1988 Stanford Cardinal baseball team explained

Year:	1988
Team:	Stanford Cardinal
Sport:	baseball
Conference:	Pacific-10 Conference
Short Conf:	Pac-10
Record:	46-23
Conf Record:	18–12
Cbrank:	1
Head Coach:	Mark Marquess (12th year)
Champion:	National champions Pac-10 Southern Division champions
Stadium:	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.

Schedule

! style="background:#990000;color:white;"| Regular season|- valign="top" |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| January 31 || at || 2-3 || 0-1 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| February 1 || Santa Clara || 3-2 || 1-1 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| February 2 || || 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 || 4-1 || 4-3 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| February 12 || at || 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 || || 12-6 || 6-5 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| February 17 || || 5-3 || 7-5 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| February 19 || || 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 || || 4-1 || 11-5 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| February 26 || at || 13-4 || 12-5 || 1–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| February 27 || at Southern California || 7-6 || 13-5 || 2–0|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| March 1 || || 10-9 || 14-5 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| March 4 || || 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 || || 3-2 || 21-10 || 8–4|-|- 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 || || 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 || –|-|- 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 || 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|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| May 27 || vs. || 3-5 || 37-22|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| May 27 || vs. || 7-5 || 38-22|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| May 29 || vs. || 8-1 || 39-22|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| May 30 || vs. || 6-5 || 40-22|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| May 31 || vs. Kentucky || 16-2 || 41-22|-|- 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 Player^[1]

Doug Robbins

College World Series All-Tournament Team

Ed Sprague

First Team All-American
First Team All-Pac-10^[2]

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.^[3]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Ed Sprague	3B	1st	25th	Toronto Blue Jays
Lee Plemel	RHP	5th	132nd	St. Louis Cardinals
Ron Witmeyer	1B	7th	177th	Oakland Athletics
Steve Chitren	RHP	9th	227th	Seattle Mariners
Doug Robbins	C	10th	243rd	Baltimore Orioles
Jim Price	RHP	25th	653rd	Seattle Mariners

Notes and References

Web site: CWS record Book. NCAA.org. 16 June 2012.
Web site: Stanford Media Guide. 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.
Web site: MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)". Baseball Reference. 20 September 2012.