1991 Fresno State Bulldogs baseball team

1991 Fresno State Bulldogs baseball
1991 Fresno State Bulldogs baseball
Big West champions; West I Regional champions
College World Series, T-5th
Conference	Big West
CB	No. 6
Record	42–23 (15–6 Big West)
Head coach	Bob Bennett (24th season);
Home stadium	Pete Beiden Field
	Seasons ← 1990 1992 →

1991 Big West Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf.						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 6 Fresno State ‍†‍‍^y	15	–	6	–	0	.714	42	–	23	–	0	.646
Cal State Fullerton ‍‍‍^y	15	–	6	–	0	.714	34	–	22	–	0	.607
No. 5 Long Beach State ‍‍‍^y	14	–	7	–	0	.667	45	–	22	–	0	.672
UNLV ‍‍‍	11	–	10	–	0	.524	30	–	25	–	0	.545
UC Santa Barbara ‍‍‍	8	–	13	–	0	.381	33	–	25	–	1	.568
Pacific ‍‍‍	8	–	13	–	0	.381	22	–	31	–	0	.415
San Jose State ‍‍‍	7	–	14	–	0	.333	25	–	30	–	0	.455
UC Irvine ‍‍‍	6	–	15	–	0	.286	24	–	32	–	0	.429

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1991^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1991 Fresno State Bulldogs baseball team represented Fresno State College in the 1991 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bulldogs played their home games at Pete Beiden Field. The team was coached by Bob Bennett in his 24th year as head coach at Fresno State.

The Bulldogs won the West I Regional to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Florida Gators.

Roster

1991 Fresno State Bulldogs baseball team

Players

Coaches

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#	Pos.	Name	B/T	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
	OF	Anthony Bonifazio	R/R	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jr	Las Vegas, Nevada
	INF	Brant Brown	L/L	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	RS Fr	Porterville, California
		Kelly Champlin	/	—	—	Sr
	OF	Tim Costic	L/L	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	176 lb (80 kg)	So
	INF	John DaSilva	/	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr
	INF	Chris Falco	/	—	—	Sr
		Eric Greene	/	—	—
		Jim Greenlee	/	—	—
		Jesse Hernandez	/	—	—
	C	Todd Johnson	R/R	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Fresno, California
23	RHP	Bobby Jones	R/R	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	Fresno, California
		Bryce Judice	/	—	—
	P	Bobby Kazmirski	/	—	—	Fr
		Robert Marsh	/	—	—
	C	Wade Maxwell	/	—	—	Fr	San Jose, California
		Tommy Minor	R/R	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr
	P	Johnny Najar	/	—	—	Fr
	OF	Mike Noel	/	—	—	Sr
	RHP	Jim Patterson	R/R	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Riverside, California
	RHP	Robbie Saitz	R/R	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Sr
	LHP	Mike Salazar	L/L	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)
	RHP	Steve Soderstrom	R/R	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Turlock, California
	OF	Vernon Spearman	L/L	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Jr	Oakland, California
	INF	Martin Togher	/	—	—	Jr
	OF	James Wheaton	/	—	—	Sr
	INF	Jason Wood	R/R	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Fresno, California

Head coach

26 Bob Bennett

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

1991 Fresno State Bulldogs baseball game log

Regular season

February (10–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	Big West record
1	February 3	San Diego	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	5–2	1–0	–
2	February 3	San Diego	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	12–2	2–0	–
3	February 5	San Francisco	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	10–6	3–0	–
4	February 8	at Stanford	Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California	7–1	4–0	–
5	February 9	at Stanford	Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California	5–4	5–0	–
6	February 10	at Stanford	Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California	3–6	5–1	–
7	February 12	US International	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	5–3	6–1	–
8	February 13	at San Diego	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	7–1	7–1	–
9	February 15	California	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	8–10	7–2	–
10	February 16	California	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	14–15	7–3	–
11	February 17	California	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	17–9	8–3	–
12	February 19	Cal Poly	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	6–5	9–3	–
13	February 22	at Hawaii	Rainbow Stadium • Honolulu, Hawaii	8–9	9–4	–
14	February 23	at Hawaii	Rainbow Stadium • Honolulu, Hawaii	4–5	9–5	–
15	February 24	at Hawaii	Rainbow Stadium • Honolulu, Hawaii	17–8	10–5	–

March (11–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	Big West record
16	March 2	New Mexico State	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	4–0	11–5	–
17	March 2	New Mexico State	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	5–4	12–5	–
18	March 7	St. Mary's	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	5–0	13–5	–
19	March 8	St. Mary's	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	9–13	13–6	–
20	March 9	St. Mary's	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	10–4	14–6	–
21	March 11	St. John's	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	5–3	15–6	–
22	March 12	Indiana State	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	9–5	16–6	–
23	March 13	Iowa State	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	4–5	16–7	–
24	March 15	Virginia Tech	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	0–4	16–8	–
25	March 15	Cal State Northridge	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	1–4	16–9	–
26	March 16	Iowa State	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	4–2	17–9	–
27	March 21	Oregon State	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	3–1	18–9	–
28	March 22	Oregon State	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	3–9	18–10	–
29	March 23	Oregon State	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	2–5	18–11	–
30	March 28	at Pacific	Billy Hebert Field • Stockton, California	6–1	19–11	1–0
31	March 29	at Pacific	Billy Hebert Field • Stockton, California	6–3	20–11	2–0
32	March 30	at Pacific	Billy Hebert Field • Stockton, California	18–2	21–11	3–0

April (12–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	Big West record
33	April 5	at UC Irvine	Anteater Field • Irvine, California	4–1	22–11	4–0
34	April 6	at UC Irvine	Anteater Field • Irvine, California	8–2	23–11	5–0
35	April 7	at UC Irvine	Anteater Field • Irvine, California	6–3	24–11	6–0
36	April 9	Cal Poly	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	7–8	24–12	6–0
37	April 12	Cal State Fullerton	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	1–0	25–12	7–0
38	April 13	Cal State Fullerton	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	6–4	26–12	8–0
39	April 14	Cal State Fullerton	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	5–20	26–13	8–1
40	April 16	Loyola Marymount	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	4–3	27–13	8–1
41	April 19	at San Jose State	San Jose Municipal Stadium • San Jose, California	4–0	28–13	9–1
42	April 20	at San Jose State	San Jose Municipal Stadium • San Jose, California	0–1	28–14	9–2
43	April 21	at San Jose State	San Jose Municipal Stadium • San Jose, California	9–1	29–14	10–2
44	April 22	at Nevada	William Peccole Park • Reno, Nevada	4–7	29–15	10–2
45	April 23	at Nevada	William Peccole Park • Reno, Nevada	11–6	30–15	10–2
46	April 26	UNLV	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	6–1	31–15	11–2
47	April 27	UNLV	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	8–5	32–15	12–2
48	April 28	UNLV	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	11–7	33–15	13–2

May (4–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	Big West record
49	May 3	at Long Beach State	Blair Field • Long Beach, California	2–1	34–15	14–2
50	May 4	at Long Beach State	Blair Field • Long Beach, California	2–6	34–16	14–3
51	May 5	at Long Beach State	Blair Field • Long Beach, California	2–6	34–17	14–4
52	May 10	UC Santa Barbara	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	10–6	35–17	15–4
53	May 11	UC Santa Barbara	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	13–14	35–18	15–5
54	May 12	UC Santa Barbara	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	3–8	35–19	15–6
55	May 16	Southwestern Louisiana	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	8–6	36–19	15–6
56	May 17	Southwestern Louisiana	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	3–9	36–20	15–6
57	May 18	Southwestern Louisiana	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	10–1	37–20	15–6

Postseason

West II Regional (4–1)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	Big West record
58	May 23	Cal State Northridge	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	7–2	38–20	15–6
59	May 24	Stanford	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	4–2	39–20	15–6
60	May 25	Stanford	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	7–2	40–20	15–6
61	May 26	Cal State Northridge	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	2–6	40–21	15–6
62	May 26	Cal State Northridge	Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California	6–5	41–21	15–6

College World Series (1–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	Big West record
63	May 31	vs Florida State	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	6–3	42–21	15–6
64	June 2	vs LSU	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	3–15	42–22	15–6
65	June 4	vs Florida	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	1–2	42–23	15–6

Awards and honors

Todd Johnson

First Team All-Big West

Bobby Jones

First Team All-American American Baseball Coaches Association
First Team All-American Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
First Team All-American Baseball America
Rotary Smith Award
Collegiate Baseball Player of the Year
First Team All-West II Regional
First Team All-Big West
Big West Pitcher of the Year

Mike Noel

Second Team All-Big West

Phil Romero

Second Team All-Big West

Jason Wood

Third Team All-American American Baseball Coaches Association
First Team All-West II Regional
First Team All-Big West

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References

^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1991". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
^ "2021 Media Guide Fresno State Baseball" (PDF). www.gobulldogs.com. Fresno State University. Retrieved October 29, 2021.

[1] "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1991". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 30, 2021.

[2] "2021 Media Guide Fresno State Baseball" (PDF). www.gobulldogs.com. Fresno State University. Retrieved October 29, 2021.

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National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics

1991 Fresno State Bulldogs baseball
Big West champions West I Regional champions
College World Series, T-5th
Conference	Big West
CB	No. 6
Record	42–23 (15–6 Big West)
Head coach	Bob Bennett (24th season)
Home stadium	Pete Beiden Field
Seasons ← 1990 1992 →