1988 Miami Hurricanes baseball team

The 1988 Miami Hurricanes baseball team represented the University of Miami in the 1988 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Hurricanes played their home games at Mark Light Field. The team was coached by Ron Fraser in his 26th season at Miami.

1988 Miami Hurricanes baseball
NCAA Atlantic Regional champions
College World Series, 1–2
Conference	Independent
Record	52–14–1
Head coach	Ron Fraser (26th year)
Home stadium	Mark Light Field
Seasons ← 1987 1989 →

1988 NCAA Division I baseball independents standings
v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 5 Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍^y	0	–	0	–	0		–			52	–	14	–	1		.784
Delaware State  ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0		–			25	–	11	–	0		.694
New Mexico State  ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0		–			38	–	18	–	0		.679
FIU  ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0		–			40	–	19	–	0		.678
UCF  ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0		–			40	–	20	–	0		.667
Florida A&M  ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0		–			26	–	13	–	0		.667
No. 28 Tulane  ‍‍‍^y	0	–	0	–	0		–			32	–	18	–	0		.640
Southwestern Louisiana  ‍‍‍^y	0	–	0	–	0		–			30	–	18	–	0		.625
UMBC  ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0		–			25	–	16	–	0		.610
Nicholls State  ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0		–			28	–	21	–	0		.571
Akron  ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0		–			28	–	31	–	0		.475
United States International  ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0		–			18	–	26	–	0		.409
Northern Colorado  ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0		–			19	–	28	–	0		.404
Chicago State  ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0		–			18	–	29	–	0		.383
Liberty  ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0		–			18	–	32	–	0		.360
Boston University  ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0		–			7	–	17	–	0		.292
Bethune–Cookman  ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0		–			9	–	23	–	0		.281
Maryland Eastern Shore  ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0		–			7	–	24	–	0		.226
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1988^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Hurricanes reached the College World Series, where they finished tied for fifth after recording a win against Fresno State and losses to eventual semifinalist Cal State Fullerton and champion Stanford.^[2]

Personnel

Roster

1988 Miami Hurricanes roster^[3]
	Pitchers - Joe Grahe - Greg Knowles - Kurt Knudsen - Steffen Majer - Oscar Múñoz - Steve Tucker - Will Vespe Catchers - Frank Dominguez		Infielders - Jorge Robles - Mike Tosar - Jose Trujillo Outfielders - Mike Fiore - Rey Noriega		Unknown - Chris Anderson - Dan Bruckner - Doug DeKock - Bob Hernandez - Henry Hernandez - Chris Hirsch - Pete Joseph - Albert Pacheco - Darrell Sparkman - John Viera - Rob Word

Coaches

1988 Miami Hurricanes baseball coaching staff
Ron Fraser – Head Coach – 26th year

Schedule and results

Legend
	Miami win
	Miami loss
	Tie

1988 Miami Hurricanes Baseball Game Log^[4]
Regular Season
February Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Feb 5 Mercer Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 9–0 1–0 Feb 6 Mercer Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 24–1^7 2–0 Feb 7 Mercer Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 17–7 3–0 Feb 12 South Florida Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 1–0 4–0 Feb 13 South Florida Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 4–3 5–0 Feb 14 Seton Hall Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 9–4 6–0 Feb 16 Eckerd Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 4–0 7–0 Feb 17 Barry Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 5–0 8–0 Feb 21 at Florida Perry Field • Gainesville, FL L 2–3^7 8–1 Feb 21 at Florida Perry Field • Gainesville, FL W 9–7 9–1 Feb 23 Wake Forest Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 10–3 10–1 Feb 24 Wake Forest Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 4–2 11–1 Feb 27 Texas Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 5–8 11–2 Feb 28 Texas Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 3–2 12–2
March Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Mar 1 St. Thomas Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 6–2 13–2 Mar 4 Maine Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 13–1 14–2 Mar 5 Maine Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 10–1 15–2 Mar 6 Purdue Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 8–7 16–2 Mar 8 Navy Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 9–2 17–2 Mar 10 Georgetown Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 8–2 18–2 Mar 11 Southern Illinois Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 7–6 19–2 Mar 12 Southern Illinois Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 6–5 20–2 Mar 13 Creighton Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 11–2 21–2 Mar 14 Creighton Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 9–4 22–2 Mar 17 St. Francis (NY) Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 10–5 23–2 Mar 18 Maine Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 3–6 23–3 Mar 20 Maine Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 6–5^10 24–3 Mar 20 Maine Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 3–2 25–3 Mar 22 Rutgers Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 4–2 26–3 Mar 23 Rutgers Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 8–2 27–3 Mar 24 Air Force Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 14–6 28–3 Mar 25 Michigan State Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 6–7 28–4 Mar 26 Michigan State Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 4–5 28–5 Mar 27 Michigan State Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 10–8^10 29–5 Mar 30 McNeese State Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 19–1 30–5
April Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Apr 1 Florida Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 11–3 31–5 Apr 2 Florida Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 5–3 32–5 Apr 5 Niagara Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 15–2 33–5 Apr 6 at FIU Miami, FL W 4–2 34–5 Apr 8 at Florida State Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 8–3 35–5 Apr 9 at Florida State Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL L 8–20 35–6 Apr 10 at Florida State Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL T 5–5^8 35–6–1 Apr 13 Florida Atlantic Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 12–3 36–6–1 Apr 15 Tulane Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 8–2 37–6–1 Apr 16 Tulane Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 1–4 37–7–1 Apr 18 at South Florida Red McEwen Field • Tampa, FL W 11–4 38–7–1 Apr 19 at South Florida Red McEwen Field • Tampa, FL L 8–11 38–8–1 Apr 22 FIU Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 8–3 39–8–1 Apr 23 FIU Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 1–2 39–9–1 Apr 26 Tampa Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 8–5 40–9–1 Apr 29 Stanford Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 9–3 41–9–1 Apr 30 Stanford Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 7–3 42–9–1
May Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record May 6 Florida State Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 5–6 42–10–1 May 7 Florida State Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 9–7 43–10–1 May 8 Florida State Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 3–6 43–11–1 May 13 at Maine Mahaney Diamond • Orono, ME W 8–1 44–11–1 May 14 vs Maine The Ballpark • Old Orchard Beach, ME W 11–3 45–11–1 May 15 vs Maine The Ballpark • Old Orchard Beach, ME L 5–6^13 45–12–1 May 16 at Maine Mahaney Diamond • Orono, ME W 13–5 46–12–1 May 20 Stetson Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 6–4 47–12–1
Postseason
NCAA Atlantic Regional Date Opponent Seed Site/Stadium Score Overall Record NCAAT Record May 25 (6) Towson (1) Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 4–0 48–12–1 1–0 May 28 (4) James Madison (1) Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 18–8 49–12–1 2–0 May 28 (2) Georgia Tech (1) Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 4–2 50–12–1 3–0 May 29 (3) South Carolina (1) Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 10–3 51–12–1 4–0
College World Series Date Opponent Seed Site/Stadium Score Overall Record CWS Record June 4 (6) Cal State Fullerton (3) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 3–9 51–13–1 0–1 June 6 (2) Fresno State (3) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 8–4^12 52–13–1 1–1 June 7 (7) Stanford (3) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 1–2 52–14–1 1–2

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1988". Boyd's World. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
2. . Omaha.com. Archived from the original on July 5, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
3. Miami Hurricanes Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Miami Hurricanes. p. 141–146. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
4. Miami Hurricanes Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Miami Hurricanes. pp. 59–60. Retrieved February 7, 2021.