1956 Washington State Cougars baseball team

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1956 Washington State Cougars baseball
PCC Northern Division champion
PCC Champion
District VIII champion
Conference Pacific Coast Conference
DivisionNorthern
Record28–8 (11–3 PCC)
Head coach
CaptainJerry Bartow
Home stadiumBailey Field
Seasons
 1955
1957 
1956 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
North Division
Washington State  y1130 .7862880 .778
Oregon  850 .6151880 .692
Oregon State  780 .46717130 .567
Washington  590 .3575110 .313
Idaho  490 .308000 
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
USC  1420 .8752150 .808
California  970 .5632590 .735
Stanford  970 .56324101 .700
UCLA  5110 .31311212 .353
Santa Clara  3130 .1886220 .214
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament

The 1956 Washington State Cougars baseball team represented the Washington State College in the 1956 NCAA baseball season. The Cougars played their home games at Bailey Field. The team was coached by Buck Bailey in his 30th year as head coach at Washington State.

Contents

The Cougars won the District VIII to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the New Hampshire Wildcats.

Roster

1956 Washington State Cougars baseball team
PlayersCoaches
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#Pos.NameB/THeightWeightYearHome town
RHP Ron Aiken/R
Jr
LHP Jerry Bartow (C)/L
Sr
Bruce Boldt/
P John Cavallini/
INF Ron Foisy/R
Sr
RHP John Freeman/R
Jeff Hardman/R
Sr
INF Gordon Hersey/R
Sr
Duane Lebow/
OF Henry Legge/
INF Bill Mashburn/R
Sr
P Don Nieland/
OF Ron OverbyR/
RHP George Plummer/R
C Bill Rich/R
OF Joe TremblyR/
C Bucky Walters/
Gary Whiting/
So
INF Mo Winter/
So
Head coach

Buck Bailey

Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: May 3, 2021

Schedule

1956 Washington State Cougars baseball game log
Regular season
March (2–2)
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordPCC record
1March 24vs Oregon State Bengal FieldLewiston, Idaho 3–40–10–0
2March 24vs Oregon StateBengal Field • Lewiston, Idaho3–40–20–0
3March 30at Whitman Unknown • Walla Walla, Washington 1–20–0
4March 31at Washington State Penitentiary Unknown • Walla Walla, Washington2–20–0
April (11–0)
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordPCC record
10April 10WhitmanBailey Field • Pullman, Washington 6–17–30–0
11April 10WhitmanBailey Field • Pullman, Washington4–08–30–0
12April 14 Yakima Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington5–19–30–0
13April 14YakimaBailey Field • Pullman, Washington3–210–30–0
14April 17 Gonzaga Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington4–011–30–0
15April 17GonzagaBailey Field • Pullman, Washington17–712–30–0
16April 20 Eastern Washington Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington8–213–30–0
17April 20Eastern WashingtonBailey Field • Pullman, Washington7–314–30–0
18April 23 Washington Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington8–715–31–0
19April 24WashingtonBailey Field • Pullman, Washington9–216–32–0
20April 27at WashingtonGraves Field • Seattle, Washington 7–317–33–0
21April 28at WashingtonGraves Field • Seattle, Washington18–118–34–0
22April 30at Oregon State Coleman FieldCorvallis, Oregon 7–519–35–0
May (6–3)
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordPCC record
23May 1at Oregon StateColeman Field • Corvallis, Oregon12–620–36–0
24May 2at Oregon Howe FieldEugene, Oregon 10–421–37–0
25May 3OregonBailey Field • Pullman, Washington9–1321–47–1
26May 7 Idaho Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington1–221–57–2
27May 14Oregon StateBailey Field • Pullman, Washington4–022–58–2
28May 15Oregon StateBailey Field • Pullman, Washington9–323–59–2
29May 18OregonBailey Field • Pullman, Washington8–624–510–2
30May 19OregonBailey Field • Pullman, Washington2–424–610–3
31May 26at Idaho MacLean FieldMoscow, Idaho 1–225–611–3
Postseason
NCAA District VIII Playoff (2–0)
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordPCC record
33June 1vs Southern California Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington6–227–611–3
34June 2vs Southern CaliforniaBailey Field • Pullman, Washington5–428–611–3
College World Series (0–2)
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordPCC record
35June 9vs Bradley Johnny Rosenblatt StadiumOmaha, Nebraska 3–428–711–3
36June 10vs New Hampshire Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska4–628–811–3
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Awards and honors

Ron Aiken
Bill Rich

References

  1. "Chinook, 1956". www.content.libraries.wsu.edu. Washington State University. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  2. "2020 Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). www.wsucougars.com. Washington State University. Retrieved September 5, 2021.