# 1997 Arizona Wildcats baseball team

The 1997 Arizona Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Arizona during the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games at Frank Sancet Stadium. The team was coached by Jerry Stitt in his 1st season at Arizona. This was the program's 1st season without longtime coach Jerry Kindall's involvement since 1971. The Wildcats finished 32–26 overall and placed 5th in the Pacific-10's Southern Division with a 13–17 record. Arizona missed the postseason for the 4th consecutive season, tying the previous record of 4 consecutive seasons from 1981 to 1984.

## Previous season

The Wildcats finished the 1996 season with a record of 24–32 and 7–23 in conference play, finishing 6th in the "Six-Pac" (Pac-10 Southern). Arizona missed the postseason for the 3rd straight season.

## 1997 Schedule and results

1997 Arizona Wildcats Baseball Game Log :
| Regular Season ||||||
| Date | Opponent | Site/Stadium | Score | Overall Record | Pac-10 Record |
| Jan 24 | at Hawaii-Hilo | Wong Stadium • Hilo, HI | W 14–1 | 1–0 | |
| Jan 25 | at Hawaii-Hilo | Wong Stadium • Hilo, HI | W 9–0 | 2–0 | |
| Jan 25 | at Hawaii-Hilo | Wong Stadium • Hilo, HI | W 4–0 | 3–0 | |
| Jan 26 | at Hawaii-Hilo | Wong Stadium • Hilo, HI | L 4–10 | 3–1 | |
| Jan 31 | New Mexico | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | L 3–7 | 3–2 | |
| Feb 1 | New Mexico | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 6–4 | 4–2 | |
| Feb 2 | New Mexico | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 8–1 | 5–2 | |
| Feb 6 | Cal State Fullerton | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | L 13–23 | 5–3 | |
| Feb 7 | Cal State Fullerton | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | L 6–8 | 5–4 | |
| Feb 8 | Cal State Fullerton | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | L 9–20 | 5–5 | |
| Feb 11 | Cal State Dominguez Hills | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 26–10 | 6–5 | |
| Feb 12 | Cal State Dominguez Hills | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 12–2 | 7–6 | |
| Feb 14 | at Texas A&M | Olsen Field • College Station, TX | W 3–2 | 8–5 | |
| Feb 15 | at Texas A&M | Olsen Field • College Station, TX | L 1–5 | 8–6 | |
| Feb 16 | at Texas A&M | Olsen Field • College Station, TX | L 4–5 | 8–7 | |
| Feb 18 | New Mexico State | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 12–4 | 9–7 | |
| Feb 19 | New Mexico State | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | L 4–8 | 9–8 | |
| Feb 20 | Southern Utah | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 20–6 | 10–8 | |
| Feb 21 | Southern Utah | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 3–2 | 11–8 | |
| Feb 22 | Oral Roberts | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 12–3 | 12–8 | |
| Feb 23 | Oral Roberts | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | L 3–5 | 12–9 | |
| Feb 25 | Eastern Michigan | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 28–0 | 13–9 | |
| Feb 26 | Eastern Michigan | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 16–3 | 14–9 | |
| Feb 28 | at California | Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA | W 8–7 | 15–9 | 1–0 |
| Mar 1 | at California | Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA | W 2–1 | 16–9 | 2–0 |
| Mar 2 | at California | Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA | W 5–3 | 17–9 | 3–0 |
| Mar 7 | UCLA | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 4–2 | 18–9 | 4–0 |
| Mar 8 | UCLA | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 13–3 | 19–9 | 5–0 |
| Mar 9 | UCLA | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | L 1–12 | 19–10 | 5–1 |
| Mar 11 | Radford | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 5–4 | 20–10 | |
| Mar 12 | Radford | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 13–9 | 21–10 | |
| Mar 14 | at USC | Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA | L 2–3 | 21–11 | 5–2 |
| Mar 15 | at USC | Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA | W 6–5 | 22–11 | 6–2 |
| Mar 16 | at USC | Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA | L 2–6 | 22–12 | 6–3 |
| Mar 21 | Arizona State | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | L 6–8 | 22–13 | 6–4 |
| Mar 22 | Arizona State | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 5–4 | 23–13 | 7–4 |
| Mar 23 | Arizona State | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | L 7–11 | 23–14 | 7–5 |
| Mar 25 | Grand Canyon | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 4–3 | 24–14 | |
| Mar 27 | Stanford | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | L 3–10 | 24–15 | 7–6 |
| Mar 28 | Stanford | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 11–7 | 25–15 | 8–6 |
| Mar 29 | Stanford | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | L 2–4 | 25–16 | 8–7 |
| Apr 4 | California | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 2–0 | 26–16 | 9–7 |
| Apr 5 | California | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 12–0 | 27–16 | 10–7 |
| Apr 6 | California | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 5–0 | 28–16 | 11–7 |
| Apr 8 | at Grand Canyon | Brazell Stadium • Phoenix, AZ | W 12–2 | 29–16 | |
| Apr 11 | at UCLA | Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA | L 3–11 | 29–17 | 11–8 |
| Apr 12 | at UCLA | Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA | L 6–13 | 29–18 | 11–9 |
| Apr 13 | at UCLA | Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA | L 3–13 | 29–19 | 11–10 |
| Apr 18 | USC | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | L 6–8 | 29–20 | 11–11 |
| Apr 19 | USC | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | L 1–10 | 29–21 | 11–12 |
| Apr 20 | USC | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | L 9–13 | 29–22 | 11–13 |
| Apr 22 | Grand Canyon | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 15–8 | 30–22 | |
| Apr 25 | at Arizona State | Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ | L 5–7 | 30–23 | 11–14 |
| Apr 26 | at Arizona State | Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ | W 6–4 | 31–23 | 12–14 |
| Apr 27 | at Arizona State | Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ | W 8–3 | 32–23 | 13–14 |
| May 2 | at Stanford | Sunken Diamond • Palo Alto, CA | L 2–9 | 32–24 | 13–15 |
| May 3 | at Stanford | Sunken Diamond • Palo Alto, CA | L 9–13 | 32–25 | 13–16 |
| May 4 | at Stanford | Sunken Diamond • Palo Alto, CA | L 1–12 | 32–26 | 13–17 |

## 1997 MLB Draft

| Player | Position | Round | Overall | MLB Team |
| No players selected |||||