The 1975 ASU baseball Sun Devils - a team for the ages

April 5, 2025

The 1975 ASU baseball Sun Devils – a team for the ages

Fifty years is long enough to forget just about anything. But tonight, 50 years later, we choose to remember the 1975 Arizona State baseball team because it is a team worth remembering – a rare team for the ages.

The Sun Devils that year featured 12 players who later would go on to play in the Major Leagues. In Jerry Maddox, they had the College Baseball Player of the Year. In Floyd Bannister and Greg Cochran – brothers-in-law today – they had one of the greatest pitching duos in NCAA history with Banny pitching on Friday nights and Cocky taking the ball on Saturdays. Together, they combined to go 29-5 with 20 complete games,…