1951 Springfield Maroons baseball team

1951 Springfield Maroons baseball
1951 Springfield Maroons baseball
District I Playoff champions
College World Series, T-5th
Conference	Independent
Record	16–7
Head coach	Archie Allen (4th season);
Captain	Matt Maetoza (Senior year)
	Seasons ← 1950 1952 →

The 1951 Springfield Maroons baseball team represented Springfield College in the 1951 NCAA baseball season. The team was coached by Archie Allen in his 4th year at Springfield.

The Maroons won the District I playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Tennessee Volunteers.

During the Maroon's June 14th game against the Oklahoma Sooners, they drew a CWS record 15 walks off one just a single pitcher, James Waldrip. Springfield also set a 9-inning CWS record with 17 stranded baserunners.^[1]

Roster

1951 Springfield Maroons baseball team

Players

Coaches

#	Pos.	Name	B/T	Height	Weight	Year
		Ed Allen	/	—	—
		A Anscomb	/	—	—
		William Brown	/	—	—
	INF	Bob D'Agostino	/	—	—	Sr
		Bob Douglas	/	—	—	Sr
	INF	George Flood	/	—	—	So
		Ed Hoffman	/	—	—
		Tony Hopkins	/	—	—
		Joe Jennings	/	—	—
	OF	Sherman Kinney	/	—	—	So
	INF	Matt Maetoza (C)	/	—	—	Sr
		Theodore Muhaw	/	—	—
	P	Frank Nevers	/	—	—	Sr
	P	Bill Nordberg	/	—	—	Sr
	OF	Bill Peatfield	/	—	—
		Jim Pelcher	/	—	—	Jr
22	INF	Ed Redmond	/	—	—	Jr
		Tommy Ruggerio	/	—	—	Jr
		George Sherman	/	—	—
		Robert Sewell	/	—	—	Sr
	OF	Tom Simos	/	—	—
	C	Walt Smith	/	—	—	So
	P	Hank Tominaga	/	—	—	So

Head coach

Archie Allen

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

1951 Springfield Maroons Baseball Game Log

Regular Season

April (0–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record
5	April	AIC	Unknown • Springfield, Massachusetts	3–0	3–2
	April 21	at Holy Cross	Unknown • Worcester, Massachusetts	2–4	–
	April 28	at Harvard	Unknown • Cambridge, Massachusetts	3–9	–

May (0–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record
16	May 30	UMass	Unknown • Springfield, Massachusetts	2–1	12–4

June (1–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record
17	June 2	at UMass	Unknown • Amherst, Massachusetts	3–0	13–4

Postseason

District I Tournament (2–1)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record
18	June 4	vs Brown	Unknown • Lowell, Massachusetts	0–2	13–5
19	June 5	vs Brown	Unknown • Lowell, Massachusetts	3–2	14–5
20	June 6	vs Brown	Unknown • Lowell, Massachusetts	2–0	15–5

College World Series (1–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record
21	June 13	vs Texas A&M	Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	15–8	16–5
22	June 14	vs Oklahoma	Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	1–7	16–6
23	June 15	vs Tennessee	Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	0–2	16–7

References

^ Anthony Chiusano (June 2, 2020). "9 College World Series records that (we think) will never be broken". www.ncaa.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved October 18, 2020.

[1] Anthony Chiusano (June 2, 2020). "9 College World Series records that (we think) will never be broken". www.ncaa.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved October 18, 2020.

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