1951 Springfield Maroons baseball team

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1951 Springfield Maroons baseball
College World Series, T-5th
ConferenceIndependent
Record16–7
Head coach
CaptainMatt 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.

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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 14 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
PlayersCoaches
#Pos.NameBats/throwsHeightWeightYearHome town
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
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Current redshirt

Schedule

1951 Springfield Maroons baseball game log
Regular season
April (0–0)
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
5April AIC Unknown • Springfield, Massachusetts 3–03–2
April 21at Holy Cross Unknown • Worcester, Massachusetts 2–4
April 28at Harvard Unknown • Cambridge, Massachusetts 3–9
May (0–0)
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
16May 30 UMass Unknown • Springfield, Massachusetts2–112–4
June (1–0)
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
17June 2at UMassUnknown • Amherst, Massachusetts 3–013–4
Postseason
District I Tournament (2–1)
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
18June 4vs Brown Unknown • Lowell, Massachusetts 0–213–5
19June 5vs BrownUnknown • Lowell, Massachusetts3–214–5
20June 6vs BrownUnknown • Lowell, Massachusetts2–015–5
College World Series (1–2)
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
21June 13vs Texas A&M Omaha Municipal StadiumOmaha, Nebraska 15–816–5
22June 14vs Oklahoma Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska1–716–6
23June 15vs Tennessee Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska0–216–7

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