1977 Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles baseball team

1977 Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles baseball
1977 Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles baseball
SCBA regular season
College World Series, 4th
Conference	Southern California Baseball Association
Record	42–22 (17–7 SCBA)
Head coach	Jack Deutsch (1st season);
Home stadium	Reeder Field
	Seasons ← 1976 1978 →

The 1977 Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles baseball team is a baseball team that represented California State University, Los Angeles in the 1977 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Golden Eagles were members of the Southern California Baseball Association and played their home games at Reeder Field in Los Angeles, California. They were led by first-year head coach Jack Deutsch.

1977 Southern California Baseball Association standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 4 Cal State Los Angeles ‍†‍‍^y	42	–	22	–	0	.656	17	–	7	–	0	.708
No. 20 Cal State Fullerton ‍†‍‍^y	44	–	14	–	0	.759	17	–	7	–	0	.708
San Diego State ‍‍‍	49	–	16	–	1	.750	16	–	8	–	0	.667
Pepperdine ‍‍‍	23	–	27	–	2	.462	12	–	11	–	1	.521
Loyola Marymount ‍‍‍	20	–	33	–	0	.377	10	–	14	–	0	.417
UC Santa Barbara ‍‍‍	18	–	25	–	0	.419	7	–	17	–	0	.292
Long Beach State ‍‍‍	11	–	43	–	1	.209	4	–	19	–	1	.188

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1977^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Name	B/T	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
OF	Gary Adair	L/L	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)
INF	Darnell Barnett	R/R	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr
OF	Darrell Brown	S/R	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	184 lb (83 kg)		Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
	Chris Carstensen	L/R	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)
P	Al Esparza	/	—	—
INF	Javier Fierro	R/R	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	185 lb (84 kg)		El Paso, Texas
LHP	Jack Hills	L/L	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr
INF	John Macauley	/	—	—
RHP	Alfredo Martínez	R/R	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)		Los Angeles, California

Jack Deutsch

1977 Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles baseball game log

Regular season

February (5–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SCBA record
1	February	vs Cal Lutheran	Unknown • Unknown, California	4–2	1–0	–
2	February 18	USC	Reeder Field • Los Angeles, California	0–7	1–1	–
3	February	vs Whittier	Unknown • Unknown, California	18–5	2–1	–
4	February	vs Whittier	Unknown • Unknown, California	7–3	3–1	–
5	February	vs Cal Poly	Unknown • Unknown, California	6–5	4–1	–
6	February	vs Cal Poly	Unknown • Unknown, California	1–10	4–2	–
7	February	vs Cal Poly	Unknown • Unknown, California	5–6	4–3	–
8	February	Cal State Northridge	Reeder Field • Los Angeles, California	12–7	5–3	–
9	February 26	UCLA	Reeder Field • Los Angeles, California	5–6	5–4	–
10	February 26	UCLA	Reeder Field • Los Angeles, California	1–4	5–5	–
11	February	vs Cal Poly Pomona	Unknown • Unknown, California	10–11	5–6	–

March (9–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SCBA record
12	March 1	at Azusa Pacific	Unknown • Azusa, California	18–8	6–6	–
13	March	Pepperdine	Reeder Field • Los Angeles, California	3–6	6–7	0–1
14	March	UC Santa Barbara	Reeder Field • Los Angeles, California	7–2	7–7	1–1
15	March 7	at Biola	Unknown • La Mirada, California	5–2	8–7	1–1
16	March	vs Chapman	Unknown • Unknown, California	3–0	9–7	1–1
17	March	Cal State Northridge	Reeder Field • Los Angeles, California	12–8	10–7	1–1
18	March 11	Loyola Marymount	Reeder Field • Los Angeles, California	3–4	10–8	1–2
19	March	at Long Beach State	Blair Field • Long Beach, California	16–4	11–8	2–2
20	March 18	at UC Riverside	Unknown • Riverside, California	10–4	12–8	2–2
21	March 19	UC Riverside	Reeder Field • Los Angeles, California	6–10	12–9	2–2
22	March 19	UC Riverside	Reeder Field • Los Angeles, California	3–9	12–10	2–2
23	March	vs Cal State Dominguez Hills	Unknown • Unknown, California	3–1	13–10	2–2
24	March 29	at UC Irvine	Unknown • Irvine, California	11–7	14–10	2–2

April (12–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SCBA record
25	April	vs Chapman	Unknown • Unknown, California	8–2	15–10	2–2
26	April 9	San Diego State	Reeder Field • Los Angeles, California	5–4	16–10	3–2
27	April 9	San Diego State	Reeder Field • Los Angeles, California	3–9	16–11	3–3
28	April 12	at USC	Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, California	2–15	16–12	3–3
29	April 15	Loyola Marymount	Reeder Field • Los Angeles, California	9–6	17–12	4–3
30	April 16	at Loyola Marymount	Unknown • Los Angeles, California	1–8	17–13	4–4
31	April 16	at Loyola Marymount	Unknown • Los Angeles, California	4–0	18–13	5–4
32	April	Claremont	Unknown • Unknown, California	7–4	19–13	5–4
33	April 22	at Cal State Fullerton	Titan Field • Fullerton, California	2–0	20–13	6–4
34	April 23	Cal State Fullerton	Reeder Field • Los Angeles, California	9–8	21–13	7–4
35	April 23	Cal State Fullerton	Reeder Field • Los Angeles, California	4–1	22–13	8–4
36	April	vs Cal State Dominguez Hills	Unknown • Unknown, California	6–5	23–13	8–4
37	April 27	Biola	Reeder Field • Los Angeles, California	9–3	24–13	8–4
38	April	vs Cal Poly Pomona	Unknown • Unknown, California	10–1	25–13	8–4
39	April 30	at UCLA	Sawtelle Field • Los Angeles, California	1–6	25–14	8–4
40	April 30	at UCLA	Sawtelle Field • Los Angeles, California	5–3	26–14	8–4

May (9–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SCBA record
41	May 1	at UCLA	Sawtelle Field • Los Angeles, California	4–10	26–15	8–4
42	May	vs La Verne	Unknown • Unknown, California	2–7	26–16	8–4
43	May	at Cal State Fullerton	Titan Field • Fullerton, California	1–0	27–16	9–4
44	May	Pepperdine	Reeder Field • Los Angeles, California	2–1	28–16	10–4
45	May	at Long Beach State	Blair Field • Long Beach, California	13–9	29–16	11–4
46	May	Long Beach State	Reeder Field • Los Angeles, California	9–3	30–16	12–4
47	May	Long Beach State	Reeder Field • Los Angeles, California	12–10	31–16	13–4
48	May 17	at San Diego State	Unknown • San Diego, California	7–5	32–16	14–4
49	May 17	at San Diego State	Unknown • San Diego, California	5–3	33–16	15–4
50	May	UC Santa Barbara	Reeder Field • Los Angeles, California	10–5	34–16	16–4
51	May	UC Santa Barbara	Reeder Field • Los Angeles, California	18–8	35–16	17–4
52	May	UC Santa Barbara	Reeder Field • Los Angeles, California	6–9	35–17	17–5
53	May	at Pepperdine	Eddy D. Field Stadium • Malibu, California	0–4	35–18	17–6
54	May	at Pepperdine	Eddy D. Field Stadium • Malibu, California	4–5	35–19	17–7

Postseason

SCBA Tie-breaker (1–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SCBA record
55	May	vs Cal State Fullerton	Unknown • Unknown, California	6–3	36–19	17–7

West Regional (4–1)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SCBA record
56	May 26	vs Fresno State	UH Stadium • Honolulu, Hawaii	4–7	36–20	17–7
57	May 27	at Hawaii	UH Stadium • Honolulu, Hawaii	8–4	37–20	17–7
58	May 28	vs Fresno State	UH Stadium • Honolulu, Hawaii	15–11	38–20	17–7
59	May 28	vs USC	UH Stadium • Honolulu, Hawaii	6–5	39–20	17–7
60	May 29	vs USC	UH Stadium • Honolulu, Hawaii	7–6	40–20	17–7

1977 College World Series (2–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SCBA record
61	June 11	vs Minnesota	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	7–4	41–20	17–7
62	June 13	vs South Carolina	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	2–6	41–21	17–7
63	June 14	vs Clemson	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	1–0	42–21	17–7
64	June 16	vs Southern Illinois	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	7–9	42–22	17–7

^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1977". Boyd's World. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
^ "2016 Cal State LA Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). www.lagoldeneagles.com. California State University, Los Angeles. Retrieved May 23, 2020.