1953 Lafayette Leopards baseball team

1953 Lafayette Leopards baseball
District II champions
College World Series, 3rd
Conference	Independent
Record	20–5–3
Head coach	Charlie Gelbert (8th season)
Captain	Gordon Leslie
Home stadium	Fisher Field
Seasons ← 1952 1954  →

The 1953 Lafayette Leopards baseball team represented Lafayette College in the 1953 NCAA baseball season. The Leopards played their home games at Fisher Field. The team was coached by Charlie Gelbert in his 8th year at Lafayette.

The Leopards won the District II Playoff to advanced to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Texas Longhorns.

Roster

1953 Lafayette Leopards baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town P Joe Callahan / — — INF Ed Deorrman / — — C Maynard Dill / — — So Wilmington, Delaware OF Don Divine / — — INF Joe Dixon / — — So Easton, Pennsylvania P Karl Dutt / — — So INF Chuck Eyer / — — Jr Emmaus, Pennsylvania INF Don Gold / — — RHP Roger Gordon /R — — So Wilmington, Delaware INF Bill Hogerty / — — So Princeton, New Jersey INF Ray Hunt R/R — — Sr New Brunswick, New Jersey OF Bob Johnson / — — P Bob Ketchel / — — Sr OF Jack Ketrick / — — OF Chuck Kuehn / — — Sr New York, New York P Dana Lesher / — — OF Gordon Leslie (C) / — — Sr Woodlynne, New Jersey LHP Don Owens /L — — So OF Chick Quigg / — — OF Ron San Giovanni / — — OF Bob Renfrow / — — OF George Richardson / — — So Merrick, New York P Dick Somers / — — INF Bill Vercelli / — — So Cliffside Park, New Jersey	Head coach Charlie Gelbert Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

1953 Lafayette Leopards baseball game log
Regular season
April (7–2–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 1 April 2 at Georgetown Unknown • Washington, D.C. 2–1 1–0 2 April 3 vs Fort Eustis Unknown • Virginia Beach, Virginia 9–10 1–1 3 April 4 vs Navy Unknown • Virginia Beach, Virginia 1–2 1–2 4 April 7 at La Salle Unknown • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 4–4 1–2–1 5 April 11 NYU Fisher Field • Easton, Pennsylvania 3–2 2–2–1 6 April 14 at Moravian Unknown • Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 6–3 3–2–1 7 April 17 Penn State Fisher Field • Easton, Pennsylvania 2–2 3–2–2 8 April 22 at Muhlenberg Unknown • Allentown, Pennsylvania 5–2 4–2–2 9 April 25 Bucknell Fisher Field • Easton, Pennsylvania 8–3 5–2–2 10 April 28 at Albright Unknown • Reading, Pennsylvania 11–1 6–2–2 11 April 30 at Temple Erny Field • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 11–7 7–2–2
May (7–1–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 12 May 6 Muhlenberg Fisher Field • Easton, Pennsylvania 11–0 8–2–2 13 May 8 Delaware Fisher Field • Easton, Pennsylvania 8–0 9–2–2 14 May 9 at Lehigh Taylor Stadium • Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 3–3 9–2–3 15 May 12 at Gettysburg Unknown • Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 14–3 10–2–3 16 May 14 Scranton Fisher Field • Easton, Pennsylvania 7–0 11–2–3 17 May 16 at Rutgers Bainton Field • Piscataway, New Jersey 4–0 12–2–3 18 May 20 Swarthmore Fisher Field • Easton, Pennsylvania 11–0 13–2–3 19 May 22 Penn Fisher Field • Easton, Pennsylvania 13–3 14–2–3 20 May 23 Lehigh Fisher Field • Easton, Pennsylvania 1–2 14–3–3
Postseason
District II Playoff (2–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 21 June 3 Pittsburgh Fisher Field • Easton, Pennsylvania 6–1 15–3–3 22 June 4 Penn State Fisher Field • Easton, Pennsylvania 5–3 16–3–3
June (1–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 23 June 6 Lehigh Fisher Field • Easton, Pennsylvania 8–3 17–3–3
College World Series (3–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 24 June 11 vs Colorado State Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 6–2 18–3–3 25 June 12 vs Texas Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 2–7 18–4–3 26 June 13 vs Stanford Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 4–3 19–4–3 27 June 14 vs Boston College Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 2–1 20–4–3 28 June 15 vs Texas Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 3–4 20–5–3

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References

1. "Baseball Team Reaches World Series Semi-Finals". www.ldr.lafayatte.edu. Lafayette College. June 16, 1953. Retrieved November 30, 2020.