1998 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team

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 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball
ConferencePac-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
CBNo. 2
Record41–23 (18–11 Pac-10)
Head coach
Home stadiumPackard Stadium
Seasons
← 1997
1999 →
1998 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northern
No. 13 Washington  x‍‍‍y 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  x‍‍‍y 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.

Personnel

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Roster

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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

Coaches

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1994 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball coaching staff

Schedule

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Legend
  Arizona State win
  Arizona State loss
1998 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball game log[3]
Regular season
Post-season

Ranking movements

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
Poll23456Final
Coaches'Not released2
Baseball AmericaNot released2
Collegiate Baseball1214171762

References

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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.