1963 Missouri Tigers baseball team

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1963 Missouri Tigers baseball
Big Eight champions
District V champions
Conference Big Eight Conference
CB No. 3
Record25–8 (15–3 Big 8)
Head coach
Captain Gene McArtor
Home stadium Simmons Field
Seasons
  1962
1964  
1963 Big Eight Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 3 Missouri  y173 .850258 .758
Oklahoma  135 .7221410 .583
Colorado  117 .6111212 .500
Kansas  118 .5791510 .600
Oklahoma State  129 .5711510 .600
Nebraska  510 .3331016 .385
Iowa State  414 .222714 .333
Kansas State  416 .200620 .231
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1963 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1963 Missouri Tigers baseball team represented University of Missouri in the 1963 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Simmons Field. The team was coached by Hi Simmons in his 23rd year as head coach at Missouri.

Contents

The Tigers won the District V Playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Southern California Trojans.

Roster

1963 Missouri Tigers baseball team
PlayersCoaches
#Pos.NameB/THeightWeightYearHome town
P Larry Bohannon/
Sr
Jim Card/
Sr
Jim Estes  Cruz Roja.svg /
INF Dave Harvey/
Jr
Tim Heintzelman/
INF Gene McArtor  (C)/
Sr
Carroll McDannold/
RHP Dennis Musgraves R/R6 ft 4 in(1.93 m)188 lb (85 kg)So Indianapolis, Indiana
Rich Peterson/
Sr
INF Rob Price/
Jr
Jim Sevcik/
Jr
C John Sevcik R/R6 ft 2 in(1.88 m)205 lb (93 kg)Jr Berwyn, Illinois
John Simmons/
So
LHP Jack StroudS/L6 ft 0 in(1.83 m)185 lb (84 kg)So
RHP Keith Weber R/R6 ft 2 in(1.88 m)185 lb (84 kg)Jr Jefferson City, Missouri
Gary Woods/
Head coach

Hi Simmons

Assistant coach(es)

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

[2 Roster]
Last update: January 11, 2022

Schedule

1963 Missouri Tigers baseball game log
Regular season
March (1–1)
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordBig 8 record
1March 30at Arkansas Washington County Fairgrounds • Fayetteville, Arkansas 16–61–00–0
2March 30at ArkansasWashington County Fairgrounds • Fayetteville, Arkansas5–61–10–0
April (12–2)
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordBig 8 record
3April 1at Centenary Unknown • Shreveport, Louisiana 7–22–10–0
4April 2at CentenaryUnknown • Shreveport, Louisiana11–63–10–0
5April 3at Tulsa Unknown • Tulsa, Oklahoma 4–53–20–0
6April 3at TulsaUnknown • Tulsa, Oklahoma4–14–20–0
7April 5at Oklahoma State Unknown • Stillwater, Oklahoma 0–14–30–1
8April 5at Oklahoma StateUnknown • Stillwater, Oklahoma2–05–31–1
9April 12at Iowa State Cap Timm FieldAmes, Iowa 2–06–32–1
10April 12at Iowa StateCap Timm Field • Ames, Iowa9–17–33–1
11April 13at Iowa StateCap Timm Field • Ames, Iowa3–08–34–1
12April 19 Colorado Simmons Field • Columbia, Missouri 21–79–35–1
13April 20ColoradoSimmons Field • Columbia, Missouri7–110–36–1
14April 20ColoradoSimmons Field • Columbia, Missouri9–011–37–1
15April 26 Kansas State Simmons Field • Columbia, Missouri4–112–38–1
16April 26Kansas StateSimmons Field • Columbia, Missouri8–113–39–1
May (7–2)
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordBig 8 record
17May 3 Oklahoma Simmons Field • Columbia, Missouri2–313–49–2
18May 3OklahomaSimmons Field • Columbia, Missouri9–614–410–2
19May 4OklahomaSimmons Field • Columbia, Missouri5–115–411–2
20May 10at Nebraska Husker DiamondLincoln, Nebraska 6–016–411–2
21May 10at NebraskaHusker Diamond • Lincoln, Nebraska8–017–412–2
22May 11at NebraskaHusker Diamond • Lincoln, Nebraska7–018–413–2
23May 17 Kansas Simmons Field • Columbia, Missouri2–119–414–2
24May 18KansasSimmons Field • Columbia, Missouri2–319–514–3
25May 18KansasSimmons Field • Columbia, Missouri4–320–515–3
Postseason
NCAA District V Playoff (2–1)
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordBig 8 record
26June 3at Saint Louis Musial Field • St. Louis, Missouri 16–021–515–3
27June 4at Saint LouisMusial Field • St. Louis, Missouri1–221–615–3
28June 4at Saint LouisMusial Field • St. Louis, Missouri7–122–615–3
College World Series (2–2)
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordBig 8 record
29June 10vs Holy Cross Omaha Municipal StadiumOmaha, Nebraska 3–023–615–3
30June 11vs Texas Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska3–224–615–3
31June 12vs Arizona Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska4–624–715–3
32June 13vs Southern California Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska3–1224–815–3

Awards and honors

Dave Harvey
Gene McArtor
Bob Price
John Sevcik
Jack Stroud

References

  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1963". Boyd's World. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  2. "2021 Missouri Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). www.mutigers.com. University of Missouri. Retrieved January 15, 2022.