1988 College World Series

College World Series
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The 1988 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 3 to June 11. The participating schools qualified by winning one of eight 6-team regional tournaments. 1988 marked a change in format, as the tournament was broken into 2 4-team brackets, with the the winners of each bracket meeting in a championship game.

The forty-second tournament's champion was Stanford University coached by Mark Marquess. The Most Outstanding Player was Lee Plemel of Stanford University.

Participating Teams

Seeding	School		Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
1		Arizona State University	Pacific Ten Conference	56 - 11 (21 - 9, 0 GB)	Jim Brock	14 (last: 1987)	1st (1965, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1981)	46 - 23
2		California State University, Fresno	Pacific Coast Athletic Association	56 - 10 (20 - 1, 0 GB)	Bob Bennett	1 (last: 1959)	3rd (1959)	3 - 2
3		University of Miami	Division-I Independent	50 - 12 - 1 (n/a)	Ron Fraser	9 (last: 1986)	1st (1982, 1984)	22 - 15
4		Wichita State University	Missouri Valley Conference	54 - 14 - 1 (16 - 4, 0 GB)	Gene Stephenson	1 (last: 1982)	2nd (1982)	3 - 2
5		University of Florida	Southeastern Conference	47 - 17 - 1 (21 - 6, 0 GB)	Joe Arnold	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
6		California State University, Fullerton	Pacific Coast Athletic Association	41 - 16 (12 - 8, 7.5 GB)	Larry Cochell	4 (last: 1984)	1st (1979, 1984)	10 - 6
7		Stanford University	Pacific Ten Conference	41 - 22 (18 - 12, 3 GB)	Mark Marquess	6 (last: 1987)	1st (1987)	12 - 11
8		University of California	Pacific Ten Conference	40 - 23 (16 - 14, 5 GB)	Bob Milano	3 (last: 1980)	1st (1947, 1957)	10 - 2

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Arizona State	4
	8	California	2
						1	Arizona State	4
						4	Wichita State	7
	4	Wichita State	5
	5	Florida	4
											4	Wichita State	3	1
										1	Arizona State	4	19
	8	California	5
	5	Florida	6
						1	Arizona State	10
						5	Florida	1
																1	Arizona State	4	x	x
																7	Stanford	9	x	x
	7	Stanford	10
	2	Fresno State	3
						7	Stanford	3
						6	Cal State Fullerton	5
	6	Cal State Fullerton	9
	3	Miami	3
											6	Cal State Fullerton	1	5
										7	Stanford	3	9
	2	Fresno State	4
	3	Miami	8
						7	Stanford	2
						3	Miami	1

Game Results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 3	Game 1	Arizona State	4 - 2	California
	Game 2	Wichita State	5 - 4	Florida
June 4	Game 3	Stanford	10 - 3	Fresno State
	Game 4	Cal State Fullerton	9 - 3	Miami
June 5	Game 5	Florida	6 - 5	California	California eliminated
	Game 6	Wichita State	7 - 4	Arizona State
June 6	Game 7	Miami	8 - 4 (12 innings)	Fresno State	Fresno State eliminated
	Game 8	Cal State Fullerton	5 - 3	Stanford
June 7	Game 9	Arizona State	10 - 1	Florida	Florida eliminated
	Game 10	Stanford	2 - 1	Miami	Miami eliminated
June 8	Game 11	Arizona State	4 - 3 (10 innings)	Wichita State
June 9	Game 12	Stanford	3 - 1	Cal State Fullerton
June 10	Game 13	Arizona State	19 - 1	Wichita State	Wichita State eliminated
	Game 14	Stanford	9 - 5	Cal State Fullerton	Cal State Fullerton eliminated
June 11	Final	Stanford	9 - 4	Arizona State	Stanford wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

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

Position	Player	Class	School
Pitcher	Rusty Kilgo	Junior	Arizona State
	Lee Plemel	Senior	Stanford
Catcher	Doug Robbins	Senior	Stanford
First baseman	Ron Witmeyer	Junior	Stanford
Second baseman	Mark Standiford	Senior	Wichita State
Third baseman	John Finn	Junior	Arizona State
Shortstop	Pat Listach	Junior	Arizona State
Outfielder	Ricky Candelari	Junior	Arizona State
	Jim Osborn	Senior	Cal State Fullerton
	Dan Rumsey	Junior	Arizona State
Designated hitter	Martin Peralta	Senior	Arizona State

Notable Players

• Arizona State University: Kevin Higgins, Pat Listach, Blas Minor, Tim Spehr
• California State University, Fullerton: Huck Flener, Brent Mayne
• University of California: Jeff Kent, Darren Lewis
• University of Florida: Jamie McAndrew, Herb Perry
• California State University, Fresno: Tom Goodwin, Steve Hosey, Erik Schullstrom, Eddie Zosky
• University of Miami: Joe Grahe, Kurt Knudsen, Oscar Munoz
• Stanford University: Paul Carey, Steve Chitren, Brian Johnson, Brian Keyser, Stan Spencer, Ed Sprague, Ron Witmeyer
• Wichita State University: Greg Brummett, P.J. Forbes, Dave Haas, Mike Lansing, Pat Meares, Eric Wedge

Related Sites

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