1999 Miami Hurricanes baseball team explained

Mode:	baseball
Year:	1999
Team:	Miami Hurricanes
Conference:	Independent
Record:	50–13
Cbrank:	1
Coachrank:	1
Head Coach:	Jim Morris (6th year)
Asst Coach1:	Turtle Thomas (12th year)
Asst Coach2:	Lazaro Collazo (4th year)
Asst Coach3:	Gino DiMare (3rd year)
Stadium:	Mark Light Field
Champion:	National champions

The 1999 Miami Hurricanes baseball team represented the University of Miami in the 1999 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team was coached by Jim Morris in his 6th season.

The Hurricanes won the College World Series, defeating the Florida State Seminoles in the championship game.

Schedule

1999 Miami Hurricanes baseball game log
Regular season (41–13)
January / February (12–3) Date Rank Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record January 26 No. 6 W 8–3 1–0 January 29 No. 6 Mark Light Field W 12–1 2–0 January 30 No. 6 Stetson Mark Light Field W 4–3 3–0 February 6 No. 6 L 4–7 3–1 February 7 No. 6 at No. 14 Florida L 12–14 3–2 February 10 No. 8 at L 3–4 3–3 February 12 No. 8 No. 6 Florida Mark Light Field W 7–4 4–3 February 13 No. 8 No. 6 Florida Mark Light Field W 10–3 5–3 February 17 No. 6 Mark Light Field W 3–1 6–3 February 19 No. 6 Mark Light Field W 13–1 7–3 February 20 No. 6 James Madison Mark Light Field W 12–3 8–3 February 21 No. 6 James Madison Mark Light Field W 14–2 9–3 February 26 No. 4 No. 3 Mark Light Field W 7–1 10–3 February 27 No. 4 No. 3 Texas Mark Light Field W 6–4 11–3 February 28 No. 4 No. 3 Texas Mark Light Field W 14–11 12–3
March (10–3) Date Rank Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record March 5 No. 3 No. 28 Mark Light Field L 3–4 12–4 March 6 No. 3 Mark Light Field L 5–6 12–5 March 6 No. 3 Mark Light Field W 23–3 13–5 March 7 No. 3 No. 28 Georgia Mark Light Field W 8–1 14–5 March 12 No. 8 Mark Light Field W 16–1 15–5 March 13 No. 8 Princeton Mark Light Field W 16–1 16–5 March 14 No. 8 Princeton Mark Light Field W 15–6 17–5 March 16 No. 4 at W 8–5 18–5 March 17 No. 4 at Red McEwen Field W 9–4 19–5 March 19 No. 4 vs. W 15–1 20–5 March 20 No. 4 vs. Homestead Sports Complex L 3–9 20–6 March 26 No. 6 Mark Light Field W 12–3 21–6 March 27 No. 6 New York Tech Mark Light Field W 20–0 22–6
April (9–4) Date Rank Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record April 2 No. 6 W 5–3 23–6 April 3 No. 6 vs. Clemson Knights Stadium L 5–7 23–7 April 4 No. 6 vs. Clemson Knights Stadium W 14–11 24–7 April 9 No. 5 No. 27 Mark Light Field W 7–4 25–7 April 10 No. 5 No. 27 North Carolina State Mark Light Field L 9–13 25–8 April 11 No. 5 No. 27 North Carolina State Mark Light Field W 7–6 26–8 April 16 No. 5 L 2–8 26–9 April 17 No. 5 at No. 1 Florida State Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium W 4–3 27–9 April 18 No. 5 at No. 1 Florida State Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium W 8–7 28–9 April 23 No. 1 No. 2 Florida State Mark Light Field W 8–7 29–9 April 24 No. 1 No. 2 Florida State Mark Light Field W 9–4 30–9 April 25 No. 1 No. 2 Florida State Mark Light Field W 9–8 31–9 April 30 No. 1 Mark Light Field L 6–13 31–10
May (10–3) Date Rank Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record May 1 No. 1 Elon Mark Light Field W 11–0 32–10 May 2 No. 1 Elon Mark Light Field W 24–5 33–10 May 4 No. 1 Florida International Mark Light Field L 7–12 33–11 May 7 No. 1 Mark Light Field W 2–0 34–11 May 8 No. 1 Jacksonville Mark Light Field W 12–9 35–11 May 11 No. 2 at No. 24 W 5–3 36–11 May 12 No. 2 at No. 24 Notre Dame Frank Eck Stadium L 0–1 36–12 May 14 No. 2 Mark Light Field W 17–1 37–12 May 15 No. 2 Winthrop Mark Light Field W 9–2 38–12 May 16 No. 2 Winthrop Mark Light Field W 8–2 39–12 May 20 No. 1 at No. 28 L 0–12 39–13 May 21 No. 1 at No. 28 Long Beach State Blair Field W 9–7 40–13 May 22 No. 1 at No. 28 Long Beach State Blair Field W 8–6 41–13
Postseason (9–0)
Date Rank Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record May 28 No. 1 (1) vs. (4) Mark Light Field W 15–9 42–13 May 29 No. 1 (1) vs. (3) Florida International Mark Light Field W 6–4 43–13 May 30 No. 1 (1) vs. (2) No. 15 Florida Atlantic Mark Light Field W 3–2 44–13
Date Rank Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record June 4 No. 1 (1) vs. No. 9 Mark Light Field W 10–2 45–13 June 4 No. 1 (1) vs. No. 9 Wake Forest Mark Light Field W 8–1 46–13
Date Rank Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record June 11 No. 1 (1) vs. (8) No. 2 W 8-4 47–13 June 13 No. 1 (1) Rosenblatt Stadium W 8–1 48–13 June 17 No. 1 (1) vs. (5) No. 7 Alabama Rosenblatt Stadium W 5–2 49–13 June 19 No. 1 (1) vs. (2) No. 3 Florida State Rosenblatt Stadium W 6–5 50–13

Awards and honors

Manny Crespo

• College World Series All-Tournament Team

Lale Esquivel

• College World Series All-Tournament Team^[1]

Bobby Hill

• College World Series All-Tournament Team

Michael Neu

• College World Series All-Tournament Team

Mike Rodriguez

• Freshman All-America^[2]

Hurricanes in the 1999 MLB Draft

The following members of the Miami baseball program were drafted in the 1999 Major League Baseball Draft.^[3]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Bobby Hill	SS	2nd	66th	Chicago White Sox
Russ Jacobson	C	3rd	96th	Philadelphia Phillies
Alex Santos	RHP	4th	115th	Tampa Bay Devil Rays
David Gil	RHP	7th	216th	Philadelphia Phillies
Michael Neu	RHP	29th	878th	Cincinnati Reds

Notes and References

1. Web site: College World Series Record Book. NCAA.org. 22 June 2012.
2. Web site: 2012 Miami Hurricanes Baseball Media Guide. HurricaneSports.com. 14 July 2012. 3 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222238/http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/mifl/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/mifl-basebl-96.pdf. dead.
3. Web site: MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "University of Miami". 14 July 2012.