The 2022 Stanford Cardinal baseball team represented Stanford University in the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinal played their home games at Klein Field at Sunken Diamond under fifth year coach David Esquer.
Previous season The Cardinal finished the regular season with a record of 33–14 and a conference record of 17–10. They earned the #9 national seed and the right to host a regional. They won their regional, and they won their Super Regional series against Texas Tech. The Cardinal earned a spot in the College World Series, but they lost two of three games and were knocked out ending their season with an overall record of 39–17.
2021 MLB draft The Cardinal had three players drafted in the 2021 MLB draft.
Brendan Beck Pitcher 2 55 New York Yankees Tim Tawa Second baseman 11 318 Arizona Diamondbacks Christian Robinson Outfield 15 457 Atlanta Braves
Recruits
Personnel
Roster {| class="toccolours" style="text-align: left; font-size:90%;" |- ! colspan="9" style="; text-align:center;"| 2022 Stanford Cardinal roster |- |width="03"| |valign="top"| Pitchers 13 – Justin Moore – Junior 18 – Cody Jensen – Junior 20 – Nathan Fleischli – Junior 23 – Joey Dixon – Sophomore 26 – Quinn Mathews – Junior 28 – Alex Williams – Senior 30 – Brandt Pancer – Sophomore 34 – Ryan Bruno – Sophomore 36 – Ty Uber – Freshman 37 – Tommy O'Rourke – Sophomore 40 – Nicolas Lopez – Junior 41 – Matt Swartz – Sophomore 45 – Max Meier – Junior 46 – Jaden Bruno – Freshman 49 – Drew Dowd – Sophomore 50 – Gavin Nalu – Freshman
|width="15"| |valign="top"| Catchers 11 – Alberto Rios – Sophomore 16 – Vincent Martinez – Senior 21 – Charlie Saum – Freshman 25 – Kody Huff – Junior
Infielders 1 – Owen Cobb – Junior 2 – Drew Bowser – Sophomore 5 – Austin Kretzschmar – Senior 10 – Adam Crampton – Junior 24 – Trevor Haskins – Freshman 27 – Temo Becerra – Freshman 31 – Carter Graham – Sophomore33 – Brett Barrera – Junior|width="15"| | valign="top" | Outfielders 4 – Saborn Campbell – Freshman7 – Brock Jones – Junior15 – Grant Burton – Senior22 – Eddie Park – Sophomore29 – Cole Hinkleman – Junior42 – Joe Lomuscio – Graduate StudentUtility 6 – Braden Montgomery (OF/P) – Freshman12 – Tommy Troy (INF/OF) – Sophomore19 – Harry Gargus (INF/OF) – Junior44 – Brett Blair (INF/OF) – Freshman39 – Jake Sapien (P/INF) – Freshman''
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Coaching staff 2021 Stanford Cardinal coaching staff Name Position David Esquer Clarke and Elizabeth Nelson Director of Baseball Thomas Eager Kathy Wolff Assistant Baseball Coach Steve Rodriguez Assistant Coach Andre Mercurio Assistant Coach Jeanette Morganti Director of Baseball Operations CJ Baker Video, Technology and Analytics Coordinator
Pac–12 media poll Pac–12 media poll 1 Stanford 98 (8) 2 Oregon State 84 (1) 3 Arizona 77 4 UCLA 75 (2) 5 Oregon 70 6 California 53 7 Arizona State 46 8 USC 34 9 Washington State 34 10 Washington 19 11 Utah 15
Preseason All-Americans
First Team All-Americans Player No. Position Class Selector(s) Brock Jones 7 OF Junior Collegiate Baseball
Award watch lists Golden Spikes AwardBrock JonesOFJunior
Schedule and results Legend Stanford win Stanford loss PostponementBoldStanford team member
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|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |Feb. 18 || * || No. 6 || Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA || W 1–0|| Williams (1–0) || Repetti (0–1) || Montgomery (1) || Stanford Live Stream2 || 913 || 1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" |Feb. 19 || Cal State Fullerton* || No. 6 || Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA || L 0–11 || Stultz (1–0) || Mathews (0–1) || || Stanford Live Stream2 || 2,304 || 1–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |Feb. 20 || Cal State Fullerton* || No. 6 || Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA || W 11–1 || Dowd (1–0) || Rodriguez (0–1) || || Stanford Live Stream2 || 1,488 || 2–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |Feb. 22 || * || No. 6 || Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA || W 5–0 || Uber (1–0) || Reelfs (0–1) || || Pac-12 Bay Area || 1,203 || 3–1 || |- ! colspan=12 style="padding-left:4em;background:#8C1515; color:white" | Karbach Round Rock Classic |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |Feb. 25|| vs. Louisiana* || No. 6 || Dell Diamond • Round Rock, TX || W 5–1 || Williams (2–0) || Ray (0–1) || || FloBaseball || || 4–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |Feb. 27|| vs. Indiana* || No. 6 || Dell Diamond • Round Rock, TX|| W 13–0 || Dowd (2–0) || Sharp (0–1) || Dixon (1) || FloBaseball || || 5–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |Feb. 27|| vs. No. 2 Arkansas* || No. 6 || Dell Diamond • Round Rock, TX|| W 5–0 || Mathews (1–1) || Smith (1–1) || || FloBaseball || || 6–1 || |- ! colspan=12 style="padding-left:4em;background:#8C1515; color:white" | |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" |Feb. 28 || at UTSA* || No. 6 || Roadrunner Field • San Antonio, TX || L 5–610 || Chomko (1–0) || O'Rourke (0–1) || || Live Stream || 408 || 6–2 ||
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" |Mar. 4 || * || No. 6 || Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA || L 3–9 || Traxel (2–1) || Williams (2–1) || || Stanford Live Stream || 805 || 6–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |Mar. 5 || Cal State Northridge* || No. 6 || Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA || W 6–2 || Mathews (2–1) || Sodersten (2–1) || || Stanford Live Stream || 1,149 || 7–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |Mar. 6 || Cal State Northridge* || No. 6 || Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA || W 3–2 || Dixon (1–0) || Wentz (1–1) || Montgomery (2) || Stanford Live Stream || 1,161 || 8–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" |Mar. 11 || Oregon || No. 5 || Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA || L 3–4 || Churby (1–0) || O'Rourke (0–2) || Somers (1) || Stanford Live Stream || 1,309 || 8–4 || 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" |Mar. 12 || Oregon || No. 5 || Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA || L 13–16 || Britton (2–0) || Montgomery (0–1) || || Stanford Live Stream || 1,511 || 8–5 || 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |Mar. 13 || Oregon || No. 5 || Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA || W 10–6 || Dowd (3–0) || Brandenburg (1–1) || || Stanford Live Stream || 1,603 || 9–5 || 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" |Mar. 19 || at No. 16 Arizona || No. 12 || Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ || L 2–3 || Nichols (3–0) || O'Rourke (0–3) || Long (1) || P12N || 4,330 || 9–6 || 1–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" |Mar. 20 || at No. 16 Arizona || No. 12 || Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ || L 5–6 || Christian (2–1) || Dixon (1–1) || || P12N (Arizona) || 3,305 || 9–7 || 1–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" |Mar. 21 || at No. 16 Arizona || No. 12 || Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ || L 3–10 || Flanagan (3–1) || Uber (1–1) || || P12N || 2,618 || 9–8 || 1–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |Mar. 25 || || || Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA || W 8–712 || Bruno (1–0) || Kaelber (0–1) || || Stanford Live Stream || 1,179 || 10–8 || 2–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |Mar. 26 || Washington State || || Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA || W 7–1 || Mathews (3–1) || McMillan (1–2) || || Stanford Live Stream || 1,313 || 11–8 || 3–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |Mar. 27 || Washington State || || Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA || W 8–3 || Dowd (4–0) || Cottrell (1–5) || || Stanford Live Stream || 1,274 || 12–8 || 4–5
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |Apr. 1 || at No. 3 Oregon State || || Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR || W 1–010 || Dixon (2–1) || Sebby (1–1) || Mathews (1) || P12N (Oregon) || 3,756 || 13–8 || 5–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" |Apr. 2 || at No. 3 Oregon State || || Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR || L 2–311 || Brown (3–0) || Dixon (2–2) || || P12N || 3,918 || 13–9 || 5–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |Apr. 3 || at No. 3 Oregon State || || Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR || W 8–5 || Mathews (4–1) || Verburg (2–3) || || P12N (Oregon) || 3,735 || 14–9 || 6–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" |Apr. 5 || * || || Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA || L 1–8 || Linchey (2–0) || Montgomery (0–2) || || Stanford Live Stream2 || 891 || 14–10 || |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |Apr. 8 || Arizona State || || Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA || W 8–0 || Williams (3–1) || Luckham (4–2) || || Stanford Live Stream2 || 1,550 || 15–10 || 7–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |Apr. 9 || Arizona State || || Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA || W 10–6 || O'Rourke (1–3) || Levine (2–2) || Mathews (2) || Stanford Live Stream2 || 1,681 || 16–10 || 8–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |Apr. 10 || Arizona State || || Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA || W 16–10 || Mathews (5–1) || Webster (1–3) || || Stanford Live Stream || 1,969 || 17–10 || 9–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |Apr. 12 || * || No. 22 || Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA || W 6–5 || Bruno (2–0) || Lombard (2–3) || || Stanford Live Stream || 969 || 18–10 || |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |Apr. 14 || at No. 12 UCLA || No. 22 || Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA || W 9–1 || Williams (4–1) || Brooks (5–3) || || P12N || 641 || 19–10 || 10–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" |Apr. 15 || at No. 12 UCLA || No. 22 || Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA || L 4–5 || Flanagan (3–0) || O'Rourke (1–4) || || ESPN2 || 1,494 || 19–11 || 10–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |Apr. 16 || at No. 12 UCLA || No. 22 || Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA || W 11–0 || Mathews (6–1) || Jump (1–1) || || P12N || 1,334 || 20–11 || 11–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |Apr. 19 || at * || No. 7 || Baggett Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA || W 10–8 || Jensen (1–0) || Larkin (2–2) || Bruno (1) || ESPN+ || 2,738 || 21–11 || |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |Apr. 22 || vs. * || No. 7 || Tony Gwynn Stadium • San Diego, CA || W 11–1 || Williams (5–1) || Avitia (4–4) || || || 219 || 22–11 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" |Apr. 23 || vs. Grand Canyon* || No. 7 || Tony Gwynn Stadium • San Diego, CA || L 1–5 || Reilly (5–1) || O'Rourke (1–5) || || || 311 || 22–12 || |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |Apr. 23 || at * || No. 7 || Tony Gwynn Stadium • San Diego, CA || W 9–6 || Uber (2–1) || Fondtain (1–5) || Mathews (3) || || 712 || 23–12 || |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |Apr. 24 || at San Diego State* || No. 7 || Tony Gwynn Stadium • San Diego, CA || W 6–4 || Bruno (3–0) || Guzman (1–3) || || || 822 || 24–12 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" |Apr. 29 || at || No. 6 || Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA || L 3–4 || Raeth (5–4) || Dixon (2–3) || || Washington Live Stream-2 || 908 || 24–13 || 11–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |Apr. 30 || at Washington || No. 6 || Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA || W 6–2 || Dowd (5–0) || Kirchoff (2–3) || Pancer (1) || Washington Live Stream-2 || 1,332 || 25–13 || 12–8
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" |May 1 || at Washington || No. 6 || Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA || L 10–11 || Velazquez (1–0) || Bruno (3–1) || || Washington Live Stream-2 || 1,210 || 25–14 || 12–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |May 3 || * || No. 11 || Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA || W 16–6 || Dixon (3–3) || Riccomini (1–5) || || Stanford Live Stream || 948 || 26–14 || |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |May 6 || California || No. 11 || Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA || W 6–2 || Williams (6–1) || Zobac (2–3) || || P12N Bay Area || 2,242 || 27–14 || 13–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |May 7 || California || No. 11 || Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA || W 8–7 || Mathews (7–1) || White (1–6) || || P12N Bay Area || 2,634 || 28–14 || 14–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |May 8 || California || No. 11 || Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA || W 11–3 || Uber (3–1) || Stoutenborough (2–3) || || P12N Bay Area || 1,725 || 29–14 || 15–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"