1998 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team

Personnel

Schedule

Ranking movements

References

Roster

Coaches

1998 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball
1998 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball
Midwest Regional champions
College World Series, 2nd
Conference	Pac-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
CB	No. 2
Record	41–23 (18–11 Pac-10)
Head coach	Pat Murphy (4th year);
Home stadium	Packard Stadium

The 1998 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team represented Arizona State University in the 1998 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Sun Devils played their home games at Packard Stadium. The team was coached by Pat Murphy in his fourth season at Arizona State.

1998 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Northern
No. 13 Washington ^x‍‍‍^y	17	–	7	.708	41	–	17	.707
Oregon State ‍‍‍	15	–	9	.625	35	–	14	.714
Washington State ‍‍‍	12	–	12	.500	25	–	24	.510
Portland State ‍‍‍	4	–	20	.167	17	–	34	.333
Southern
No. 9 Stanford ^x‍‍‍^y	22	–	8	.733	42	–	14	.750
No. 1 Southern California ‍‍‍^y	21	–	9	.700	49	–	17	.742
No. 2 Arizona State ‍‍‍^y	18	–	11	.621	41	–	23	.641
Arizona ‍‍‍	12	–	18	.400	33	–	23	.589
UCLA ‍‍‍	11	–	19	.367	23	–	33	.411
California ‍‍‍	5	–	24	.172	22	–	32	.407

x – Division champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1998[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Sun Devils reached the College World Series, finishing as the runner up to Southern California.

1998 Arizona State Sun Devils roster[2]

Pitchers

- Chuck Crumpton - Junior
- Aaron Kramer - Senior
- Phill Lowery - Junior
- Ryan Mills - Junior
- Robby Milner - Freshman
- Chad Pennington - Freshman

Catchers

- Greg Halvorson - Junior
- Jeremy Jones - Junior

Infielders

- Andrew Beinbrink - Junior
- Willie Bloomquist
- Michael Collins - Junior
- Chip Gosewisch - Junior
- Richy Leon - Senior
- Dan Meier - Junior
- Jeff Phelps - Freshman

Outfielders

- Rudy Arguelles - Senior
- Dustin Delucchi - Sophomore
- Brian Heintzelman - Senior
- Mikel Moreno - Senior

Unknown

- Colin Call
- Mark Ernster
- Drew Friedberg
- Jay Gehrke
- Casey Myers - Freshman
- Jay Sitzman
- Rick Wiens

1994 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball coaching staff
Pat Murphy - Head Coach - 4th year

Legend
	Arizona State win
	Arizona State loss

1998 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball game log[3]

Regular season

January
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	Pac-10 record
Jan 22	Cal State Northridge*		Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 7–3	1–0
Jan 23	New Mexico State*		Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 13–1	2–0
Jan 24	FIU*		Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 21–3	3–0
Jan 29	at Hawaii–Hilo*		Hilo, HI	W 7–0	4–0
Jan 30	at Hawaii–Hilo*		Hilo, HI	W 11–2	5–0
Jan 31	at Hawaii–Hilo*		Hilo, HI	W 13–2	6–0
Jan 31	at Hawaii–Hilo*		Hilo, HI	W 5–1	7–0

February
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	Pac-10 record
Feb 1	at Hawaii–Hilo*		Hilo, HI	W 14–0	8–0
Feb 6	#23 Florida State*		Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ	L 2–3	8–1
Feb 7	#23 Florida State*		Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ	L 1–6	8–2
Feb 13	Washington State*		Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 9–1	9–2
Feb 14	Washington State*		Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 6–5	10–2
Feb 15	Washington State*		Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ	L 12–17	10–3
Feb 20	at California		Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA	W 8–7	11–3	1–0
Feb 21	at California		Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA	W 7–4	12–3	2–0
Feb 27	#1 Stanford		Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ	L 2–15	12–4	2–1
Feb 28	#1 Stanford		Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ	L 5–17	12–5	2–2

March
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	Pac-10 record
March 1	#1 Stanford		Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 4–2	13–5	3–2
March 6	at UCLA		Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	L 5–6	13–6	3–3
March 7	at UCLA		Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	W 14–6	14–6	4–3
March 8	at UCLA		Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	W 9–3	15–6	5–3
March 10	Oklahoma*		Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 7–6¹⁰	16–6
March 11	Oklahoma*		Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ	L 5–9	16–7
March 14	at #3 Southern California		Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA	L 6–7	16–8	5–4
March 15	at #3 Southern California		Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA	L 5–13	16–9	5–5
March 16	at #3 Southern California		Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA	L 3–6	16–10	5–6
March 17	at Fresno State*		Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, CA	L 3–9	16–11
March 18	at Fresno State*		Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, CA	L 5–6¹⁰	16–12
March 20	California		Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 6–1	17–12	6–6
March 21	California		Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 7–2	18–12	7–6
March 22	California		Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 7–6	19–12	8–6
March 24	at Grand Canyon*		Brazell Stadium • Phoenix, AZ	W 10–0	20–12
March 27	at #19 Washington*		Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA	L 6–8	20–13
March 28	at #19 Washington*		Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA	L 6–7	20–14
March 29	at #19 Washington*		Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA	W 7–6	21–14

April
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	Pac-10 record
April 3	at #24 Arizona		Frank Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 4–3	22–14	9–6
April 4	at #24 Arizona		Frank Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 20–12	23–14	10–6
April 5	at #24 Arizona		Frank Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 12–4	24–14	11–6
April 9	#4 Southern California		Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 18–3	25–14	12–6
April 10	#4 Southern California		Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 7–5	26–14	13–6
April 11	#4 Southern California		Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 24–4	27–14	14–6
April 14	at #11 Oklahoma*		L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park • Norman, OK	W 10–6¹⁰	28–14
April 17	UCLA		Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 19–10	29–14	15–6
April 18	UCLA		Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 8–7	30–14	16–6
April 19	UCLA		Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 18–4	31–14	17–6
April 24	Arizona		Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ	L 7–8¹⁰	31–15	17–7
April 25	Arizona		Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 16–13	32–15	18–7
April 26	Arizona		Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ	L 9–10	32–16	18–8
April 28	New Mexico*	#12	Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 12–7	33–16
April 29	New Mexico*	#12	Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ	L 7–8	33–17

May
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	Pac-10 record
May 1	at #2 Stanford	#12	Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA	L 4–5	33–18	18–9
May 2	at #2 Stanford	#12	Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA	L 3–4	33–19	18–10
May 3	at #2 Stanford	#12	Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA	L 8–12	33–20	18–11
May 5	at UNLV*	#14	Earl Wilson Stadium • Paradise, NV	L 4–5	33–21
May 6	Southern Utah*	#14	Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 3–2	34–21

Post-season

NCAA Midwest Regional
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	NCAAT record
May 21	#28 (4) Arkansas	#17 (3)	Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS	W 8–4	35–21	1–0
May 22	(5) Oklahoma State	#17 (3)	Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS	L 8–13	35–22	1–1
May 23	#3 (1) Wichita State	#17 (3)	Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS	W 6–4	36–22	2–1
May 23	(5) Oklahoma State	#17 (3)	Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS	W 13–5	37–22	3–1
May 25	#19 (2) Georgia Tech	#17 (3)	Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS	W 3–1	38–22	4–1

College World Series
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	CWS record
May 29	#5 (3) Florida State	#6 (6)	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	W 11–10	39–22	1–0
May 31	#1 (2) Miami (FL)	#6 (6)	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	W 9–2	40–22	2–0
June 3	#7 (7) Long Beach State	#6 (6)	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	W 14–4	41–22	3–0
June 6	#4 (4) Southern California	#6 (6)	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	L 14–21	41–23	3–1

Not released

Baseball America

Not released

Collegiate Baseball

"College Baseball Conference Standings – 1998". Boyd's World. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
2022 Baseball Yearbool. Arizona State Sun Devils. pp. 60–63. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
2015 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Arizona State Sun Devils. p. 72. Retrieved December 28, 2016.

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[1] "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1998". Boyd's World. Retrieved May 2, 2015.

[2] 2022 Baseball Yearbool. Arizona State Sun Devils. pp. 60–63. Retrieved August 27, 2022.

[3] 2015 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Arizona State Sun Devils. p. 72. Retrieved December 28, 2016.

Arizona State Sun Devils baseball
Stadium	Phoenix Municipal Stadium (1964–1973) Packard Stadium (1974–2014) Phoenix Municipal Stadium (2015-present)
Rivalries	Arizona
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics