1978 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team

1978 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball
WAC Champions Rocky Mountain Regional champions
College World Series, 2nd
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
CB	No. 2
Record	56–12 (15–3 WAC)
Head coach	Jim Brock (7th year)
Home stadium	Packard Stadium

1978 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Northern
BYU  x‍‍‍	16	–	2		.889			37	–	15		.712
Wyoming  ‍‍‍	8	–	10		.444			35	–	24		.593
Colorado State  ‍‍‍	6	–	12		.333			20	–	26		.435
Utah  ‍‍‍	6	–	12		.333			8	–	27		.229
Southern
No. 2 Arizona State  x‍‍‡‍y	15	–	3		.833			56	–	12		.824
Arizona  ‍‍‍y	13	–	5		.722			42	–	13		.764
New Mexico  ‍‍‍	5	–	12		.294			31	–	24		.564
UTEP  ‍‍‍	2	–	15		.118			26	–	26		.500
x – Division champion ‡ – Championship Series champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1978 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1978 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team represented Arizona State University in the 1978 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Sun Devils played their home games at Packard Stadium. The team was coached by Jim Brock in his seventh season at Arizona State.

The Sun Devils reached the College World Series, finishing as the runner up to Southern California.

Roster

1978 Arizona State Sun Devils roster
	– Dayton Barton – Earthell Buckner – Dale Eiler – Larry Eiler – David Glick – Dave Hudgens – Dave Kush – Eddie Malone – Scott Merrill – Glenn Moon – Mike Parkinson – Steve Schefsky – Randy Whistler		Pitchers – Jeff Ahern – Kevin Dukes – Ken Jones – Casey Lindsey – Mitch Dean – Denny Miller – Tom van der Meersche – Jerry Vasquez		Infielders – Jamie Allen – Mike Anicich 7 – Hubie Brooks 5 – Bob Horner Catchers – Chris Bando		Outfielders – Ed Irvine – Steve Michael – Greg Stahl

Schedule

Legend
	Arizona State win
	Arizona State loss