1952 Missouri Tigers baseball team

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1952 Missouri Tigers baseball
Conference Big Eight Conference
Record20–7 (13–1 Big Seven)
Head coach
Seasons
  1951
1953  
1952 Big Seven Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Missouri  y131 .929207 .741
Nebraska  85 .615137 .650
Kansas  86 .571116 .647
Iowa State  66 .500 
Colorado  56 .455 
Oklahoma  101 .909199 .679
Kansas State  215 .118416 .200
Conference champion
y Invited to the College World Series
As of June 30, 1952 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1952 Missouri Tigers baseball team represented the University of Missouri in the 1952 NCAA baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Rollins Field. The team was coached by Hi Simmons in his 14th season at Missouri.

Contents

Led by All-Americans Don Boenker and Junior Wren, the Tigers advanced to the 1952 College World Series, losing to Holy Cross in the championship. [2] [3]

Roster

1952 Missouri Tigers
Roster
  • Dick Atkinson
  • Bill Barbour
  • Bert Beckmann
  • Ross Boeger
  • Don Boenker
  • Dick Dickinson
  • Herb Gellman
  • John Jenkins
  • Kent Kurtz
  • Gil Lauer
  • Ralph Monroe
  • John Patchett
  • Junior Wren
 

Schedule

1952 Missouri Tigers baseball game log
Regular season
OpponentScoreOverall recordBig Seven Record
Fort Leonard Wood 3–11–0
TCU 0–51–1
TCU7–62–1
Oklahoma State 0–32–2
Oklahoma State5–62–3
Kansas State 20–03–31-0
Kansas State12–44–32-0
Iowa State 7–05–33-0
Iowa State6–26–34-0
Fort Leonard Wood2–66–4
Kansas State9–67–45-0
Kansas State4–57–55-1
Colorado 18–48–56-1
Colorado19–49–57-1
Oklahoma 7–410–58-1
Oklahoma5–411–59-1
Nebraska 6–512–510-1
Nebraska8–513–511-1
Kansas 2–014–512-1
Kansas5–215–513-1
Saint Louis 7–116–5
Saint Louis8–117–5
Postseason
NCAA tournament: College World Series
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
June 12vs. Colorado State Omaha Municipal StadiumOmaha, Nebraska 15–118–5
June 13vs. Holy Cross Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska1–019–5
June 14vs. Penn State Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska3–220–5
June 16vs. Holy CrossOmaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska3–720–6
June 17vs. Holy CrossOmaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska4–820–7
Coach Simmons (in suit) with All-American Wren, Boenker, and Kurtz Junior Wren, Hi Simmons, Don Boenker, Kent Kurtz.jpg
Coach Simmons (in suit) with All-American Wren, Boenker, and Kurtz

Awards and honors

Don Boenker
Junior Wren
Kent Kurtz

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References

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