The 1980 Miami Hurricanes baseball team represented the University of Miami in the 1980 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Hurricanes played their home games at Mark Light Field. The team was coached by Ron Fraser in his 18th season at Miami.

The Hurricanes reached the College World Series, where they were eliminated in the semifinals after recording wins against Clemson and Michigan and losses to eventual runner-up Hawaii and third-place .

Personnel Roster 1980 Miami Hurricanes roster Pitchers Bob Bastian Eddie Escribano Neal Heaton Jeff Morrison Danny Smith

Catchers Frank Castro Infielders Ross Jones Mike Pagliarulo

Outfielders Matt Tyner Unknown Tony Barquin Rob Biagini Dave Bisceglia Lou Burmester Alex DeJesus Rick Del Giudice Wally Egnatuk Dave Ferguson Terry Gallagher Leigh Gullette Paul Hundhammer Mike Kutner Mike Maude Matt Minium George Reyes Gary Ross

Coaches 1980 Miami Hurricanes baseball coaching staff Ron Fraser – Head coach – 18th year

Schedule and results Legend Miami win Miami loss

1980 Miami Hurricanes baseball game logRegular seasonFebruary Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Feb 9 Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 9–1 1–0 Feb 10 Lamar Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 11–5 2–0 Feb 11 Lamar Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 21–1 3–0 Feb 16 at Perry Field • Gainesville, FL W 7–0 4–0 Feb 17 at Florida Perry Field • Gainesville, FL W 5–0 5–0 Feb 18 at Jacksonville, FL W 5–1 6–0 Feb 19 at Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL L 6–7 6–1 Feb 19 at Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL W 4–0 7–1 Feb 22 Florida State Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 10–0 8–1 Feb 23 Florida State Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 4–3 9–1 Feb 24 Florida State Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 8–9 9–2 Feb 26 Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 7–2 10–2 Feb 27 Saint Leo Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 20–2 11–2 Feb 29 Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 2–0 12–2March Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Mar 1 South Alabama Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 4–7 12–3 Mar 2 South Alabama Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 7–1 13–3 Mar 4 Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 6–0 14–3 Mar 5 St. Joseph's Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 12–4 15–3 Mar 6 Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 1–2 15–4 Mar 7 at Red McEwen Field • Tampa, FL W 4–3 16–4 Mar 8 at South Florida Red McEwen Field • Tampa, FL W 8–0 17–4 Mar 9 Buffalo Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 15–8 18–4 Mar 10 Buffalo Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 14–7 19–4 Mar 12 Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 3–1 20–4 Mar 13 Baltimore Orioles Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 2–8 Mar 14 Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 2–1 21–4 Mar 15 Indiana State Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 3–1 22–4 Mar 17 Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 5–1 23–4 Mar 18 Southern Illinois Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 2–5 23–5 Mar 19 Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 7–2 24–5 Mar 20 Southern Illinois Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 9–4 25–5 Mar 21 Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 7–1 26–5 Mar 22 Southern Illinois Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 8–1 27–5 Mar 25 Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 11–2 28–5 Mar 26 Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 11–4 29–5 Mar 27 Florida A&M Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 20–17 30–5 Mar 28 Bowling Green Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 8–3 31–5 Mar 29 Jacksonville Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 8–5 32–5 Mar 30 Jacksonville Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 12–5 33–5 Mar 31 Jacksonville Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 14–2 34–5April Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Apr 2 Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 9–0 35–5 Apr 3 South Carolina Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 5–0 36–5 Apr 4 South Carolina Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 5–15 36–6 Apr 5 South Carolina Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 1–8 36–7 Apr 8 at Miami, FL W 10–2 37–7 Apr 11 at Olsen Field • College Station, TX W 8–1 38–7 Apr 12 at Texas A&M Olsen Field • College Station, TX W 4–17 39–7 Apr 15 Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 7–4 40–7 Apr 16 Biscayne Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 2–1 41–7 Apr 18 South Florida Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 6–4 42–7 Apr 19 Biscayne Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 9–4 43–7 Apr 22 FIU Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 4–6 43–8 Apr 25 Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 17–6 44–8 Apr 26 Stetson Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 11–4 45–8 Apr 27 Stetson Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 3–2 46–8 Apr 29 FIU Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 13–6 47–8 Apr 30 Biscayne Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 15–0 48–8May Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record May 3 at Florida State Seminole Field • Tallahassee, FL W 10–6 49–8 May 4 at Florida State Seminole Field • Tallahassee, FL L 5–7 49–9 May 5 at Florida State Seminole Field • Tallahassee, FL W 7–5 50–9 May 6 at Florida A&M Tallahassee, FL L 3–410 50–10 May 7 at Florida A&M Tallahassee, FL W 13–6 51–10 May 8 at Claude Smith Field • Macon, GA W 9–2 52–10 May 9 at Mercer Claude Smith Field • Macon, GA W 8–2 53–10 May 10 at Mercer Claude Smith Field • Macon, GA W 4–3 54–10Postseason Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record May 25 Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 15–6 55–10 1–0 May 26 Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 10–3 56–10 2–0 May 27 Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 10–1 57–10 3–0 Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CWS record May 31 Clemson Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 13–5 58–10 1–0 June 2 Michigan Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 3–2 59–10 2–0 June 3 Hawaii Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 3–9 59–11 2–1 June 4 Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 3–4 59–12 2–2

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