1979 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team

The 1979 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team represented California State University, Fullerton in the 1979 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Titans played their home games at Titan Field. The team was coached by Augie Garrido in his 7th season at Cal State Fullerton.

1979 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball
ConferenceSouthern California Baseball Association
CBNo. 1
1979 record60–14–1 (23–4–1 SCBA)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jody Robinson (3rd year)
  • Matt McCann (1st year)
  • Bill Kernen (2nd year)
Home stadiumTitan Field
1979 Southern California Baseball Association standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
#1 Cal State Fullerton †y  ‍‍‍ 23–4 .85260–14 .811
No. 3 Pepperdine  ‍‍‍y 19–9 .67947–16 .746
Long Beach State  ‍‍‍ 17–10 .63040–22 .645
San Diego  ‍‍‍ 14–12 .53832–19 .627
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍ 12–16 .42929–34 .460
Cal State Los Angeles  ‍‍‍ 9–19 .32125–39 .391
UC Irvine  ‍‍‍ 8–19 .29622–37 .373
UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍ 7–20 .25917–31 .354
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1979[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Titans won the College World Series, defeating the Arkansas Razorbacks in the championship game.

Roster
1979 Cal State Fullerton Titans roster
 

Pitchers

  • 6 Bruce Davis - Junior
  • 7 Pat Estrada - Junior
  • 18 Frank Ferroni - Sophomore
  • 19 Dave Weatherman - Sophomore
  • 20 Tony Hudson - Sophomore
  • 22 Tim Miner - Sophomore
  • 26 Ray Lane - Junior
  • 27 Jim Sutton - Sophomore
  • 30 Larry Navilhon - Junior
  

Infielders

  • 3 Sam Favata - Sophomore
  • 8 Mike Garcia - Senior
  • 9 Matt Vejar - Junior
  • 13 Glenn Robertson - Junior
  • 15 Dan Hanggie - Sophomore
  • 29 Tim Wallach - Senior

Catchers

  • 14 Kurt Kingsolver - Junior
  • 24 Jerald Traylor - Sophomore
  • 25 Joe Martelli - Senior
  • 28 Mike Rubel - Freshman
  • 31 Scott Desrosier - Senior
  

Outfielders

Coaches

  • 16 Augie Garrido - 7th Season
  • 4 Jody Robinson - 3rd Season
  • 11 Matt McCann - 1st Season
  • 17 Bill Kernen - 2nd Season
  

Schedule
1979 Cal State Fullerton Titans Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
February
DateOpponentScoreOverall RecordSCBA Record
February 5Southern California13–61–0–
February 8Arizona9–72–0–
February 9at Arizona9–03–0–
February 9at Arizona8–44–0–
February 14at Cal Poly Pomona2–44–1–
February 16California4–15–1–
February 17California5–46–1–
February 17California7–67–1–
February 20Chapman5–38–1–
February 23at Arizona State4–58–2–
February 24at Arizona State3–108–3–
February 24at Arizona State18–129–3–
February 27UCLA9–210–3–
February 28Biola4–211–3–
March
DateOpponentScoreOverall RecordSCBA Record
March 4Cal State Dominguez Hills3–112–3–
March 6at Cal Poly Pomona13–613–3–
March 6at La Verne6–913–4–
March 8UNLV4–214–4–
March 9UNLV12–015–4–
March 10at San Diego State13–616–4–
March 10at San Diego State10–317–4–
March 11at San Diego State10–418–4–
March 14So. California College15–019–4–
March 16New Mexico10–620–4–
March 17New Mexico2–520–5–
March 17New Mexico4–121–5–
March 22at Chapman11–322–5–
March 23Azusa Pacific7–623–5–
March 24Stanford8–324–5–
March 24Stanford2–324–6–
March 30UC Irvine1–025–61–0
March 31at UC Irvine8–626–62–0
March 31at UC Irvine7–327–63–0
April
DateOpponentScoreOverall RecordSCBA Record
April 3UC Santa Barbara5–128–64–0
April 6San Diego11–1128–6–14–0–1
April 7at San Diego10–329–6–15–0–1
April 7at San Diego8–230–6–16–0–1
April 8at Loyola Marymount2–131–6–17–0–1
April 12vs. UC Irvine16–232–6–1–
April 13vs. Chapman4–1332–7–1–
April 13vs. UC Irvine11–233–7–1–
April 14vs. Chapman5–234–7–1–
April 14vs. Chapman5–634–8–1–
April 17Cal State LA12–635–8–17–2–1
April 20Pepperdine3–535–9–17–1–1
April 21at Pepperdine9–1035–10–18–2–1
April 21Pepperdine8–736–10–19–2–1
April 22Hawaii12–437–10–1–
April 24San Diego7–238–10–110–2–1
April 27at Long Beach State6–938–11–110–3–1
April 28Long Beach State7–139–11–111–3–1
April 28Long Beach State5–340–11–112–3–1
May
DateOpponentScoreOverall RecordSCBA Record
May 1Pepperdine8–241–11–113–3–1
May 4at Cal State LA9–042–11–114–3–1
May 5Cal State LA8–343–11–115–3–1
May 5Cal State LA4–244–11–116–3–1
May 8UC Irvine10–645–11–117–3–1
May 11UC Santa Barbara21–246–11–118–3–1
May 12at UC Santa Barbara14–247–11–119–3–1
May 12at UC Santa Barbara18–048–11–120–3–1
May 15at Long Beach State10–549–11–121–3–1
May 18at Loyola Marymount17–650–11–122–3–1
May 19at Loyola Marymount7–451–11–123–3–1
May 19at Loyola Marymount3–551–12–123–4–1
Post–Season
DateOpponentSite/StadiumScoreCal State Fullerton DecisionAttendanceOverall Record
May 25vs. UCLAPete Beiden Field4–5Hudson (L; 9–4)38451–13–1
May 26vs. PortlandPete Beiden Field20–3Weatherman (W; 13–2)–52–13–1
May 27vs. Fresno StatePete Beiden Field12–3Sutton (W; 8–2)51353–13–1
May 27vs. UCLAPete Beiden Field9–2Hudson (W; 10–4)42054–13–1
May 28vs. UCLAPete Beiden Field9–5Navilhon (W; 14–0)39255–13–1
DateOpponentSite/StadiumScoreCal State Fullerton DecisionAttendanceOverall Record
June 2vs. Mississippi StateRosenblatt Stadium1–6Navilhon (L; 14–1)11,04755–14–1
June 3vs. ConnecticutRosenblatt Stadium8–3Weatherman (W; 14–2)3,81356–14–1
June 4vs. ArizonaRosenblatt Stadium16–3Sutton (W; 9–2)–57–14–1
June 6vs. ArkansasRosenblatt Stadium13–10Estrada (W; 3–0)9,09158–14–1
June 7vs. PepperdineRosenblatt Stadium8–5Sutton (W; 10–2)9,29959–14–1
June 8vs. ArkansasRosenblatt Stadium2–1Weatherman (W; 15–2)10,15860–14–1

Awards and honors
Dan Hanggie
  • All-America Second Team[2]
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]
  • All-SCBA First Team[2]
Sam Favata
  • All-SCBA First Team[2]
Tony Hudson
Kurt Kingsolver
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]
Larry Navilhon
  • All-SCBA First Team[2]
Matt Vejar
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]
Tim Wallach
Dave Weatherman
  • All-SCBA First Team[2]

Titans in the 1979 MLB Draft

The following members of the Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball program were drafted in the 1979 Major League Baseball Draft.[4]

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Tim Wallach1B1st10thMontreal Expos
Michael PalmerOF5th125thKansas City Royals
Larry NavilhonRHP12th300thSan Diego Padres
Andre DavidOF14th349thMinnesota Twins
Kurt KingsolverC16th413thMilwaukee Brewers
Tony HudsonRHP17th422ndSt. Louis Cardinals
Mike Garcia2B27th669thAtlanta Braves

References
  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1979". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
  2. "Titans Honors and Awards" (PDF). FullertonTitans.com. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  3. "College World Series Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  4. "MLB Amateur Draft Picks from Cal State Fullerton University". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved 30 June 2012.


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