1988 College World Series Totally Explained

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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 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	Pac-10	56 - 11 (21 - 9)	Jim Brock	14 (last: 1987)	1st (1965, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1981)	46 - 23
2	Fresno State	Pacific Coast	56 - 10 (20 - 1)	Bob Bennett	1 (last: 1959)	3rd (1959)	3 - 2
3	Miami (FL)	Independent	50 - 12 - 1 (n/a)	Ron Fraser	9 (last: 1986)	1st (1982, 1985)	22 - 15
4	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	54 - 14 - 1 (16 - 4)	Gene Stephenson	1 (last: 1982)	2nd (1982)	3 - 2
5	Florida	SEC	47 - 17 - 1 (21 - 6)	Joe Arnold	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
6	Cal State Fullerton	Pacific Coast	41 - 16 (12 - 8)	Larry Cochell	4 (last: 1984)	1st (1979, 1984)	10 - 6
7	Stanford	Pac-10	41 - 22 (18 - 12)	Mark Marquess	6 (last: 1987)	1st (1987)	12 - 11
8	California	Pac-10	40 - 23 (16 - 14)	Bob Milano	3 (last: 1980)	1st (1947)	10 - 2

Results

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Game Results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 3	Game 1	Arizona State	4 - 2	California
June 3	Game 2	Wichita State	5 - 4	Florida
June 4	Game 3	Stanford	10 - 3	Fresno State
June 4	Game 4	Cal State Fullerton	9 - 3	Miami
June 5	Game 5	Florida	6 - 5	California	California eliminated
June 5	Game 6	Wichita State	7 - 4	Arizona State
June 6	Game 7	Miami	8 - 4 (12 innings)	Fresno State	Fresno State eliminated
June 6	Game 8	Cal State Fullerton	5 - 3	Stanford
June 7	Game 9	Arizona State	10 - 1	Florida	Florida eliminated
June 7	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
June 10	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
Pitcher	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 Muñoz
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

Tournament Notes

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