The 2024 Arizona Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Arizona during the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games for the 13th season at Hi Corbett Field. The team was coached by Chip Hale in his 3rd season at Arizona. This marked Arizona's 45th and final season participating as members of the Pac-12 Conference before they will join the Big 12 Conference beginning in 2025. In the final game of the regular season on May 18th the Wildcats clinched the last ever Pac-12 regular season championship by defeating 2nd-place Oregon State 4-3 in walk-off fashion, giving the program their 1st regular season championship since 2021.
The Wildcats finished the 2023 season with a record of 33âÂÂ26 (12âÂÂ18 Conf.), tied for 8th place in conference play. In the Pac-12 Conference Baseball Tournament in Scottsdale, AZ, the Wildcats defeated Arizona State, Oregon State and #1 seed Stanford to advance to the championship game, before falling to Oregon 4âÂÂ5. The team subsequently was selected to the postseason for a third consecutive season for the first time since 2010âÂÂ2012. They were placed in the Fayetteville Regional where they went 0âÂÂ2, losing to TCU and Santa Clara to end their season.
During the offseason, the Wildcats participated in 5 fall exhibition games. On October 5 the team participated in the Mexican Baseball Fiesta held at Tucson's Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium, defeating the Naranjeros de Hermosillo of the Mexican Pacific League 3âÂÂ1; this marked the program's first ever victory in the Fiesta. Arizona next played a doubleheader against Pima Community College on October 14 at Hi Corbett Field, winning the first 10âÂÂ5 but losing the second 2âÂÂ4. The Wildcats concluded the preseason on October 21 with 14âÂÂ5 and 9âÂÂ1 wins over Central Arizona College in a doubleheader at Hi Corbett Field.