1987 Stanford Cardinal baseball team

The 1987 Stanford Cardinal baseball team represented Stanford University in the 1987 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team was led by head coach Mark Marquess in his 11th season at Stanford.

1987 Stanford Cardinal baseball
National champions Pac-10 Southern Division champions
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
CB	No. 1
Record	53-17 (21–9 Pac-10)
Head coach	Mark Marquess (11th year)
Home stadium	Sunken Diamond
Seasons ← 1986 1988 →

1987 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Northern
No. 18 Washington State  x‍‍‍y	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
No. 1 Stanford  x‍‍‍y	21	–	9		.700			53	–	17		.757
No. 12 UCLA  ‍‍‍y	16	–	14		.533			40	–	25		.615
No. 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

The Cardinal won the NCAA tournament: College World Series, defeating the Oklahoma State 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 Sean Kirk Jeff Saenger Ed Sprague Jr. Ron Witmeyer		Outfielders Rubén Amaro Jr. Paul Carey Toi Cook Eric DeGraw 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 1987 Stanford Cardinal baseball team 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 Osuna	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