1954 UMass Redmen baseball team

1954 UMass Redmen baseball
District I champion
College World Series, T-5th
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	15–7 (4–2 Yankee)
Head coach	Earl Lorden (7th season)
MVP	Robert Pedigree
Home stadium	Alumni Field
Seasons ← 1953 1955 →

The 1954 UMass Redmen baseball team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1954 NCAA baseball season. The Redmen played their home games at Alumni Field. The team was coached by Earl Lorden in his 7th year as head coach at UMass.

The Redmen won the District I to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Missouri Tigers. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Roster

1954 UMass Redmen baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town P Andy Anderson / — — Bissonnette / — — OF Paul DiVincenzo / — — Sr INF James Eagan / — — Jr Joe Faucette / — — Jr INF Louis Gobeille / — — So Kidd / — — P Hugh MacKenzie / — — Sr OF Norman / — — INF John Pasteris / — — Sr INF Robert Pedigree (C) / — — Sr C Raymond Rhodes / — — So OF James Rivers / — — OF John Skypeck / — — So C Ray Sutcliffe / — — LHP Don Swanson /L — — Sr RHP Phil Tarpey /R — — Jr OF Brian Wilcox / — — So INF John Winters / — — So C Yogi Wisniewski / — — Jr	Head coach Earl Lorden Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

1954 UMass Redmen Baseball Game Log
Regular season
April (3–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Yankee Record 1 April 19 at Connecticut Gardner Dow Athletic Fields • Storrs, Connecticut 1–0 1–0 1–0 2 April 19 at Connecticut Gardner Dow Athletic Fields • Storrs, Connecticut 1–0 2–0 2–0 3 April 24 at New Hampshire Brackett Field • Durham, New Hampshire 0–7 2–1 2–1 4 April 24 at New Hampshire Brackett Field • Durham, New Hampshire 4–0 3–1 3–1 5 April 29 Holy Cross Alumni Field • Amherst, Massachusetts 0–3 3–2 3–1
May (8–3) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Yankee Record 6 May 1 at American International Unknown • Boston, Massachusetts 3–9 3–3 3–1 7 May 5 at Boston University Unknown • Boston, Massachusetts 6–1 4–3 3–1 8 May 7 at Middlebury Unknown • Middlebury, Vermont 8–5 5–3 3–1 9 May 11 at Coast Guard Unknown • Boston, Massachusetts 2–0 6–3 3–1 10 May 12 Williams Alumni Field • Amherst, Massachusetts 3–0 7–3 3–1 11 May 15 Tufts Alumni Field • Amherst, Massachusetts 1–2 7–4 3–1 12 May 17 Rhode Island Alumni Field • Amherst, Massachusetts 1–0 8–4 4–1 13 May 17 Rhode Island Alumni Field • Amherst, Massachusetts 0–1 8–5 4–2 14 May 19 at Trinty Unknown • Hartford, Connecticut 7–3 9–5 4–2 15 May 20 WPI Alumni Field • Amherst, Massachusetts 4–0 10–5 4–2 16 May 31 Quonset Naval Alumni Field • Amherst, Massachusetts 3–2 11–5 4–2
Postseason
NCAA District I Playoff (3–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Yankee Record 17 June 3 at Springfield Pynchon Park • Springfield, Massachusetts 9–7 12–5 4–2 18 June 4 vs Boston University Pynchon Park • Springfield, Massachusetts 2–0 13–5 4–2 19 June 5 vs Amherst Pynchon Park • Springfield, Massachusetts 2–0 14–5 4–2
College World Series (1–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Yankee Record 20 June 10 vs Michigan State Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 5–16 14–6 4–2 21 June 11 vs Oregon Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 5–3 15–6 4–2 22 June 12 vs Missouri Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 1–8 15–7 4–2

References

1. "The late Phil Tarpey was a terror for UMass when college baseball was king". MassLive. December 28, 2012.{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |access-dave= ignored (help)
2. "UMass Honors 1954 Redmen". UMass Minutemen. May 10, 2004. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
3. "1954 College World Series". Omaha.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2011. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
4. W.C. Madden & Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 31–36. ISBN   9780786418428 . Retrieved December 11, 2025.