1962 Missouri Tigers baseball team

1962 Missouri Tigers baseball
Big Eight champions District V champions
College World Series, T-7th
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	22–7 (16–5 Big 8)
Head coach	Hi Simmons (22nd season)
Captain	George Hulett
Home stadium	Simmons Field
Seasons ← 1961 1963  →

1962 Big Eight Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 7 Missouri  ‍†‍‍y	16	–	5		.762			22	–	7		.759
Oklahoma State  ‍‍‍	10	–	6		.625			11	–	9		.550
Kansas  ‍‍‍	13	–	8		.619			16	–	11		.593
Iowa State  ‍‍‍	9	–	9		.500			10	–	10		.500
Nebraska  ‍‍‍	10	–	10		.500			15	–	11		.577
Colorado  ‍‍‍	9	–	10		.474			13	–	12		.520
Oklahoma  ‍‍‍	8	–	13		.381			9	–	17		.346
Kansas State  ‍‍‍	2	–	16		.111			4	–	18		.182
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1962 [1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1962 Missouri Tigers baseball team represented University of Missouri in the 1962 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Simmons Field. The team was coached by Hi Simmons in his 22nd year as head coach at Missouri.

The Tigers won the District V Playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Santa Clara Broncos.

Roster

1962 Missouri Tigers baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town P Larry Bohannon / — — Jr Jim Card / — — Jr Jim Estes / — — Wayde Frederickson / — — INF Dave Harvey / — — So INF George Hulett / — — Sr P Bobby Jenkins / — — Sr INF Gene McArtor / — — Jr Rich Peterson / — — Jr INF Rob Price / — — So OF Dan Reilly / — — Sr Jim Sevcik / — — So C John Sevcik / — — So Ron Sieck / — — P Keith Weber / — — So	Head coach Hi Simmons Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt [2 Roster] Last update: January 11, 2022

Schedule

1962 Missouri Tigers baseball game log
Regular season
March (2–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 8 record 1 March 29 at Arkansas State Unknown • Jonesboro, Arkansas 9–2 1–0 0–0 2 March 29 at Arkansas State Unknown • Jonesboro, Arkansas 7–3 2–0 0–0
April (11–3) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Big 8 record Overall record 3 April 2 Arkansas Simmons Field • Columbia, Missouri 15–7 3–0 0–0 4 April 3 Arkansas Simmons Field • Columbia, Missouri 10–4 4–0 0–0 5 April 6 Iowa State Simmons Field • Columbia, Missouri 12–8 5–0 1–0 6 April 7 Iowa State Simmons Field • Columbia, Missouri 13–3 6–0 2–0 7 April 7 Iowa State Simmons Field • Columbia, Missouri 3–0 7–0 3–0 8 April 13 at Colorado Unknown • Boulder, Colorado 9–1 8–0 4–0 9 April 13 at Colorado Unknown • Boulder, Colorado 0–4 8–1 4–1 10 April 14 at Colorado Unknown • Boulder, Colorado 10–7 9–1 5–1 11 April 16 Kansas Simmons Field • Columbia, Missouri 3–9 9–2 5–2 12 April 17 Kansas Simmons Field • Columbia, Missouri 0–8 9–3 5–3 13 April 17 Kansas Simmons Field • Columbia, Missouri 7–5 10–3 6–3 14 April 27 at Nebraska Husker Diamond • Lincoln, Nebraska 12–5 11–3 7–3 15 April 27 at Nebraska Husker Diamond • Lincoln, Nebraska 4–2 12–3 8–3 16 April 28 at Nebraska Husker Diamond • Lincoln, Nebraska 1–0 13–3 9–3
May (7–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 8 record 17 May 4 Oklahoma Simmons Field • Columbia, Missouri 10–13 13–4 9–4 18 May 4 Oklahoma Simmons Field • Columbia, Missouri 9–6 14–4 10–4 19 May 5 Oklahoma Simmons Field • Columbia, Missouri 5–1 15–4 11–4 20 May 11 at Kansas State KSU Baseball Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas 15–4 16–4 12–4 21 May 11 at Kansas State KSU Baseball Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas 7–0 17–4 13–4 22 May 12 at Kansas State KSU Baseball Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas 8–5 18–4 14–4 23 May 18 Oklahoma State Unknown • Stillwater, Oklahoma 7–4 19–4 15–4 24 May 19 Oklahoma State Unknown • Stillwater, Oklahoma 10–1 20–4 16–4 25 May 19 Oklahoma State Unknown • Stillwater, Oklahoma 2–8 20–5 16–5
Postseason
NCAA District V Playoff (2–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 8 record 26 June 4 Bradley Simmons Field • Columbia, Missouri 3–1 21–5 16–5 27 June 4 Bradley Simmons Field • Columbia, Missouri 9–4 22–5 16–5
College World Series (0–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 8 record 28 June 11 vs Ithaca Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 1–5 22–6 16–5 29 June 12 vs Santa Clara Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 4–7 22–7 16–5

Awards and honors

Larry Bohannon

• All-Big Eight Conference

George Hulett

• All-Big Eight Conference

Bobby Jenkins,

• All-Big Eight Conference

Dan Reilly

• All District V Team
• All-Big Eight Conference ^[2]

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1962". Boyd's World. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
2. "2021 Missouri Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). www.mutigers.com. University of Missouri. Retrieved January 15, 2022.