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1997 Arizona Wildcats baseball
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record32–26 (13–17 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadiumSancet Stadium
Seasons
← 1996
1998 →
1997 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northern
No. 15 Washington  x‍‍‍y 20 – 4   .833 46 – 20   .697
Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 18 – 6   .750 38 – 12   .760
Washington State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 17   .292 13 – 42   .236
Portland State  ‍‍‍ 3 – 21   .125 10 – 43   .189
Southern
No. 4 Stanford  x‍‍‍y 21 – 9   .700 45 – 20   .692
No. 8 UCLA  ‍‍‍y 19 – 11   .633 45 – 21   .682
No. 13 Southern California  ‍‍‍y 17 – 13   .567 42 – 20   .677
No. 14 Arizona State  ‍‍‍y 16 – 14   .533 39 – 22   .639
Arizona  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433 32 – 26   .552
California  ‍‍‍ 4 – 26   .133 21 – 38   .356
x – Division champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1997[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1997 Arizona Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Arizona during the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games at Frank Sancet Stadium. The team was coached by Jerry Stitt in his 1st season at Arizona. This was the program's 1st season without longtime coach Jerry Kindall's involvement since 1971. The Wildcats finished 32–26 overall and placed 5th in the Pacific-10's Southern Division with a 13–17 record. Arizona missed the postseason for the 4th consecutive season, tying the previous record of 4 consecutive seasons from 1981 to 1984.

Previous season

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The Wildcats finished the 1996 season with a record of 24–32 and 7–23 in conference play, finishing 6th in the "Six-Pac" (Pac-10 Southern). Arizona missed the postseason for the 3rd straight season.

Personnel

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Roster

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1997 Arizona Wildcats baseball roster[2][3]
  • Dave Abbott

• Greg Clark

• Kenny Corley

• Andre Dawson

• Jeffrey Gjerde

• Ted Gonzalez

• Chet Henderson

• Jason Hendricks

• Kevin Huff

• Darrell Hussman

• James Johnson

• Rafell Jones

• Tim King

• Tom King

• Erik Mattern

• Mike Meyer

• Tony Milo

• Omar Moraga

• Ryan Moskau

• Colin Porter

• David R. Quick

• Keith Regina

• Diego Rico

• Kevin Sabbe

• Rob Shabansky

• Jason Shroyer

• Kevin Skinner

• Ryan Stoneberg

• Jason Thrower

• Daniel Tyrell

• Mark Ukleja

• Devin Welch

• Scott Wood

Coaches

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1997 Arizona Wildcats baseball coaching staff[4]

1997 Schedule and results

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1997 Arizona Wildcats Baseball Game Log[5]
Regular Season
Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall

Record

Pac-10

Record

Jan 24 at Hawaii-Hilo Wong Stadium • Hilo, HI W 14–1 1–0
Jan 25 at Hawaii-Hilo Wong Stadium • Hilo, HI W 9–0 2–0
Jan 25 at Hawaii-Hilo Wong Stadium • Hilo, HI W 4–0 3–0
Jan 26 at Hawaii-Hilo Wong Stadium • Hilo, HI L 4–10 3–1
Jan 31 New Mexico Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 3–7 3–2
Feb 1 New Mexico Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 6–4 4–2
Feb 2 New Mexico Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 8–1 5–2
Feb 6 Cal State Fullerton Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 13–23 5–3
Feb 7 Cal State Fullerton Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 6–8 5–4
Feb 8 Cal State Fullerton Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 9–20 5–5
Feb 11 Cal State Dominguez Hills Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 26–10 6–5
Feb 12 Cal State Dominguez Hills Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 12–2 7–6
Feb 14 at Texas A&M Olsen Field • College Station, TX W 3–2 8–5
Feb 15 at Texas A&M Olsen Field • College Station, TX L 1–5 8–6
Feb 16 at Texas A&M Olsen Field • College Station, TX L 4–5 8–7
Feb 18 New Mexico State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 12–4 9–7
Feb 19 New Mexico State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 4–8 9–8
Feb 20 Southern Utah Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 20–6 10–8
Feb 21 Southern Utah Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 3–2 11–8
Feb 22 Oral Roberts Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 12–3 12–8
Feb 23 Oral Roberts Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 3–5 12–9
Feb 25 Eastern Michigan Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 28–0 13–9
Feb 26 Eastern Michigan Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 16–3 14–9
Feb 28 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA W 8–7 15–9 1–0
Mar 1 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA W 2–1 16–9 2–0
Mar 2 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA W 5–3 17–9 3–0
Mar 7 UCLA Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 4–2 18–9 4–0
Mar 8 UCLA Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 13–3 19–9 5–0
Mar 9 UCLA Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 1–12 19–10 5–1
Mar 11 Radford Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 5–4 20–10
Mar 12 Radford Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 13–9 21–10
Mar 14 at USC Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA L 2–3 21–11 5–2
Mar 15 at USC Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA W 6–5 22–11 6–2
Mar 16 at USC Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA L 2–6 22–12 6–3
Mar 21 Arizona State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 6–8 22–13 6–4
Mar 22 Arizona State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 5–4 23–13 7–4
Mar 23 Arizona State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 7–11 23–14 7–5
Mar 25 Grand Canyon Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 4–3 24–14
Mar 27 Stanford Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 3–10 24–15 7–6
Mar 28 Stanford Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 11–7 25–15 8–6
Mar 29 Stanford Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 2–4 25–16 8–7
Apr 4 California Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 2–0 26–16 9–7
Apr 5 California Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 12–0 27–16 10–7
Apr 6 California Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 5–0 28–16 11–7
Apr 8 at Grand Canyon Brazell Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 12–2 29–16
Apr 11 at UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA L 3–11 29–17 11–8
Apr 12 at UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA L 6–13 29–18 11–9
Apr 13 at UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA L 3–13 29–19 11–10
Apr 18 USC Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 6–8 29–20 11–11
Apr 19 USC Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 1–10 29–21 11–12
Apr 20 USC Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 9–13 29–22 11–13
Apr 22 Grand Canyon Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 15–8 30–22
Apr 25 at Arizona State Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 5–7 30–23 11–14
Apr 26 at Arizona State Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 6–4 31–23 12–14
Apr 27 at Arizona State Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 8–3 32–23 13–14
May 2 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Palo Alto, CA L 2–9 32–24 13–15
May 3 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Palo Alto, CA L 9–13 32–25 13–16
May 4 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Palo Alto, CA L 1–12 32–26 13–17

1997 MLB Draft

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Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
No players selected

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References

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  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1997". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
  2. ^ "1997 Arizona Wildcats – The Baseball Cube". TheBaseballCube.com. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  3. ^ "2023 BSB Media Guide" (PDF). University of Arizona Athletics. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  4. ^ "2023 BSB Media Guide" (PDF). University of Arizona Athletics. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  5. ^ "2023 BSB Media Guide" (PDF). University of Arizona Athletics. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  6. ^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
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