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1951 Texas A&M Aggies baseball
1951 Texas A&M Aggies baseball
Southwest Conference co-champions; District VI Playoff champions
College World Series, T-5th
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	21–11 (11–4 SWC)
Head coach	Beau Bell (1st season);
Captain	Guy Wallace (Senior year)
Home stadium	Kyle Baseball Field
	Seasons ← 1950 1952 →

1951 Southwest Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Texas A&M ‍†‍‍^y	11	–	4	.733	21	–	11	.656
Texas ‍‍‍	11	–	4	.733	17	–	6	.739
TCU ‍‍‍	8	–	7	.533	10	–	11	.476
SMU ‍‍‍	6	–	9	.400	10	–	12	.455
Baylor ‍‍‍	6	–	9	.400	10	–	10	.500
Rice ‍‍‍	3	–	12	.200	8	–	13	.381

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the College World Series As of June 30, 1951^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1951 Texas A&M Aggies baseball team represented Texas A&M University in the 1951 NCAA baseball season. The Aggies played their home games at Kyle Baseball Field. The team was coached by Beau Bell in his 1st year at Texas A&M.

The Aggies won the District VI playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Utah Redskins.

Roster

1951 Texas A&M Aggies baseball team

Players

Coaches

#	Pos.	Name	Bats/throws	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
	OF	Hollis Baker	/	—	—
		Sam Blanton	/	—	—
	P	George Brown	/	—	—
	INF	Hank Candelari	R/R	—	—
	OF	John DeWitt	R/	—	—
	INF	Jim Dishman	/	—	—
	INF	Joe Ecrette	/R	—	—
	RHP	Sid Goodloe	/R	—	—
	C	Martin Hamilton	/	—	—
	RHP	Pat Hubert	R/R	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	165 lb (75 kg)
	INF	Jerry Lastelick	/	—	—
2	OF	Yale Lary	R/R	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)		Fort Worth, Texas
	OF	Bill McPherson	R/	—	—
7	INF	Bill Munnerlyn	/L	—	—
4	C	Al Ogletree	R/R	—	—		San Antonio, Texas
	RHP	Bob Tankersley	/R	—	—
	U	Blanton Taylor	R/	—	—
1	INF	Guy Wallace (C)	/R	—	—	Sr

1951 Texas A&M Aggies baseball game log

Regular season

March (6–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SWC record
1	March 2	B. A. M. C.	Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas	8–7	1–0	–
2	March 3	B. A. M. C.	Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas	1–2	1–1	–
3	March 14	Houston	Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas	3–1	2–1	–
4	March 17	at Houston	Buffalo Stadium • Houston, Texas	3–7	2–2	–
5	March 20	Sam Houston State	Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas	16–8	3–2	–
6	March 22	at B. A. M. C.	Unknown • San Antonio, Texas	4–12	3–3	–
7	March 23	at B. A. M. C.	Unknown • San Antonio, Texas	10–3	4–3	–
8	March 28	Minnesota	Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas	2–0	5–3	–
9	March 29	Minnesota	Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas	0–1	5–4	–
10	March 31	El Dorado Oilers	Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas	7–4	6–4	–

April (6–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SWC record
11	April 3	Baylor	Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas	2–3	6–5	0–1
12	April 6	SMU	Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas	3–0	7–5	1–1
13	April 7	SMU	Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas	3–0	8–5	2–1
14	April 9	TCU	Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas	4–5	8–6	2–2
15	April 14	Rice	Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas	7–2	9–6	3–2
16	April 17	at Sam Houston State	Unknown • Huntsville, Texas	13–3	10–6	3–2
17	April 21	at Texas	Clark Field • Austin, Texas	10–14	10–7	3–3
18	April 27	at TCU	Unknown • Fort Worth, Texas	6–7	10–8	3–4
19	April 28	at TCU	Unknown • Fort Worth, Texas	8–1	11–8	4–4
20	April 30	at SMU	Unknown • Dallas, Texas	5–4	12–8	5–4

May (6–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SWC record
21	May 4	at Baylor	Unknown • Waco, Texas	9–0	13–8	6–4
22	May 5	at Baylor	Unknown • Waco, Texas	12–6	14–8	7–4
23	May 11	at Rice	Unknown • Houston, Texas	13–2	15–8	8–4
24	May 12	at Rice	Unknown • Houston, Texas	16–9	16–8	9–4
25	May 17	Texas	Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas	4–2	17–8	10–4
26	May 18	Texas	Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas	4–1	18–8	11–4

Postseason

District VI Tournament (2–1)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SWC record
27	May 23	at Arizona	UA Field • Tucson, Arizona	5–4	19–8	11–4
28	May 24	at Arizona	UA Field • Tucson, Arizona	4–21	19–9	11–4
29	May 25	at Arizona	UA Field • Tucson, Arizona	14–2	20–9	11–4

College World Series (1–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SWC record
30	June 13	vs Springfield	Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	1–5	20–10	11–4
31	June 14	vs Ohio State	Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	3–2	21–10	11–4
32	June 15	vs Utah	Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	8–15	21–11	11–4

^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1951". boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
^ "1951 Aggieland". www.bookreader.library.tamu.edu. Texas A&M University. Retrieved October 21, 2020.

v t e Texas A&M Aggies baseball
Venues	Kyle Baseball Field (1904–1971, 1976–1977) Travis Field (1972–1975) Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park (1978–present)
People	Head Coaches Players
Seasons	1894 1895–1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
College World Series appearances in italics

1951 Texas A&M Aggies baseball
Southwest Conference co-champions District VI Playoff champions
College World Series, T-5th
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	21–11 (11–4 SWC)
Head coach	Beau Bell (1st season)
Captain	Guy Wallace (Senior year)
Home stadium	Kyle Baseball Field
Seasons ← 1950 1952 →