1966 Ohio State Buckeyes baseball team

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1966 Ohio State Buckeyes baseball
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Conference Big Ten Conference
CB No. 1
Record27-6-1 (6-0 Big Ten)
Head coach
Seasons
←  1965
1967  →
1966 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 1 Ohio State  ‍†‍‍y6–0–0 1.00027–6–1 .809
No. 16 Minnesota  ‍‍‍11–2–0 .84627–10–2 .718
No. 21 Michigan  ‍‍‍10–3–0 .76922–11–0 .667
Michigan State  ‍‍‍8–5–0 .61524–13–0 .649
Indiana  ‍‍‍6–5–0 .54517–15–0 .531
Illinois  ‍‍‍5–7–0 .41714–14–0 .500
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍6–9–0 .4009–18–0 .333
Iowa  ‍‍‍4–7–0 .36414–15–0 .483
Purdue  ‍‍‍2–9–0 .1829–14–0 .391
Northwestern  ‍‍‍2–13–0 .1337–21–3 .274
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1966 [1] [2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1966 Ohio State Buckeyes baseball team represented Ohio State University in the 1966 NCAA University Division baseball season. The team was coached by Marty Karow in his 16th season at Ohio State.

Contents

The Buckeyes won the College World Series, defeating the Oklahoma State Cowboys in the championship game.

Roster

1966 Ohio State Buckeyes roster
 

Pitchers

  • Steve Arlin
  • Richard Boggs
  • Curtis Heinfeld
  • Kenneth Monroe
  • Keith Stilwell
  • Ralph Swain
  • Ross Winning

Catchers

 

Infielders

  • Ralph Copp
  • James Graham
  • Bruce Heine
  • Russ Nagelson
  • Roger Sexton
  • Frank Cozze

Outfielders

  • Robert Baker
  • Bo Rein
  • Raymound William Shoup
 

Position Unknown

  • John Anderson
  • Glenn Bergman
  • Albert Budding
  • Ronald Dawson
  • David Dillon
  • James Elshire
  • Dennis Jacobs
  • James LeBay
  • Wayne Mogan
  • Gene Zayac
 

Schedule

1966 Ohio State Buckeyes baseball game log
Regular season
March
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordBig Ten record
March 19at Miami (FL) 10-31-0–
March 19at Miami (FL)6-71-1–
March 21vs. Michigan State 0-31-2–
March 22vs. Michigan State7-32-2–
March 23vs. NYU 15-23-2–
March 23vs. NYU11-24-2–
March 25vs. Army 7-35-2–
March 26at Miami (FL)5-06-2–
April
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordBig Ten record
April 1 Western Michigan 1-66-3–
April 2Western Michigan3-46-4–
April 2Western Michigan0-96-5–
April 8 Saint Mary's 4-17-5–
April 9Saint Mary's3-18-5–
April 9Saint Mary's5-19-5–
April 15 Xavier 14-210-5–
April 16 Cincinnati 2-111-5–
April 16Cincinnati3-012-5–
April 22at Michigan State2-013-51-0
April 26at Bowling Green 0-013-5-1–
April 29 Indiana 7-014-5-12-0
May
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordBig Ten record
May 3at Kent State 13-115-5-1–
May 6 Wisconsin 8-216-5-13-0
May 6 Northwestern 15-117-5-14-0
May 6Northwestern9-318-5-15-0
May 21 Minnesota 6-419-5-16-0
Post-season
DateOpponentScoreOverall record
June 2vs. Valparaiso 13-320-5-1
June 3vs. Western Michigan10-321-5-1
June 4vs. Western Michigan14-722-5-1
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
June 13vs. Oklahoma State Rosenblatt Stadium 4-223-5-1
June 14vs. Southern California Rosenblatt Stadium6-224-5-1
June 15vs. St. John's Rosenblatt Stadium8-725-5-1
June 16vs. Southern CaliforniaRosenblatt Stadium1-525-6-1
June 17vs. Southern CaliforniaRosenblatt Stadium1-026-6-1
June 18vs. Oklahoma StateRosenblatt Stadium8-227-6-1

Awards and honors

Steve Arlin
Chuck Brinkman
Ross Nagelson
Bo Rein
Ray Shoup

Buckeyes in the 1966 MLB draft

The following members of the Ohio State Buckeyes baseball program were drafted in the 1966 Major League Baseball Draft. [5]

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team
Russ Nagelson1B14th272nd Cleveland Indians
Chuck BrinkmanC16th318th Chicago White Sox

References

  1. ↑ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1966". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "Record Book" (PDF). OhioStateBuckeyes.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "College World Series record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
  5. ↑ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)"". Baseball Reference. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
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