1976 Eastern Michigan Hurons baseball team

1976 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
	† – Conference champion ; y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament ; As of June 30, 1976[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Eastern Michigan Hurons baseball
1976 Eastern Michigan Hurons baseball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
1976 record	46-16 (12–3 MAC)
Head coach	Ron Oestrike (13th season)
Home stadium	Oestrike Stadium

The 1976 Eastern Michigan Hurons baseball team represented Eastern Michigan University in the 1976 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Hurons played their home games at Oestrike Stadium. The team was coached by Ron Oestrike in his 13th season at Eastern Michigan.

The Hurons lost the College World Series, defeated by the Arizona Wildcats in the championship game. No northern school would play for a College World Series title for 43 years, until Michigan in 2019.

Roster

1976 Eastern Michigan Hurons roster

Pitchers

Infielders

Glenn Ambrose
Doug Carreri
Glenn Gulliver
Brian Petrof
Danny Schmitz

Catchers

Jerry Keller

Outfielders

Thomas Boutin
Ted Dasen
Mike Lauerman
Bob Vizthum

Coaches

Ron Oestrike - 13th Season

Schedule

1976 Eastern Michigan Hurons Baseball Game Log

Regular Season

March (7–6)

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall Record	MAC Record
March 19	at California State	12–5	1–0	–
March 20	at Loyola Marymount	6–5	2–0	–
March 20	at Loyola Marymount	3–4	2–1	–
March 22	at Oregon State	5–1	3–1	–
March 23	at Stanford	3–4	3–2	–
March 24	Tulsa	7–5	4–2	–
March 24	UC Riverside	2–10	4–3	–
March 25	Delaware	11–5	5–3	–
March 26	BYU	0–1	5–4	–
March 27	Arizona State	7–6	6–4	–
March 28	Chapman	6–8	6–5	–
March 28	Chapman	2–3	6–6	–
March 29	California	6–4	7–6	–

April (21–3)

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall Record	MAC Record
April 2	Albion	7–1	8–6	–
April 2	Albion	9–6	9–6	–
April 4	Cincinnati	4–0	10–6	–
April 4	Cincinnati	11–0	11–6	–
April 6	Oakland	7–8	11–7	–
April 6	Oakland	6–2	12–7	–
April 9	Michigan State	5–0	13–7	–
April 9	Michigan State	9–2	14–7	–
April 10	Lewis	3–4	14–8	–
April 10	Lewis	8–4	15–8	–
April 13	Detroit	7–5	16–8	–
April 13	Detroit	8–2	17–8	–
April 16	Miami (OH)	8–3	18–8	1–0
April 16	Miami (OH)	5–4	19–8	2–0
April 17	Ball State	17–8	20–8	3–0
April 17	Ball State	8–2	21–8	4–0
April 23	Alma	6–0	22–8	4–0
April 23	Alma	9–2	23–8	4–0
April 24	Central Michigan	3–5	23–9	4–1
April 24	Central Michigan	4–0	24–9	5–1
April 25	Michigan	9–1	25–9	5–1
April 25	Michigan	5–4	26–9	5–1
April 30	Ohio	11–1	27–9	6–1
April 30	Ohio	12–2	28–9	7–1

May (12–4)

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall Record	MAC Record
May 1	Kent State	5–4	29–9	8–1
May 4	Michigan State	12–7	30–9	8–1
May 4	Michigan State	7–6	31–9	8–1
May 7	Western Michigan	0–5	31–10	8–2
May 7	Western Michigan	1–2	31–11	8–3
May 8	Northern Illinois	2–5	32–11	9–3
May 8	Northern Illinois	11–1	33–11	10–3
May 10	Wayne State	5–2	34–11	10–3
May 10	Wayne State	3–9	34–12	10–3
May 14	Bowling Green	5–4	35–12	11–3
May 14	Bowling Green	6–4	36–12	12–3
May 15	Detroit	5–10	36–13	12–3
May 19	Michigan	7–6	37–13	12–3
May 19	Michigan	5–0	38–13	12–3
May 23	Detroit	10–1	39–13	12–3
May 23	Detroit	3–0	40–13	12–3

Postseason

Mid-East Regional (3–1)

Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record	MAC Record
May 28	vs Michigan	Oestrike Stadium	6–0	41–13	12–3
May 29	vs Illinois State	Oestrike Stadium	3–0	42–13	12–3
May 30	vs Michigan	Oestrike Stadium	3–9	42–14	12–3
May 30	vs Michigan	Oestrike Stadium	6–0	43–14	12–3

1976 College World Series (3–2)

Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record	MAC Record
June 11	vs Maine	Rosenblatt Stadium	3–2	44–14	12–3
June 13	vs Clemson	Rosenblatt Stadium	3–2	45–14	12–3
June 15	vs Arizona State	Rosenblatt Stadium	2–1	46–14	12–3
June 16	vs Arizona	Rosenblatt Stadium	6–11	46–15	12–3
June 18	vs Arizona	Rosenblatt Stadium	1–7	46–16	12–3

Awards and honors

Dan Schmitz

All-Tournament Team[2]

Brian Petroff

All-Tournament Team[2]

Bob Owchinko

All-Tournament Team[2]

Hurons in the 1976 MLB Draft

The following members of the Eastern Michigan Hurons baseball program were drafted in the 1976 Major League Baseball Draft.[3]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	MLB Club
1	5	Bob Owchinko	P	San Diego Padres
4	109	Glenn Gulliver	SS	Detroit Tigers
10	219	Jerry Keller	C	Atlanta Braves
39	711	Thomas Boutin	OF	San Francisco Giants

References

"College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1976". Boyds World. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
"College World Series Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
"MLB Amateur Draft Picks from Eastern Michigan University". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved April 4, 2019.

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[1] "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1976". Boyds World. Retrieved April 5, 2019.

[CWS-2] "College World Series Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved April 4, 2019.

[3] "MLB Amateur Draft Picks from Eastern Michigan University". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved April 4, 2019.