1979 Big 8 Conference - The Baseball Cube

Standings

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division	Rank	rpi	College	nickname	info	c-g	c-w	c-l	c-t	ov-g	ov-w	ov-l	ov-t	rf	ra	diff	head coach	ballpark
none	1		Missouri	Tigers	T	20	16	4	0	57	45	12	0	0	30	-30	Gene McArtor	Simmons Field
none	1		Oklahoma	Sooners	TR*	20	12	8	0	63	36	27	0	256	150	106	Enos Semore	Haskell Park
none	2		Nebraska	Cornhuskers	TR	20	14	6	0	64	49	15	0	0	0	0	John Sanders	Buck Beltzer Stadium
none	2		Oklahoma State	Cowboys	T	20	12	8	0	52	33	19	0	44	73	-29	Gary Ward	University Park
none	3		Kansas	Jayhawks		20	11	9	0	48	35	12	1	219	72	147	Floyd Temple	Hoglund Ballpark
none	4		Iowa State	Cyclones		20	7	13	0	49	21	28	0	0	0	0	Clair Rierson	Cap Timm Field
none	4		Kansas State	Wildcats		20	3	17	0	50	21	28	1	350	215	135	Dave Baker	KSU Baseball Stadium
none	6		Colorado	Buffaloes		20	5	15	0	48	15	33	0	0	0	0	Larry Schultz	Prentup Field
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School Information

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college name

full college name

stats

nickname

school location

region

Colorado

University of Colorado

Iowa State University

University of Kansas

Kansas State University

University of Missouri

University of Nebraska

University of Oklahoma

Oklahoma State University

stats

Cowboys

Stillwater,Oklahoma

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Batting Totals

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school	nickname	players	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	iw	dp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	secA	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so_bb	ab_hr
Kansas	Jayhawks	4	322	956	219	306	59	18	24	191	41	4	122	109	0	0	0	0	0	473	1078	101	205	.320	.397	.495	.892	.341	.175	.343	11.32	10.11	0.89	39.83
Kansas State	Wildcats	3	480	1197	350	316	65	20	21	189	61	0	159	213	0	0	0	0	0	484	1356	106	210	.264	.350	.404	.755	.324	.140	.306	11.73	15.71	1.34	57.00
Oklahoma	Sooners	6	355	1200	256	389	67	21	39	227	67	13	120	150	0	0	0	0	0	615	1320	127	262	.324	.386	.513	.898	.333	.188	.346	9.09	11.36	1.25	30.77
Oklahoma State	Cowboys	1	52	167	44	52	6	0	16	48	1	0	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	106	198	22	30	.311	.419	.635	1.054	.515	.323	.300	15.66	15.66	1.00	10.44
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Pitching Totals

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school	nickname	players	w	l	era	g	gs	cg	sho	gf	gr	sv	ip	h	r	er	hr	bb	so	wp	bk	hb	whip	h9	hr9	bb9	so9	ra9	so_bb
Kansas	Jayhawks	4	23	5	2.18	30	30	19	4	0	10	0	198.0	141	72	48	0	66	148	0	0	0	1.05	6.41	0.00	3.00	6.73	3.27	2.24
Kansas State	Wildcats	2	15	25	5.51	40	40	0	0	0	40	8	281.0	325	215	172	0	133	148	20	0	8	1.63	10.41	0.00	4.26	4.74	6.89	1.11
Missouri	Tigers	1	10	2	2.33	13	13	8	4	0	1	0	89.0	73	30	23	0	27	46	0	0	0	1.12	7.38	0.00	2.73	4.65	3.03	1.70
Oklahoma	Sooners	5	18	15	4.93	34	34	12	2	0	16	0	202.2	251	150	111	0	122	155	0	0	0	1.84	11.15	0.00	5.42	6.88	6.66	1.27
Oklahoma State	Cowboys	2	17	7	2.98	24	24	13	2	0	7	0	169.1	152	73	56	0	93	199	0	0	0	1.45	8.08	0.00	4.94	10.58	3.88	2.14
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Major Leaguers

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year

school

player

pos

born

place

hilvl

mlb years

stat years

draft info

1979

Kansas

Clay Christiansen

6-5

205

1958-06-28

Wichita,KS

MLB

1984-1984

1977-1988

1980- 15- 386-NYA

1979

Kansas

Steve Jeltz

5-11

180

1959-05-28

Paris,FR

MLB

1983-1990

1978-1991

1980-  9- 221-PHI

1979

Oklahoma

Nick Capra

5-8

165

1958-03-08

Denver,CO

MLB

1982-1991

1979-1995

1979-  3-  69-TEX

1979

Oklahoma

De Wayne Vaughn

5-11

180

1959-07-22

Oklahoma City,OK

MLB

1988-1988

1978-1988

1981-  UDFA  -NYN

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Players who competed in this conference for the selected season who went on to play in the Major Leagues

Draft Picks

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Draft Section

phase	year	round	ovl	player	drafting team	school	hilvl	mlb years	stat years
June-Reg	1979	3	63	Tim Laudner	Minnesota Twins	Missouri	MLB	1981-1989	1979-1990
June-Reg	1979	3	69	Nick Capra	Texas Rangers	Oklahoma	MLB	1982-1991	1979-1995
June-Reg	1979	4	101	Rick Kranitz	Milwaukee Brewers	Oklahoma State	AAA		1978-1985
June-Reg	1979	4	102	Leo Mann	Los Angeles Dodgers	Missouri	A+		1979-1981
June-Reg	1979	5	128	Terry Sutcliffe	Los Angeles Dodgers	Kansas	A+		1977-1981
June-Reg	1979	9	227	Jeff Hunter	Baltimore Orioles	Nebraska	A+		1980-1982
June-Reg	1979	12	295	Randy Evans	Chicago White Sox	Oklahoma State	AAA		1978-1981
June-Reg	1979	12	298	James Lockett	Chicago Cubs	Missouri	Rk		1979-1979
June-Reg	1979	12	306	David Harrigan	Philadelphia Phillies	Oklahoma	AA		1977-1982
June-Reg	1979	15	381	Pete O'Brien	Texas Rangers	Nebraska	MLB	1982-1993	1979-1993
June-Reg	1979	17	424	Val Primante	Houston Astros	Nebraska	AA		1979-1980
June-Reg	1979	17	425	Jim English	Chicago White Sox	Missouri	A		1979-1980
June-Reg	1979	17	437	David Sullivan	Kansas City Royals	Oklahoma State	A+		1980-1981
June-Reg	1979	19	489	Daniel St. Clair	Kansas City Royals	Kansas	AAA		1978-1985
June-Reg	1979	22	547	Joe Scherger	New York Mets	Nebraska	AA		1980-1982
June-Reg	1979	22	565	Dave Luethy	Kansas City Royals	Oklahoma	AA		1977-1981
June-Reg	1979	28	692	Tommy Thompson	Atlanta Braves	Oklahoma	AAA		1976-1988
June-Reg	1979	28	704	Scott Gardner	Baltimore Orioles	Oklahoma	AA		1977-1983
June-Reg	1979	29	712	Clay Christiansen	New York Mets	Kansas	MLB	1984-1984	1977-1988
June-Reg	1979	36	837	Leon Vickers	Kansas City Royals	Kansas	NCAA		1979-1979
June-Sec	1979	5	66	James McManus	Chicago Cubs	Nebraska	A-		1979-1979
Signed	1979	-		Curt Kaufman	New York Yankees	Iowa State	MLB	1982-1984	1977-1987
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Players who competed in this conference for the selected season who were selected in that season's MLB amateur draft or who were recorded as signing as undrafted free agent