1980 College World Series

College World Series
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The 1980 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from May 30 to June 6. The participating schools qualified by winning one of eight regional tournaments. The thirty-fourth tournament's champion was the University of Arizona coached by Jerry Kindall. The Most Outstanding Player was Terry Francona of the University of Arizona.

Participating Teams

School		Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
	University of Arizona	Pacific Ten Conference	40 - 20 - 1 (17 - 13, 0 GB)	Jerry Kindall	11 (last: 1979)	1st (1976)	22 - 21
	University of California	Pacific Ten Conference	41 - 22 - 1 (17 - 13, 0 GB)	Bob Milano	2 (last: 1957)	1st (1947, 1957)	7 - 0
	Clemson University	Atlantic Coast Conference	38 - 19 (6 - 5, 4.5 GB)	Bill Wilhelm	4 (last: 1977)	5th (1958, 1959, 1976)	4 - 8
	Florida State University	Metro Conference	51 - 10 (n/a)	Mike Martin	6 (last: 1975)	2nd (1970)	8 - 12
	University of Hawai`i	Western Athletic Conference	57 - 16 (19 - 5, 0 GB)	Les Murakami	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
	University of Miami	Division-I Independent	57 - 10 (n/a)	Ron Fraser	3 (last: 1979)	2nd (1974)	5 - 6
	University of Michigan	Big Ten Conference	35 - 16 - 1 (14 - 2, 0 GB)	Bud Middaugh	3 (last: 1978)	1st (1953)	9 - 3
	St. John's University	ECAC NY-NJ	29 - 9 (n/a)	Joe Russo	5 (last: 1978)	4th (1949, 1966, 1968)	5 - 10

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round
		St. John's	6
		Arizona	1
							St. John's	2
							Hawai`i	7
		Hawai`i	7
		Florida State	6
												Hawai`i	9
												Miami	3
		Miami	13
		Clemson	5
							Miami	3
							Michigan	2
		Michigan	9
		California	8
						Loser's bracket
							Arizona	5
							Florida State	3				Michigan	0
												Arizona	8
							Clemson	4
							California	6				St. John's	5
												California	8

	Semifinals					Elimination					Final
	Re-ordered Semifinals
		Hawai`i	4									Hawai`i	3
		Arizona	6									Arizona	5
							Arizona	11
							California	10
		Miami	3
		California	4

Game Results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 30	Game 1	St. John's	6 - 1	Arizona
	Game 2	Hawai`i	7 - 6	Florida State
May 31	Game 3	Miami	13 - 5	Clemson
	Game 4	Michigan	9 - 8 (11 innings)	California
June 1	Game 5	Arizona	5 - 3	Florida State	Florida State eliminated
	Game 6	California	6 - 4	Clemson	Clemson eliminated
	Game 7	Hawai`i	7 - 2	St. John's
June 2	Game 8	Miami	3 - 2	Michigan
	Game 9	California	8 - 5	St. John's	St. John's eliminated
	Game 10	Arizona	8 - 0	Michigan	Michigan eliminated
June 3	Game 11	Hawai`i	9 - 3	Miami
June 4	Game 12	California	4 - 3	Miami	Miami eliminated
	Game 13	Arizona	6 - 4 (11 innings)	Hawai`i
June 5	Game 14	Arizona	11 - 10	California	California eliminated
June 6	Final	Arizona	5 - 3	Hawai`i	Arizona wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.

Position	Player	Class	School
Pitcher	Greg Bargar	Junior	Arizona
	Craig Lefferts	Senior	Arizona
Catcher	Collin Tanabe	Junior	Hawai`i
First baseman	Wes Clements	Senior	Arizona
Second baseman	Paul Hundhammer	Senior	Miami
Third baseman	Kimo Perkins	Junior	Hawai`i
Shortstop	Eric Tokunaga	Junior	Hawai`i
Left fielder	Terry Francona	Junior	Arizona
	Lyle Brackenridge	Senior	California
	Jim Paciorek	Sophomore	Michigan
Designated hitter	Paul Maruffi	Junior	St. John's

Notable Players

• University of Arizona: Greg Bargar, Casey Candaele, Terry Francona, Craig Lefferts, John Moses, Dwight Taylor, Ed Vosberg, Kevin Ward
• University of California: Rod Booker, Chuck Cary, Brian Guinn, Chuck Hensley, Bob Melvin
• Clemson University: Mike Brown, Jimmy Key, Danny Sheaffer, Tim Teufel
• Florida State University: Mike Fuentes, Jim Weaver
• University of Hawai`i: Chuck Crim
• University of Miami: Neal Heaton, Ross Jones, Mike Pagliarulo
• University of Michigan: Steve Ontiveros, Jim Paciorek
• St. John's University: John Franco, Frank Viola

Related Sites

• BackHomeInOmaha.net: for more info on the College World Series
• BoydsWorld.com: for more info on College Baseball