1969 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team

1969 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball

National Champions WAC Champions
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
1969 record	56-11 (15–3 WAC)
Head coach	Bobby Winkles (11th year)
Assistant coach	Jack Smitheran

1969 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Northern
#18 BYU	13	–	5	.722	30	–	15	.667
Wyoming	11	–	7	.611	14	–	22	.389
Utah	7	–	11	.389	20	–	22	.476
Colorado State	5	–	13	.278	13	–	20	.394
Southern
#1 Arizona State ^y	15	–	3	.833	56	–	11	.836
#19 Arizona	10	–	8	.556	37	–	10	.787
New Mexico	7	–	11	.389	31	–	17	.646
UTEP	4	–	14	.222	17	–	27	.386

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1969^[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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

1969 Arizona State Sun Devils Baseball Game Log

Regular Season

February/March

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall Record	WAC Record
February 27	Cal Poly Pomona	5-0	1-0	–
February 28	Chapman	8-13	1-1	–
March 1	Chapman	9-1	2-1	–
March 1	Chapman	11-8	3-1	–
March 7	Cal State LA	3-1	4-1	–
March 8	Cal State LA	9-3	5-1	–
March 8	Cal State LA	6-0	6-1	–
March 11	Albuquerque	10-0	7-1	–
March 11	Albuquerque	8-5	8-1	–
March 12	San Diego State	3-2	9-1	–
March 13	San Diego State	5-1	10-1	–
March 14	San Fernando State	0-5	10-2	–
March 14	San Fernando State	4-5	10-3	–
March 15	San Fernando State	4-9	10-4	–
March 17	Ohio State	5-10	10-5	–
March 18	Ohio State	2-0	11-5	–
March 19	Ohio State	5-0	12-5	–
March 21	Michigan	18-14	13-5	–
March 24	Michigan	19-3	14-5	–
March 24	Michigan	5-3	15-5	–
March 25	Michigan	6-5	16-5	–
March 25	Michigan	3-4	16-6	–
March 26	Cal Poly	5-0	17-6	–
March 26	Southern Illinois	4-3	18-6	–
March 27	Oklahoma	5-4	19-6	–
March 28	Wyoming	11-7	20-6	–
March 29	Wyoming	6-4	21-6	–
March 29	Wyoming	11-4	22-6	–
March 31	Wyoming	18-9	23-6	–

April

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall Record	WAC Record
April 4	Wisconsin	18-0	24-6	–
April 5	Wisconsin	11-1	25-6	–
April 5	Wisconsin	3-1	26-6	–
April 7	Wisconsin	12-1	27-6	–
April 8	Wisconsin	7-2	28-6	–
April 9	Wisconsin	1-0	29-6	–
April 11	at Arizona	4-3	30-6	1-0
April 12	at Arizona	11-7	31-6	2-0
April 12	at Arizona	4-5	31-7	2-1
April 15	Grand Canyon	7-2	32-7	–
April 18	UTEP	5-0	33-7	3-1
April 19	UTEP	11-6	34-7	4-1
April 19	UTEP	11-0	35-7	5-1
April 24	at Albuquerque	10-12	35-8	–
April 25	at New Mexico	2-1	36-8	6-1
April 26	at New Mexico	9-5	37-8	7-1
April 26	at New Mexico	13-2	38-8	8-1
April 29	Northern Arizona	5-1	39-8	–

May

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall Record	WAC Record
May 2	Arizona	0-2	39-9	8-2
May 3	Arizona	11-0	40-9	9-2
May 3	Arizona	5-0	41-9	10-2
May 6	Grand Canyon	4-0	42-9	–
May 9	at UTEP	2-1	43-9	11-2
May 10	at UTEP	10-2	44-9	12-2
May 10	at UTEP	13-1	45-9	13-2
May 16	New Mexico	3-1	46-9	14-2
May 17	New Mexico	3-5	46-10	14-3
May 17	New Mexico	14-0	47-10	15-3

Post-Season

WAC Championship

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall Record
May 22	vs. BYU	1-0	48-10
May 23	vs. BYU	10-0	49-10

NCAA Tournament: District 7 Playoffs

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall Record
May 30	vs. Idaho	7-1	50-10
May 31	vs. Idaho	3-2	51-10

NCAA Tournament: College World Series

Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record
June 13	vs. Texas	Rosenblatt Stadium	0-4	51-11
June 14	vs. UCLA	Rosenblatt Stadium	2-1	52-11
June 17	vs. Massachusetts	Rosenblatt Stadium	4-2	53-11
June 18	vs. Tulsa	Rosenblatt Stadium	11-3	54-11
June 19	vs. NYU	Rosenblatt Stadium	4-1	55-11
June 20	vs. Tulsa	Rosenblatt Stadium	10-1	56-11

Awards and honors

Billy Cotton

College World Series All-Tournament Team^[2]
First Team All-American^[3]
First Team All-WAC^[3]

Roger Detter

College World Series All-Tournament Team^[2]

Ralph Dick

First Team All-WAC^[3]

John Dolincek

College World Series Most Outstanding Player^[2]

Larry Gura

College World Series All-Tournament Team^[2]
First Team All-American^[3]
First Team All-WAC^[3]

Jeff Osborn

First Team All-WAC^[3]

Paul Powell

The Sporting News Player of the Year^[3]
College World Series All-Tournament Team^[2]
First Team All-American^[3]
First Team All-WAC^[3]

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.^[4]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Paul Powell	OF	1st	7th	Minnesota Twins
Larry Gura	LHP	2nd	40th	Chicago Cubs
Lerrin LaGrow	RHP	6th	139th	Detroit Tigers
John Dolinsek	OF	8th	170th	Houston Astros

References

↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1969". boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
1 2 3 4 5 "CWS Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Arizona State Sun Devils baseball Media Guide" (PDF). TheSunDevils.com. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
↑ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)"". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 14 August 2012.

Arizona State Sun Devils 1969 College World Series Champions

2 Lenny Randle 3 John Dolinsek (College World Series MOP) 4 Paul Powell 7 Ralph Dickenson 11 Larry Gura 14 Lerrin LaGrow 20 Jim Crawford 23 Craig Swan

Head Coach: Bobby Winkles

Regular season NCAA Tournament College World Series

Arizona State Sun Devils baseball

Stadium	Packard Stadium (1974–2014) Phoenix Municipal Stadium (2015-present)

Players	MLB Players

Head coaches	Bobby Winkles (1959–1971) Jim Brock (1972–1994) Pat Murphy (1995–2009) Tim Esmay (2010– 2014) Tracy Smith (2015- )

National Champions	1965 1967 1969 1977 1981

College World Series	1964 1965 1967 1969 1972 1973 1975 1976 1977 1978 1981 1983 1984 1987 1988 1993 1994 1998 2005 2007(vacated) 2009 2010

NCAA tournaments	1964 1965 1967 1969 1972 1973 1975 1976 1977 1978 1981 1982 1983 1984 1987 1988 1989 1990 1992 1993 1994 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007(vacated) 2008 2009 2010 2011 2013 2014 2015

Conference championships	1964 1965 1966 1967 1969 1971 1972 1973 1975 1976 1977 1978 1981 1982 1984 1988 1993 2000 2007(vacated) 2008 2009 2010

Conference affiliations	Border Conference (1959) Independent (1960–1962) Western Athletic Conference (1963–1978) Pac-12 Conference (1979– )

Arizona State University', Tempe, Arizona

NCAA Division I Baseball Champions

1947: California
1948: USC
1949: Texas
1950: Texas
1951: Oklahoma
1952: Holy Cross
1953: Michigan
1954: Missouri
1955: Wake Forest
1956: Minnesota
1957: California
1958: USC
1959: Oklahoma State
1960: Minnesota
1961: USC
1962: Michigan
1963: USC
1964: Minnesota
1965: Arizona State
1966: Ohio State
1967: Arizona State
1968: USC
1969: Arizona State
1970: USC
1971: USC
1972: USC
1973: USC
1974: USC
1975: Texas
1976: Arizona
1977: Arizona State
1978: USC
1979: Cal State Fullerton
1980: Arizona
1981: Arizona State
1982: Miami
1983: Texas
1984: Cal State Fullerton
1985: Miami
1986: Arizona
1987: Stanford
1988: Stanford
1989: Wichita State
1990: Georgia
1991: LSU
1992: Pepperdine
1993: LSU
1994: Oklahoma
1995: Cal State Fullerton
1996: LSU
1997: LSU
1998: USC
1999: Miami
2000: LSU
2001: Miami
2002: Texas
2003: Rice
2004: Cal State Fullerton
2005: Texas
2006: Oregon State
2007: Oregon State
2008: Fresno State
2009: LSU
2010: South Carolina
2011: South Carolina
2012: Arizona
2013: UCLA
2014: Vanderbilt
2015: Virginia
2016: Coastal Carolina

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