Season | 1959 |
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Teams | 22 |
Finals site | |
Champions | Oklahoma State (1st title) |
Runner-up | Arizona (4th CWS Appearance) |
Winning coach | Toby Greene (1st title) |
MOP | Jim Dobson ( Oklahoma State) |
The 1959 NCAA University Division baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1959 NCAA University Division baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its thirteenth year. Eight regional districts sent representatives to the College World Series with preliminary rounds within each district serving to determine each representative. These events would later become known as regionals. Each district had its own format for selecting teams, resulting in 22 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. [1] The College World Series was held in Omaha, NE from June 12 to June 18. The thirteenth tournament's champion was Oklahoma State, coached by Toby Greene. The Most Outstanding Player was Jim Dobson of Oklahoma State. [2]
Games played at University Park, Pennsylvania.
First Round | Final | ||||||
Penn State | 16 | ||||||
Temple | 4 | ||||||
Penn State | 7 | ||||||
Ithaca | 3 | ||||||
Ithaca | 4 | ||||||
Pittsburgh | 3 11 |
Games played at Gastonia, North Carolina.
Upper round 1 | Upper final | Final | ||||||||||||
Clemson | 9 | |||||||||||||
Georgia Tech | 6 | |||||||||||||
Clemson | 24 | |||||||||||||
Florida State | 2 | |||||||||||||
Florida State | 3 | |||||||||||||
George Washington | 2 10 | |||||||||||||
Clemson | 5 | — | ||||||||||||
Florida State | 0 | — | ||||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower final | |||||||||||||
Florida State | 16 | |||||||||||||
Georgia Tech | 7 | Georgia Tech | 9 | |||||||||||
George Washington | 2 | |||||||||||||
Games played at Notre Dame, Indiana.
Upper round 1 | Upper final | Final | ||||||||||||
Minnesota | 6 | |||||||||||||
Western Michigan | 4 | |||||||||||||
Minnesota | 4 | |||||||||||||
Notre Dame | 12 | |||||||||||||
Notre Dame | 10 | |||||||||||||
Detroit | 0 | |||||||||||||
Notre Dame | 0 10 | 6 | ||||||||||||
Western Michigan | 2 | 9 | ||||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower final | |||||||||||||
Minnesota | 1 | |||||||||||||
Western Michigan | 4 | Western Michigan | 5 | |||||||||||
Detroit | 0 | |||||||||||||
Games played at Peoria, Illinois.
Finals | |||||
Oklahoma State | 7 | 6 | — | ||
Bradley | 6 | 2 | — |
Games played at Bryan, Texas.
Finals | |||||
Arizona | 1 | 1 | — | ||
Texas A&M | 0 | 0 | — |
Games played at Greeley, Colorado.
Finals | |||||
Colorado State College | 17 | 8 | 12 | ||
Utah | 8 | 13 | 8 |
Games played at Fresno, California.
Semifinals Fresno, California | Finals Seattle, Washington | ||||||||||
Fresno State | 3 | 4 | 10 | ||||||||
Santa Clara | 11 | 3 | — | Washington | 2 | 5 | 5 | ||||
Fresno State | 23 | 15 | — |
School | Conference | Record (conference) | Head coach | CWS appearances | CWS best finish | CWS record |
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Arizona | Border | 36–8 (6–1) | Frank Sancet | 4 (last: 1958) |
2nd ( 1956) |
7–8 |
Clemson | ACC | 23 –6 (11–5) | Bill Wilhelm | 1 (last: 1958) |
5th ( 1958) |
1–2 |
Colorado State College [a] | RMC | 24–5 (10–1) | Pete Butler | 5 (last: 1958) |
5th ( 1955) |
2–10 |
Connecticut | Yankee | 20–1 (10–0) | J. Orlean Christian | 1 (last: 1957) |
5th ( 1957) |
1–2 |
Fresno State | CCAA | 38–11 (11–4) | Pete Beiden | 0 (last: none) |
none | 0–0 |
Oklahoma State | Big 8 | 22–4 (17–3) | Toby Greene | 2 (last: 1955) |
3rd ( 1955) |
5–4 |
Penn State | Independent | 15–4 | Joe Bedenk | 2 (last: 1957) |
2nd ( 1957) |
5–4 |
Western Michigan | MAC | 24–7 (8–2) | Charlie Maher | 3 (last: 1958) |
2nd ( 1955) |
7–6 |
Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Semifinals | Preliminary final | Final | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma State | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Michigan | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma State | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn State | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn State | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma State | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona | 312 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma State | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona | 5 | Penn State | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fresno State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fresno State | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado State College | 5 | Oklahoma State | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma State | 4 | Arizona | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Fresno State | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn State | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 7 | Clemson | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fresno State | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado State College | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fresno State | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Michigan | 14 | Western Michigan | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | Game | Winner | Score | Loser | Notes |
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June 12 | Game 1 | Oklahoma State | 10–2 | Western Michigan | |
June 13 | Game 2 | Penn State | 5–3 | Connecticut | |
Game 3 | Arizona | 3–2 (12 innings) | Clemson | ||
Game 4 | Fresno State | 6–5 | Colorado State College | ||
June 14 | Game 5 | Western Michigan | 14–6 | Connecticut | Connecticut eliminated |
Game 6 | Clemson | 7–1 | Colorado State College | Colorado State College eliminated | |
Game 7 | Oklahoma State | 8–6 | Penn State | ||
Game 8 | Arizona | 5–1 | Fresno State | ||
June 15 | Game 9 | Penn State | 7–0 | Clemson | Clemson eliminated |
Game 10 | Fresno State | 7–2 | Western Michigan | Western Michigan eliminated | |
Game 11 | Arizona | 5–3 | Oklahoma State | ||
June 16 | Game 12 | Oklahoma State | 4–3 | Penn State | Penn State eliminated |
Game 13 | Fresno State | 2–0 | Arizona | ||
June 17 | Game 14 | Oklahoma State | 4–0 | Fresno State | Fresno State eliminated |
June 18 | Final | Oklahoma State | 5–3 | Arizona | Oklahoma State wins CWS |
The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.
Position | Player | School |
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P | Joel Horlen | Oklahoma State |
Hal Stowe | Clemson | |
C | Alan Hall | Arizona |
1B | Bob Wilson | Arizona |
2B | Bruce Andrew | Oklahoma State |
3B | Jim Dobson ( MOP) | Oklahoma State |
SS | Charles Shoemaker | Arizona |
OF | Bailey Hendley | Clemson |
Doug Hoffman | Clemson | |
Connie McIlvoy | Oklahoma State |