1983 Stanford Cardinal baseball team

The 1983 Stanford Cardinal baseball team represented Stanford University in the 1983 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinal played their home games at Sunken Diamond. The team was coached by Mark Marquess in his 7th year at Stanford.

1983 Stanford Cardinal baseball
Pacific-10 Conference South Division champions West I Regional champions
College World Series, T-5th
Conference	Pacific 10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
CB	No. 6
1983 record	42–17–1 (20–10 Pac-10)
Head coach	Mark Marquess (7th season)
Home stadium	Sunken Diamond

1983 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Northern
Oregon State  ^x‍‍‍	17	–	7	–	0		.708			27	–	15	–	0		.643
Washington State  ‍‍‍	16	–	8	–	0		.667			39	–	17	–	1		.693
Washington  ‍‍‍	12	–	11	–	0		.522			25	–	16	–	1		.607
Portland State  ‍‍‍	11	–	12	–	0		.478			32	–	18	–	0		.640
Eastern Washington  ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0		.458			25	–	17	–	0		.595
Portland  ‍‍‍	10	–	14	–	0		.417			23	–	21	–	1		.522
Gonzaga  ‍‍‍	6	–	18	–	0		.250			17	–	34	–	0		.333
Southern
No. 6 Stanford  ^x‍‍‍^y	20	–	10	–	0		.667			42	–	17	–	1		.708
No. 3 Arizona State  ‍‍‍^y	17	–	13	–	0		.567			44	–	24	–	0		.647
Southern California  ‍‍‍	17	–	13	–	0		.567			32	–	23	–	1		.580
Arizona  ‍‍‍	14	–	15	–	0		.483			25	–	31	–	0		.446
UCLA  ‍‍‍	12	–	18	–	0		.400			28	–	24	–	1		.538
California  ‍‍‍	9	–	20	–	0		.310			23	–	37	–	0		.383
x – Division champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1983[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Cardinal won the Pacific-10 Conference South Division and the West I Regional to advanced to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Michigan Wolverines.

Roster

1983 Stanford Cardinal baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name Bats/Throws Height Weight Year Home town INF Mike Aldrete / — — Sr P Jeff Ballard / — — So Bland / — — Chris Britt / — — Darrell Cass / — — P Steve Cottrell / — — So INF Mark Davis / — — So Mike DeBenon / — — Fr OF Mike Dotterer / — — Sr Ken Green / — — Fr P Doug Gwaltney / — — INF Eric Hardgrave / — — Sr P David Harris / — — Walt Harris / — — Fr P Kevin Kunkel / — — Fr Fred Laningham / — — Greg Lorenzetti / — — Rick Lundblade / — — So McNally / — — P Brian Myers / — — So P Park / — — P Pierce / — — P John Radtke / — — INF Vince Sakowski / — — Lyle Smith / — — Pete Stanicek / — — So Stark / — — INF John Verducci / — — So Warner / — — Warren / — —	Head coach Mark Marquess Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: December 25, 2020

Schedule

1983 Stanford Cardinal Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
January (2–0) # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Pac-10 Record 1 January 30 San Francisco Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 17–10 1–0 – 2 January 31 San Francisco Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 28–5 2–0 –
February (11–4–1) # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Pac-10 Record 3 February 1 at Cal State Hayward Unknown • Hayward, California 8–8 2–0–1 – 4 February 2 San Francisco Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 6–3 3–0–1 – 5 February 4 at Cal State Fullerton Titan Field • Fullerton, California 5–9 3–1–1 – 6 February 6 at Cal State Fullerton Titan Field • Fullerton, California 2–3 3–2–1 – 7 February 6 at Cal State Fullerton Titan Field • Fullerton, California 5–8 3–3–1 – 8 February 11 at San Jose State San Jose Municipal Stadium • San Jose, California 2–3 3–4–1 – 9 February 14 San Jose State Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 9–2 4–4–1 – 10 February 14 San Jose State Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 15–11 5–4–1 – 11 February 15 Stanislaus State Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 4–1 6–4–1 – 12 February 19 Pacific Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 8–3 7–4–1 – 13 February 19 Pacific Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 7–6 8–4–1 – 14 February 20 at Pacific Billy Hebert Field • Stockton, California 13–1 9–4–1 – 15 February 21 Santa Clara Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 4–0 10–4–1 – 16 February 22 Fresno State Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 9–8 11–4–1 – 17 February 25 at UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California 13–5 12–4–1 1–0 18 February 29 at UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California 7–1 13–4–1 1–0
March (10–1) # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Pac-10 Record 19 March 4 at Arizona Jerry Kindall Field at Frank Sancet Stadium • Tucson, Arizona 3–4 13–5–1 1–1 20 March 5 at Arizona Jerry Kindall Field at Frank Sancet Stadium • Tucson, Arizona 10–9 14–5–1 2–1 21 March 6 at Arizona Jerry Kindall Field at Frank Sancet Stadium • Tucson, Arizona 15–6 15–5–1 3–1 22 March 8 at UC Davis Unknown • Davis, California 16–6 16–5–1 3–1 23 March 19 Southern California Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 8–4 17–5–1 4–1 24 March 25 Arizona State Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 9–8 18–5–1 5–1 25 March 26 Arizona State Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 6–5 19–5–1 6–1 26 March 26 Arizona State Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 6–5 20–5–1 7–1 27 March 28 Arizona State Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 23–2 21–5–1 8–1 28 March 29 Nevada Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 7–1 22–5–1 8–1 29 March 30 Santa Clara Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 11–6 23–5–1 8–1
April (9–6) # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Pac-10 Record 30 April 1 at San Jose State San Jose Municipal Stadium • San Jose, California 9–2 24–5–1 8–1 31 April 2 Saint Mary's Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 7–2 25–5–1 8–1 32 April 4 at Santa Clara Buck Shaw Stadium • Santa Clara, California 4–7 25–6–1 8–1 33 April 5 Sonoma State Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 14–3 26–6–1 8–1 34 April 8 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, California 4–7 26–7–1 8–2 35 April 9 California Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 5–4 27–7–1 9–2 36 April 10 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, California 2–3 27–8–1 9–3 37 April 15 UCLA Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 13–8 28–8–1 10–3 38 April 15 UCLA Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 11–12 28–9–1 10–4 39 April 16 UCLA Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 10–4 29–9–1 11–4 40 April 17 UCLA Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 10–3 30–9–1 12–4 41 April 18 UCLA Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 4–3 31–9–1 13–4 42 April 22 at Arizona State Packard Stadium • Tempe, Arizona 0–2 31–10–1 13–5 43 April 23 at Arizona State Packard Stadium • Tempe, Arizona 1–10 31–11–1 13–6 44 April 24 at Arizona State Packard Stadium • Tempe, Arizona 9–7 32–11–1 14–6
May (6–4) # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Pac-10 Record 45 May 1 Arizona Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 2–4 32–12–1 14–7 46 May 1 Southern California Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 1–3 32–13–1 14–8 47 May 2 Arizona Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 5–3 33–13–1 15–8 48 May 6 at Southern California Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, California 12–5 34–13–1 16–8 49 May 7 at Southern California Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, California 2–13 34–14–1 16–9 50 May 7 at Southern California Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, California 6–8 34–15–1 16–10 51 May 8 at Southern California Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, California 12–5 35–15–1 17–10 52 May 13 California Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 9–2 36–15–1 18–10 53 May 14 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, California 9–1 37–15–1 19–10 54 May 15 California Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 6–3 38–15–1 20–10
Postseason
NCAA West I Regional (3–0) # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Pac-10 Record 55 May 27 Oregon State Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 14–0 39–15–1 20–10 56 May 28 San Diego State Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 4–3 40–15–1 20–10 57 May 29 UC Santa Barbara Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 11–5 41–15–1 20–10
College World Series (1–2) # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Pac-10 Record 58 June 3 vs Oklahoma State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 1–3 41–16–1 20–10 59 June 5 vs James Madison Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 3–1 42–16–1 20–10 60 June 8 vs Michigan Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 4–11 42–17–1 20–10

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Awards and honors

Mike Aldrete

• First Team All-Pac-10

Jeff Ballard

• First Team All-Pac-10

Eric Hardgrave

• Pac-10 Conference South Division Player of the Year
• First Team All-Pac-10
• First Team All-American American Baseball Coaches Association

Vince Sakowski

• First Team All-Pac-10

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1983". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
2. "1982 Stanford University Baseball Men's Division I". www.web1.ncaa.org. National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved January 5, 2021.