1954 Lafayette Leopards baseball team

1954 Lafayette Leopards baseball
District II champions
College World Series, T-7th
Conference	Independent
Record	16–8
Head coach	Charlie Gelbert (9th season)
Captain	Chuck Eyer
Home stadium	Fisher Field
Seasons ←  1953 1955 →

The 1954 Lafayette Leopards baseball team represented Lafayette College in the 1954 NCAA baseball season. The Leopards played their home games at Fisher Field. The team was coached by Charlie Gelbert in his 9th year at Lafayette.

The Leopards won the District II Playoff to advanced to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Oklahoma A&M Cowboys.

Roster

1954 Lafayette Leopards baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town INF Ed Deorrman / — — C Maynard Dill / — — Jr Wilmington, Delaware OF Don Divine / — — INF Joe Dixon / — — Jr Easton, Pennsylvania C Andy Duckworth / — — RHP Karl Dutt /R — — Jr INF Chuck Eyer (C) / — — Sr Emmaus, Pennsylvania RHP Roger Gordon /R — — Jr Wilmington, Delaware INF Bill Hogerty / — — Jr Princeton, New Jersey P Dick Masters / — — So P Earl Maurer / — — So LHP Don Owens /L — — Jr INF Ernie Peters / — — So P Bryan Satterlee / — — So P Roy Schneider / — — Jr LHP Dick Somers /L — — INF Bill Vercelli / — — Jr Cliffside Park, New Jersey	Head coach Charlie Gelbert Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

1954 Lafayette Leopards baseball game log
Regular season
April (8–3) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 1 April 3 Yale Fisher Field • Easton, Pennsylvania 5–0 1–0 2 April 7 Princeton Fisher Field • Easton, Pennsylvania 1–7 1–1 3 April 8 La Salle Fisher Field • Easton, Pennsylvania 9–2 2–1 4 April 10 at Navy Unknown • Annapolis, Maryland 10–4 3–1 5 April 13 Moravian Fisher Field • Easton, Pennsylvania 6–3 4–1 6 April 15 at Delaware Unknown • Newark, Delaware 4–0 5–1 7 April 19 at Scranton Unknown • Scranton, Pennsylvania 19–6 6–1 8 April 20 at NYU Unknown • New York, New York 6–7 6–2 9 April 21 at Army Doubleday Field • West Point, New York 2–3 6–3 10 April 24 at Penn State New Beaver Field • University Park, Pennsylvania 5–2 7–3 11 April 27 Albright Fisher Field • Easton, Pennsylvania 12–0 8–3
May (6–3) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 12 May 1 Rutgers Fisher Field • Easton, Pennsylvania 9–1 9–3 13 May 4 Temple Fisher Field • Easton, Pennsylvania 1–2 9–4 14 May 6 at Muhlenberg Unknown • Allentown, Pennsylvania 2–3 9–5 15 May 12 at Swarthmore Unknown • Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 13–4 10–5 16 May 15 Lehigh Fisher Field • Easton, Pennsylvania 5–0 11–5 17 May 19 vs Seton Hall Unknown • Unknown 4–5 11–6 18 May 22 at Rutgers Bainton Field • Piscataway, New Jersey 6–4 12–6 19 May 25 Fordham Fisher Field • Easton, Pennsylvania 6–1 13–6 20 May 29 Rider Fisher Field • Easton, Pennsylvania 10–2 14–6
Postseason
District II Playoff (2–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 21 June 4 vs Villanova Breadon Field • Allentown, Pennsylvania 4–3 15–6 22 June 5 vs St. John's Breadon Field • Allentown, Pennsylvania 9–0 16–6
College World Series (0–2) # pri Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 23 June 10 vs Missouri Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 3–5 16–7 24 June 11 vs Oklahoma A&M Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 2–4 16–8
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References

1. "Good Baseball Record, But Defeat in Series". www.ldr.lafayatte.edu. Lafayette College. June 16, 1954. Retrieved December 1, 2020.