June 23, 2003
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TEAM
- Stanford finished the 2003 season with a 51-18 record, tying for the third-most wins in school history.
- Stanford has finished as the College World Series runners-up in three of the last four years (2000, '01, '03). The Cardinal lost to Louisiana State (6-5) in 2000, Miami (12-1) in 2001 and Rice (14-2) in 2003. The Cardinal was also knocked out of the CWS by eventual national champion Texas in a CWS bracket final in 2002. Stanford's two NCAA titles came in 1987 and 1988.
- Stanford has dropped four of its last five CWS championship round games.
- Stanford had won four straight elimination games prior to Monday's 14-2 loss to Rice and has an updated all-time record of 20-12 in CWS elimination contests.
- Stanford still holds a 4-2 record versus Rice in the all-time series between the clubs despite dropping two of three in the 2003 CWS Championship Series. Stanford and Rice had played just three previous contests in school history before the 2003 CWS Championship Series with the Cardinal sweeping a three-game non-conference series (6-5, 10-4, 3-2) at Stanford from February 16-18, 1991.
- Stanford won 23 of its final 27 games in 2003 and 10 of its last 13 games versus ranked teams.
- Stanford fell to 113-54 (.677) all-time in NCAA postseason play and 38-27 (.585) in CWS action.
- Stanford set a new College World Series record by playing in eight games and posted a 5-3 record.
- Stanford set new school records with 10 postseason wins and 13 games played, recording a 10-3 postseason record. The old records were nine victories (1987, '88, 2001) and 12 games played (2001).
- Stanford outscored its opponents 101-58 in postseason action this year. The Cardinal outhit opponents .307 to .252 and posted a 3.86 ERA, while opponents put up a 6.95 ERA.
- Stanford committed just five errors in eight 2003 College World Series games for a .983 CWS fielding percentage and just 10 errors in 12 postseason games for a .980 mark.
- Stanford scored first in 49 of its 69 games this year posted a 43-6 record in those contests.
- Stanford finished the season 35-6 in daylight and just 16-12 at night this season.
- Monday's season finale on June 23 marked the latest date on the calendar the Cardinal has ever. Prior to this season, last year's season finale on June 20 versus Texas had been the latest date the Cardinal had played previously.
- Stanford's 12-run loss to Rice (14-2) on Monday marked the largest margin of defeat ever in a CWS championship round contest.
- Walked a season-high 12 batters.
- Set new CWS championship game records by using six pitchers and 19 players.
- Set three additional CWS records - Hit Batters, Game (5, vs. Cal State Fullerton, 6/19/03); Hit Batter, Series (13); Innings Pitched Series (71.2)
- Several Stanford final team totals rank on the school's all-time top five list - fielding percentage (.973, #2), innings pitched (632.1, #2), putouts (1897, #2), saves (19, #2T), hits (786, #3), at bats (2486, #3), doubles (156, #3), total bases (1222, #3), victories (51, #3T), games played (69, #3T), triples (29, #3T) and batting average (.316, #4), double plays (60, #5).
INDIVIDUAL
Jonny Ash (0-3)
- had his career-high hit streak snapped at 11 games (5/31 - 6/22)
- broke a single-series CWS record with 35 at bats in the 2003 CWS
Sam Fuld (1-4, RBI)
- set a new all-time CWS hit record with an eighth inning single for his 24th career CWS hit, breaking the old record of 23 held by Keith Moreland (Texas, 1973-75)
- did not score a run and finished the year with 83 runs scored, remaining tied for Stanford's single-season run record with Jeffrey Hammonds (1990)
Ryan Garko (1-4)
- finished the season by leading the team with a .402 batting average to become just the sixth Stanford player in history to bat .400 or better in a season and the first since David McCarty hit .420 in 1991
- finished the season second on the club with 104 hits, tied for sixth on the school's all-time single-season list
- finished the season by co-leading the team with 24 doubles, tied for second on the school's all-time single-season list
- set a new career CWS hit-by-pitch record with eight
- tied a CWS series record with eight doubles
Brian Hall (2-3, 2 2B)
- posted his consecutive two-hit games and had a CWS championship game tying record with a pair of doubles
John Hudgins (DNP)
- finished the season with a 14-3 record and a 2.99 ERA with 143 strikeouts in a Stanford single-season record 165.1 innings pitched, and eight complete games and 22 starts
- won his final seven starts (5/16 - 6/22)
- lasted at least 6.0 innings in 20 of his 22 starts and 7.0 or more innings on 15 occasions
- allowed just eight earned runs in his last 42.0 innings for a 1.71 ERA
- tied all-time CWS (4) and CWS series (3) victories records, as well as a CWS series starts (3) record
- finished the season with 14 victories, tied for second with six others one behind school record holder Justin Wayne's 15 wins in 2000
- finished the season with 143 strikeouts to rank sixth on Stanford's single-season list
- finished the season with 25 career wins to rank tied for 10th on Stanford's all-time win list
- finished the season with career numbers of a 25-9 record, a 3.75 ERA and 255 strikeouts in 316.2 innings pitched
- finished the season with a career postseason record of 7-0 with a 2.88 ERA and a 2003 postseason record of 5-0 with a 2.07 ERA
- finished the season with an updated career CWS record of 4-0 with a 1.88 ERA and a 2003 CWS record of 3-0 with a 1.88 ERA
David O'Hagan (DNP)
- pitched 8.1 postseason innings without giving up an earned run, allowing just four hits and striking out six
Carlos Quentin (0-3)
- finished the season with a .396 batting average, ranking seventh on Stanford's all-time list
- finished the season with a team-high 105 hits, ranking fifth on Stanford's all-time list
- tied a CWS series record with three sacrifice flies