1986 Arizona Wildcats baseball
College World Series Champions vs. Florida State
Central Regional Champions
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
CB	No. 1
Record	49-19 (18–12 Pac-10)
Head coach	Jerry Kindall (14th season)
Assistant coaches	Jerry Stitt (8th season) Jim Wing (14th season)
Home stadium	Sancet Stadium
Seasons ← 1985 1987 →

1986 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Northern
No. 23 Oregon State ^x‍‍‍^y	18	–	5	.783	39	–	15	.722
Gonzaga ‍‍‍	13	–	10	.565	30	–	21	.588
Portland State ‍‍‍	12	–	11	.522	39	–	23	.629
Washington State ‍‍‍	11	–	12	.478	35	–	24	.593
Portland ‍‍‍	10	–	13	.435	24	–	26	.480
Washington ‍‍‍	9	–	14	.391	25	–	23	.521
Eastern Washington ‍‍‍	8	–	16	.333	22	–	28	.440
Southern
No. 13 UCLA ^x‍‍‍^y	21	–	9	.700	39	–	23	.629
No. 1 Arizona ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12	.600	49	–	19	.721
No. 15 Stanford ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12	.600	38	–	23	.623
Southern California ‍‍‍	12	–	18	.400	26	–	29	.473
Arizona State ‍‍‍	11	–	19	.367	34	–	28	.548
California ‍‍‍	10	–	20	.333	32	–	25	.561

x – Division champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1986^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1986 Arizona Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Arizona in the 1986 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team was coached by Jerry Kindall in his 14th season at Arizona.

The Wildcats won the College World Series, defeating the Florida State Seminoles in the championship game.

Roster

1986 Arizona Wildcats roster

Pitchers

David Carley
Jason Klonoski
Joe Estes
Gil Heredia
Jeff Hird
Derek Huenneke
Jim McDonald
Thomas Wieser

Infielders

Chip Hale
Tom Hinzo
Gar Millay
Dave Rohde
Chip Stratton
Todd Trafton
Gary Wagner
Craig Lapiner

Outfielders

Gary Alexander
Chuck Johnson
Kevin Long
Mike Senne
David Shermet
Pat Waid

Catchers

Scott Engle
Steven Strong
David Taylor
Mike Thorell

Coaches

1986 Arizona Wildcats baseball coaching staff^[2]
Jerry Kindall - Head Coach Jerry Stitt - Assistant Coach Jim Wing - Assistant Coach

1986 Schedule and results


1986 Arizona Wildcats Baseball Game Log^[2]
Regular Season
Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record	Pac-10 Record
Jan 30	Grand Canyon	Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 8-6	1-0
Jan 31	at Grand Canyon	Brazell Field • Phoenix, AZ	L 2-4	1-1
Feb 3	Cal State Dominguez Hills	Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 12-2	2-1
Feb 4	Cal State Dominguez Hills	Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	L 7-8	2-2
Feb 5	Cal State Dominguez Hills	Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	L 10-13	2-3
Feb 6	Pepperdine	Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 1-0	3-3
Feb 7	Pepperdine	Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 5-4	4-3
Feb 8	Pepperdine	Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 3-2	5-3
Feb 10	Western New Mexico	Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 15-1	6-3
Feb 11	Western New Mexico	Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 20-4	7-3
Feb 13	Cal State Fullerton	Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	L 7-10	7-4
Feb 14	Cal State Fullerton	Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 8-6	8-4
Feb 15	Cal State Fullerton	Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	L 6-9	8-5
Feb 18	Texas Southern	Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 20-1	9-5
Feb 19	Texas Southern	Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 22-4	10-5
Feb 20	Texas Southern	Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 15-2	11-5
Feb 21	at Hawaii	Rainbow Stadium • Honolulu, HI	W 11-8	12-5
Feb 22	at Hawaii	Rainbow Stadium • Honolulu, HI	L 5-9	12-6
Feb 23	at Hawaii	Rainbow Stadium • Honolulu, HI	W 7-2	13-6
Feb 28	Stanford	Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	L 4-6	13-7	0-1
Mar 1	Stanford	Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 8-5	14-7	1-1
Mar 2	Stanford	Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	L 4-7	14-8	1-2
Mar 7	at California	Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA	W 2-1	15-8	2-2
Mar 8	at California	Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA	W 7-4	16-8	3-2
Mar 11	Hartford	Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 21-3	17-8
Mar 12	Hartford	Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 16-4	18-8
Mar 14	at USC	Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA	L 0-5	18-9	3-3
Mar 15	at USC	Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA	L 12-14	18-10	3-4
Mar 17	at Long Beach State	Campus Baseball Field • Long Beach, CA	W 12-3	19-10
Mar 18	at USC	Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA	W 6-3	20-10	4-4
Mar 21	UCLA	Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 14-5	21-10	5-4
Mar 22	UCLA	Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	L 5-28	21-11	5-5
Mar 23	UCLA	Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	L 9-12	21-12	5-6
Mar 27	New Mexico State	Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 4-2	22-12
Mar 28	New Mexico State	Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 21-4	23-12
Mar 29	New Mexico State	Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 9-4	24-12
Mar 31	Seton Hall	Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 10-1	25-12
Apr 1	Seton Hall	Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 13-0	26-12
Apr 2	Seton Hall	Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 12-11	27-12
Apr 4	California	Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 6-3	28-12	6-6
Apr 5	California	Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 5-4	29-12	7-6
Apr 6	California	Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 11-8	30-12	8-6
Apr 7	at California	Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA	W 17-16	31-12	9-6
Apr 11	at Arizona State	Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ	L 9-12	31-13	9-7
Apr 12	at Arizona State	Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 5-3	32-13	10-7
Apr 13	at Arizona State	Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ	L 5-6	32-14	10-8
Apr 18	USC	Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 10-3	33-14	11-8
Apr 19	USC	Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 9-4	34-14	12-8
Apr 20	USC	Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 19-17	35-14	13-8
Apr 25	at UCLA	Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	L 5-17	35-15	13-9
Apr 26	at UCLA	Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	W 12-4	36-15	14-9
Apr 27	at UCLA	Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	L 13-14	36-16	14-10
May 2	at Stanford	Sunken Diamond • Palo Alto, CA	W 2-1	37-16	15-10
May 3	at Stanford	Sunken Diamond • Palo Alto, CA	L 4-14	37-17	15-11
May 4	at Stanford	Sunken Diamond • Palo Alto, CA	L 3-8	37-18	15-12
May 12	Grand Canyon	Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 9-6	38-18
May 16	Arizona State	Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 9-4	39-18	16-12
May 17	Arizona State	Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 18-2	40-18	17-12
May 18	Arizona State	Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 22-11	41-18	18-12
NCAA Central Regional
May 22	vs San Diego State	Disch-Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 26-5	42-18
May 23	at Texas	Disch-Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 9-3	43-18
May 24	vs Pepperdine	Disch-Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 10-6	44-18
May 25	vs Pepperdine	Disch-Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 5-3	45-18
College World Series
May 30	vs Maine	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	W 8-7	46-18
Jun 2	vs Loyola Marymount	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	W 7-5	47-18
Jun 6	vs Florida State	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	W 9-5	48-18
Jun 7	vs Miami (FL)	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	L 2-4	48-19
Jun 9	vs Florida State	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	W 10-2	49-19

Central Regional

Main article: 1986 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament § Central Regional at Austin, TX

Central Regional Teams
Pepperdine Waves	Texas-Pan American Broncs	Arizona Wildcats	San Diego State Aztecs	Texas Longhorns	Southern Illinois Salukis

at Austin, TX


Round 1		Round 2		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final



Pepperdine	11

Texas–Pan American	0	Pepperdine	5

		Southern Illinois	3

Arizona	26			Pepperdine	6

San Diego State	5			Arizona	10

		Arizona	9					Arizona	5	—

		Texas	3					Pepperdine	3	—

Texas	21					Pepperdine	2*

Southern Illinois	7			Texas	9	Texas	0*

		Texas–Pan American	10	Texas–Pan American	5

		San Diego State	6

College World Series

1980 College World Series Teams
Arizona Wildcats	Florida State Seminoles	Indiana State Sycamores	Loyola Marymount Lions	LSU Tigers	Maine Black Bears	Miami Hurricanes	Oklahoma State Cowboys

Awards and honors

Gil Heredia

Third Team All-American^[3]
First Team All-Pac-10 South^[3]

Mike Senne

College World Series Most Outstanding Player^[4]
First Team All-Pac-10 South^[3]

Steve Strong

First Team All-Pac-10 South^[3]

Todd Trafton

College World Series All-Tournament Team^[4]
First Team All-Pac-10 South^[3]

1986 MLB Draft

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Dave Rohde	INF	5	120	Houston Astros
Todd Trafton	INF	5	127	Chicago White Sox
Tommy Hinzo	INF	7	161	Cleveland Indians
Michael Senne	OF	14	364	St. Louis Cardinals
David Carley	RHP	16	399	Milwaukee Brewers
Joel Estes	LHP	23	586	Houston Astros
Jim McDonald	RHP	26	656	Montreal Expos
Gar Millay	INF	28	690	Texas Rangers

^[5]

References

^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1986". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "2023 BSB Media Guide" (PDF). University of Arizona Athletics. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "2012 Arizona Baseball Media Guide". ArizonaWildcats.com. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
^ ^a ^b "CWS record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 16, 2012.
^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 4, 2023.

v t e Arizona Wildcats 1986 College World Series champions
Chip Hale Gil Heredia Kevin Long Dave Rohde Mike Senne (College World Series MOP)
Head Coach: Jerry Kindall Assistant Coach: Jerry Stitt
Regular season NCAA tournament College World Series

v t e Arizona Wildcats baseball
Venues	UA Field (1929–1966) Jerry Kindall Field at Frank Sancet Stadium (1967–2011) Hi Corbett Field (2012–present)
Rivalries	Arizona State
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics

NCAA Division I baseball champions

1947: California
1948: USC
1949: Texas
1950: Texas
1951: Oklahoma
1952: Holy Cross
1953: Michigan
1954: Missouri
1955: Wake Forest
1956: Minnesota
1957: California
1958: USC
1959: Oklahoma State
1960: Minnesota
1961: USC
1962: Michigan
1963: USC
1964: Minnesota
1965: Arizona State
1966: Ohio State
1967: Arizona State
1968: USC
1969: Arizona State
1970: USC
1971: USC
1972: USC
1973: USC
1974: USC
1975: Texas
1976: Arizona
1977: Arizona State
1978: USC
1979: Cal State Fullerton
1980: Arizona
1981: Arizona State
1982: Miami
1983: Texas
1984: Cal State Fullerton
1985: Miami
1986: Arizona
1987: Stanford
1988: Stanford
1989: Wichita State
1990: Georgia
1991: LSU
1992: Pepperdine
1993: LSU
1994: Oklahoma
1995: Cal State Fullerton
1996: LSU
1997: LSU
1998: USC
1999: Miami
2000: LSU
2001: Miami
2002: Texas
2003: Rice
2004: Cal State Fullerton
2005: Texas
2006: Oregon State
2007: Oregon State
2008: Fresno State
2009: LSU
2010: South Carolina
2011: South Carolina
2012: Arizona
2013: UCLA
2014: Vanderbilt
2015: Virginia
2016: Coastal Carolina
2017: Florida
2018: Oregon State
2019: Vanderbilt
2020: No tournament
2021: Mississippi State
2022: Ole Miss
2023: LSU


Upper round 1		Upper round 2		Upper final		Semifinals		Preliminary final		Final



Loyola Marymount	4

LSU	3
		Loyola Marymount	5

		Arizona	7
Arizona	8

Maine	7
				Arizona	9

				Florida State	5
Miami (FL)	6
						Arizona	2
Oklahoma State	2
		Miami (FL)	2			Miami (FL)	4

		Florida State	7
Florida State	5

Indiana State	3									Arizona	10

								Miami (FL)	3	Florida State	2

		Lower round 1		Lower round 2				Florida State	4



				Miami (FL)	4

		LSU	8	LSU	3
						Florida State	6
		Maine	4
						Oklahoma State	5
				Loyola Marymount	5

		Oklahoma State	4	Oklahoma State	11

		Indiana State	0