1957 Texas Longhorns baseball team

American college baseball season

1957 Texas Longhorns baseball
SWC champions
College World Series, 1–2
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record20–6 (12–1 SWC)
Head coach
  • Bibb Falk (15th year)
Home stadiumClark Field
Seasons
← 1956
1958 →
1957 Southwest Conference baseball standings
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Texas  ‍‍‍y 12 1   .923 20 7   .741
TCU  ‍‍‍ 8 4   .667 8 4   .667
SMU  ‍‍‍ 6 7   .462 11 10   .524
Baylor  ‍‍‍ 4 7   .364 10 11   .476
Rice  ‍‍‍ 5 10   .333 9 12   .429
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 4 10   .286 5 15   .250
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1957[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1957 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1957 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Clark Field. The team was coached by Bibb Falk in his 15th season at Texas.

The Longhorns reached the College World Series, but were eliminated by Notre Dame in the quarterfinal.[2]

Personnel

Roster

1957 Texas Longhorns roster[3]
 

Pitchers

Catchers

 

Infielders

Outfielders

 

Unknown

  • - Richard Carrington
  • - Pete Embry
  • - George A. Gainley Jr.
  • - Clay R. Gault
  • - Johnny Harlod Lowry
  • - Roy Menge
  • - George E. Myers
  • - Howard Dean Reed
  • - Jesse L. Smith
  • - Raymond Stauffacher
  • - Robert B. Sudderth
  • - Harry Evans Taylor
  • - Glenn A. Van Rosenberg

Coaches

1957 Texas Longhorns baseball coaching staff

Schedule and results

Legend
  Texas win
  Texas loss
1957 Texas Longhorns baseball game log[4]
Regular season
March
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record
Mar 11 Sam Houston Teachers College* Clark Field • Austin, TX L 7–8 0–1
Mar 12 Sam Houston Teachers College* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 10–3 1–1
Mar 15 Oklahoma* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 12–2 2–1
Mar 16 Oklahoma* Clark Field • Austin, TX L 0–4 2–2
Mar 22 at Texas A&M Kyle Baseball FieldCollege Station, TX W 8–4 3–2 1–0
Mar 25 Minnesota* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 7–2 4–2
Mar 26 Minnesota Clark Field • Austin, TX W 7–4 5–2
Mar 29 SMU Clark Field • Austin, TX W 2–111 6–2 2–0
Mar 30 SMU Clark Field • Austin, TX W 7–6 7–2 3–0
April
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record
Apr 9 Amarillo Gold Sox Clark Field • Austin, TX L 8–15 7–3
Apr 12 Rice Clark Field • Austin, TX W 7–5 8–3 4–0
Apr 13 Rice Clark Field • Austin, TX W 22–5 9–3 5–0
Apr 18 Topeka Hawks Clark Field • Austin, TX W 5–4 10–3
Apr 27 at TCU Fort Worth, TX W 9–5 11–3 6–0
Apr 27 at TCU Fort Worth, TX L 2–4 11–4 6–1
May
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record
May 3 Baylor Clark Field • Austin, TX W 11–1 12–4 7–1
May 6 at Rice Houston, TX W 9–8 13–4 8–1
May 7 TCU Clark Field • Austin, TX W 4–0 14–4 9–1
May 10 at SMU Dallas, TX W 3–112 15–4 10–1
May 14 Texas A&M Clark Field • Austin, TX W 5–1 16–4 11–1
May 14 Texas A&M Clark Field • Austin, TX W 1–0 17–4 12–1
May 29 Plymouth (Sinton, TX) Oilers Clark Field • Austin, TX L 4–7 17–5
Postseason
District 6 playoffs
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Playoff record
May 31 Arizona Clark Field • Austin, TX W 2–0 18–5 1–0
June 4 Arizona Clark Field • Austin, TX W 7–1 19–5 2–0
College World Series
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CWS record
June 8 Connecticut Johnny Rosenblatt StadiumOmaha, NE W 3–0 20–5 1–0
June 9 Penn State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 1–4 20–6 1–1
June 10 Notre Dame Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 0–9 20–7 1–2

References

  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1957". boydsworld.com. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  2. ^ "1957 College World Series". Omaha.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  3. ^ Baseball Letterwinners (PDF). Texas Longhorns. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  4. ^ Texas Baseball Year by Year Results (PDF). Texas Longhorns. p. 7. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
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National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics