1978 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team

1978 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball
1978 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball
WAC Champions; Rocky Mountain Regional champions
College World Series, 2nd
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
CB	No. 2
Record	56–12 (15–3 WAC)
Head coach	Jim Brock (7th year);
Home stadium	Packard Stadium
	Seasons ← 1977 1979 →

1978 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Northern
BYU ^x‍‍‍	16	–	2	.889	37	–	15	.712
Wyoming ‍‍‍	8	–	10	.444	35	–	24	.593
Colorado State ‍‍‍	6	–	12	.333	20	–	26	.435
Utah ‍‍‍	6	–	12	.333	8	–	27	.229
Southern
No. 2 Arizona State ^x‍‍‡‍^y	15	–	3	.833	56	–	12	.824
Arizona ‍‍‍^y	13	–	5	.722	42	–	13	.764
New Mexico ‍‍‍	5	–	12	.294	31	–	24	.564
UTEP ‍‍‍	2	–	15	.118	26	–	26	.500

x – Division champion ‡ – Championship Series champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1978^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1978 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team represented Arizona State University in the 1978 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Sun Devils played their home games at Packard Stadium. The team was coached by Jim Brock in his seventh season at Arizona State.

The Sun Devils reached the College World Series, finishing as the runner up to Southern California.

Roster

1978 Arizona State Sun Devils roster

Legend
	Arizona State win
	Arizona State loss

1978 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball game log^[2]

Regular season

Post-season

NCAA Rocky Mountain Regional
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	NCAAT record
May 26	UNLV	Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ	L 10–17	49–10	0–1
May 26	Washington State	Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 14–8	50–10	1–1
May 27	UNLV	Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 30–5	51–10	2–1
May 28	Gonzaga	Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 17–1	52–10	3–1
May 28	Gonzaga	Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 11–4	53–10	4–1

College World Series
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	CWS record
June 3	St. John's	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	W 13–2	54–10	1–0
June 4	Oral Roberts	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	W 7–6	55–10	2–0
June 6	Southern California	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	L 2–5	55–11	2–1
June 7	Miami (FL)	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	W 13–3	56–11	3–1
June 8	Southern California	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	L 3–10	56–12	3–2

^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1978". boydsworld.com. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
^ 2015 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Arizona State Sun Devils. p. 72. Retrieved July 13, 2017.

Arizona State Sun Devils baseball
Stadium	Phoenix Municipal Stadium (1964–1973) Packard Stadium (1974–2014) Phoenix Municipal Stadium (2015-present)
Rivalries	Arizona
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics