1960 Arizona Wildcats baseball team

1960 Arizona Wildcats baseball
District VI champions
College World Series, 3rd
Conference	Border Conference
Record	43–9 (2–2 Border)
Head coach	Frank Sancet (11th season)
Home stadium	UA Field

The 1960 Arizona Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Arizona in the 1960 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games at UA Field. The team was coached by Frank Sancet in his 11th year at Arizona.

The Wildcats won the District VI Playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Southern California Trojans.

Roster

1960 Arizona Wildcats baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town Luis Bachelier / — — P Dave Baldwin / — — OF Bill Barrclough / — — Gordon Bergthold / — — Gene Bubala / — — So Thomas Celli / — — Mark Clarke / — — Kenny Coopwood / — — Bob Encinas / — — Les Fenderson / — — Jim Geist / — — Sr Chuck Giles / — — C Alan Hall / — — Sr Larry Hamann / — — Larry Hoffman / — — Sr Kenneth Hunt / — — Tom Kassner / — — Gary LaFevers / — — Mike Lane / — — Michael Longo / — — Rick Lord / — — Aurelio Martinez / — — Ray McCoy / — — Bill Parrott / — — Willie Peete / — — Thomas Roqueni / — — Bud Schoenberg / — — INF Charlie Shoemaker / — — Armando Urbina / — — Linn Wallace / — — Sr P Jim Ward / — — Sr Miles Zeller / — —	Head coach 45 Frank Sancet Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

1960 Arizona Wildcats baseball game log
Regular season
March (15–4) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Border record 1 March 7 New Mexico UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 8–1 1–0 – 2 March 8 New Mexico UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 9–0 2–0 – 3 March 11 Pepperdine UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 8–3 3–0 – 4 March 12 Pepperdine UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 18–4 4–0 – 5 March 12 Pepperdine UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 0–2 4–1 – 6 March 14 Colorado State UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 13–4 5–1 – 7 March 15 Colorado State UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 10–0 6–1 – 8 March 18 Colorado State College UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 8–3 7–1 – 9 March 19 Colorado State College UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 8–5 8–1 – 10 March 19 Colorado State College UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 1–0 9–1 – 11 March 21 Utah UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 12–2 10–1 2–0 12 March 22 Utah UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 13–2 11–1 2–0 13 March 25 Cal State Los Angeles UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 12–8 12–1 – 14 March 26 Cal State Los Angeles UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 3–9 12–2 – 15 March 26 Cal State Los Angeles UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 4–1 13–2 – 16 March 28 San Diego Marines UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 6–11 13–3 – 17 March 29 San Diego Marines UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 13–1011 14–3 – 18 March 30 Michigan UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 12–9 15–3 – 19 March 31 Michigan UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 9–11 15–4 –
April (20–3) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Border record 20 April 1 Wyoming UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 15–3 16–4 – 21 April 2 Wyoming UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 15–1 17–4 – 22 April 2 Wyoming UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 18–2 18–4 – 23 April 4 Sul Ross UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 15–6 19–4 – 24 April 5 Sul Ross UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 16–5 20–4 – 25 April 8 Air Force UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 13–1 21–4 – 26 April 9 Air Force UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 19–7 22–4 – 27 April 9 Air Force UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 4–0 23–4 – 28 April 11 Iowa UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 11–5 24–4 – 29 April 12 Iowa UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 18–6 25–4 – 30 April 13 Iowa UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 23–6 26–4 – 31 April 13 Iowa UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 15–1 27–4 – 32 April 14 Iowa UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 7–5 28–4 – 33 April 16 Iowa UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 10–5 29–4 – 34 April 19 at Wyoming Cowboy Field • Laramie, Wyoming 9–10 29–5 – 35 April 20 at Wyoming Cowboy Field • Laramie, Wyoming 10–7 30–5 – 36 April 21 at Colorado State Unknown • Fort Collins, Colorado 13–8 31–5 – 37 April 22 at Air Force Falcon Baseball Field • Colorado Springs, Colorado 16–2 32–5 – 38 April 23 at Air Force Falcon Baseball Field • Colorado Springs, Colorado 9–4 33–5 – 39 April 25 at New Mexico Unknown • Albuquerque, New Mexico 16–0 34–5 – 40 April 26 at New Mexico Unknown • Albuquerque, New Mexico 7–4 35–5 – 41 April 30 at Arizona State Unknown • Tempe, Arizona 3–7 35–6 0–1 42 April 30 at Arizona State Unknown • Tempe, Arizona 0–3 35–7 0–.
May (3–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Border record 43 May 2 Arizona State–Flagstaff UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 11–1 36–7 0–2 44 May 7 Arizona State UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 6–2 37–7 1–2 45 May 7 Arizona State UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 7–6 38–7 2–2
Postseason
NCAA District VI Playoff (3–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Border record 46 June 2 Houston UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 4–3 39–7 2–2 47 June 3 Houston UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 6–4 40–7 2–2 48 June 4 Houston UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 5–1 41–7 2–2
College World Series (2–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Border record 49 June 10 vs Oklahoma State Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 2–1 42–7 2–2 50 June 15 vs Minnesota Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 5–8 42–8 2–2 51 June 17 vs St. John's Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 11–4 43–8 2–2 52 June 18 vs Southern California Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 1–13 43–9 2–2

Awards and honors

Bill Barraclough

• Third Team All-American American Baseball Coaches Association

Alan Hall

• First Team All-American American Baseball Coaches Association

Charlie Shoemaker

• Second Team All-American American Baseball Coaches Association

Jim Ward

• College World Series All-Tournament Team^[1]

References

1. "CWS record Book" (PDF). www.ncaa.org. NCAA. Retrieved January 28, 2021.