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2001 Sun Devil ASU Media Relations Final 2000 Record:44-15 (P) 480-965-6592 2000 Home Record:33-8 (F) 480-965-5408 2000 Road Record:11-7 Baseball Contact: Jeff R. Evans 2000 Pac-10:17-7 E-Mail: [email protected] All-Time Record:1,856-736 Website: www.TheSunDevils.com Head Coach:Pat Murphy NCAA National Champions 1965 • 1967 • 1969 • 1977 • 1981

2001 Schedule and Results Lets Play Ball! Sun Devil Baseball Set To (0-0, 0-0 Pac-10) DATE OPPONENT RESULT/TIME Open 2001 Season Vs. Texas-Arlington. Jan. 26 Texas-Arlington 3:00 p.m. The 2001 Arizona State Sun Devil baseball team opens the season ranked No. 6 in the Jan. 27 Texas-Arlington 1:00 p.m. Jan. 28 Texas-Arlington 1:00 p.m. nation by Collegiate Baseball and . Led by 14 returning lettermen, in- Feb. 1 Southern Utah 7:00 p.m. cluding the entire nucleus of the Pac-10 Championship team that finished 2000 with a 44- Feb. 2 Southern Utah 7:00 p.m. 15 record, the Sun Devils have all eyes set on a return trip to Omaha and the College World Feb. 3 Southern Utah 1:00 p.m. Series. In addition to the entire starting infield from a year ago returning, seven of the Feb. 4 Southern Utah 1:00 p.m. Feb. 9 Duke 7:00 p.m. team’s top 10 hitters are back, including Pac-10 Player of the Year Casey Myers. Leading Feb. 10 Duke (DH) 1:00 p.m. the pitching corps is a pair of preseason All-Americans in LHP Jon Switzer and RHP closer Feb. 11 Duke 1:00 p.m. Eric Doble. Switzer was 11-3 with a 3.89 ERA in 2000 and Doble returns for his senior Feb. 13 New Mexico State 5:00 p.m. season after leading the Devils with nine saves a year ago. Feb. 16 Creighton 7:00 p.m. Feb. 17 Creighton 1:00 p.m. Feb. 18 Creighton 12:00 p.m. Setting Up The Season Opener vs. UTA: Feb. 23 at Cal State Fullerton 7:00 p.m. The season opener vs. Texas-Arlington on Jan. 26 is the latest a Sun Devil squad has opened Feb. 24 at Cal State Fullerton 1:00 p.m. a season since 1996 when ASU opened Feb. 2 vs. Loyola Marymount (19-7 win). Arizona Feb. 25 at Cal State Fullerton 1:00 p.m. State has never faced Texas-Arlington and hold a career 102-31 (.767) vs. teams from the Mar. 2 LSU 7:00 p.m. Mar. 3 LSU 1:00 p.m. state of Texas. The Mavericks should not be taken lightly as they upset college Mar. 4 LSU 1:00 p.m. participant Texas in the first game of the 2000 season. UTA beat the then 12th ranked Mar. 6 Oral Roberts 7:00 p.m. Longhorns 3-1 to open 2000, and also upset the No. 20 ranked Horns 9-4 to open the 1997 Mar. 7 Oral Roberts 7:00 p.m. season. The Mavericks return 12 letterwinners from the 2000 squad that finished 24-30. Mar. 9 South Florida 7:00 p.m. Mar. 10 South Florida 7:00 p.m. Mar. 11 South Florida 1:00 p.m. ASU Is 22-1 In Season Openers Since 1979: Mar. 16 at * 2:00 p.m. If you think ASU’s Jan. 26th game vs. Texas-Arlington is a late start for the season, well it Mar. 17 at California* 1:00 p.m. is. In fact, it is the latest ASU has started a season since opening Feb. 2 in 1996. The Sun Mar. 18 at California* 1:00 p.m. Mar. 24 at Oregon State* 1:00 p.m. Devil baseball program has maintained an impressive 22-1 record in season openers dating Mar. 25 at Oregon State* 1:00 p.m. back to 1979, while head coach Pat Murphy is perfect in Tempe having recorded a season- Mar. 26 at Oregon State* 1:00 p.m. opening win in each of his six years at the helm of the Sun Devils. Murphy’s teams have Mar. 30 Stanford* 7:00 p.m. also greatly outscored their opponents since 1995 in season openers, 68-18. In his 13 years Mar. 31 Stanford* 7:00 p.m. Apr. 1 Stanford* 1:00 p.m. as a head coach at the Division I level (6 at ASU, 7 at Notre Dame), Murphy has never lost Apr. 6 at USC* 6:00 p.m. a season opening game. One of his season openers actually came against ASU when the Apr. 7 at USC* 1:00 p.m. Irish defeated the Sun Devils 11-4 in 1993. The last time ASU lost a season opener was a 9- Apr. 8 at USC* 1:00 p.m. 4 setback to Hawai’i in 1993. Apr. 12 Washington State* 7:00 p.m. Apr. 13 Washington State* 7:00 p.m. Apr. 14 Washington State* 1:00 p.m. Tough Schedule Looms Ahead for Sun Devils: Apr. 18 at Oklahoma 7:00 p.m. You can’t blame the Sun Devils for taking on a light schedule in 2001. Arizona State will Apr. 19 at New Mexico State 6:00 p.m. play six teams that are ranked in the preseason top 25. The 2001 schedule includes three Apr. 23 Gonzaga 7:00 p.m. games each against #2 USC and #3 LSU, in addition to Stanford, Cal State Fullerton, Apr. 24 Gonzaga 7:00 p.m. Apr. 27 Arizona* 7:00 p.m. Oklahoma and Tennessee who were ranked in at least one of the preseason polls. ASU will Apr. 28 Arizona* 7:00 p.m. also be playing a combined 22 games against teams that advanced to the NCAA Tourna- Apr. 29 Arizona* 1:00 p.m. ment in 2000 (Oral Roberts, Creighton, LSU, Oklahoma, USC, UCLA, Stanford and Cal May 1 at Tennessee 7:00 p.m. State Fullerton). May 2 at Tennessee 7:00 p.m. May 12 at Washington* 6:30 p.m. May 13 at Washington* 1:00 p.m. 42 Years of Sun Devil Baseball: May 14 at Washington* 1:00 p.m. While the history of baseball at goes back all the way to the early May 18 UCLA* 7:00 p.m. 1900’s, the school officially began sponsoring varsity baseball in 1959. In 42 years of May 19 UCLA* 7:00 p.m. May 20 UCLA* 1:00 p.m. varsity baseball at Arizona State, the program has built a legacy matched by few in the college baseball world. With a 1,856-736 all-time record, Arizona State has recorded win- May 24-27 NCAA Regionals TBA ning seasons in all but one year, advanced to the 18 times, won five June 1-3 NCAA Super Regionals TBA June 8-16 College World Series Omaha, Neb. national championships, won six Pac-10 titles, produced 13 Players of the Year and three winners, and has gone to the NCAA Tournament 24 times. Under * Pacific-10 Conference game current head coach Pat Murphy, the Sun Devils have finished in the top 12 in three of the All times are local to site last four years and finished second in the nation in 1998. Arizona State Baseball Notes ¥ January 16, 2001 ¥ Page 2 Sun Devil Baseball 2001 2001 Preseason Polls ASU Tops In Scoring in NCAA Last Two Years: Arizona State has led the NCAA in scoring each of the last two years, averaging 11.32 runs per game Baseball America in 1999 and 10.97 runs per game last year. ASU also led the nation in batting average with a team total 1. Georgia Tech of .356 in 1999. The Sun Devils .346 average in 2000 fell just percentage points of matching that feat 2. USC 3. Louisiana State a second year in a row, trailing Stony Brook by one percentage point. ASU out- Stony Brook 738- 4. Miami, Fla. 500. During Pat Murphy’s six seasons in Tempe, the Sun Devils have been a scoring machine with 5. Nebraska 3,370 runs, averaging 9.49 runs per game. 6. ARIZONA STATE 7. Florida State Dominating Infield Returns for 2001: 8. South Carolina 9. Notre Dame The entire infield that finished 2000 ranked fifth in the nation with a .971 fielding percentage is back. 10. Clemson Casey Myers, who was a finalist for the Johnny Bench of the Year Award, finished the year 11. Auburn with a .996 fielding percentage, and was honored by Collegiate Baseball as the Easton Redline/Na- 12. Rice 13. Florida tional Defensive Player of the Year. ASU only made 65 errors in 2000, marking the lowest number of 14. Stanford errors during the Pat Murphy Era (1995-2000). The Sun Devils also return seven of ASU’s top 10 15. Cal State Fullerton hitters from a year ago, led by Myers’ remarkable .412 average. 16. Georgia 17. Central Florida Sun Devils Scoring Streak Still Alive at 313 Games: 18. Pepperdine 19. Tulane The Arizona State baseball program has scored in a Pac-10 record 313 straight games, not having been 20. Baylor shutout since a 9-0 setback to USC on April 7, 1995. The streak is currently the second longest in 21. Mississippi State NCAA Division I, trailing Wichita State which has not been shutout in 329 games. ASU’s 313-game 22. Long Beach State 23. East Carolina streak ranks fourth all-time, with Coastal Carolina holding the record at 349 games. 24. Minnesota 25. Southern Mississippi Recruiting Class Draws Rave Reviews: Baseball Weekly/USA Today The recruiting class that makes up the freshman class on the diamond this spring was rated as the top class of recruits in the nation by Baseball America. Highlighted by seven players who were selected in 1. 2. the annual Major League Draft, the group includes several players who are expected to contribute 3. immediately. The recruiting class was also ranked third in the nation by Collegiate Baseball. 4. 5. Two Sport Stars: 6. 7. If you think you heard the names of a couple of ASU baseball players’ names being called over the Sun 8. Devil Stadium loudspeaker during football season, that wasn’t a joke. Three players, Skyler Fulton, 9. Jon Sheaffer and Eric Keefner all as players on the ASU football team. Sheaffer (WR) and 10. Fulton (RB) saw action on special teams, while Keefner (LB) was named the Scout Team MVP. Kevin 11. 12. Not Released Tommasini (1996-97) and Jason Verdugo (1994-97) were the last Devils to double as a player on the 13. diamond and on the gridiron. 14. Until 1/25/01 15. Success in the Classroom As Well As On The Field: 16. 17. ASU has long enjoyed much success on the diamond, and with 18 College World Series appearances, 18. it is known as one of the gems of college baseball. But lately academics, as well as on-field talent, have 19. shown its true colors in the storied program. Pat Murphy’s Sun Devil squad has produced four Aca- 20. demic All-Americans over the past two years (, Mark Ernster, Jeff Phelps, Casey 21. 22. Myers), including Myers being named the Academic All-American for college baseball in 2000. The 23. 2001 squad also features two players, Ty Johnson and Mike Lopez, who have already received their 24. undergraduate degrees and are pursuing their master’s. Myers, Phelps, Eric Doble and Jonah Martin 25. are all scheduled to graduate in May. Collegiate Baseball ARIZONA STATE BASEBALL PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP 1. Georgia Tech g #6 Arizona State vs. Texas-Arlington (Jan. 26-28, 2001) 2. USC ttin Ba er 3. LSU Ord 4. Nebraska No. Name (B/T) Pos Ht Wt Yr 2000 Stats 5. Clemson 1 3 Chris Duffy (S/L) OF 5-10 177 Jr. South Mountain CC (.409, 83 H, 69 R, 62 SB) 6. ARIZONA STATE 2 15 Brooks Conrad (S/R) 2B 5-11 185 Jr. .336, 72 R, 76 H, 16 2B, 4 3B, 10 HR, 67 RBI) 7. Rice 3 20 Jeff Phelps (R/R) 1B 6-0 195 Sr. .362, 54 R, 81 H, 17 2B, 4 3B, 8 HR, 60 RBI 8. Florida State 4 22 Casey Myers (R/R) C 6-0 215 Sr. .412, 71 R, 98 H, 19 2B, 18 HR, 97 RBI 9. Miami (Fla.) 5 4 Mike Lopez (R/R) 3B 5-10 200 Sr. .370, 44 R, 51 H, 12 2B, 6 HR, 49 RBI 10. South Carolina 11. Stanford 6 7 Jonah Martin (R/R) LF 5-9 176 Sr. .325, 63 R, 63 H, 3 2B, 7 3B, 2 HR, 29 RBI 12. Cal State Fullerton or 19 Steve Garrabrants (R/R) UT 5-10 160 Fr. Played high school ball at Moon Valley 13. Florida 7 44 Eric Keefner (R/R) DH 6-2 235 Fr. Fourth Round Draft Pick by 14. Notre Dame or 8 Jeremy West (R/R) DH 5-11 189 Fr. Played prep ball at Silverado High School 15. Oklahoma 8 6 Mel Stocker (S/R) RF 5-9 158 Jr. .344, 38 R, 42 H, 3 2B, 4 3B, 26 RBI, 8 SB 16. Georgia 9 5 Dennis Wyrick (R/R) SS 6-1 219 So. .317, 42 R, 51 H, 2 2B, 2 3B, 29 RBI 17. Baylor 18. Auburn Probable Starting 19. Central Florida Day No. Name (B/T) Pos Ht Wt Yr 2000 Stats 20. Stetson 1/26 55 Jon Switzer (L/L) LHP 6-2 195 Jr. 11-3, 3.89 ERA, 121 SO, 46 BB, 115.2 IP 21. Mississippi State 1/27 47 Jered Liebeck (R/R) RHP 6-2 196 So. 2-2, 5.55 ERA, 12 SO, 9 BB, 24.1 IP 22. Long Beach State 1/28 54 Andy Torres (R/R) RHP 6-0 165 Jr. Transfer from East LA CC (12-3, 2.11 ERA) 23. Evansville 24. Alabama 25. Tennessee Arizona State Baseball Notes ¥ January 16, 2001 ¥ Page 3 Sun Devil Baseball 2001 Like Father, Like Son: For the second straight year, the Sun Devils have a player whose father was part of a World Series Scouting UTA Championship. Just like Jason Fingers’ (2000) father Rollie, freshman Rod Allen’s father, Rod Sr., Arizona State vs. Texas-Arlington won a World Championship with the in 1984. Allen, who played a total of 31 MLB Tempe, Ariz. (Jan. 26-28, 2001) games, is now a broadcaster for the . Texas-Arlington Martin Takes A Bunch For The Team: Nickname: Mavericks Senior Jonah Martin (Waianae, Hawaii) set a Pac-10 and ASU record with 29 hit by pitches in 2000. National Ranking: NR Martin, a transfer from Los Angeles City JC, ranks fourth all-time with his 29 HBP, tying Corky Miller Location: Arlington, Texas of Nevada who also got beaned 29 times in 1998. The NCAA leader for -season HBP’s is Enrollment: 18,662 Andrew Slater of Richmond who got plunked 33 times in 56 games in 1997. As a team, Arizona State Head Coach: Clay Gould (2nd Year) was hit by a pitch 115 times in 2000 - an ASU school record. They broke the Pac-10 single-season Assistants: Jeff Curtis, Darin Thomas record held by Washington (1998) while the national record is held by Nevada (125 in 1997). ASU’s 2000 Record: 24-30 115 HBP in ’00 ranks fourth all-time in the NCAA record book. Long Beach State (1999) is third with 2000 Southland Conf: 9-18 114 and second with 124 (1998). Career vs. ASU: First Meeting Baseball SID: Steve Weller Arizona State Claims Pac-10 Championship in 2000: For the first time in league history, three teams finished in a tie for first place in the conference stand- Top Returning Players: ings in 2000. ASU, Stanford and UCLA all notched a 17-7 record in Pac-10 play. By virtue of a tie 2B Craig Martin (.253/0/9) breaker (ASU won both conference series against Stanford and UCLA), the Sun Devils received the 3B Levi Ness (.280/0/16) Pac-10’s automatic bid to postseason play. It was their first conference championship since 1993 and P Jarred Ferrans (4-5/4.27) sixth since joining the Pac-10 in 1978. Stanford and Pac-10 runner-up USC advanced through the P Aaron Pullin (5-4/4.99) NCAA Tournament and made appearances at the College World Series in Omaha. Stanford was the eventual runner-up. UTA Notes: The Mavericks are coming off a 24-30 Murphy Garners Pac-10 Coach of the Year Award: season under first year head coach Clay Head coach Pat Murphy was voted the Pac-10 Coach of the Year by his peers for the 2000 season. The Gould. UTA finished ninth in the Sun Devils skipper led his squad to their sixth Pac-10 Conference title and first since 1993. ASU was Southland Conference last year with a 9- picked to finish sixth in the league in the preseason coaches’ poll. Murphy led the Devils to their third 18 mark. The Mavericks return 12 postseason appearance in the last four years. In 16 years as a head coach, Murphy has posted a 605- letterwinners, including six pitchers from 294-3 (.673) record and at ASU alone has a winning percentage of .655 (232-123). He is the win- a team that maintained a 5.05 team ERA in ningest active baseball coach under the age of 44. The Sun Devil skipper was selected as Baseball 2000. Texas-Arlington has proven to be a America’s National Coach of the Year in 1998. tough opponent in their opening series of the year. They have posted two season Reviewing the 2000 Pac-10 Championship Season: opening wins over ranked opponents in ASU won its sixth Pac-10 title (all since 1981) and first since 1993, after being picked sixth in the the last four years. Last year UTA stunned preseason poll… ASU hit the 40-win plateau for the fourth time since 1993… The 17 league wins were No. 12 and eventual College World Series a five-game improvement from 1999 and it was the fifth time since 1990 with 17 or more wins in Pac- participant Texas. The Mavericks also 10 play… ASU was 2nd in the nation in batting, 5th in fielding percentage, and 1st in scoring in defeated the Longhorns in 1997 to open 2000… ASU led the Conference in batting average (.346), runs per game (11.0), the year and give a loss in (.561), on base percentage (.454), RBI (588), triples (37), walks (336), and stolen bases (92)… Sr. OF his Texas debut. Mitch Jones broke ’s (1978) 22-year-old school record for home runs when he hit No. 26 vs. Arizona May 21. Jones finished with 27, becoming just the ninth player in Pac-10 history to hit at Upcoming Opponents least 27 in a season, and seventh to do so since 1990… ASU had an extra-base hit in all but two games Southern Utah (Feb. 1-4) in 2000… ASU batters were hit by a pitch 115 times in 20000, breaking the Pac-10 record (101, UW, Duke (Feb. 9-11) 1998). The mark ranks in the top-four all-time in the NCAA record books (125, Nevada in 1997)… Pac-10 Player of the Year Casey Myers finished ’00 with 97 RBI, second-best in Pac-10 history, and 206 for his career, fifth-best. Myers led the Sun Devils with 98 hits, 19 doubles, 97 RBI, and a .502 on- Southern Utah base percentage. Myers led the Pac-10 in RBI and on-base percentage. He also ranked among the Nickname: Thunderbirds Conference leaders in hits (3rd), slugging percentage (.718, t3rd), total bases (171, 7th), runs scored 2001 Record: 0-0 (71, 9th), home runs (18, t8th), and doubles (19, t9th). Myers batted .412 for the season, second in the 2000 Record: 20-26 Pac-10 tied for 22nd-best average in single season Pac-10 history… Myers and Jones (92) ranked first Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 12/13 and second in the Conference in RBI; third and fifth in the nation… The Sun Devils scored 10 or more Career vs. ASU: 0-14 runs in 31 games last season, and 20 runs nine times… ASU owns the Pac-10 record, having scored in 313 consecutive games (last 0-9 vs. USC, 4/7/95), the second-longest active streak (Wichita State) and Duke fourth-best all-time. Nickname: Blue Devils 2001 Record: 0-0 2000 Record: 17-41 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 15/4 Career vs. ASU: 0-5 Arizona State Baseball Notes ¥ January 16, 2001 ¥ Page 4 Sun Devil Baseball 2001 Around the Pac-10 Casey Myers An All-American On The Field And In The Classroom: Senior team captain Casey Myers (Casa Grande) is listed as a preseason All-Ameri- Final 2000 Standings: can by nearly every publication in 2001, but that doesn’t even scratch the surface Team Conf. Ovrall as to what Myers brings to the ASU program. He was named Pac-10 Player of the Arizona State 17-7 44-15 Year in 2000, becoming the second straight season an ASU player has earned the Stanford 17-7 50-16 honor (Willie Bloomquist, 1999). The catcher and team leader was among a hand- ful of players vying for Baseball America’s National Player of the Year award and UCLA 17-7 38-26 was named a semifinalist for the Johnny Bench Collegiate Catcher of the Year. USC 16-8 44-20 Myers certainly put up impressive numbers in 2000, leading the team in batting California 11-13 25-28 average (.412), hits (98), doubles (19) and on-base percentage (.502), as well as RBI (97). His 97 Oregon State 9-15 28-27 RBI rank fourth in the ASU single-season record book. Myers now has 206 career RBI and needs 77 Arizona 8-16 26-30 during his senior year to break the Pac-10 and ASU career record. His current mark of 206 RBI Washington 7-17 26-30 places him fifth in the Pac-10 record book and fourth in ASU history. He hit 18 home runs (second Washington St. 6-18 20-36 on the team) behind teammate Mitch Jones and now has 32 in his career. The school record is 56 set by Bob Horner. Myers has quietly done an excellent job behind the plate as well, calling the pitches 2001 Preseason Poll: himself. He has been named conference player of the week three times during his career at ASU. He Team Points reached base safely (hit, walk, HBP) in 54 of 59 games in ’00. Myers led the squad in multiple-hit USC 52 games (31) and multi-RBI games (29). His multi-hit games included three, four-hit affairs. He hit safely in 50 of 59 games. Myers was clutch with 26 two-out RBI and hit .417 with the bases loaded. Arizona State 49 He hit .466 (48x103) with runners in scoring position and .459 with runners on base. Myers finished Stanford 37 his junior campaign ranked 30th in the nation in batting average (.412), third in RBI (97), and 35th Arizona 31 in home runs (.31 per game). California 30 UCLA 29 More On Myers: As asset for the program throughout his career in Tempe, Myers has also been stellar Oregon State 27 in the classroom. The math wiz that scored a perfect 800 on the math portion of the SAT out of high Washington 15 school, Myers has maintained a near-perfect GPA as a math/accounting major at ASU. He was an WSU 8 Academic All-American in 1999 and 2000, and received college baseball’s highest academic honor last year when he was named the GTE/CoSida Academic All-American of the Year. In addition to being named the Academic All-American of the Year, All-American and Pac-10 Player of the Year in 2000, Myers was also named the Collegiate Baseball National Defensive Player of the Year with a .996 fielding percentage. In November, Myers was named the top amateur athlete in the state of Arizona by the March of Dimes. Myers’ Honors and Awards Casey Myers in the Record Books...... 1998 Pac-10 Career RBI NCBWA 3rd Team All-American 1. Andrew Beinbrink, ASU (1996-99) ...... 283 Sporting News Freshman All-American 2. John Gall, Stanford (1997-2000)...... 263 Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American 3. Paul Carey, Stanford (1987-90)...... 220 1999 4. , UCLA (1996-98) ...... 219 GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-American 5. Casey Myers, ASU (1998-P) ...... 206 First-Team Pac-10 All-Academic 2000 ASU Career RBI First-Team All-American 1. Andrew Beinbrink (1996-99) ...... 283 -Sporting News, NCBWA 2. Clay Westlake (1973-76) ...... 250 Second-Team All-American 3. Bob Horner (1976-78) ...... 229 -Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball 4. Casey Myers (1998-P) ...... 206 Pac-10 Player of the Year Pac-10 All-Academic ASU Career Batting Average Academic All-American of the Year 1. (1981-82) ...... 408 Baseball America Player of the Year Candidate 2. (1977-78) ...... 396 Johnny Bench Catcher of the Year Finalist 3. Willie Bloomquist (1997-99) ...... 394 Defensive Player of the Year 9. Casey Myers (1998-P) ...... 380 2001 Preseason All-American (CB, BA, NCBWA)

Career statistics for: Casey Myers Year AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB-ATT 1998.... .386 51-48 184 35 71 17 0 8 58 20 36 1-1 1999.... .329 51-46 170 39 56 11 0 6 51 25 24 1-4 2000.... .412 59-59 238 71 98 19 0 18 97 34 24 4-5 TOTALS.. .380 161-153 592 145 225 47 0 32 206 79 84 6-10 Arizona State Baseball Notes ¥ January 16, 2001 ¥ Page 5 Sun Devil Baseball 2001

2000 ASU Hitting Leaders Pat Murphy at ASU: Batting Average: Arizona’s State has had only three coaches in its illustrious history. The latest to join the legacy is 1. Casey Myers .412 Pat Murphy who has enjoyed great success since arriving in Tempe six years ago in 1995. Murphy 2. Casey Myers .370 has guided ASU to a 232-123 (.653) and posted an impressive 90-77 record in the tough Pac-10. 3. Jeff Phelps .362 ASU has advanced to postseason play in three of the six years under Murphy, including a 2nd place 4. Mitch Jones .357 finish at the College World Series in 1998. With his 232 wins at ASU, Murphy has the third best 5. Phil Downing .355 Hits: winning percentage of Pac-10 coaches. 1. Casey Myers 98 2. Mitch Jones 89 Brooks Conrad Turns In Solid Season At Second Base: 3. Jeff Phelps 81 Junior second baseman Brooks Conrad was named to the 2000 Pac-10 All-Conference team. Con- 4. Jeff Duncan 78 rad hit at a .336 clip and finished second on the team in runs (72). He hit .351 in league play with 5. Brooks Conrad 76 15 of his 33 hits going for extra bases. He became only the 18th player to hit a homer over the Runs Scored: 1. Mitch Jones 79 green monster at vs. Washington (5/14). Conrad hit .392 with runners in scoring 2. Jeff Duncan 72 position and .500 when he led off an inning. The Spring Valley, Calif., native notched 19 multi-hit 3. Brooks Conrad 72 games as well as 15 multi-RBI games during the ’00 season. The switch hitter was named Pac-10 4. Casey Myers 71 Player of the Week twice in 2000. For his career at ASU, Conrad is a .338 hitter with 108 hits and RBI: 20 doubles. 1. Casey Myers 97 2. Mitch Jones 92 3. Brooks Conrad 67 The Ice Man, Eric Doble: 4. Jeff Phelps 60 Junior Eric Doble was as cool as ice in ’00 with a team-leading nine saves. The right-hander took Doubles: over the closer role on the Devils pitching staff and performed solidly. Doble had six saves in 1. Casey Myers 19 conference play as well as a 2-0 record with a 2.66 ERA to earn all-Pac-10 Honorable Mention 2. Mitch Jones 18 honors. For the year, Doble finished the year 3-1 with nine saves and a 3.35 ERA. He ended up Triples: second in the Pac-10 in games finished (23), second in saves (9), tied for third in games in relief 1. Jonah Martin 7 Home Runs: (27) and fifth in appearances (27). He held opponent batters to a .259 average at the plate and a 1. Mitch Jones 27 .219 average with runners on base. The Case Grande, Ariz., native transferred to ASU from Grand 2. Casey Myers 18 Canyon in 1999 and returns for his senior season after being drafted in the 10th round of the 2000 3. Brooks Conrad 10 MLB draft by the . 2000 ASU Pitching Leaders The Franchise, Jon Switzer: : After going 11-3 last year and having a successful summer with Team USA, junior lefty Jon Swit- 1. Robby Milner 2.35 2. Franco Pezely 3.24 zer (Houston, Texas) is set to start what is expected to be a stellar junior campaign. Switzer was 3. Eric Doble 3.35 named a preseason All-American by Collegiate Baseball (2nd Team) and Baseball America (3rd 4. Jason Fingers 3.63 team). He was named an honorable mention on the 2000 Pac-10 All-Conference team. Switzer 5. Jon Switzer 3.89 picked up win No. 11 vs. Arizona May 21 in a relief appearance, making him the first ASU Wins: to reach 11 wins since 1993. Switzer finished with an impressive 5-2 record in conference play 1. Jon Switzer 11 2. Franco Pezely 8 with a 4.47 ERA. He was honored as Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week three times in ’00 (tying UCLA’s 3. Chad Pennington 7 Rob Henkel for the most honors). He led the team with 121 and held opposing batters to Batters Struck Out: a .228 average at the plate. He ranked seventh in the conference in ERA (3.89), third in opposing 1. Jon Switzer 121 batting average (.228), sixth in strikeouts (121) and third in wins (11). Right h anded hitters 2. Chad Pennington 65 managed only a .226 batting average vs. Switzer in 2000, while lefties checked in at .233. For his 3. Eric Doble 58 career, he is 18-7 with 199 strikeouts. Drafted in the 26th round out of high school by the Pitts- : burgh Pirates, Switzer is listed as one of the top lefties for the 2001 draft. He was 1-0 with a 2.41 1. Jon Switzer 115.2 2. Chad Pennington 65.2 ERA with Team USA this past summer before leaving the team early after having an emergency 3. Eric Doble 51.0 appendectomy surgery. 2000 ASU Fielding Leaders ASU And Team USA: Errors: Sophomore lefty Jon Switzer (Houston, Texas) was among 20 invitees to the 2000 USA Baseball 1. Dennis Wyrick 13 Team Trials to be held in June and made the team. Switzer was joined by three other Pac-10 2. Brooks Conrad 12 players: USC’s , UCLA’s Josh Karp and Stanford’s Brian Sager at the trials, and junior 3. Mike Lopez 8 catcher Casey Myers was also selected to play for the team. Myers (Casa Grande, Ariz.) was a Fielding Percentage (Min 100 Chances): 1. Casey Myers .996 member of the junior national team in ’96 and was a ’98 national team invitee. Myers ended up 2. Mitch Jones .992 hitting .310 with Team USA and Switzer was 1-0 with a 2.41 ERA 3. Jeff Phelps .987 4. Jeff Duncan .969 Senior Jeff Phelps Looking For Breakout Season: Assists: Infielder Jeff Phelps (Yuma) has been a solid player for the Sun Devils over the past three years and 1. Brooks Conrad 142 2. Dennis Wyrick 128 has extremely high expectations heading into the 2001 season. After finishing third on the squad 3. Mike Lopez 74 last year with a .362 batting average, Phelps added strength and power during the offseason. A Putouts: career .344 hitter, the utility infielder is slated to start the season at first base, but has also worked 1. Casey Myers 460 out at third base. Phelps started 45 games at first base, 12 at third base and two at DH. 2. Jeff Phelps 332 3. Jeff Duncan 121 Arizona State Baseball Notes ¥ January 16, 2001 ¥ Page 6 Sun Devil Baseball 2001 Drafted Devils: Sun Devil Quick Facts A total of 17 players on the 2001 Arizona State squad have been taken in the Major League Name of School ...... Arizona State Baseball Amateur Draft. Since the inception of the draft in 1965, ASU has had more players City, State ...... Tempe, Ariz. chosen (289), more first-round draft picks (21) and more No. 1 picks (3) than any other Founded ...... 1885 school in the nation. Eight (8) players from the 2000 Pac-10 Championship team were Enrollment ...... 42,255 drafted last June. ASU’s three No. 1 picks were (1965), Mascot ...... Sun Devils (1976) and Bob Horner (Atlanta). School Colors ...... Maroon and Gold Stadium ...... Packard Stadium (5,000) Player Year Team Round Drafted Fences ...... LF/RF (370) Rodney Allen 2000 Reds 34th round ...... Center (395 Eric Doble 2000 Red Sox 10th round Conference ...... Pac-10 Chris Duffy 2000 Red Sox 43rd round President ...... Dr. Lattie F. Coor Mike Esposito 1999 Reds 5th round Athletics Director ...... Gene Smith Drew Friedberg 1997 Diamondbacks 25th round 2000 Brewers 29th round Baseball History Skyler Fulton 2000 Mets 25th round First year of Baseball ...... 1959 (28-18) Steve Garrabrants 2000 Twins 42nd round All-Time Record ...... 2,189-1,074 Jon Gutierrez 2000 Red Sox 25th round Modern Era (1959-P) ...... 1856-736 (.716) Eric Keefner 2000 Astros 4th round Early Era (1906-1958) ...... 333-338 Jered Liebeck 1999 Diamondbacks 45th round Packard Stadium Record ...... 759-219 (.776) Mike Lopez 1996 Blue Jays 52nd round Years in College World Series ...... 18 Casey Myers 2000 Brewers 30th round NCAA Championships ...... 5 Jeff Phelps 1997 Pirates 36th round College World Series Record ...... 56-30 (.652) Ryan Schroyer 2000 Tigers 16th round Regional Titles...... 12 Jon Sheaffer 1999 Reds 29th round NCAA Regional Record ...... 54-16 Jon Switzer 1998 Pirates 26th round Last CWS Appearance ...... 1998 (2nd) Dennis Wyrick 1999 Tigers 35th round Best All-Time Record...... 59-8 (1973) Last All-American ...... Casey Myers Horner Ranks Second As Player of the Century: ...... Jon Switzer Former Sun Devil greats Bob Horner and were honored by Baseball America ...... Mitch Jones by being placed on the publications’ “Team of the Century.” Horner, an ASU great under Media Relations from 1976-78, hit .383 for his career and belted a school record 56 home runs. Media Relations Phone ...... (480) 965-6592 Horner was listed second on the team behind Oklahoma State slugger Fax ...... (480) 965-5408 (1983-85). Bane, a top pitcher for the Sun Devils from 1971-72, posted a career 40-4 Baseball SID ...... Jeff R. Evans record and a 1.64 ERA. Bane was listed as the ninth best player of the 20th Century by E-Mail Address ...... [email protected] Baseball America. The top 10 players of the century were voted on by fans, coaches and Home Phone ...... (480) 699-1358 baseball writers and are listed below: Director of Media Relations ...... Mark Brand Associate Director ...... Doug Tammaro 1. Pete Incaviglia (Oklahoma State) Assistant Directors...... Will Phillips 2. Bob Horner (Arizona State) ...... Rhonda Lundin 3. (Oklahoma State) ...... Erin Rowley 4. Burt Hooten (Texas) ...... Jason Bellamy 5. (Minnesota) Press Box ...... (480) 965-1509 6. (Wichita State) Web Site ...... www.TheSunDevils.com 7. John G. Olerud (Washington State) 8. J.D. Drew (Florida State) ASU Coaching/Support Staff 9. Eddie Bane (Arizona State) Head Coach ...... Pat Murphy 10. (Hawai’i) Record at ASU ...... 232-123 (6 Seasons) Career Division I ...... 550-239-1 (13) Bloomquist Earns Minor League All-Star Award: Assistants ...... Jay Sferra (6th) ...... Mike Rooney (3rd) Willie Bloomquist (1997-1999) showed signs he would be a great professional ball player ...... Billy Jones (1st) during his time at ASU. After his first full season of professional ball, the 1999 Pac-10 Baseball Operations ...... Chris Holick Player of the Year turned in a banner season split between Single-A Lancaster and - ...... Joe Brennan A Tacoma in the organization. The second basemen hit a blistering .379 ...... Graham Rossini Managers ...... Steve Kirkman at Lancaster to earn Single-A all-star status and was overall a second-team Minor League Trainer ...... Kenny McCarty, Mike Elliott All-Star as selected by the writers at Baseball America. 2000 Review Team AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB 2000 Record ...... 44-15 Home ...... 33-8 Lancaster (CAL) .379 256 63 97 19 6 2 51 37 27 22 Away ...... 11-7 Lancaster/Tacoma .313 447 80 140 24 7 3 74 44 55 27 2000 Pac-10 Record ...... 17-7 (1st) Home ...... 9-3 Away ...... 8-4 Letterman Returning/Lost ...... 14/13 Starters Returning/Lost ...... 7/2 Starting Pitchers Returning/Lost ...... 2/2 Arizona State Baseball Notes ¥ January 16, 2001 ¥ Page 7 Sun Devil Baseball 2001 Inside the Numbers Golden Spikes Common At Arizona State: While of South Carolina was the recipient of the 2000 Golden Spikes award as the nation’s top amateur baseball player, it should be noted that three Arizona State players have won the award. Bob Horner, who was a standout at ASU from 1976-78, won the inaugural award in 1978. National Champion- Oddibe McDowell, who was a member of the first Team USA baseball team to compete in an Olym- 5 ships won by the Sun Devils. pics, won the award in 1984. , who ranks second in ASU history with 46 home runs from 1989-91, won the award in 1991. In all, 13 players that have worn the Maroon and Gold have been Preseason Top 25 named a Player of the Year for college baseball. 6 Teams ASU will face in 2001. ASU Leader of the Pac When It Comes to Player of the Week: Arizona State has amassed 41 Pac-10 Pitchers of the Week and 62 Players of the Week since 1981. Number of Returning That total leads all Pac-10 member schools. The Sun Devils had four players honored as Pac-10 POW 14 Letterwinners from the last year (Mitch Jones -2, Brooks Conrad -2) and Jon Switzer was a three-time recipient of the award 2000 club. in 2000.

Number of former Sun Arizona State in Postseason Play: 75 Devils who have played in the Major The Sun Devil baseball program has created a dynasty in college baseball that has been matched by Leagues. few. With 18 appearances in the College World Series, ASU ranks fourth for the most trips to Omaha. Arizona State has advanced to the NCAA Tournament in 24 of the program’s 42 seasons, amassing an Number of Wins Coach incredible 116-43 (.730) record. ASU’s five National Championships rank as the second most of any 232 Murphy has won at NCAA school. In addition to ASU’s five national championships, the Sun Devils have also turned in Arizona State. five second-place teams and three third-place finishes. Postseason Summary: Games With At Least One Hit NCAA Appearances 24 Record in District 7 12-1 All-Time NCAA Record 121-47 CWS Appearances 18 Conrad ...... 0 of 0 games CWS Titles 5 Duffy...... 0 of 0 games Regional Appearances 18 Fulton ...... 0 of 0 games Regional Titles 12 CWS Runners-up 5 Keefner ...... 0 of 0 games Record in Regionals 54-16 CWS Third-Place Finishes 4 Lopez ...... 0 of 0 games District 7 Appearances 6 Record at CWS 55-30 (.647) Martin ...... 0 of 0 games District 7 Titles 6 Myers ...... 0 of 0 games Phelps ...... 0 of 0 games Stocker ...... 0 of 0 games ASU In Pac-10 Play: West ...... 0 of 0 games Wyrick ...... 0 of 0 games While Arizona and Arizona State both joined the Pacific-10 Conference in 1979 as the newest addi- tions to the “Conference of Champions,” ASU has quickly made quick gains to place its name among Extra Base Hits the top two in winning percentage of all Pac-10 schools. With a career 440-302 record combined when Conrad ...... 0 apart of the old Six-Pac or the combined Pac-10, ASU’s .593 winning percentage falls behind just Duffy...... 0 behind USC’s .642 winning percentage in 77 years being affiliated with the Pac-10. Fulton ...... 0 Keefner ...... 0 This is ASU Baseball: Lopez ...... 0 • Only one losing season in school history Martin ...... 0 • 18 College World Series Appearances Myers ...... 0 Phelps ...... 0 • 24 years in the NCAA Tournament Stocker ...... 0 • Six Pac-10 Titles West ...... 0 • Five NCAA Championships Wyrick ...... 0 • 13 NCAA National Players of the Year Breakdown • Three Golden Spikes Award Winners • 58 All-Americans Solo Home Runs ...... 0 • 2 NCAA Coaches of the Year 2-Run Home Runs ...... 0 3-Run Home Runs ...... 0 • 75 Major League Players Grand Slams ...... 0 • 21 First-Round Draft Picks First Inning ...... 0 • Finished in top 12 three of past four years Second Inning ...... 0 • Only one losing season in school history Third Inning ...... 0 • Three 2001 Preseason All-Americans Fourth Inning ...... 0 Fifth Inning ...... 0 • Four Academic All-Americans in last two years Mr. October. Reggie Jackson (1966) Sixth Inning ...... 0 Seventh Inning ...... 0 Eighth Inning ...... 0 Ninth Inning ...... 0 Arizona State Baseball Notes ¥ January 16, 2001 ¥ Page 8 Sun Devil Baseball 2001 Sun Devils Had a Successful Run in the 1990’s: Media Information: While ASU started the new millennium with a bang winning the Pac-10 Championship with a 44- Baseball Contact: Jeff R. Evans 15 record, the decade of the 1990’s was one that marked great success for the ASU program. The SID Phone: (480) 965-6592 Sun Devils compiled a 398-213 (.651) record during the decade and made three trips to Omaha Evans’ Direct Line: (480) 965-6594 for the College World Series. The 398 wins were third-best of all conference schools. SID Fax: (480) 965-5408 Evans’ E-Mail: [email protected] Where ASU Ranked In The Nation in 2000: Website: www.TheSunDevils.com ASU had a year that will go down in the NCAA record books. The Sun Devils finished second in Address: hitting with a .346 team batting average, trailing only Stony Brook which posted a .347 average. Media Relations Office The team went a collective 738-for-2134. The Sun Devils, however, were the most productive ICA Room 105 Tempe, AZ 85287-1505 team in the nation in ’00, leading the NCAA in scoring, while averaging 10.97 runs per game. The Sun Devils also led the nation with 37 total triples and ASU’s nearest threat was Delaware Interviews: with 10.02 runs per game. Here is a list of where the team and individual players ranked in the All interviews with players and the NCAA: coaching staff need to be cleared through the ASU media relations office and Jeff Individual Rankings: Team Rankings: Batting: Myers 30th, .412 avg. Evans. If you wish to talk to any Sun Scoring 1st 10.97 RBI: Myers 4th, 1.64 pg Devil player or head coach Pat Murphy, Batting: 2nd .346 Jones 5th, 1.56 pg please contact Evans via the above in- Fielding: 5th .971% Home Runs Jones 1st, .458 pg Home Runs 7th 1.46 rpg Myers 35th, .31 pg formation. Slugging: 2nd .561% Triples: Martin 17th, .12 pg Triples: 1st 0.63 Runs: Jones 11th, 1.34 pg Won-Loss 8th .746 (44-15) Media Guides: Slugging: Jones 11th, .787 % Media guides will be available to work- ing press only and can be purchased by fans at home games only from the sou- Sun Devils in in 2000: venir stand. Press guides will not be dis- Player MLB Team W-L ERA G SV IP H BB SO tributed to fans from the press box or the Doug Henry Giants/Astros 4-4 3.79 72 1 78.1 57 49 62 Sean Lowe White Sox 4-1 5.48 50 0 70.2 78 39 53 media relations office. Gabe Molina Braves/Orioles 0-0 9.00 11 0 15.0 28 10 9 Game Notes and Statistics: Player, Pos. MLB Team Avg. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Game notes and statistics will be distrib- Mike Benjamin, 2B Pirates .270 233 28 63 18 2 2 19 uted to all working media and scouts on , LF Giants .306 480 129 147 28 4 49 106 game days at Packard Stadium. Copies , CF Indians .241 29 3 7 3 0 0 5 will also be made available in the press Paul LoDuca, C Dodgers .246 65 6 16 2 0 2 8 box. The statistics are for working press, Fernando Vina, 2B Cardinals .300 487 81 146 24 6 4 31 scouts and coaches only. A complete sta- tistical book containing box scores, play- ASU Well-Represented In Arizona Fall League: Player Team W-L ERA G SV IP H BB SO by-play and game notes will also be avail- Ryan Bradley, RHP Maryvale 2-1 6.00 13 0 21.0 18 12 21 able in the press box for working media Ryan Mills, LHP Grand Canyon 1-4 5.35 8 0 33.2 41 7 23 following each home game. All informa- tion will be made available to fans and Player, Pos. Team Avg. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI ASU supporters through the school’s of- Willie Bloomquist, INF Peoria .289 90 14 26 7 1 0 8 ficial athletic website, Mark Ernster, INF Maryvale .295 95 13 28 4 5 2 11 www.TheSunDevils.com. Dan McKinley, OF Maryvale .313 16 1 5 0 1 0 4 Live Stats: While only certain games can be accessed by radio either through the internet or in the greater Phoenix area, every home game and selected road games can be tracked through live statistical updates on www.TheSunDevils.com. Arizona State Baseball Notes ¥ January 16, 2001 ¥ Page 9 Sun Devil Baseball 2001

ASU in Season Openers

Date Opponent Score Jan. 21, 2000 UtahASU 13, Utah 2 Jan. 15, 1999 UtahASU 17, Utah 4 Jan. 22, 1998 Cal State Northridge ASU 7, CSUN 3 Jan. 24, 1997 UC Santa Barbara ASU 5, UCSB 2 Feb. 2, 1996 Loyola Marymount ASU 19, LMU 7 Jan. 27, 1995 Duke ASU 7, Duke 0 Jan. 27, 1994 New Mexico State ASU 11, NMSU 2 Jan. 28, 1993 Hawaii Hawaii 9, ASU 4 Feb. 1, 1992 Texas TechASU 4, TT 3 Jan. 25, 1991 Long Beach State ASU 5, LBSU 4 Jan. 19, 1990 at Grand Canyon ASU 12, Grand Canyon 2 Jan. 27, 1989 UC Riverside ASU 4, UCR 1 Jan. 21, 1988 UC Santa Barbara ASU 4, UCSB 3 Jan. 30, 1987 San Francisco ASU 20, USF 1 Jan. 31, 1986 Cal Poly-Pomona ASU 10, Cal Poly 7 Jan. 31, 1985 UC Santa Barbara ASU 9, UCSB 8 Feb. 1, 1984 Cal State-Los Angeles ASU 8, CSLA 3 Jan. 31, 1983 Cal State-Los Angeles ASU 7, CSLA 4 Feb. 1, 1982 Chico State ASU 12, Chico State 7 Feb. 2, 1981 Long Beach State ASU 6, LBSU 4 Feb. 4, 1980 Azusa Pacific ASU 8, Azusa Pacific 4 Feb. 4, 1979 CS Dominguez Hills ASU 5, CSDH 2

ASU in Season Openers Under Pat Murphy (1995-P): 6-0 (Outscored opponent 68-18)

Pat Murphy Career Division I Record in Season Openers (1988-P) 13-0 (6-0 at ASU, 7-0 at Notre Dame)

Earliest Start Under Pat Murphy (1995-P): Jan. 15, 1999 vs. Utah

Latest Start Under Pat Murphy (1995-P): Feb. 2, 1996 vs. Loyola Marymount

ASU in Season Openers Since 1979: 22-1