1987 Stanford Cardinal baseball team

1987 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
	Northern
	Southern
	x – Division champion; y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament; As of June 30, 1987; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Stanford Cardinal baseball
1987 Stanford Cardinal baseball
National Champions; Pac-10 Southern Division Champions
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
1987 record	53-17 (21–9 Pac-10)
Head coach	Mark Marquess (11th year)
Home stadium	Sunken Diamond
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The 1987 Stanford Cardinal baseball team represented Stanford University in the 1987 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team was coached by Mark Marquess in his 11th season at Stanford.

The Cardinal won the College World Series, defeating the Oklahoma State Cowboys in the championship game.

Roster

1987 Stanford Cardinal roster

Pitchers

Steve Chitren
Brian Keyser
Jack McDowell
Al Osuna
Lee Plemel
Jim Price
Dave Reis
Rob Wassenaar

Infielders

Frank Carey
David Esquer
Mark Machtolf
Troy Paulsen
Jeff Saenger
Ed Sprague, Jr.
Ron Witmeyer

Outfielders

Catchers

Eric Cox
Doug Robbins

Schedule

1987 Stanford Cardinal Baseball Game Log

Regular Season

January/February

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall Record	Pac-10 Record
January 23	at San Jose State	1-2	0-1	–
January 26	at San Jose State	7-1	1-1	–
February 1	Santa Clara	6-2	2-1	–
February 4	at Pacific	13-2	3-1	–
February 6	at Cal State Fullerton	6-5	4-1	–
February 7	at Cal State Fullerton	4-7	4-2	–
February 8	at Cal State Fullerton	11-1	5-2	–
February 11	San Francisco State	13-6	6-2	–
February 14	at Fresno State	2-0	7-2	–
February 15	at Fresno State	2-4	7-3	–
February 16	at Fresno State	4-12	7-4	–
February 17	at UC Davis	10-1	8-4	–
February 20	at UC Santa Barbara	2-10	8-5	–
February 21	at UC Santa Barbara	8-6	9-5	–
February 22	at UC Santa Barbara	9-10	9-6	–
February 23	Santa Clara	10-6	10-6	–
February 24	Pacific	10-2	11-6	–
February 27	at UCLA	9-17	11-7	0–1
February 28	at UCLA	5-14	11-8	0–2

March

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall Record	Pac-10 Record
March 1	at UCLA	13-5	12-8	1–2
March 3	San Francisco	7-0	13-8	–
March 6	Arizona	14-4	14-8	2–2
March 7	Arizona	10-6	15-8	3–2
March 8	Arizona	8-6	16-8	4–2
March 22	at California	7-6	17-8	5–2
March 23	San Jose State	5-3	18-8	–
March 24	at Cal State Hayward	14-3	19-8	–
March 27	Arizona State	10-3	20-8	6–2
March 28	Arizona State	3-2	21-8	7–2
March 29	Arizona State	12-6	22-8	8–2
March 30	UNLV	3-10	22-9	–
March 31	Saint Mary's	10-0	23-9	–

April

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall Record	Pac-10 Record
April 3	at Southern California	4-0	24-9	9–2
April 4	at Southern California	9-4	25-9	10–2
April 5	at Southern California	1-3	25-10	10–3
April 7	at Santa Clara	7-4	26-10	–
April 10	UCLA	6-14	26-11	10–3
April 11	UCLA	3-2	27-11	11–3
April 12	UCLA	8-6	28-11	12–3
April 14	at San Francisco	18-6	29-11	–
April 16	at Arizona	5-10	29-12	12–4
April 17	at Arizona	12-3	30-12	13–4
April 18	at Arizona	14-11	31-12	14–4
April 20	California	6-1	32-12	15–4
April 21	at San Jose State	7-5	33-12	–
April 24	at Arizona State	6-10	33-13	15–5
April 25	at Arizona State	13-5	34-13	16–5
April 26	at Arizona State	2-5	34-14	16–6
April 28	Stanislaus State	3-2	35-14	–
April 29	at Santa Clara	21-7	36-14	–

May

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall Record	Pac-10 Record
May 3	Santa Clara	19-2	37-14	–
May 4	Sacramento State	11-3	38-14	–
May 5	at Saint Mary's	5-4	39-14	–
May 7	at California	9-19	39-15	16–7
May 8	California	7-6	40-15	17–7
May 9	at California	6-7	40-16	17–8
May 10	California	11-4	41-16	18–8
May 15	Southern California	3-1	42-16	19–9
May 16	Southern California	4-3	43-16	20–9
May 17	Southern California	10-7	44-16	21–9

NCAA Tournament: West I Regional

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall Record
May 22	vs. Minnesota	12-1	45-16
May 23	vs. UC Santa Barbara	12-5	46-16
May 24	vs. Washington State	12-11	47-16
May 25	vs. Oral Roberts	9-4	48-16

NCAA Tournament: College World Series

Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record
May 31	vs. Georgia	Rosenblatt Stadium	3-2	49-16
June 2	vs. Texas	Rosenblatt Stadium	6-1	50-16
June 4	vs. Oklahoma State	Rosenblatt Stadium	2-6	50-17
June 5	vs. LSU	Rosenblatt Stadium	6-5	51-17
June 6	vs. Texas	Rosenblatt Stadium	9-3	52-17
June 7	vs. Oklahoma State	Rosenblatt Stadium	9-5	53-17

Awards and honors

Rubén Amaro

First Team All-American^[2]
First Team All-Pac-10^[2]

Steve Chitren

First Team All-Pac-10^[2]

Paul Carey

College World Series Most Outstanding Player^[3]
NCAA Freshman of the Year^[2]

David Esquer

College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]

Mark Machtolf

College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]

Jack McDowell

First Team All-American^[2]
First Team All-Pac-10^[2]

Ed Sprague

First Team All-Pac-10^[2]

Cardinal in the 1987 MLB Draft

The following members of the Stanford Cardinal baseball program were drafted in the 1987 Major League Baseball draft.^[4]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Jack McDowell	RHP	1st	5th	Chicago White Sox
Rubén Amaro	OF	11th	291st	California Angels
Al Osunoa	LHP	16th	418th	Houston Astros
Rob Wassenaar	RHP	21st	551st	California Angels
David Esquer	SS	31st	793rd	Baltimore Orioles
Toi Cook	OF	38th	960th	Minnesota Twins

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v t e Stanford Cardinal 1987 College World Series Champions
Rubén Amaro, Jr. Paul Carey (College World Series MOP) Steve Chitren Toi Cook David Esquer Brian Keyser Mark Machtolf Jack McDowell Al Osuna Doug Robbins Ed Sprague, Jr. Ron Witmeyer
Head Coach Mark Marquess
Regular season NCAA Tournament College World Series

v t e Stanford Cardinal baseball
Stadium	Klein Field at Sunken Diamond
Players	MLB Players
Head coaches	No coach (1892–1896) W. A. Lange (1897) J. F. Sheehan, Jr. (1898–1899) Yale Murphy (1900–1901) C. J. Swindells (1902–1903) C. Doyle (1904) D. V. Cowden (1905) James F. Lanagan (1906–1907) George J. Presley (1908–1910) Carl F. Ganong (1911) Jerome D. Peters (1912–1913) W. B. Oskiman (1914) William Orr (1915) Harry Wolter (1916) Russell T. Wilson (1917) No coach (1918) Bob Evans (1919–1920) W. D. Seay (1921–1922) Harry Wolter (1923–1943) No team (1944–1945) Harry Wolter (1946–1949) Everett Dean (1950–1955) Dutch Fehring (1956–1967) Ray Young (1968–1976) Mark Marquess (1977– )
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Conference affiliations	Independent (1892–1917) Pacific Coast Conference (1918–1926) California Intercollegiate Baseball Association (1927–1967) Pac-12 Conference (1968– )

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1987 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Northern
#18 Washington State ^x^y	18	–	6	.750	44	–	19	.698
Oregon State	15	–	9	.625	31	–	15	.674
Portland State	13	–	11	.542	37	–	20	.649
Portland	12	–	12	.500	30	–	22	.577
Washington	11	–	13	.458	21	–	20	.512
Gonzaga	8	–	16	.333	20	–	32	.385
Eastern Washington	7	–	17	.292	24	–	32	.429
Southern
#1 Stanford ^x^y	21	–	9	.700	53	–	17	.757
#12 UCLA ^y	16	–	14	.533	40	–	25	.615
#8 Arizona State ^y	16	–	14	.533	40	–	27	.597
Arizona ^y	13	–	17	.433	34	–	26	.567
California	12	–	18	.400	36	–	25	.590
Southern California	12	–	18	.400	32	–	28	.533

x – Division champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1987^[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball