The 1996 Miami Hurricanes baseball team represented the University of Miami in the 1996 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Hurricanes played their home games at the original Mark Light Field. The team was coached by Jim Morris in his 3rd season at Miami.
The Hurricanes lost the College World Series, defeated by the LSU Tigers in the championship game.
Roster
1996 Miami Hurricanes roster Pitchers J. D. Arteaga - Junior Juan Galban John Kertis Robbie Morrison Denis Pujals Clint Weibl Allen Westfall Catchers Jim Gargiulo
Infielders 11 Pat Burrell - Freshman Alex Cora - Junior Rudy Gomez - Junior Kenard Lang T. R. Marcinczyk Outfielders Michael DeCelle - Junior Ryan Grimmett Tris Moore Eddie Rivero
Schedule and results Legend Miami win Miami loss Miami tie
! style="" | Regular season (43–12) |- valign="top"
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 25–0 || 1–0
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | || Florida || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 4–7 || 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || Florida || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 5–1 || 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 8–3 || 3–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || Coastal Carolina || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 7–2 || 4–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || Coastal Carolina || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 16–11 || 5–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 6–0 || 6–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || George Washington || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 14–1 || 7–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || George Washington || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 19–3 || 8–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 12–3 || 9–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | || at Florida || Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, Florida || 7–8 || 9–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | || at Florida || Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, Florida || 1–5 || 9–3
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 14–10 || 10–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || Illinois || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 10–0 || 11–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || Illinois || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 6–4 || 12–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 10–3 || 13–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | || || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 4–5 || 13–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || Rutgers || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 12–3 || 14–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 17–4 || 15–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || Maine || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 10–3 || 16–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || Maine || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 15–3 || 17–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 13–6 || 18–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || FIU || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 5–3 || 19–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || FIU || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 5–4 || 20–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | || FIU || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 5–6 || 20–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 8–0 || 21–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 10–3 || 22–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || Bethune–Cookman || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 20–3 || 23–5
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 13–2 || 24–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | || at Florida State || Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, Florida || 2–13 || 24–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || at Florida State || Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, Florida || 2–1 || 25–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | || at Florida State || Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, Florida || 1–15 || 25–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || St. Thomas (FL) || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 15–2 || 26–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || Florida State || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 6–2 || 27–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || Florida State || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 9–8 || 28–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || Florida State || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 7–4 || 29–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | || at || Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee || 1–12 || 29–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | || at Tennessee || Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee || 2–4 || 29–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | || at Tennessee || Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee || 2–3 || 29–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 5–3 || 30–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || Tampa || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 2–1 || 31–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 20–7 || 32–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || Stetson || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 7–6 || 33–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || Stetson || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 9–4 || 34–10
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 12–4 || 35–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 3–2 || 36–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || South Florida || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 9–5 || 37–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | || South Florida || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 4–10 || 37–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || Florida Atlantic || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 10–2 || 38–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || at || John Sessions Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida || 9–1 || 39–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || at Jacksonville || John Sessions Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida || 15–5 || 40–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || at Jacksonville || John Sessions Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida || 16–2 || 41–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 5–4 || 42–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || Cal State Fullerton || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 8–7 || 43–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | || Cal State Fullerton || Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, Florida || 6–7 || 43–12
! style="" | Postseason (7–2)
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | || vs || UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, Texas || 4–5 || 43–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || vs || UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, Texas || 5–2 || 44–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || at || UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, Texas || 9–7 || 45–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || vs || UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, Texas || 8–2 || 46–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || vs || UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, Texas || 8–4 || 47–13
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || vs Clemson || Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska || 7–3 || 48–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || vs Alabama || Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska || 15–1 || 49–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | || vs Clemson || Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska || 14–5 || 50–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | || vs LSU || Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska || 8–9 || 50–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="white"
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Awards and honors Rudy Gomez All Tournament Team
Pat Burrell College World Series Most Outstanding Player All Tournament Team American Baseball Coaches Association All-American Baseball America Freshman of the Year
Alex Cora All Tournament Team
Michael DeCelle All Tournament Team
J. D. Arteaga All Tournament Team
Robbie Morrison Collegiate Baseball All-American
Hurricanes in the 1996 MLB draft The following members of the Miami Hurricanes baseball program were drafted in the 1996 Major League Baseball draft.
388Alex CoraSSLos Angeles Dodgers6158Jim GargiuloCSt. Louis Cardinals9274Denis PujalsPTampa Bay Devil Rays10299Rudy Gomez2BNew York Yankees17503John KertisPTexas Rangers17514Mike DeCelleOFTampa Bay Devil Rays18537Allen WestfallPSeattle Mariners28825T. R. Marcinczyk1BOakland Athletics371,088Clint WeiblPSt. Louis Cardinals431,272Eddie RiveroOFPhiladelphia Phillies431,273Kenard Lang1BChicago White Sox451,320Tris MooreOFDetroit Tigers541,516J. D. ArteagaPPittsburgh Pirates571,570Juan GalbanPAtlanta Braves601,596Ryan GrimmettOFSeattle Mariners
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