1950 Wisconsin Badgers baseball team

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1950 Wisconsin Badgers baseball
Big Nine regular season champion
Conference Big Nine Conference
Record19–9 (9–3 Big Nine)
Head coach
Assistant coachFritz Wegner
MVPGene Evans
CaptainGene Evans
Home stadiumGuy Lowman Field
Seasons
 1949
1951 
1950 Big Nine Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Wisconsin  93 .750199 .679
Michigan  93 .750189 .667
Iowa  83 .727196 .760
Illinois  65 .545136 .684
Ohio State  65 .5451712 .586
Indiana  44 .5001112 .478
Northwestern  46 .400147 .667
Purdue  28 .2001214 .462
Minnesota  18 .1111117 .393
As of June 16, 1950 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 1950 Wisconsin Badgers baseball team is a baseball team that represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1950 NCAA baseball season. The Badgers were members of the Big Nine Conference and played their home games at Guy Lowman Field in Madison, Wisconsin. They were led by eleventh-year head coach Arthur Mansfield.

Contents

Roster

1950 Wisconsin Badgers baseball team
PlayersCoaches
#Pos.NameB/THeightWeightYearHome town
INF Ernie Bauer/
Glenn Christiansen/
Bruce Elliott/
Sr
INF Gene EvansR/R5 ft 8 in(1.73 m)165 lb (75 kg)Sr Shawano, Wisconsin
INF Shelley Fink/R
Jr
OF Paul Furseth/
Mel GaestelR/R5 ft 10 in(1.78 m)
So Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Ed Keating/
RHP Thornton Kipper R/R6 ft 3 in(1.91 m)190 lb (86 kg)Sr Bagley, Wisconsin
Ray Lenahan/
Harlan Quandt/
Gene Radke/
John Schnurr/
INF Bob Shea/
John Tennant/
C Red Wilson R/R6 ft 0 in(1.83 m)200 lb (91 kg)Sr Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Head coach

Arthur Mansfield

Assistant coach(es)

Fritz Wegner


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Current redshirt

Schedule

1950 Wisconsin Badgers baseball game log
Regular season
April (7–3)
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordBig Nine record
1April 1at Bradley Unknown • Peoria, Illinois 7–80–1
2April 1at BradleyUnknown • Peoria, Illinois10–51–1
3Aprilvs Western Michigan Unknown • Unknown7–52–1
4Aprilvs Akron Unknown • Unknown8–13–1
5Aprilvs Ohio Unknown • Unknown1–73–2
6April 21 Ohio State Guy Lowman Field • Madison, Wisconsin11–54–21–0
7April 22Ohio StateGuy Lowman Field • Madison, Wisconsin7–94–31–1
8Aprilvs Northwestern Unknown • Unknown13–65–32–1
9Aprilvs NorthwesternUnknown • Unknown4–26–33–1
10Aprilvs Appleton Papermakers Unknown • Unknown19–57–33–1
May (8–4)
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordBig Nine record
11May 5at Purdue Lambert Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 5–08–34–1
12May 6at PurdueLambert Field • West Lafayette, Indiana1–68–44–2
13May 10 Notre Dame Guy Lowman Field • Madison, Wisconsin5–108–54–2
14May 11Notre DameGuy Lowman Field • Madison, Wisconsin5–148–64–2
15Mayvs Iowa Unknown • Unknown6–59–65–2
16Mayvs IowaUnknown • Unknown4–99–75–3
17May 19vs Michigan Unknown • Unknown4–310–76–3
18May 20vs MichiganUnknown • Unknown7–611–77–3
19May 22BradleyGuy Lowman Field • Madison, Wisconsin6–412–77–3
20May 25vs Winona Teachers Unknown • Unknown13–713–77–3
21Mayvs Minnesota Unknown • Unknown9–814–78–3
22Mayvs MinnesotaUnknown • Unknown2–015–79–3
June (2–0)
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordBig Nine record
23June 8at Michigan State Old College FieldEast Lansing, Michigan 13–616–79–3
24Junevs OhioUnknown • Unknown4–117–79–3
Postseason
1950 College World Series (2–2)
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordBig Nine record
25June 15vs Colorado A&M Johnny Rosenblatt StadiumOmaha, Nebraska 7–318–79–3
26June 17vs Rutgers Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska3–518–89–3
27June 20vs Alabama Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska3–119–89–3
28June 21vs RutgersJohnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska2–1319–99–3

Awards and honors

Thornton Kipper
Red Wilson

References

  1. "Big Ten Conference standings" (PDF). BigTen.org. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  2. "1989 Wisconsin Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). www.uwbadgers.com. University of Wisconsin. Retrieved May 10, 2020.