1964 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team

American college baseball season

1964 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball
WAC champions
NCAA District 7 playoffs champions
College World Series, 1–2
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record44–7 (11–1 WAC)
Head coach
  • Bobby Winkles (5th year)
Home stadiumPhoenix Municipal Stadium
Seasons
← 1963
1965 →
1964 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northern
Utah  ‍‍‍ 6 – 4   .600 14 – 16   .467
Wyoming  ‍‍‍ 5 – 5   .500 16 – 16   .500
BYU  ‍‍‍ 4 – 6   .400 18 – 24   .429
Southern
No. 5 Arizona State  ‍†‍‍y 11 – 1   .917 44 – 7   .863
No. 20 Arizona  ‍‍‍ 7 – 5   .583 31 – 13   .705
New Mexico  ‍‍‍ 0 – 12   .000 8 – 29   .216
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1964[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1964 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team represented Arizona State University in the 1964 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Sun Devils played their home games at Phoenix Municipal Stadium, and played as part of the Western Athletic Conference. The team was coached by Bobby Winkles in his fifth season as head coach at Arizona State.

The Sun Devils reached the College World Series, their first appearance in Omaha, where they finished tied for fifth place after winning a second round game against Ole Miss and losing an opening round game to eventual runner-up Missouri and an elimination game to Maine.

Personnel

Roster

1964 Arizona State Sun Devils roster[2]
 

Pitchers

  • - Sam Cook
  • - Skip Hancock
  • - Ron Lea
  • - Tom MacDougal
  • - Jim Merrick
  • - John Pavlik

Catchers

  • - Ray Stadler
  

Infielders

  • - Sal Bando
  • - Jan Kleinman
  • - Luis Lagunas
  • - John Ruedy

Outfielders

  • - Jim Gretta
  • - Jack Handley
  • - Dick Heiden
  • - Merrill Hyde
  

Unknown

  • - Tony Alesci
  • - Dave Cartun
  • - Mike Gallagher
  • - Lad Nemececk
  • - Rich Oliver
  • - Jack Smitheran
  • - John Torok
  • - Doug Westley

Coaches

1964 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball coaching staff

Schedule and results

Legend
  Arizona State win
  Arizona State loss
1964 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball game log[3]
Regular season
March
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record WAC record
Mar 5 Long Beach State* Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 11–8 1–0
Mar 6 Cal State Los Angeles* Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ L 5–6 1–1
Mar 7 Cal State Los Angeles* Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ L 0–8 1–2
Mar 7 Cal State Los Angeles* Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 5–0 2–2
Mar 13 Arizona State College* Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 12–4 3–2
Mar 14 Arizona State College* Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 6–4 4–2
Mar 16 Colorado State* Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 12–1 5–2
Mar 17 Colorado State* Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 15–4 6–2
Mar 18 Colorado State* Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 17–1 7–2
Mar 21 Colorado State College* Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 9–1 8–2
Mar 22 Colorado State College* Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 2–1 9–2
Mar 23 Wyoming* Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 3–2 10–2
Mar 24 Wyoming* Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 15–3 11–2
Mar 25 Wyoming* Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 8–0 12–2
Mar 26 Michigan* Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 8–1 13–2
Mar 27 Michigan* Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 7–3 14–2
Mar 28 Michigan* Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 15–5 15–2
Mar 28 Michigan* Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 9–1 16–2
Mar 30 Wisconsin* Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 5–2 17–2
Mar 31 Wisconsin* Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 7–4 18–2
April
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record WAC record
Apr 1 Wisconsin* Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ L 3–5 18–3
Apr 2 Utah State* Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 21–4 19–3
Apr 3 Utah State* Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 13–5 20–3
Apr 4 Utah State* Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 4–2 21–3
Apr 4 Utah State* Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 13–3 22–3
Apr 7 Grand Canyon* Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 8–3 23–3
Apr 10 Arizona Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 5–3 24–3 1–0
Apr 11 Arizona Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 17–9 25–3 2–0
Apr 11 Arizona Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 9–4 26–3 3–0
Apr 14 at Grand Canyon* GCU Ballpark • Phoenix, AZ W 10–3 27–3
Apr 15 at Grand Canyon* GCU Ballpark • Phoenix, AZ W 5–3 28–3
Apr 17 Sul Ross* Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 11–2 29–3
Apr 18 Sul Ross* Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ L 5–16 29–4
Apr 24 New Mexico Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 14–1 30–4 4–0
Apr 25 New Mexico Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 20–1 31–4 5–0
Apr 25 New Mexico Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 3–1 32–4 6–0
May
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record WAC record
May 1 at Arizona UA Field • Tucson, AZ L 0–110 32–5 6–1
May 2 at Arizona UA Field • Tucson, AZ W 3–2 33–5 7–1
May 2 at Arizona UA Field • Tucson, AZ W 6–2 34–5 8–1
May 8 at New Mexico Albuquerque, NM W 11–3 35–5 9–1
May 9 at New Mexico Albuquerque, NM W 12–6 36–5 10–1
May 9 at New Mexico Albuquerque, NM W 17–4 37–5 11–1
May 16 New Mexico State* Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 7–07 38–5
May 16 New Mexico State* Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 6–57 39–5
Postseason
WAC Championship
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Series record
May 22 at Utah W 7–4 40–5 1–0
May 23 at Utah W 13–5 41–5 2–0
NCAA District 7 playoffs
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Reg Record
June 1 Air Force Falcon Baseball Field • Colorado Springs, CO W 6–1 42–5 1–0
June 2 Air Force Falcon Baseball Field • Colorado Springs, CO W 7–6 43–5 2–0
College World Series
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CWS record
June 9 Missouri Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 0–7 43–6 0–1
June 10 Ole Miss Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 5–0 44–6 1–1
June 12 Maine Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 2–4 44–7 1–2

References

  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1964". boydsworld.com. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  2. ^ 2019 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Arizona State Sun Devils. pp. 63–66. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
  3. ^ 2019 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Arizona State Sun Devils. p. 33. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
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National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics