2020 Stanford Cardinal baseball team


The 2020 Stanford Cardinal baseball team represented Stanford University in the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinal played their home games at Klein Field at Sunken Diamond under third year coach David Esquer.

Previous season

The Cardinal started February off hot by winning the 2019 Angels College Classic and continued through March winning the series against ranked Cal State Fullerton and ranked Texas five of the seven games. They continued winning when they got into the conference season but would stumble against #1 ranked UCLA losing two of three to them.
Stanford finished second in the Pac-12 conference and got their own Regional beating Sacramento State twice and then would take two of three against Fresno State. Next, the Cardinal went to the Starkville Super Regional and lose in double elimination to Mississippi State.

2019 MLB draft

The Cardinal had nine players drafted in the 2019 MLB draft.
Kyle StowersOutfield271Baltimore Orioles
Erik MillerPitcher4120Philadelphia Phillies
Jack LittlePitcher5161Los Angeles Dodgers
Maverick HandleyCatcher6168Baltimore Orioles
Will MatthiessenOutfield6184Pittsburgh Pirates
Andrew DaschbachFirst Base11318Baltimore Orioles
Brandon WulffLeft Field17521Los Angeles Dodgers
Duke KinamonSecond Base24728Tampa Bay Rays
Daniel BakstShortstop28857Boston Red Sox
Kody HuffCatcher32968Tampa Bay Rays
Owen CobbShortstop371103San Diego Padres

Players in bold are signees drafted from high school that will attend Stanford.