1979 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team

1979 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball
East Regional champions
College World Series, Runner-Up
Conference	Southwest Conference
Division	Western Division
Record	49–15 (19–5 SWC)
Head coach	Norm DeBriyn (10th season)
Home stadium	George Cole Field

1979 Southwest Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Texas  ‍†‍‡‍^y	22	–	2		.917			61	–	8		.884
No. 2 Arkansas  ‍‍‍^y	19	–	5		.792			49	–	15		.766
Baylor  ‍‍‍	13	–	9		.591			34	–	15		.694
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍	13	–	10		.565			30	–	20		.600
Houston  ‍‍‍	11	–	13		.458			27	–	17		.614
Texas Tech  ‍‍‍	9	–	15		.375			16	–	23		.410
Southern Methodist  ‍‍‍	7	–	16		.304			21	–	26		.447
Texas Christian  ‍‍‍	7	–	17		.292			21	–	24		.467
Rice  ‍‍‍	5	–	19		.208			20	–	29		.408
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1979[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1979 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team represented the University of Arkansas in the 1979 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Razorbacks played their home games at George Cole Field, and was led by tenth year head coach Norm DeBriyn. They finished as the national runner-up after falling to Cal State Fullerton in the 1979 College World Series Final.

Roster

1979 Arkansas Razorbacks roster
	Pitchers Rich Erwin Steve Krueger Scott Tabor John Stanley		Catchers Ronn Reynolds Infielders Johnny Ray Outfielders Kevin McReynolds				Coaching staff Norm DeBriyn – Head Coach

Schedule

Legend
	Arkansas win
	Arkansas loss

1979 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball game log
Regular season
February (4–0) Date Opponent Stadium Score Overall Record SWC Record February 23 William Jewell George Cole Field 7–1 1–0 – February 23 William Jewell George Cole Field 13–2 2–0 – February 27 Missouri Southern George Cole Field 5–0 3–0 – February 27 Missouri Southern George Cole Field 3–2 4–0 –
March (22–5) Date Opponent Stadium Score Overall Record SWC Record March 2 Texas George Cole Field 2–0 5–0 1–0 March 3 Texas George Cole Field 2–3 5–1 1–1 March 3 Texas George Cole Field 0–1 5–2 1–2 March 4 Southern Illinois George Cole Field 2–3 5–3 1–2 March 4 Southern Illinois George Cole Field 5–18 5–4 1–2 March 5 Southwest Baptist George Cole Field 5–0 6–4 1–2 March 5 Southwest Baptist George Cole Field 9–2 7–4 1–2 March 6 Tulsa George Cole Field 4–1 8–4 1–2 March 6 Tulsa George Cole Field 8–1 9–4 1–2 March 9 at Rice Cameron Field 6–3 10–4 2–2 March 10 at Rice Cameron Field 8–1 11–4 3–2 March 10 at Rice Cameron Field 12–3 12–4 4–2 March 16 Baylor George Cole Field 12–1 13–4 5–2 March 17 Baylor George Cole Field 5–1 14–4 6–2 March 17 Baylor George Cole Field 0–4 14–5 6–3 March 19 Missouri Western George Cole Field 13–0 15–5 6–3 March 19 Missouri Western George Cole Field 7–6 16–5 6–3 March 23 at TCU TCU Diamond 7–1 17–5 7–3 March 24 at TCU TCU Diamond 10–1 18–5 8–3 March 24 at TCU TCU Diamond 9–4 19–5 9–3 March 26 Eastern Michigan George Cole Field 6–2 20–5 9–3 March 26 Eastern Michigan George Cole Field 1–0 21–5 9–3 March 27 Iowa George Cole Field 7–4 22–5 9–3 March 27 Eastern Michigan George Cole Field 6–0 23–5 9–3 March 30 SMU George Cole Field 3–1 24–5 10–3 March 31 SMU George Cole Field 3–1 25–5 11–3 March 31 SMU George Cole Field 9–2 26–5 12–3
April (13–3) Date Opponent Stadium Score Overall Record SWC Record April 3 Southwest Missouri State George Cole Field 5–1 27–5 12–3 April 3 Southwest Missouri State George Cole Field 4–3 28–5 12–3 April 6 at Texas Tech Tech Diamond 8–9 28–6 12–4 April 7 at Texas Tech Tech Diamond 6–2 29–6 13–4 April 7 at Texas Tech Tech Diamond 12–9 30–6 14–4 April 13 South Dakota George Cole Field 4–0 31–6 14–4 April 13 South Dakota George Cole Field 7–0 32–6 14–4 April 14 South Dakota George Cole Field 7–1 33–6 14–4 April 14 South Dakota George Cole Field 8–1 34–6 14–4 April 17 at Oral Roberts J. L. Johnson Stadium 2–5 34–7 14–4 April 20 Houston George Cole Field 5–3 35–7 15–4 April 21 Houston George Cole Field 3–0 36–7 16–4 April 21 Houston George Cole Field 11–10 37–7 17–4 April 27 at Texas A&M Olsen Field 0–6 37–8 17–5 April 28 at Texas A&M Olsen Field 2–0 38–8 18–5 April 28 at Texas A&M Olsen Field 9–1 39–8 19–5
May (1–3) Date Opponent Stadium Score Overall Record SWC Record May at Missouri Southern Warren Turner Field 8–9 39–9 19–5 May at Missouri Southern Warren Turner Field 6–5 40–9 19–5 May at Wichita State Eck Stadium 6–7 40–10 19–5 May at Wichita State Eck Stadium 4–5 40–11 19–5
Postseason
SWC Tournament (2–2) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SEC record May 12 vs Baylor UFCU Disch–Falk Field 6–1 41–11 19–5 May 13 at Texas UFCU Disch–Falk Field 2–6 41–12 19–5 May 14 vs Texas A&M UFCU Disch–Falk Field 6–2 42–12 19–5 May 15 at Texas UFCU Disch–Falk Field 6–12 42–13 19–5
East Regional (4–0) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SEC record May 25 George Washington Tallahassee, FL 12–11 43–13 19–5 May 26 Florida Tallahassee, FL 9–1 44–13 19–5 May 27 Delaware Tallahassee, FL 8–6 45–13 19–5 May 28 Delaware Tallahassee, FL 4–3 46–13 19–5
1979 College World Series (3–2) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SEC record June 1 vs Pepperdine Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium 5–4 47–13 19–5 June 3 vs Arizona Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium 10–3 48–13 19–5 June 5 vs Texas Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium 9–4 49–13 19–5 June 6 vs Cal State Fullerton Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium 10–13 49–14 19–5 June 8 vs Cal State Fullerton Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium 1–2 49–15 19–5

Razorbacks in the 1979 MLB Draft

The following members of the Arkansas Razorbacks baseball program were drafted in the 1979 Major League Baseball Draft.^[2]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Ronn Reynolds	C	5th	109th	Oakland Athletics
Johnny Ray	OF	12th	294th	Cleveland Indians

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1979". Boyds World. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
2. "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR)"". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 3, 2019.