The 1988 Stanford Cardinal baseball team represented

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in the

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. The team was coached by Mark Marquess in his 12th season at Stanford. The Cardinal won the

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, defeating the

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in the championship game.

Roster

Schedule

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, , 1-5 , , 2-2 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , February 6 , , Cal State Fullerton , , 9-4 , , 3-2 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" , February 7 , , Cal State Fullerton , , 5-6 , , 3-3 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , February 9 , , at , , 4-1 , , 4-3 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , February 12 , , at , , 5-0 , , 5-3 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" , February 13 , , at Hawaii , , 4-5 , , 5-4 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" , February 14 , , at Hawaii , , 3-4 , , 5-5 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , February 16 , , , , 12-6 , , 6-5 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , February 17 , , , , 5-3 , , 7-5 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , February 19 , , , , 15-4 , , 8-5 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , February 20 , , UC Santa Barbara , , 9-8 , , 9-5 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , February 21 , , UC Santa Barbara , , 13-2 , , 10-5 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , February 22 , , , , 4-1 , , 11-5 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , February 26 , , at , , 13-4 , , 12-5 , , 1–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , February 27 , , at Southern California , , 7-6 , , 13-5 , , 2–0 , - , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , March 1 , , , , 10-9 , , 14-5 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" , March 4 , , , , 3-6 , , 14-6 , , 2–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , March 5 , , UCLA , , 11-4 , , 15-6 , , 3–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , March 6 , , UCLA , , 5-1 , , 16-6 , , 4–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , March 19 , ,

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, , 5-0 , , 17-6 , , 5–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , March 20 , , Arizona , , 8-7 , , 18-6 , , 6–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , March 21 , , Arizona , , 5-4 , , 19-6 , , 7–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" , March 22 , , at

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, , 3-13 , , 19-7 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" , March 25 , , at

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, , 1-9 , , 19-8 , , 7–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" , March 26 , , at Arizona State , , 10-11 , , 19-9 , , 7–3 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" , March 27 , , at Arizona State , , 7-10 , , 19-10 , , 7–4 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , March 29 , , at Santa Clara , , 4-2 , , 20-10 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , March 31 , , , , 3-2 , , 21-10 , , 8–4 , - , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" , April 1 , , at California , , 2-3 , , 21-11 , , 8–5 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , April 2 , , California , , 6-5 , , 22-11 , , 9–5 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , April 4 , , , , 13-2 , , 23-11 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , April 5 , , Santa Clara , , 20-3 , , 24-11 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" , April 8 , , at Arizona , , 5-20 , , 24-12 , , 9–6 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , April 9 , , at Arizona , , 10-7 , , 25-12 , , 10–6 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" , April 10 , , at Arizona , , 8-9 , , 25-13 , , 10–7 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , April 12 , , at San Francisco , , 17-6 , , 26-13 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" , April 15 , , at UCLA , , 4-9 , , 26-14 , , 10–8 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , April 16 , , at UCLA , , 8-5 , , 27-14 , , 11–8 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , April 17 , , at UCLA , , 5-2 , , 28-14 , , 12–8 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , April 18 , , at USC , , 5-3 , , 29-14 , , 13–8 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , April 23 , , Arizona State , , 5-3 , , 30-14 , , 14–8 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" , April 24 , , Arizona State , , 6-15 , , 30-15 , , 14–9 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" , April 25 , , Arizona State , , 5-13 , , 30-16 , , 14–10 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , April 26 , , at San Jose State , , 7-3 , , 31-16 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" , April 27 , , at Fresno State , , 5-6 , , 31-17 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" , April 29 , , at Miami (FL) , , 3-9 , , 31-18 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" , April 30 , , at Miami (FL) , , 3-7 , , 31-19 , , – , - , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , May 3 , , Pacific , , 16-0 , , 32-19 , , - , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" , May 6 , , at California , , 3-8 , , 32-20 , , 14-11 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , May 7 , , California , , 13-3 , , 33-20 , , 15-11 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" , May 8 , , at California , , 1-4 , , 33-21 , , 15-12 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , May 10 , , at , , 23-2 , , 34-21 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , May 13 , , USC , , 10-8 , , 35-21 , , 16-12 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , May 14 , , USC , , 10-9 , , 36-21 , , 17-12 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , May 15 , , USC , , 12-4 , , 37-21 , , 18-12 , - , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" , May 27 , , vs. , , 3-5 , , 37-22 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , May 27 , , vs. , , 7-5 , , 38-22 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , May 29 , , vs. , , 8-1 , , 39-22 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , May 30 , , vs. , , 6-5 , , 40-22 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , May 31 , , vs. Kentucky , , 16-2 , , 41-22 , - , - align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" , June 4 , , vs. Fresno State , ,

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, , 10-3 , , 42-22 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" , June 6 , , vs. Cal State Fullerton , , Rosenblatt Stadium , , 3-5 , , 42-23 , - align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" , June 7 , , vs. Miami (FL) , , Rosenblatt Stadium , , 2-1 , , 43-23 , - align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" , June 9 , , vs. Cal State Fullerton , , Rosenblatt Stadium , , 4-1 , , 44-23 , - align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" , June 10 , , vs. Cal State Fullerton , , Rosenblatt Stadium , , 9-5 , , 45-23 , - align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" , June 11 , , vs. Arizona State , , Rosenblatt Stadium , , 9-4 , , 46-23 , -

Awards and honors

;Troy Paulsen * First Team All-Pac-10 ;Lee Plemel *

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;Doug Robbins * College World Series All-Tournament Team ;Ed Sprague * First Team All-American * First Team All-Pac-10 ;Ron Witmeyer * College World Series All-Tournament Team

Cardinal in the 1988 MLB Draft

The following members of the Stanford Cardinal baseball program were drafted in the 1988 Major League Baseball draft.

References

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