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2000 Arizona Wildcats baseball team

2000 Arizona Wildcats baseball
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record26-30 (8-16 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadiumSancet Stadium
Seasons
← 1999
2001 →
2000 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Stanford  ‍†‍‍y 17 – 7   .708 50 – 16   .758
No. 12 Arizona State  ‍†‍‍y 17 – 7   .708 44 – 15   .746
No. 16 UCLA  ‍†‍‍y 17 – 7   .708 38 – 26   .594
No. 5 Southern California  ‍‍‍y 16 – 8   .667 44 – 20   .688
California  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13   .458 25 – 28   .472
Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15   .375 28 – 27   .509
Arizona  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16   .333 26 – 30   .464
Washington  ‍‍‍ 7 – 17   .292 26 – 30   .464
Washington State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18   .250 20 – 36   .357
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 19, 2000[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 2000 Arizona Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Arizona during the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games at Frank Sancet Stadium. The team was coached by Jerry Stitt in his 4th season at Arizona. The Wildcats would finish 7th in the Pacific-10 Conference with a record of 8-16, 26-30 overall. This was the Wildcats 1st losing season since Jerry Kindall's final season in 1996.

Previous season

The Wildcats finished the 1999 season with a record of 33-23 (13-11 Pac-10), good enough for a 3rd place finish in the conference. Arizona was selected to the postseason for the 1st time since 1993 and was placed in the Waco Regional as the 3-seed. The Wildcats would fail to win a game, losing two matches in a row to 2-seed Minnesota and 4-seed Eastern Illinois to be eliminated.

Personnel

Roster

2000 Arizona Wildcats baseball roster[2][3]
  Pitchers

• 4 - Mike Meyer - Senior

• 15 - Brian Pemble - Sophomore

• 16 - Rob Elias - Junior

• 19 - Rob Shabansky - Senior

• 21 - Mike Crawford - Senior

• 23 - Tony Milo - Senior

• 27 - David Capek - Senior

• 28 - Kevin Huff - Senior

• 29 - Scott Burns - Freshman

• 30 - Robert Shulz - Senior

• 33 - Ben Diggins - Junior

• 39 - Nathan Duarte - Junior

Catchers

• 5 - Jeff Casper - Junior

• 26 - Ken Riley - Freshman

• 40 - Chris Cunningham - Sophomore

Infielders

• 10 - Brad Hassey - Sophomore

• 17 - Erik Torres - Junior

• 21 - Keoni DeRenne - Junior

• 24 - Matt Abram - Sophomore

• 25 - Trevor Mote - Sophomore

• 41 - Kelsey Osburn - Sophomore

• 44 - Ernie Durazo - Sophomore

Outfielders

• 1 - Rafell Jones - Senior

• 2 - Troy Gingrich - Senior

• 12 - Ryan O'Donnell - Junior

• 18 - Shelley Duncan - Sophomore

• 22 - Kenny Huff - Sophomore

• 34 - Jason Shroyer - Junior

• 43 - John Denny - Junior

Coaches

2000 Arizona Wildcats baseball coaching staff

Opening day

Opening Day Starters[4]
Name Position
Troy Gingrich Center fielder
Ryan O'Donnell Left fielder
Keoni DeRenne Shortstop
Shelley Duncan Right fielder
Erik Torres Third baseman
Matt Abram Designated hitter
Ernie Durazo First baseman
Chris Cunningham Catcher
Brad Hassey Second baseman
Ben Diggins Starting pitcher

Schedule and results

2000 Arizona Wildcats baseball game log[5]
Regular season
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win/Loss Overall

Record

Pac-10

Record

Jan 21 Saint Mary's #19 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 11-2 Diggins (1-0) 1-0
Jan 22 Saint Mary's #19 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 3-4 Crawford (0-1) 1-1
Jan 23 Saint Mary's #19 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 5-2 Pemble (1-0) 2-1
Jan 28 San Francisco #19 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 4-3 Milo (1-0) 3-1
Jan 29 San Francisco #19 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 21-7 Crawford (1-1) 4-1
Jan 30 San Francisco #19 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 10-16 Meyer (0-1) 4-2
Jan 31 BYU #19 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 9-15 Milo (1-1) 4-3
Feb 1 BYU #19 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 1-8 Meyer (0-2) 4-4
Feb 3 New Mexico #19 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 7-3 Diggins (2-0) 5-4
Feb 4 New Mexico #19 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 14-7 Crawford (2-1) 6-4
Feb 5 New Mexico #19 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 6-4 Pemble (2-0) 7-4
Feb 11 Nevada #19 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 7-10 Milo (1-2) 7-5
Feb 12 Nevada #19 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 12-22 Crawford (2-2) 7-6
Feb 13 Nevada #19 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 9-3 Pemble (3-0) 8-6
Feb 16 at Texas-A&M-Corpus Christi Cabaniss Field • Corpus Christi, TX W 23-8 Crawford (3-2) 9-6
Feb 18 at Texas A&M Olsen Field • College Station, TX W 4-1 Diggins (3-0) 10-6
Feb 19 at Texas A&M Olsen Field • College Station, TX L 3-8 Pemble (3-1) 10-7
Feb 20 at Texas A&M Olsen Field • College Station, TX L 3-7 Crawford (3-3) 10-8
Feb 25 #12 Tulane Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 4-3 Diggins (4-0) 11-8
Feb 26 #12 Tulane Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 19-7 Crawford (4-3) 12-8
Feb 27 #12 Tulane Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 8-5 Shabansky (1-0) 13-8
Mar 3 at #18 Arizona State Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 7-9 Milo (1-3) 13-9
Mar 4 at #18 Arizona State Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 3-32 Pemble (3-2) 13-10
Mar 5 at #18 Arizona State Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 8-14 Shabansky (1-1) 13-11
Mar 10 UC Santa Barbara Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 12-8 Milo (2-3) 14-11
Mar 11 UC Santa Barbara Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 12-15 Schulz (0-1) 14-12
Mar 12 UC Santa Barbara Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 10-4 Diggins (5-0) 15-12
Mar 14 #9 Houston Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 4-10 Crawford (4-4) 15-13
Mar 17 California Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 4-1 Diggins (6-0) 16-13 1-0
Mar 18 California Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 6-26 Pemble (3-3) 16-14 1-1
Mar 19 California Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 14-24 Milo (2-4) 16-15 1-2
Mar 21 Grand Canyon Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 7-8 Milo (2-5) 16-16
Mar 24 at #4 Stanford Sunken Diamond • Palo Alto, CA W 8-5 Diggins (7-0) 17-16 2-2
Mar 25 at #4 Stanford Sunken Diamond • Palo Alto, CA L 4-6 Crawford (4-5) 17-17 2-3
Mar 26 at #4 Stanford Sunken Diamond • Palo Alto, CA L 1-7 Shabansky (1-2) 17-18 2-4
Mar 31 #10 USC Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 11-4 Diggins (8-0) 18-18 3-4
Apr 1 #10 USC Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 9-20 Shabansky (1-3) 18-19 3-5
Apr 2 #10 USC Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 2-6 Crawford (4-6) 18-20 3-6
Apr 7 at Washington Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA L 2-6 Diggins (8-1) 18-21 3-7
Apr 8 at Washington Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA W 14-8 Milo (3-5) 19-21 4-7
Apr 9 at Washington Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA W 3-2 Meyer (1-2) 20-21 5-7
Apr 14 at Oregon State Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR L 3-6 Diggins (8-2) 20-22 5-8
Apr 15 at Oregon State Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR L 4-10 Milo (3-6) 20-23 5-9
Apr 16 at Oregon State Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 10-5 Shabansky (2-3) 21-23 6-9
Apr 20 Washington State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 4-12 Diggins (8-3) 21-24 6-10
Apr 21 Washington State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 6-9 Shabansky (2-4) 21-25 6-11
Apr 22 Washington State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 21-3 Milo (4-6) 22-25 7-11
Apr 28 Cal State Northridge Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 6-1 Diggins (9-3) 23-25
Apr 29 Cal State Northridge Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 12-8 Shabansky (3-4) 24-25
Apr 30 Cal State Northridge Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 9-7 Milo (5-6) 25-25
May 13 at UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA L 3-5 Diggins (9-4) 25-26 7-12
May 14 at UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA L 0-10 Shabansky (3-5) 25-27 7-13
May 15 at #22 UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA L 5-8 Meyer (1-3) 25-28 7-14
May 19 #4 Arizona State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 19-11 Diggins (10-4) 26-28 8-14
May 20 #4 Arizona State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 4-11 Shabansky (3-6) 26-29 8-15
May 21 #4 Arizona State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 10-24 Milo (5-7) 26-30 8-16

2000 MLB Draft

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Ben Diggins RHP 2 62 Los Angeles Dodgers
David Abbott RHP 12 361 Toronto Blue Jays
Keoni DeRenne SS 36 1067 Atlanta Braves
Mike Meyer RHP 38 1127 St. Louis Cardinals

References

  1. ^ http://www.pac-12.org/portals/7/images/history/baseball/pac-10-history.pdf
  2. ^ "2000 Arizona Wildcats - The Baseball Cube". TheBaseballCube.com. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  3. ^ "2000 Arizona Baseball - FINAL (Statistics)" (PDF). University of Arizona Athletics. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  4. ^ "First Victory for Coach Vance Law". BYU Cougars. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  5. ^ "2000 Arizona Baseball - FINAL (Schedule and Results)" (PDF). University of Arizona Athletics. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
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