1980 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors baseball team

The 1980 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors baseball team represented the University of Hawaii at Manoa during the 1980 NCAA Division I baseball season. It was the program's 58th season of existence, and their first season in the Western Athletic Conference. In the Warriors' first season in the WAC, they won divisional and conference honors, winning the South Division regular season, and the WAC Championship Series against BYU. The Rainbow Warriors received an automatic berth into the 1980 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. There, they won the Central Regional and advanced to the College World Series, where they lost in the final to Arizona.

1980 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors baseball
WAC Regular Season Champions WAC Championship Series winners
College World Series, Runners-up
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
1980 record	60–18 (19–5 WAC)
Head coach	Les Murakami (10th year)
Assistant coaches	Coop DeRenne Jim Fujimori Dave Murakami Carl Furutani Ron Nomura
Home stadium	UH Stadium

1980 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
North
BYU  ^x‍‍‍^y	14	–	3		.824			41	–	18		.695
Wyoming  ‍‍‍	11	–	6		.647			23	–	20		.535
Utah  ‍‍‍	5	–	12		.294			17	–	19		.472
Colorado State  ‍‍‍	4	–	13		.235			17	–	37		.315
South
No. 2 Hawaii  ^x‍‍‡‍^y	19	–	5		.792			60	–	18		.769
New Mexico  ‍‍‍	16	–	8		.667			43	–	20		.683
San Diego State  ‍‍‍	11	–	12		.478			40	–	26		.606
UTEP  ‍‍‍	1	–	22		.043			22	–	39		.361
x – Division champion ‡ – Championship Series champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of 18 November 2016; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Background

The 1979 season saw the Rainbow Warriors finish with an overall record of 69-15, including notable wins over Vanderbilt, North Carolina and Oregon State. Their record provided the Warriors with an at-large berth into the 1979 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The Warriors lost in the midwest regional final to Arizona.[1]

Roster

1980 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Roster[2]
	Pitchers Chuck Crim Bryan Duquette Sam Kakazu Wes Kimura Alan Lane Mark Olmos Scott Roberts Glenn Silva David Smith		Infielders Howard Dashefsky Wade Mauricio Larry O'Connor Kimo Perkins Thad Reece Eric Tokunaga Utility Joel Lono' Greg Oniate Gordon Muramaru		Catchers Collin Tanabe Outfielders Rick Bass Jay Erdahl Les Kakazu Kevin Williams

Schedule

Legend
	Hawaii win
	Hawaii loss
	Postponement/cancellation

1980 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
February Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record WAC Record February 1 at UH-Hilo Francis Wong Stadium • Hilo, HI W 6–2 1–0 — February 1 at UH-Hilo Francis Wong Stadium • Hilo, HI W 8–5 2–0 — February 2 at UH-Hilo Francis Wong Stadium • Hilo, HI W 15–1 3–0 — February 3 UH-Hilo UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 9–0 4–0 — February 3 UH-Hilo UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 7–3 5–0 — February 9 UH-Hilo UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 10–3 6–0 — February 10 UH-Hilo UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 7–1 7–0 — February 10 UH-Hilo UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 13–2 8–0 — February 15 Arizona State UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI L 11–13 8–1 — February 15 Arizona State UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 8–7 9–1 — February 16 Arizona State UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 8–6 10–1 — February 16 Arizona State UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 13–2 11–1 — February 17 Arizona State UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI L 11–13 11–2 — February 17 Arizona State UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 4–2 12–2 — February 29 Oklahoma UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 3–2 13–2 —
March Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record WAC Record March 1 Oklahoma UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI L 1–2 13–3 — March 1 Oklahoma UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 11–1 14–3 — March 2 Oklahoma UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI L 0–1 14–4 — March 2 Oklahoma UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 8–7 15–4 — March 3 Oklahoma UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI L 5–6 15–5 — March 7 Murray State UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 7–6 16–5 — March 7 Murray State UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 16–7 17–5 — March 8 Murray State UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 6–0 18–5 — March 8 Murray State UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 12–6 19–5 — March 9 Murray State UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 7–3 20–5 — March 10 Wichita State UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI L 2–6 20–6 — March 12 Wichita State UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI L 1–6 20–7 — March 12 Wichita State UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI L 8–9 20–8 — March 13 Wichita State UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 7–3 21–8 — March 18 Kearney State UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 9–0 22–8 — March 18 Kearney State UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 11–0 23–8 — March 21 Cal State Los Angeles UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 6–1 24–8 — March 22 Cal State Los Angeles UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 8–3 25–8 — March 24 Missouri UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 6–2 26–8 — March 25 Chou UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 5–3 27–8 — March 26 Cal Poly Pomona UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 10–7 28–8 — March 27 Cal Poly Pomona UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 6–0 29–8 — March 27 Chuo UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 14–5 30–8 — March 28 Missouri UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI L 2–10 30–9 —
April Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record WAC Record April 4 at UTEP Dudley Field • El Paso, TX W 15–8 31–9 1–0 April 4 at UTEP Dudley Field • El Paso, TX W 10–6 32–9 2–0 April 5 at UTEP Dudley Field • El Paso, TX W 12–8 33–9 3–0 April 5 at UTEP Dudley Field • El Paso, TX W 12–4 34–9 4–0 April 7 at Wichita State Shocker Field • Wichita, KS W 9–1 35–9 — April 8 at Wichita State Shocker Field • Wichita, KS W 12–6 36–9 — April 10 at New Mexico UNM Ballpark • Albuquerque, NM W 6–1 37–9 5–0 April 10 at New Mexico UNM Ballpark • Albuquerque, NM W 13–11 38–9 6–0 April 11 at New Mexico UNM Ballpark • Albuquerque, NM L 0–14 38–10 6–1 April 11 at New Mexico UNM Ballpark • Albuquerque, NM L 6–11 38–11 6–2 April 17 San Diego State UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 7–4 39–11 7–2 April 18 San Diego State UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 11–4 40–11 8–2 April 19 San Diego State UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 6–5 41–11 9–2 April 19 San Diego State UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 7–4 42–11 10–2 April 20 San Diego State UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI L 4–9 42–12 10–3 April 24 UTEP UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 9–4 43–12 11–3 April 25 UTEP UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 10–2 44–12 12–3 April 25 UTEP UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 7–1 45–12 13–3 April 26 UTEP UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 9–0 46–12 14–3 April 26 UTEP UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 7–6 47–12 15–3 April 27 UTEP UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI L 1–10 47–13 15–4
May Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record WAC Record May 2 at San Diego State SDSU Ballpark • San Diego, CA W 7–1 48–13 16–4 May 2 at San Diego State SDSU Ballpark • San Diego, CA L 2–3 48–14 16–5 May 3 at San Diego State SDSU Ballpark • San Diego, CA L 5–8 48–15 — May 3 at San Diego State SDSU Ballpark • San Diego, CA W 9–3 49–15 — May 7 New Mexico UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 8–7 50–15 — May 8 New Mexico UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI L 1–4 50–16 — May 8 New Mexico UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 11–10 51–16 — May 9 New Mexico UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 9–0 52–17 17–5 May 9 New Mexico UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 4–3 53–17 18–5 May 10 New Mexico UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 4–2 54–17 19–5
Postseason
WAC Championship Series Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Potseason Record May 16 BYU UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 9–2 55–17 1–0 May 17 BYU UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 7–0 56–17 2–0
NCAA Central Regional Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Postseason Record May 23 vs. Texas–Pan American Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 8–4 57–17 3–0 May 24 vs. Louisiana Tech Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 2–1 58–17 4–0 May 25 at Texas Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 7–3 59–17 5–0
College World Series Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Postseason Record May 30 vs. Florida State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 7–6 60–17 6–0 June 1 vs. St. John's Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 7–6 61–17 7–0 June 3 vs. Miami Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 9–3 62–17 8–0 June 4 vs. Arizona Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 4–5 62–18 8–1 June 5 vs. Arizona Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 3–5 62–19 8–2

Warriors in the 1980 MLB Draft

The following members of the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors baseball program were drafted in the 1980 Major League Baseball Draft.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Derek Tatsuno	RHP	2nd	29th	New York Mets[3]
Kevin Williams	OF	11th	272nd	Minnesota Twins[4]
Rick Bass	OF	17th	441st	Milwaukee Brewers[4]

References

1. Hogue, Bob (June 4, 2014). "The Magical UH Spring Of 1979". MidWeek. Black Press. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
2. Lewis, Ferd (July 20, 2009). "1980 baseball 'Bows had the world at their feet". The Honolulu Advertiser. Black Press. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
3. "2nd Round of the 1980 MLB January Draft - Secondary Phase". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
4. "1980 Baseball Draft". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved February 21, 2017.

External links

• WAC Record Book
• UH Manoa Baseball Record Book