2019 Stanford Cardinal baseball team

2019 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf.						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 7 UCLA ‍†‍‍^y	24	–	5	–	0	.828	52	–	11	–	0	.825
No. 10 Stanford ‍‍‍^y	22	–	7	–	0	.759	45	–	14	–	0	.763
Oregon State ‍‍‍^y	21	–	8	–	0	.724	36	–	20	–	1	.640
California ‍‍‍^y	17	–	11	–	0	.607	32	–	20	–	0	.615
Arizona State ‍‍‍^y	16	–	13	–	0	.552	38	–	19	–	0	.667
Arizona ‍‍‍	15	–	14	–	0	.517	32	–	24	–	0	.571
USC ‍‍‍	13	–	15	–	1	.466	25	–	29	–	1	.464
Washington ‍‍‍	12	–	17	–	0	.414	28	–	24	–	0	.538
Oregon ‍‍‍	10	–	19	–	0	.345	27	–	29	–	0	.482
Utah ‍‍‍	6	–	24	–	0	.200	16	–	33	–	0	.327
Washington State ‍‍‍	3	–	25	–	1	.121	11	–	41	–	1	.217

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of July 16, 2019 Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2019 Stanford Cardinal baseball team represented Stanford University in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinal play their home games at Klein Field at Sunken Diamond under second year coach David Esquer.

Previous season

The Cardinal finished 46-12 overall with a 22-8 conference record. They started the 2018 season 10-0 with sweeps over Cal-State Fullerton and Rice and then finishing the regular season winning the Pac-12 conference and the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Ranked 1 in the Cal State Fullerton Super Regional, the Cardinal beat Wright State and Baylor, but would lose to Cal State Fullerton twice, throughout the Super Regional, losing the Regional.

2018 MLB Draft

The Cardinal had five individuals selected in the 2018 MLB draft.

Duke Kinamon did not sign with the New York Mets.

Roster

2019 Stanford Cardinal roster

Pitchers

18 Cody Jensen – Freshman
20 Brendan Beck – Sophomore
26 Erik Miller – Junior
27 Carson Rudd – Sophomore
28 Alex Williams – Freshman
30 Zach Grech – Junior
33 Jack Little - Junior
34 Luke Sleeper – RS-Sophomore
36 Jonathan Worley – Junior
38 Ben Baggett – RS-Sophomore
39 Jacob Palisch – Sophomore
40 Nicolas Lopez – Freshman
42 Austin Weiermiller – Sophomore
49 Michael Boden – Senior

Catchers

10 Maverick Handley - Junior
16 Vincent Martinez - Freshman

Infielders

5 Austin Kretzschmar – Freshman
6 Zach Sehgal – Sophomore
12 Duke Kinamon – Senior
13 Justin Moore – Freshman
24 Nick Brueser - Freshman
31 Nick Bellafronto – RS-Junior

Outfielders

11 Alec Wilson – Senior
15 Grant Burton – Freshman
21 Tim Tawa – Sophomore
23 Nickolas Oar – RS-Junior
29 Brandon Wulff – Senior
44 Christian Robinson - Sophomore

Utility

2 Christian Molfetta (INF/P/C) – RS-Junior
3 Daniel Bakst (INF/P) - Sophomore
7 Brandon Dieter (INF/P) – Freshman
19 Will Matthiessen (P/DH) – Junior
25 Andrew Daschbach (INF/OF) – Junior
37 Kyle Stowers (OF/P) – Junior
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Schedule and results

2019 Stanford Cardinal baseball game log
Regular season (41–11)




Postseason (4-3)

Rankings based on team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.
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Stanford Regional


First Round			Semi-Finals			Finals



1	Stanford	11

4	Sacramento State	0
			1	Stanford	2

			3	Fresno State	7
3	Fresno State	9

2	UC Santa Barbara	2
						3	Fresno State

						1	Stanford
Lower round 1			Lower final



			1	Stanford	12

4	Sacramento State	6	4	Sacramento State	3

2	UC Santa Barbara	4

Statistics

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Rankings

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.