1960 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team

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1960 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball
Atlantic Coast champions
District III champions
Conference Atlantic Coast
CB No. 8
Record22–7 (11–3 ACC)
Head coach
MVPWayne Young
Home stadiumEmerson Field
Seasons
 1959
1961 
1960 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 8 North Carolina  y1130 .7862270 .759
Duke  941 .6791381 .614
NC State  950 .6431280 .600
Clemson  760 .53811101 .523
Wake Forest  770 .5001470 .667
Maryland  570 .417991 .500
Virginia  3111 .2333152 .200
South Carolina  3110 .2144180 .182
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1960 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1960 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team represented University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 1960 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Tar Heels played their home games at Emerson Field. The team was coached by Walter Rabb in his 14th year as head coach at North Carolina.

Contents

The Tar Heels won the District III playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Oklahoma State Cowboys.

Roster

1960 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team
PlayersCoaches
#Pos.NameBats/throwsHeightWeightYearHome town
Al Baldwin/
Sr
Carroll Bolick/
Jr
Vaughn Bryson/
Sr
OF Jon Burgwyn/
Sr
Tommy Camp/
Jr
Larry Craver/
Sr
Bruce Crump/
Sr
Bob Deaton/
Jr
Len Dellilio/
So
Bud Ellerbe/
Lindsey Frost/
Sr
OF Gerald Griffin/
Sr
Ben Hammett/
Sr
Russell Hollers/
Jr
Jim Hudock/
Dave Murr/
INF Ferg Norton/
Jr
Jack Rees/
So
Tommy Saintsing/
Sr
Johnnie Scott/
Jr
U Paul Swing/
So
Dick Tarlow/
P Nicky Warren/
INF Harold Workman/
Sr
P Wayne Young/
Sr
Head coach

Walter Rabb

Assistant coach(es)

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

Schedule

1960 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball game log
Regular season
March (3–2)
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordACC record
1March 21at Florida Perry FieldGainesville, Florida 0–190–1
2March 22at FloridaPerry Field • Gainesville, Florida3–11–1
3March 23at FloridaPerry Field • Gainesville, Florida6–42–1
4March 25 Dartmouth Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 4–23–1
5March 26 Colby Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina8–133–2
April (9–3)
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordACC record
6April 1 Yale Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina9–44–2
7April 5 Delaware Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina5–25–2
8April 6DelawareEmerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina6–36–2
9April 7 Colgate Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina10–57–2
10April 8ColgateEmerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina6–18–2
11April 9at Wake Forest Ernie Shore FieldWinston-Salem, North Carolina 3–48–30–1
12April 14 Maryland Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina4–58–40–2
13April 15 Clemson Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina0–48–50–3
14April 16 South Carolina Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina6–59–51–3
15April 25 Virginia Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina13–010–52–3
16April 28 Duke Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina9–511–53–3
17April 30at NC State Riddick StadiumRaleigh, North Carolina 7–212–54–3
May (7–0)
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordACC record
18May 2at Maryland Shipley FieldCollege Park, Maryland 10–313–55–3
19May 3at VirginiaUVA Baseball Field • Charlottesville, Virginia 2–614–56–3
20May 6Wake ForestEmerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina2–115–57–3
21May 9at Clemson Riggs FieldClemson, South Carolina 6–316–58–3
22May 10at South CarolinaUnknown • Columbia, South Carolina 3–217–59–3
23May 12NC StateEmerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina1–018–510–3
24May 14at Duke Jack Coombs FieldDurham, North Carolina 6–319–511–3
Postseason
District III Playoff (3–0)
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordACC record
25May 3vs Florida Southern Sims Legion ParkGastonia, North Carolina 2–120–511–3
26May 6vs The Citadel Sims Legion Park • Gastonia, North Carolina13–121–511–3
27May 6vs FloridaSims Legion Park • Gastonia, North Carolina7–522–511–3
College World Series (0–2)
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordACC record
28May 14vs Minnesota Omaha Municipal StadiumOmaha, Nebraska 3–822–611–3
29May 15vs Oklahoma State Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska0–722–711–3

Awards and honors

John Burgwyn
Gerald Griffin
Ferg Norton
Wayne Young

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