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Our Players

CAL HALL OF FAME	CAL YEARS	PRO YEARS
BOB MILANO	1980-1986	1980-1986
LANCE BLANKENSHIP	1983-1986	1988-1993
CLINT EVANS	1980-1986	1983-1986
GEORGE WOLFMAN	1983-1986	1983-1986

MAJOR LEAGUERS	CAL YEARS	MLB YEARS
ORVAL OVERALL	1900-1903	1905-1910, 1913
JACK BLISS	1901-1907	1908-1912
HEINIE HEITMULLER	1902-1908	1909-1910
HAP MYERS	1906-1909	1910-1911, 1913-1915
JOE SMITH	1912-1913	1913
PEP GOODWIN	1910-1913	1914-1915
GEORGE ELLISON	1914-1917	1920
RAY ROHWER	1914-1917	1921-1922
TAYLOR DOUTHIT	1922-1923	1923-1933
BUD MORSE	1923-1926	1929
MONTE PEARSON	1928-1929	1932-1941
EMIL MAILHO	1928-1935	1936
SAM CHAPMAN	1935-1937	1938-1941, 1945-1951
BOB MCNAMARA	1935-1939	1939
JACK ALBRIGHT	1940-1946	1947
BILL WERLE	1940-1943	1949-1954
JACKIE JENSEN	1947-1949	1950-1959, 1961
ARCHIE WILSON	1943 - 1945	1951-1952
ED MAYER	1951 - 1952	1957-1958
EARL ROBINSON	1956 - 1957	1958, 1961-1962, 1964
DAVE DOWLING	1962 - 1963	1964, 1966
RICH NYE	1964 - 1966	1966-1970
MIKE EPSTEIN	1963 - 1964	1966-1974
CURT MOTTON	1959 - 1961	1967-1974
LARRY COLTON	1962 - 1964	1968
ANDY MESSERSMITH	1965 - 1966	1968-1979
JUAN EICHELBERGER	1973 - 1974	1978-1983, 1988
BOB MELVIN	1980 - 1980	1985-1994
CHUCK CARY	1979 - 1981	1985-1991, 1993
CHUCK HENSLEY	1978 - 1980	1986
DAVE HENGEL	1981 - 1983	1986-1989
ROD BOOKER	1979 - 1980	1987-1991
JIM EPPARD	1981 - 1982	1987-1990
LANCE BLANKENSHIP	1983 - 1986	1988-1993
JERRY GOFF	1985 - 1986	1990, 1992-1996
KEVIN MAAS	1984 - 1986	1990-1993, 1995
DARREN LEWIS	1988 - 1988	1990-2002
JEFF KENT	1987 - 1989	1992-2008
MATT LUKE	1990 - 1992	1996, 1998-1999
JON ZUBER	1989 - 1992	1996, 1998
MIKE CATHER	1991 - 1993	1997-1999
CHRIS CLAPINSKI	1990 - 1992	1999-2000
GEOFF BLUM	1992 - 1994	1999-Present
DOUG NICKLE	1995 - 1997	2000-2002
XAVIER NADY	1998 - 1999	2000, 2003-2011
RYAN DRESE	1995 - 1998	2001-2006
TYLER WALKER	1996 - 1997	2002, 2004-2010
GARY JOHNSON	1997 - 1998
MIKE TONIS	2000 - 2000	2004
CONOR JACKSON	2001 - 2003	2005-Present
BRANDON MORROW	2004 - 2006	2007-Present
BRIAN HORWITZ	2001 - 2004
JOHN BAKER	2000 - 2002	2008-Present
DAVID COOPER	2007 - 2008
JOSH SATIN	2005 - 2008

1980

In 1978, Bob Milano, two-time Bear captain (‘60 and ‘61), took over the coaching reins from the legendary Jackie Jensen. Milano was committed to getting the Bears back in post-season play within 5 years, and two third-place finishes showed there was still work to do. Did he know that by the end of 1980 he would be two years ahead of schedule? With depth and experience at every position, the 1980 squad showed early that it could win. A13-2-1 pre-season record meant the Bears entered league play with high hopes. Four weeks later, however, the Bears were mired at .500. On the positive side of the ledger, the Bears had won the opening game of each series, and had taken 2 of 3 from a tough ASU squad. On the negative side, the Bears had been routed in a couple of games and lost late leads in others. Which way would the season go?

The answer came in the desert in week 6 as Cal swept first place ASU. Playing in Tempe, Cal won the way good teams do: protecting a slim lead in game one (7-5); winning a blow-out in game 2 (6-0); and fashioning a late inning comeback – high-lighted by a 9 run eighth – in game 3 that turned an 8-3 deficit into a 13-8 victory.

Yet nothing was easy for this club. Though the Bears would finish the season tied for first, they lost three of the last four series in conference play. This was good enough, however, to place them into the Pac-10 Championship against WSU, with the winner qualifying for an NCAA berth. Returning to mid-season form, the Bears swept both games. A 5 run first in game 1 got things started off right. In game 2 a two-run third, and an insurance run in the 9^th, gave the Bears a 3-1 victory.

In the Midwest Regional in Tulsa, Cal’s hopes of a trip to Omaha for the first time since 1957 took a hit when the Bears dropped into the loser’s bracket after a game 1 loss to UNLV. Playing on the brink of elimination, the Bears ran off 5 straight wins, including a 14-inning nail-biter over Missouri, and two victories over bracket leader UNLV, the last a 12-0 rout, to move on to Omaha.

Playing in Omaha for the first time in 23 years, Cal once again found itself facing elimination after a game 1 loss to Michigan (9-8, in 11 innings). Two facts, however, had emerged in the course of post-season play: Cal’s offense could score against anyone, and the Bear’s liked being the underdog. Cal then reeled off three straight wins, including a 4-3 victory over number 1 ranked Miami, before being eliminated in a 11-10 loss to eventual champion Arizona. Cal finished third in the ’80 CWS, posting an 8-3 record in post-season play.