1984 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team

American college baseball season

1984 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball

College World Series champions SCBA Champions
Conference	Southern California Baseball Association
CB	No. 1
Record	66–20 (22–6 SCBA)
Head coach	Augie Garrido (12th year)
Assistant coaches	Chris Smith (1st year) Bill Hughes (1st year) Dave Snow (5th year)
Home stadium	Titan Field
Seasons ← 1983 1985 →

1984 Southern California Baseball Association standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Cal State Fullerton ‍†‍‍^y	22	–	6	.786	66	–	20	.767
No. 23 UNLV ‍‍‍^y	17	–	10	.630	42	–	24	.636
UC Santa Barbara ‍‍‍	15	–	11	.577	46	–	21	.687
Pepperdine ‍‍‍	16	–	12	.571	41	–	21	.661
Long Beach State ‍‍‍	13	–	15	.464	32	–	34	.485
UC Irvine ‍‍‍	11	–	17	.393	23	–	34	.404
Loyola Marymount ‍‍‍	10	–	18	.357	23	–	38	.377
San Diego ‍‍‍	6	–	21	.222	20	–	36	.357

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1984^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1984 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team represented California State University, Fullerton in the 1984 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Titans played their home games at Titan Field. The team was coached by Augie Garrido in his 12th season at Cal State Fullerton.

The Titans won the College World Series, defeating the Texas Longhorns in the championship game.

Roster

1984 Cal State Fullerton Titans roster

Pitchers

2 Eddie Delzer - Senior
8 Damon Allen - Sophomore
9 Mark Titchener - Freshman
20 Scott Wright - Junior
22 Steve Rousey - Junior
23 Paul Hartwig - Sophomore
25 Greg Mathews - Senior
26 Jack Reinholtz - Senior
27 Todd Simons - Junior
36 Glen Braybrooks - Junior

Infielders

2 Shane Turner - Junior
4 Blaine Larker - Junior
5 Jose Mota - Sophomore
13 Mike Halasz - Junior
15 Kirk Bates - Junior
24 Dan Apodaca - Sophomore
28 Rick Vanderhook - Senior
31 Rich Slominski - Sophomore
32 George Sarkissian - Senior
33 James Jackle - Freshman
34 Rick Campo - Junior

Catchers

14 Bob Caffrey - Junior
17 Ray Roman - Senior
35 Jeff Robinson - Freshman

Outfielders

6 Coby Oakes - Freshman
10 Tom Thomas - Senior
11 Jeff Farber - Junior
12 John Fishel - Junior
21 John Bryant - Senior
30 Keith Watkins - Freshman

Coaches

16 Augie Garrido - 12th Season
1 Chris Smith - 1st Season
7 Bill Hughes - 1st Season
13 Dave Snow - 5th Season

Schedule

1984 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball game log

Regular season

February

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall record	SCBA record
February 3	at Stanford	5–4	1–0	–
February 4	at Stanford	1–7	1–1	–
February 5	at Stanford	7–5	2–1	–
February 7	at Cal Poly Pomona	12–3	3–1	–
February 9	Saint Mary's	7–1	4–1	–
February 10	Arizona	1–4	4–2	–
February 11	Arizona	7–8	4–3	–
February 11	Arizona	5–1	5–3	–
February 13	at Chapman	3–5	5–4	–
February 14	UCLA	2–5	5–5	–
February 16	at Arizona	4–1	6–5	–
February 17	at Arizona	15–3	7–5	–
February 18	at Arizona	13–6	8–5	–
February 21	So. California College	6–5	9–5	–
February 21	Chapman	6–10	9–6	–
February 22	at UCLA	16–1	10–6	–
February 23	Cal Poly Pomona	17–5	11–6	–
February 24	Fresno State	4–2	12–6	–
February 25	Fresno State	3–2	13–6	–
February 26	Fresno State	5–3	14–6	–
February 28	Southern California	4–3	15–6	–
February 29	UC Riverside	9–4	16–6	–

March

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall record	SCBA record
March 2	at Texas	10–2	17–6	–
March 2	at Texas	2–4	17–7	–
March 3	at Texas	3–8	17–8	–
March 5	Southern California	2–1	18–8	–
March 8	Nebraska	9–7	19–8	–
March 9	Florida State	5–3	20–8	–
March 10	Florida State	6–1	21–8	–
March 11	Florida State	4–10	21–9	–
March 13	at Pepperdine	5–2	22–9	1–0
March 14	UC Riverside	10–1	23–9	–
March 16	at Pepperdine	2–4	23–10	1–1
March 17	Pepperdine	8–5	24–10	2–1
March 17	Pepperdine	4–5	24–11	2–2
March 20	at La Verne	11–6	25–11	–
March 21	Azusa Pacific	5–2	26–11	–
March 23	at UNLV	6–4	27–11	3–2
March 23	at UNLV	6–4	28–11	4–2
March 24	at UNLV	5–7	28–12	4–3
March 24	at UNLV	4–2	29–12	5–2
March 26	at UC Riverside	2–6	29–13	–
March 27	vs. San Diego State	0–4	29–14	–
March 27	vs. Washington State	2–7	29–15	–
March 28	vs. Oregon State	14–5	30–15	–
March 29	vs. Seton Hall	7–3	31–15	–
March 30	vs. Oral Roberts	5–4	32–15	–
March 31	vs. BYU	11–4	33–15	–

April

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall record	SCBA record
April 3	at UC Santa Barbara	4–3	34–15	6–2
April 4	at Azusa Pacific	6–5	35–15	7–2
April 6	at San Diego	8–3	36–15	8–2
April 7	San Diego	13–2	37–15	9–2
April 7	San Diego	7–1	38–15	10–2
April 10	at UC Irvine	13–5	39–15	11–2
April 11	La Verne	11–2	40–15	–
April 13	Cal Poly	3–0	41–15	–
April 15	Cal Poly	18–4	42–15	–
April 20	Loyola Marymount	12–9	43–15	12–2
April 21	at Loyola Marymount	3–7	43–16	12–3
April 21	at Loyola Marymount	14–3	44–16	13–3
April 24	Long Beach State	6–1	45–16	14–3
April 25	Cal Lutheran	16–0	46–16	–
April 27	at UC Irvine	6–2	47–16	15–3
April 28	UC Irvine	3–5	47–17	15–4
April 28	UC Irvine	3–0	48–17	16–4

May

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall record	SCBA record
May 1	Loyola Marymount	6–0	49–17	17–4
May 4	Long Beach State	12–4	50–17	18–4
May 5	at Long Beach State	4–3	51–17	19–4
May 5	at Long Beach State	3–4	51–18	19–5
May 8	at San Diego	5–3	52–18	19–6
May 11	at UC Santa Barbara	14–8	53–18	20–6
May 12	UC Santa Barbara	15–13	54–18	21–6
May 12	UC Santa Barbara	6–0	55–18	22–6
May 19	UNLV	9–3	56–18	–
May 19	UNLV	7–3	57–18	–
May 20	UNLV	9–7	58–18	–

Post-season

NCAA tournament: West I Regional

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Cal State Fullerton Decision	Attendance	Overall record
May 25	vs. Southern California	Pete Beiden Field	10–6	Simmons (W; 14–2)	–	59–18
May 26	vs. San Diego State	Pete Beiden Field	16–6	Reinholtz (W; 12–2)	1,752	60–18
May 27	vs. San Diego State	Pete Beiden Field	5–9	Mathews (L; 9-4)	1,643	60–19
May 28	vs. San Diego State	Pete Beiden Field	8–7	Wright (W; 5–1)	1,368	61–19

NCAA tournament: College World Series

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Cal State Fullerton Decision	Attendance	Overall record
June 1	vs. Michigan	Rosenblatt Stadium	8–4	Wright (W; 6–1)	10,274	62–19
June 4	vs. Texas	Rosenblatt Stadium	4–6	Simmons (L; 14–3)	9,514	62–20
June 6	vs. Miami (FL)	Rosenblatt Stadium	13–5	Delzer (W; 7–2)	5,000	63–20
June 8	vs. Arizona State	Rosenblatt Stadium	6–1	Reinholtz (W; 13–2)	9,000	64–20
June 9	vs. Oklahoma State	Rosenblatt Stadium	10–2	Simmons (W; 15–3)	9,931	65–20
June 10	vs. Texas	Rosenblatt Stadium	3–1	Delzer (W; 8–2)	13,487	66–20

Awards and honors

Kirk Bates

All-SCBA First Team^[2]

Bob Caffrey

All-SCBA First Team^[2]
College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]

Eddie Delzer

College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]

John Fishel

College World Series Most Outstanding Player^[3]
College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]
All-America Second Team^[2]
All-SCBA First Team^[2]

Blaine Larker

College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]

Jose Mota

All-SCBA First Team^[2]

Todd Simmons

All-America First Team^[2]
All-SCBA First Team^[2]

Tom Thomas

All-SCBA First Team^[2]

Scott Wright

All-America First Team^[2]
SCBA Player of the Year^[2]
All-SCBA First Team^[2]

Titans in the 1984 MLB Draft

The following members of the Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball program were drafted in the 1984 Major League Baseball Draft.^[4]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Bob Caffrey	C	1st	15th	New York Yankees
Steve Rousey	RHP	4th	82nd	Seattle Mariners
Todd Simmons	RHP	4th	106th	Chicago White Sox
Damon Allen	RHP	7th	182nd	Detroit Tigers
Greg Mathews	LHP	10th	243rd	St. Louis Cardinals
Kirk Bates	2B	11th	274th	Texas Rangers
Scott Wright	RHP	14th	361st	Philadelphia Phillies
Jack Reinholtz	LHP	17th	420th	Seattle Mariners
Tom Thomas	OF	17th	480th	Minnesota Twins
John Fishel	OF	19th	480th	Oakland Athletics
Edwin Delzer	LHP	21st	528th	California Angels
John Bryant	OF	23rd	577th	Cincinnati Reds
Ray Roman	C	28th	690th	Philadelphia Phillies

References

^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1984". Boyd's World. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Titans Honors and Awards" (PDF). FullertonTitans.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "College World Series record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks from Cal State Fullerton University". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved June 30, 2012.

v t e Cal State Fullerton Titans 1984 College World Series champions
2 Shane Turner 5 José Mota 8 Damon Allen 12 John Fishel (College World Series MOP) 14 Bob Caffrey 25 Greg Mathews 28 Rick Vanderhook
Head Coach 16 Augie Garrido Assistant Coach 13 Dave Snow
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