1992 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team

Baseball team

1992 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball

Conference| Big West Conference
Ranking
Coaches| No. 2
CB| No. 2
Record| 46-17 (17–7 Big West)
Head coach|

* Augie Garrido (17th season)

Assistant coaches|

* George Horton (5th season)
* Rick Vanderhook (6th season)
* Bill Mosiello (2nd season)

Home stadium| Titan Field
Amerige Park

Seasons

<- 1991

1993 ->

1992 Big West Conference baseball standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
No. 23 Long Beach State ‍†‍‍y | 18 | - | 5 |  | .783 |  |  | 36 | - | 21 |  | .632
No. 2 Cal State Fullerton ‍‍‍y | 17 | - | 7 |  | .708 |  |  | 46 | - | 17 |  | .730
Fresno State ‍‍‍y | 16 | - | 8 |  | .667 |  |  | 37 | - | 20 |  | .649
UNLV ‍‍‍ | 13 | - | 11 |  | .542 |  |  | 30 | - | 24 |  | .556
San Jose State ‍‍‍ | 12 | - | 12 |  | .500 |  |  | 32 | - | 21 |  | .604
UC Irvine ‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 14 |  | .417 |  |  | 23 | - | 27 |  | .460
UC Santa Barbara ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 14 |  | .391 |  |  | 30 | - | 23 |  | .566
New Mexico State ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 18 |  | .250 |  |  | 20 | - | 33 |  | .377
Pacific ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 18 |  | .250 |  |  | 17 | - | 33 |  | .340
† - Conference champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1992[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1992 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team represented California State University, Fullerton in the 1992 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Titans played their home games at Titan Field. The team was coached by Augie Garrido in his 17th season at Cal State Fullerton.

The Titans lost the College World Series, defeated by the Pepperdine Waves in the championship game.

## Roster

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1992 Cal State Fullerton Titans roster

Pitchers

* 13 Paco Chavez - Senior
* 17 Chad Dembisky - Senior
* 35 Bryan Dunagan - Freshman
* 2 Derek Fahs - Freshman
* 20 Tony Fetchel - Junior
* 31 Bill Fitzgerald - Junior
* 19 Yusef Ford - Senior
* 34 Sonny Guzman - Freshman
* 32 Mark Holiday - Junior
* 38 Dan Naulty \- Senior
* 44 Marcus Nelson - Junior
* 36 Mike Parisi - Freshman
* 18 James Popoff - Senior
* 41 Jeff Scarpitti - Junior

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Infielders

* 23 Jim Betzold - Sophomore
* 25 Jeff Ferguson - Freshman
* 21 Phil Nevin \- Junior
* 15 D. C. Olsen - Freshman
* 7 Chris Powell - Senior
* 5 Nate Rodriquez - Junior
* 6 Steve Sisco \- Senior
* 40 Brian Wixom - Junior

Catchers

* 37 Kevin Bill - Freshman
* 30 Bret Hemphill \- Sophomore
* 24 Frank Herman - Senior
* 22 Jason Moler - Senior

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Outfielders

* 10 Tony Banks - Junior
* 33 Jeremy Carr - Junior
* 27 Craig Fairbrother - Senior
* 9 Steve Friedrich - Freshman
* 26 Jack Jordan - Junior
* 11 Dante Powell \- Freshman

Coaches

* 16 Augie Garrido \- 17th Season
* 8 George Horton \- 5th Season
* 28 Rick Vanderhook \- 6th Season
* 12 Bill Mosiello - 2nd Season

## Schedule

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1992 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball game log

Regular season

February (9–4)

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February 3 | UCLA | Amerige Park | 2–3 | 0–1 | –
February 8 | at Stanford | Sunken Diamond | 2–4 | 0–2 | –
February 8 | at Sanford | Sunken Diamond | 8–3 | 1–2 | –
February 9 | at Sanford | Sunken Diamond | 3–1 | 2–2 | –
February 14 | at Loyola Marymount | George C. Page Stadium | 13–2 | 3–2 | –
February 17 | Cal State Northridge | Amerige Park | 5–2 | 4–2 | –
February 18 | San Diego | Amerige Park | 4–3 | 5–2 | –
February 20 | at Arizona | Frank Sancet Stadium | 15–19 | 5–3 | –
February 21 | at Arizona | Frank Sancet Stadium | 22–6 | 6–3 | –
February 22 | at Arizona | Frank Sancet Stadium | 16–5 | 7–3 | –
February 25 | Chapman | Amerige Park | 4–6 | 7–4 | –
February 28 | Illinois | Amerige Park | 12–5 | 8–4 | –
February 29 | Illinois | Amerige Park | 12–6 | 9–4 | –

March (13–5)

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March 1 | Illinois | Amerige Park | 7–4 | 10–4 | –
March 4 | Chapman | Amerige Park | 10–3 | 11–4 | –
March 6 | Southern Utah | Amerige Park | 7–0 | 12–4 | –
March 7 | Southern Utah | Amerige Park | 11–2 | 13–4 | –
March 8 | Southern Utah | Amerige Park | 19–0 | 14–4 | –
March 10 | USC | Amerige Park | 6–10 | 14–5 | –
March 13 | UC Santa Barbara | Amerige Park | 3–4 | 14–6 | 0–1
March 14 | UC Santa Barbara | Amerige Park | 6–2 | 15–6 | 1–1
March 15 | UC Santa Barbara | Amerige Park | 7–5 | 16–6 | 2–1
March 17 | Hartford | Amerige Park | 24–4 | 17–6 | 2–1
March 20 | at New Mexico State | Presley Askew Field | 16–6 | 18–6 | 3–1
March 21 | at New Mexico State | Presley Askew Field | 16–7 | 19–6 | 4–1
March 22 | at New Mexico State | Presley Askew Field | 8–10 | 19–7 | 4–2
March 24 | Ohio State | Amerige Park | 6–4 | 20–7 | 4–2
March 25 | at Cal State Northridge | Matador Field | 4–10 | 20–8 | 4–2
March 27 | at Pacific | Billy Hebert Field | 4–0 | 21–8 | 5–2
March 28 | at Pacific | Billy Hebert Field | 22–6 | 22–8 | 6–2
March 29 | at Pacific | Billy Hebert Field | 2–3 | 22–9 | 6–3

April (11–4)

| Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | Score | Overall record | Big West record

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May (5–2)

| Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | Score | Overall record | Big West record

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May 1 | UC Irvine | Titan Field | 6–8 | 33–14 | 13–6
May 2 | UC Irvine | Titan Field | 6–5 | 34–14 | 14–6
May 8 | at San Jose State | San Jose Municipal Stadium | 10–0 | 37–14 | 16–6
May 9 | at San Jose State | San Jose Municipal Stadium | 2–8 | 37–15 | 16–7
May 10 | at San Jose State | San Jose Municipal Stadium | 8–3 | 38–15 | 17–7

Postseason

NCAA tournament: South Regional (4–0)

| Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | Score | Overall record | Big West record

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May 21 | vs Ohio State | Alex Box Stadium | 3–2 | 39–15 | 17–7
May 22 | vs Tulane | Alex Box Stadium | 8–0 | 40–15 | 17–7
May 23 | vs LSU | Alex Box Stadium | 11–0 | 41–15 | 17–7
May 24 | vs Ohio State | Alex Box Stadium | 13–1 | 42–15 | 17–7

NCAA tournament: College World Series

| Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | Score | Overall record | Big West record

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May 29 | vs Florida State | Rosenblatt Stadium | 7–2 | 43–15 | 17–7
May 31 | vs Miami (FL) | Rosenblatt Stadium | 3–4 | 43–16 | 17–7
June 2 | vs Florida State | Rosenblatt Stadium | 6–0 | 44–16 | 17–7
June 3 | vs Miami (FL) | Rosenblatt Stadium | 7–5 | 45–16 | 17–7
June 5 | vs Miami (FL) | Rosenblatt Stadium | 8–1 | 46–16 | 17–7
June 6 | vs Pepperdine | Rosenblatt Stadium | 2–3 | 46–17 | 17–7

## Awards and honors

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Dante Powell

* Baseball America All-Freshman Team[2]
* All-Big West First Team[2]

James Popoff

* Collegiate Baseball 3rd Team All-American[2]
* All-Big West First Team[2]
* Big West Pitcher of the Year[2]

Phil Nevin

* Golden Spikes Award[2]
* Baseball America Player of the Year[2]
* College World Series Most Outstanding Player[3]
* All-America First Team[2]
* Big West Player of the Year[2]
* All-Big West First Team[2]
* All-Tournament Team[3]

Jason Moler

* ABCA 2nd Team All-American[2]
* Collegiate Baseball 3rd Team All-American[2]
* All-Big West First Team[2]

Dan Naulty

* All-Big West First Team[2]

## Titans in the 1992 MLB Draft

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The following members of the Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball program were drafted in the 1992 Major League Baseball Draft.[4]

Round  | Pick  | Player  | Position  | MLB Club

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1 | 1 | Phil Nevin | 3B | Houston Astros
4 | 109 | Jason Moler | C | Philadelphia Phillies
14 | 402 | Dan Naulty | P | Minnesota Twins
16 | 442 | Steve Sisco | 2B | Kansas City Royals
27 | 749 | Jim Popoff | P | New York Mets
31 | 876 | Yusef Ford | P | Chicago White Sox

## References

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1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1992". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Titans Honors and Awards" (PDF). FullertonTitans.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
3. ^ a b "College World Series record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
4. ^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks from Cal State Fullerton University". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved April 4, 2019.

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