1980 Miami Hurricanes baseball

NCAA East Regional champions
College World Series, 2–2
Conference	Independent
Record	59–12
Head coach	Ron Fraser (18th year)
Home stadium	Mark Light Field
Seasons ← 1979 1981 →

1980 NCAA Division I baseball independents standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Miami (FL) ‍‍‍^y		–		–	59	–	12	.831
No. 7 Florida State ‍‍‍^y		–		–	51	–	12	.810
Notre Dame ‍‍‍		–		–	29	–	8	.784
Air Force ‍‍‍		–		–	27	–	9	.750
No. 10 Gonzaga ‍‍‍^y		–		–	39	–	15	.722
Stetson ‍‍‍		–		–	34	–	18	.654
Louisville ‍‍‍		–		–	38	–	21	.644
Detroit ‍‍‍		–		–	32	–	21	.604
Campbell ‍‍‍		–		–	18	–	18	.500
Lafayette ‍‍‍		–		–	11	–	13	.458
Northern Iowa ‍‍‍		–		–	12	–	16	.429
Hofstra ‍‍‍		–		–	7	–	28	.200

y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1980^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1980 Miami Hurricanes baseball team represented the University of Miami in the 1980 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Hurricanes played their home games at Mark Light Field. The team was coached by Ron Fraser in his 18th season at Miami.

The Hurricanes reached the College World Series, where they were eliminated in the semifinals after recording wins against Clemson and Michigan and losses to eventual runner-up Hawaii and third-place California.^[2]

Personnel

Roster

1980 Miami Hurricanes roster^[3]

Pitchers

Bob Bastian
Eddie Escribano
Neal Heaton
Jeff Morrison
Danny Smith

Catchers

Frank Castro

Infielders

Outfielders

Matt Tyner

Unknown

Tony Barquin
Rob Biagini
Dave Bisceglia
Lou Burmester
Alex DeJesus
Rick Del Giudice
Wally Egnatuk
Dave Ferguson
Terry Gallagher
Leigh Gullette
Paul Hundhammer
Mike Kutner
Mike Maude
Matt Minium
George Reyes
Gary Ross

Coaches

1980 Miami Hurricanes baseball coaching staff
Ron Fraser – Head coach – 18th year

Schedule and results

Legend
	Miami win
	Miami loss

1980 Miami Hurricanes baseball game log^[4]

Regular season

February
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record
Feb 9	Lamar	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 9–1	1–0
Feb 10	Lamar	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 11–5	2–0
Feb 11	Lamar	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 21–1	3–0
Feb 16	at Florida	Perry Field • Gainesville, FL	W 7–0	4–0
Feb 17	at Florida	Perry Field • Gainesville, FL	W 5–0	5–0
Feb 18	at Jacksonville	Jacksonville, FL	W 5–1	6–0
Feb 19	at Jacksonville	Jacksonville, FL	L 6–7	6–1
Feb 19	at Jacksonville	Jacksonville, FL	W 4–0	7–1
Feb 22	Florida State	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 10–0	8–1
Feb 23	Florida State	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 4–3	9–1
Feb 24	Florida State	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	L 8–9	9–2
Feb 26	Saint Leo	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 7–2	10–2
Feb 27	Saint Leo	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 20–2	11–2
Feb 29	South Alabama	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 2–0	12–2

March
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record
Mar 1	South Alabama	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	L 4–7	12–3
Mar 2	South Alabama	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 7–1	13–3
Mar 4	St. Joseph's	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 6–0	14–3
Mar 5	St. Joseph's	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 12–4	15–3
Mar 6	Buffalo	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	L 1–2	15–4
Mar 7	at South Florida	Red McEwen Field • Tampa, FL	W 4–3	16–4
Mar 8	at South Florida	Red McEwen Field • Tampa, FL	W 8–0	17–4
Mar 9	Buffalo	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 15–8	18–4
Mar 10	Buffalo	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 14–7	19–4
Mar 12	Indiana State	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 3–1	20–4
Mar 13	Baltimore Orioles	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	L 2–8
Mar 14	Oklahoma State	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 2–1	21–4
Mar 15	Indiana State	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 3–1	22–4
Mar 17	Southern Illinois	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 5–1	23–4
Mar 18	Southern Illinois	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	L 2–5	23–5
Mar 19	Miami (OH)	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 7–2	24–5
Mar 20	Southern Illinois	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 9–4	25–5
Mar 21	Bowling Green	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 7–1	26–5
Mar 22	Southern Illinois	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 8–1	27–5
Mar 25	Delaware	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 11–2	28–5
Mar 26	Florida A&M	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 11–4	29–5
Mar 27	Florida A&M	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 20–1⁷	30–5
Mar 28	Bowling Green	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 8–3	31–5
Mar 29	Jacksonville	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 8–5	32–5
Mar 30	Jacksonville	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 12–5	33–5
Mar 31	Jacksonville	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 14–2	34–5

April
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record
Apr 2	South Carolina	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 9–0	35–5
Apr 3	South Carolina	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 5–0	36–5
Apr 4	South Carolina	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	L 5–15	36–6
Apr 5	South Carolina	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	L 1–8	36–7
Apr 8	at FIU	Miami, FL	W 10–2	37–7
Apr 11	at Texas A&M	Olsen Field • College Station, TX	W 8–1	38–7
Apr 12	at Texas A&M	Olsen Field • College Station, TX	W 4–1⁷	39–7
Apr 15	Biscayne	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 7–4	40–7
Apr 16	Biscayne	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 2–1	41–7
Apr 18	South Florida	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 6–4	42–7
Apr 19	Biscayne	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 9–4	43–7
Apr 22	FIU	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	L 4–6	43–8
Apr 25	Stetson	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 17–6	44–8
Apr 26	Stetson	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 11–4	45–8
Apr 27	Stetson	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 3–2	46–8
Apr 29	FIU	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 13–6	47–8
Apr 30	Biscayne	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 15–0	48–8

May
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record
May 3	at Florida State	Seminole Field • Tallahassee, FL	W 10–6	49–8
May 4	at Florida State	Seminole Field • Tallahassee, FL	L 5–7	49–9
May 5	at Florida State	Seminole Field • Tallahassee, FL	W 7–5	50–9
May 6	at Florida A&M	Tallahassee, FL	L 3–4¹⁰	50–10
May 7	at Florida A&M	Tallahassee, FL	W 13–6	51–10
May 8	at Mercer	Claude Smith Field • Macon, GA	W 9–2	52–10
May 9	at Mercer	Claude Smith Field • Macon, GA	W 8–2	53–10
May 10	at Mercer	Claude Smith Field • Macon, GA	W 4–3	54–10

Postseason

NCAA East Regional
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	NCAAT record
May 25	South Alabama	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 15–6	55–10	1–0
May 26	James Madison	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 10–3	56–10	2–0
May 27	Delaware	Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 10–1	57–10	3–0

College World Series
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	CWS record
May 31	Clemson	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	W 13–5	58–10	1–0
June 2	Michigan	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	W 3–2	59–10	2–0
June 3	Hawaii	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	L 3–9	59–11	2–1
June 4	California	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	L 3–4	59–12	2–2

References

^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1980". Boyd's World. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
^ "1980 College World Series". Omaha.com. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
^ Miami Hurricanes Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Miami Hurricanes. pp. 141–146. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
^ Miami Hurricanes Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Miami Hurricanes. p. 55. Retrieved January 20, 2021.

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