1956 New Hampshire Wildcats baseball team

1956 New Hampshire Wildcats baseball
Yankee champion District I champion
College World Series, T-5th
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	13–7 (7–1 Yankee)
Head coach	Hank Swasey (11th season)
Captain	Fred Dauten
Home stadium	Brackett Field
Seasons ← 1955 1957 →

1956 Yankee Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
New Hampshire  ‍†‍‍y	7	–	1	–	0		.875			13	–	7	–	0		.650
UMass  ‍‍‍y	7	–	1	–	1		.833			10	–	6	–	1		.618
Vermont  ‍‍‍y	1	–	3	–	0		.250			18	–	6	–	0		.750
Connecticut  ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	1		.500			9	–	8	–	2		.526
Rhode Island  ‍‍‍	1	–	5	–	0		.167			10	–	7	–	0		.588
Maine  ‍‍‍	0	–	6	–	0		.000			7	–	11	–	1		.395
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1956

The 1956 New Hampshire Wildcats baseball team represented the University of New Hampshire in the 1956 NCAA baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games at Brackett Field. The team was coached by Hank Swasey in his 11th year as head coach at New Hampshire.

The Wildcats won the District I playoffs to advance to the College World Series, ^[1] where they were defeated by the Arizona Wildcats. ^[2]

Roster

1956 New Hampshire Wildcats baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town RHP Herb Adams /R — — So OF Charlie Blossom / — — INF Charlie Carmahalis / — — OF Dona Cauchon / — — INF Pete Ledger / — — OF Fred Dauten (C) / — — INF John DeWitt / — — LHP Joe Kazura /L — — INF Jerry Kenneally / — — INF Hugh Marshall / — — INF Frank McLaughlin / — — OF Frank O'Connor / — — OF George Tansey / — — OF Ted Wright / — — C Bob Yetman / — — So / — —	Head coach Hank Swasey Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

1956 New Hampshire Wildcats baseball game log
Regular season
April (1–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Yankee Record 1 April 25 at Bowdoin Unknown • Brunswick, Maine 1–5 0–1 – 2 April 27 Rhode Island Brackett Field • Durham, New Hampshire 6–1 1–1 1–0
May (9–4) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Yankee Record 3 May 1 Maine Unknown • Orono, Maine 3–2 2–1 2–0 4 May 4 Springfield Brackett Field • Durham, New Hampshire 8–1 3–1 2–0 5 May 5 Lowell Tech Brackett Field • Durham, New Hampshire 11–5 4–1 2–0 6 May 7 Boston University Brackett Field • Durham, New Hampshire 2–8 4–2 2–0 7 May 11 UMass Brackett Field • Durham, New Hampshire 0–2 4–3 2–1 8 May 11 UMass Brackett Field • Durham, New Hampshire 5–3 5–3 3–1 9 May 12 Connecticut Brackett Field • Durham, New Hampshire 7–3 6–3 4–1 10 May 12 Connecticut Brackett Field • Durham, New Hampshire 6–5 7–3 5–1 11 May Northeastern Brackett Field • Durham, New Hampshire 3–10 7–4 5–1 12 May 18 Rhode Island Unknown • Kingston, Rhode Island 4–0 8–4 6–1 13 May 19 Amherst Unknown • Amherst, Massachusetts 9–11 8–5 6–1 14 May 23 at Dartmouth Brackett Field • Durham, New Hampshire 12–6 9–5 6–1 15 May 26 Maine Brackett Field • Durham, New Hampshire – 10–5 7–1
Postseason
NCAA District I Playoff (2–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Yankee Record 16 June 3 vs Boston University Pynchon Park • Springfield, Massachusetts 5–0 11–5 7–1 17 June 3 vs Vermont Pynchon Park • Springfield, Massachusetts 2–0 12–5 7–1
College World Series (1–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Yankee Record 18 June 9 vs Ole Miss Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 12–13 12–6 7–1 19 June 10 vs Washington State Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 6–3 13–6 7–1 20 June 11 vs Arizona Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 1–0 13–7 7–1

References

1. Roberts, Ernie (June 3, 1956). "N. H. Beats Vermont in NCAA Playoff Final, 2-0". The Boston Sunday Globe . p. 61. Retrieved November 9, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
2. Duncan, Arnott (June 12, 1956). "Cats Nip N. Hampshire, 1-0". The Arizona Republic . p. 9. Retrieved November 9, 2024– via Newspapers.com.