1992 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team

1992 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball
ConferenceBig West Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
CBNo. 2
Record46-17 (17–7 Big West)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadiumTitan Field
Amerige Park
Seasons
← 1991
1993 →
1992 Big West Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 23 Long Beach State  ‍†‍‍y 18 – 5   .783 36 – 21   .632
No. 2 Cal State Fullerton  ‍‍‍y 17 – 7   .708 46 – 17   .730
Fresno State  ‍‍‍y 16 – 8   .667 37 – 20   .649
UNLV  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542 30 – 24   .556
San Jose State  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12   .500 32 – 21   .604
UC Irvine  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 23 – 27   .460
UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍ 9 – 14   .391 30 – 23   .566
New Mexico State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18   .250 20 – 33   .377
Pacific  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18   .250 17 – 33   .340
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1992[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1992 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team represented California State University, Fullerton in the 1992 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Titans played their home games at Titan Field. The team was coached by Augie Garrido in his 17th season at Cal State Fullerton.

The Titans lost the College World Series, defeated by the Pepperdine Waves in the championship game.

Roster

1992 Cal State Fullerton Titans roster
 

Pitchers

  • 13 Paco Chavez - Senior
  • 17 Chad Dembisky - Senior
  • 35 Bryan Dunagan - Freshman
  • 2 Derek Fahs - Freshman
  • 20 Tony Fetchel - Junior
  • 31 Bill Fitzgerald - Junior
  • 19 Yusef Ford - Senior
  • 34 Sonny Guzman - Freshman
  • 32 Mark Holiday - Junior
  • 38 Dan Naulty - Senior
  • 44 Marcus Nelson - Junior
  • 36 Mike Parisi - Freshman
  • 18 James Popoff - Senior
  • 41 Jeff Scarpitti - Junior
  

Infielders

  • 23 Jim Betzold - Sophomore
  • 25 Jeff Ferguson - Freshman
  • 21 Phil Nevin - Junior
  • 15 D. C. Olsen - Freshman
  • 7 Chris Powell - Senior
  • 5 Nate Rodriquez - Junior
  • 6 Steve Sisco - Senior
  • 40 Brian Wixom - Junior

Catchers

  • 37 Kevin Bill - Freshman
  • 30 Bret Hemphill - Sophomore
  • 24 Frank Herman - Senior
  • 22 Jason Moler - Senior
  

Outfielders

  • 10 Tony Banks - Junior
  • 33 Jeremy Carr - Junior
  • 27 Craig Fairbrother - Senior
  • 9 Steve Friedrich - Freshman
  • 26 Jack Jordan - Junior
  • 11 Dante Powell - Freshman

Coaches

 

Schedule

1992 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball game log
Regular season
February (9–4)
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big West record
February 3 UCLA Amerige Park 2–3 0–1 –
February 8 at Stanford Sunken Diamond 2–4 0–2 –
February 8 at Sanford Sunken Diamond 8–3 1–2 –
February 9 at Sanford Sunken Diamond 3–1 2–2 –
February 14 at Loyola Marymount George C. Page Stadium 13–2 3–2 –
February 17 Cal State Northridge Amerige Park 5–2 4–2 –
February 18 San Diego Amerige Park 4–3 5–2 –
February 20 at Arizona Frank Sancet Stadium 15–19 5–3 –
February 21 at Arizona Frank Sancet Stadium 22–6 6–3 –
February 22 at Arizona Frank Sancet Stadium 16–5 7–3 –
February 25 Chapman Amerige Park 4–6 7–4 –
February 28 Illinois Amerige Park 12–5 8–4 –
February 29 Illinois Amerige Park 12–6 9–4 –
March (13–5)
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big West record
March 1 Illinois Amerige Park 7–4 10–4 –
March 4 Chapman Amerige Park 10–3 11–4 –
March 6 Southern Utah Amerige Park 7–0 12–4 –
March 7 Southern Utah Amerige Park 11–2 13–4 –
March 8 Southern Utah Amerige Park 19–0 14–4 –
March 10 USC Amerige Park 6–10 14–5 –
March 13 UC Santa Barbara Amerige Park 3–4 14–6 0–1
March 14 UC Santa Barbara Amerige Park 6–2 15–6 1–1
March 15 UC Santa Barbara Amerige Park 7–5 16–6 2–1
March 17 Hartford Amerige Park 24–4 17–6 2–1
March 20 at New Mexico State Presley Askew Field 16–6 18–6 3–1
March 21 at New Mexico State Presley Askew Field 16–7 19–6 4–1
March 22 at New Mexico State Presley Askew Field 8–10 19–7 4–2
March 24 Ohio State Amerige Park 6–4 20–7 4–2
March 25 at Cal State Northridge Matador Field 4–10 20–8 4–2
March 27 at Pacific Billy Hebert Field 4–0 21–8 5–2
March 28 at Pacific Billy Hebert Field 22–6 22–8 6–2
March 29 at Pacific Billy Hebert Field 2–3 22–9 6–3
April (11–4)
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big West record
May (5–2)
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big West record
May 1 UC Irvine Titan Field 6–8 33–14 13–6
May 2 UC Irvine Titan Field 6–5 34–14 14–6
May 8 at San Jose State San Jose Municipal Stadium 10–0 37–14 16–6
May 9 at San Jose State San Jose Municipal Stadium 2–8 37–15 16–7
May 10 at San Jose State San Jose Municipal Stadium 8–3 38–15 17–7
Postseason
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big West record
May 21 vs Ohio State Alex Box Stadium 3–2 39–15 17–7
May 22 vs Tulane Alex Box Stadium 8–0 40–15 17–7
May 23 vs LSU Alex Box Stadium 11–0 41–15 17–7
May 24 vs Ohio State Alex Box Stadium 13–1 42–15 17–7
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big West record
May 29 vs Florida State Rosenblatt Stadium 7–2 43–15 17–7
May 31 vs Miami (FL) Rosenblatt Stadium 3–4 43–16 17–7
June 2 vs Florida State Rosenblatt Stadium 6–0 44–16 17–7
June 3 vs Miami (FL) Rosenblatt Stadium 7–5 45–16 17–7
June 5 vs Miami (FL) Rosenblatt Stadium 8–1 46–16 17–7
June 6 vs Pepperdine Rosenblatt Stadium 2–3 46–17 17–7

Awards and honors

Dante Powell
  • Baseball America All-Freshman Team[2]
  • All-Big West First Team[2]
James Popoff
  • Collegiate Baseball 3rd Team All-American[2]
  • All-Big West First Team[2]
  • Big West Pitcher of the Year[2]
Phil Nevin
Jason Moler
  • ABCA 2nd Team All-American[2]
  • Collegiate Baseball 3rd Team All-American[2]
  • All-Big West First Team[2]
Dan Naulty
  • All-Big West First Team[2]

Titans in the 1992 MLB Draft

The following members of the Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball program were drafted in the 1992 Major League Baseball Draft.[4]

Round Pick Player Position MLB Club
1 1 Phil Nevin 3B Houston Astros
4 109 Jason Moler C Philadelphia Phillies
14 402 Dan Naulty P Minnesota Twins
16 442 Steve Sisco 2B Kansas City Royals
27 749 Jim Popoff P New York Mets
31 876 Yusef Ford P Chicago White Sox

References

  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1992". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Titans Honors and Awards" (PDF). FullertonTitans.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
  3. ^ a b "College World Series record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
  4. ^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks from Cal State Fullerton University". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved April 4, 2019.