1951 Texas A&M Aggies baseball team

1951 Texas A&M Aggies baseball
Southwest Conference co-champions District VI Playoff champions
College World Series, T-5th
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	21–11 (11–4 SWC)
Head coach	Beau Bell (1st season)
Captain	Guy Wallace
Home stadium	Kyle Baseball Field
Seasons ← 1950 1952 →

1951 Southwest Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Texas A&M  ‍†‍‍y	11	–	4		.733			21	–	11		.656
Texas  ‍‍‍	11	–	4		.733			17	–	6		.739
TCU  ‍‍‍	8	–	7		.533			10	–	11		.476
SMU  ‍‍‍	6	–	9		.400			10	–	12		.455
Baylor  ‍‍‍	6	–	9		.400			10	–	10		.500
Rice  ‍‍‍	3	–	12		.200			8	–	13		.381
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the College World Series As of June 30, 1951 [1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1951 Texas A&M Aggies baseball team represented Texas A&M University in the 1951 NCAA baseball season. The Aggies played their home games at Kyle Baseball Field. The team was coached by Beau Bell in his 1st year at Texas A&M.

The Aggies won the District VI playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Utah Redskins.

Roster

1951 Texas A&M Aggies baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town OF Hollis Baker / — — Sam Blanton / — — P George Brown / — — INF Hank Candelari R/R — — OF John DeWitt R/ — — INF Jim Dishman / — — INF Joe Ecrette /R — — RHP Sid Goodloe /R — — C Martin Hamilton / — — RHP Pat Hubert R/R 5 ft 10 in(1.78 m) 165 lb (75 kg) INF Jerry Lastelick / — — 2 OF Yale Lary R/R 5 ft 11 in(1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fort Worth, Texas OF Bill McPherson R/ — — 7 INF Bill Munnerlyn /L — — 4 C Al Ogletree R/R — — San Antonio, Texas RHP Bob Tankersley /R — — Blanton Taylor R/ — — 1 INF Guy Wallace (C) /R — — Sr	Head coach Beau Bell Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

1951 Texas A&M Aggies baseball game log
Regular season
March (6–4) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record 1 March 2 B. A. M. C. Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 8–7 1–0 – 2 March 3 B. A. M. C. Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 1–2 1–1 – 3 March 14 Houston Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 3–1 2–1 – 4 March 17 at Houston Buffalo Stadium • Houston, Texas 3–7 2–2 – 5 March 20 Sam Houston State Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 16–8 3–2 – 6 March 22 at B. A. M. C. Unknown • San Antonio, Texas 4–12 3–3 – 7 March 23 at B. A. M. C. Unknown • San Antonio, Texas 10–3 4–3 – 8 March 28 Minnesota Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 2–0 5–3 – 9 March 29 Minnesota Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 0–1 5–4 – 10 March 31 El Dorado Oilers Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 7–4 6–4 –
April (6–4) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record 11 April 3 Baylor Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 2–3 6–5 0–1 12 April 6 SMU Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 3–0 7–5 1–1 13 April 7 SMU Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 3–0 8–5 2–1 14 April 9 TCU Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 4–5 8–6 2–2 15 April 14 Rice Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 7–2 9–6 3–2 16 April 17 at Sam Houston State Unknown • Huntsville, Texas 13–3 10–6 3–2 17 April 21 at Texas Clark Field • Austin, Texas 10–14 10–7 3–3 18 April 27 at TCU Unknown • Fort Worth, Texas 6–7 10–8 3–4 19 April 28 at TCU Unknown • Fort Worth, Texas 8–1 11–8 4–4 20 April 30 at SMU Unknown • Dallas, Texas 5–4 12–8 5–4
May (6–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record 21 May 4 at Baylor Unknown • Waco, Texas 9–0 13–8 6–4 22 May 5 at Baylor Unknown • Waco, Texas 12–6 14–8 7–4 23 May 11 at Rice Unknown • Houston, Texas 13–2 15–8 8–4 24 May 12 at Rice Unknown • Houston, Texas 16–9 16–8 9–4 25 May 17 Texas Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 4–2 17–8 10–4 26 May 18 Texas Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 4–1 18–8 11–4
Postseason
District VI Tournament (2–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record 27 May 23 at Arizona UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 5–4 19–8 11–4 28 May 24 at Arizona UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 4–21 19–9 11–4 29 May 25 at Arizona UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 14–2 20–9 11–4
College World Series (1–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record 30 June 13 vs Springfield Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 1–5 20–10 11–4 31 June 14 vs Ohio State Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 3–2 21–10 11–4 32 June 15 vs Utah Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 8–15 21–11 11–4

Awards and honors

Hank Candelari

• All-Southwest Conference

John DeWitt

• All-Southwest Conference

Pat Hubert

• First Team All-American
• All-Southwest Conference

Yale Lary

• All-Southwest Conference

Al Ogletree

• All-Southwest Conference

Guy Wallace

• All-Southwest Conference ^[2]

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1951". boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
2. "1951 Aggieland". www.bookreader.library.tamu.edu. Texas A&M University. Retrieved October 21, 2020.