2019 Stanford Cardinal baseball team

The 2019 Stanford Cardinal baseball team represents Stanford University in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinal play their home games at Klein Field at Sunken Diamond under second year coach David Esquer.

2019 Stanford Cardinal baseball
Stanford Regional champions
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
CBNo. 10
2019 record45–14 (20–6 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Thomas Eager (2nd season)
  • Tommy Nicholson (2nd season)
  • Jack Marder (2nd season)
Home stadiumKlein Field at Sunken Diamond
2019 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
No. 7 UCLA  ‍†‍‍y 24–5–0 .828  52–11–0 .825
No. 10 Stanford  ‍‍‍y 22–7–0 .759  45–14–0 .763
Oregon State  ‍‍‍y 21–8–0 .724  36–20–1 .640
California  ‍‍‍y 17–11–0 .607  32–20–0 .615
Arizona State  ‍‍‍y 16–13–0 .552  38–19–0 .667
Arizona  ‍‍‍ 15–14–0 .517  32–24–0 .571
USC  ‍‍‍ 13–15–1 .466  25–29–1 .464
Washington  ‍‍‍ 12–17–0 .414  28–24–0 .538
Oregon  ‍‍‍ 10–19–0 .345  27–29–0 .482
Utah  ‍‍‍ 6–24–0 .200  16–33–0 .327
Washington State  ‍‍‍ 3–25–1 .121  11–41–1 .217
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of July 16, 2019[1]; Rankings from D1Baseball

Previous Season

The Cardinal finished 46-12 overall with a 22-8 conference record. They started the 2018 season 10-0 with sweeps over Cal-State Fullerton and Rice and then finishing the regular season winning the Pac-12 conference and the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Ranked 1 in the Cal State Fullerton Super Regional, the Cardinal beat Wright State and Baylor, but would lose to Cal State Fullerton twice, throughout the Super Regional, losing the Regional.

2018 MLB Draft

The Cardinal had five individuals selected in the 2018 MLB draft.[2]

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Nico HoernerShortstop124Chicago Cubs
Kris BubicPitcher140Kansas City Royals
Tristan BeckPitcher4112Atlanta Braves
Beau BrantonSecond base28838Seattle Mariners
Duke Kinamon*Second base341010New York Mets
  • Duke Kinamon did not sign with the New York Mets.

Roster
2019 Stanford Cardinal roster
 

Pitchers

  • 18 Cody Jensen – Freshman
  • 20 Brendan Beck – Sophomore
  • 26 Erik Miller – Junior
  • 27 Carson Rudd – Sophomore
  • 28 Alex Williams – Freshman
  • 30 Zach Grech – Junior
  • 33 Jack Little - Junior
  • 34 Luke Sleeper – RS-Sophomore
  • 36 Jonathan Worley – Junior
  • 38 Ben Baggett – RS-Sophomore
  • 39 Jacob Palisch – Sophomore
  • 40 Nicolas Lopez – Freshman
  • 42 Austin Weiermiller – Sophomore
  • 49 Michael Boden – Senior
  

Catchers

  • 10 Maverick Handley - Junior
  • 16 Vincent Martinez - Freshman

Infielders

  • 5 Austin Kretzschmar – Freshman
  • 6 Zach Sehgal – Sophomore
  • 12 Duke Kinamon – Senior
  • 13 Justin Moore – Freshman
  • 24 Nick Brueser - Freshman
  • 31 Nick Bellafronto – RS-Junior
  

Outfielders

  • 11 Alec Wilson – Senior
  • 15 Grant Burton – Freshman
  • 21 Tim Tawa – Sophomore
  • 23 Nickolas Oar – RS-Junior
  • 29 Brandon Wulff – Senior
  • 44 Christian Robinson - Sophomore

Utility

  • 2 Christian Molfetta (INF/P/C) – RS-Junior
  • 3 Daniel Bakst (INF/P) - Sophomore
  • 7 Brandon Dieter (INF/P) – Freshman
  • 19 Will Matthiessen (P/DH) – Junior
  • 25 Andrew Daschbach (INF/OF) – Junior
  • 37 Kyle Stowers (OF/P) – Junior



Schedule and results
Legend
 Stanford win
 Stanford loss
 Postponement
BoldStanford team member
2019 Stanford Cardinal Baseball Game Log
Regular Season (41–11)
Postseason (4-3)
  • Rankings based on team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.
  • Source: [4]

Stanford Regional
Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
Stanford Regional Teams
(1) Stanford Cardinal (2) UC Santa Barbara Gauchos (3) Fresno State Bulldogs (4) Sacramento State Hornets
  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1 Stanford 11  
4 Sacramento State 0  
  1 Stanford 2  
  3 Fresno State 7  
3 Fresno State 9
2 UC Santa Barbara 2  
  3 Fresno State 6 7
  1 Stanford 8 9
4 Sacramento State 6  
2 UC Santa Barbara 4  
  1 Stanford 12
  4 Sacramento State 3  

Statistics

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
Will Matthiessen, DH/P 59 216 46 67 12 0 12 52 28 56 .310 1
Kyle Stowers, OF/P 55 218 39 66 19 1 9 39 24 31 .303 13
Duke Kinamon, INF 50 185 39 56 12 0 6 32 8 33 .303 12
Maverick Hundley, C 59 224 45 65 13 3 5 24 33 39 .290 12
Andrew Daschbach, INF/OF 59 211 55 61 11 2 17 46 25 54 .289 1
Christian Robinson, OF 49 108 16 31 9 0 0 15 15 24 .287 8
Brandon Wulff, OF 59 206 54 56 7 1 19 42 41 68 .272 6
Nick Bellafronto, INF 47 132 32 34 13 0 6 32 28 41 .258 1
Tim Tawa, OF 58 217 35 55 10 0 8 37 9 51 .253 6
Austin Kretzschmar, INF 14 12 3 6 0 1 0 1 1 2 .500 0
Nickolas, Oar, OF 15 17 3 5 0 0 1 2 1 7 .294 0
Vincent Martinez, C 7 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 0
Nick Brueser, INF 37 85 11 19 6 0 2 16 18 25 .224 2
Brandon Dieter, INF/P 32 72 7 15 2 0 1 12 6 17 .208 0
Alec Wilson, OF 37 51 8 9 4 0 1 7 6 12 .176 1
Christian Molfetta, OF/INF 10 12 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 3 .167 0
Grant Burton, OF 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 .000 0
Zach Sehgal, INF 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K
Brandon Dieter 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Austin Weiermiller 6 0 2.45 25 0 2 33.0 25 11 9 1 17 41
Alex Williams 8 1 2.56 14 10 0 63.1 53 23 18 3 8 43
Carson Rudd 0 0 2.95 15 0 0 21.1 17 8 7 0 11 14
Jack Little 3 2 3.37 25 0 12 42.2 35 17 16 4 11 55
Erik Miller 8 3 3.48 16 16 0 82.2 68 38 32 6 46 102
Cody Jensen 1 0 3.55 20 2 1 33.0 28 14 13 3 11 32
Brendan Beck 5 4 3.63 17 16 0 91.2 102 41 37 6 25 83
Zach Grech 2 0 3.68 32 0 1 44.0 47 20 18 4 7 28
Will Matthiessen 6 2 3.83 16 8 1 54.0 48 23 23 6 19 56
Jacob Palisch 5 2 4.79 26 7 0 56.1 67 33 30 4 21 48
Nicolas Lopez 1 0 15.00 1 0 0 3.0 4 5 5 1 3 4
Ben Baggett 0 0 36.00 2 0 0 1.0 2 4 4 2 3 0

Rankings
Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Final 
Coaches'[5] 12 12* 12* 5 4 (1) 3 (1) 3 (1) 2 (3) 5 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 10 10 10 
Baseball America[6] 7 7 7 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 10 10 10 
Collegiate Baseball^[7] 5 5 8 11 8 8 6 4 3 2 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 10 10 10 
NCBWA†[8] 8 8 10 5 3 3 2 2 2 4 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 10 10 10 
D1Baseball 12 12 11 6 4 3 3 2 5 4 3 2 2 3 4 4 3 10 10 10

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
 † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
 * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References
  1. "Pac-12 Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?key_school=b6ff1406&exact=1&query_type=key_school
  3. "2019 Baseball Roster". Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  4. "2019 Baseball Schedule". Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  5. "DI Baseball Rankings - D1Baseball.com Top 25 | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  6. "College Top 25". Baseball America. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  7. "Collegiate Baseball Div 1 Poll 12-18-18 - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper". baseballnews.com. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  8. "NCBWA > News > Division I Poll". sportswriters.net. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
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