball championship seasons Arizona State Category:Western Athletic Conference baseball champion seasons