1951 Oklahoma Sooners baseball team

American college baseball season

1951 Oklahoma Sooners baseball

National champions Big Seven Conference champions
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	19–9 (10–1 Big Seven)
Head coach	Jack Baer (7th year)
Home stadium	Haskell Park
Seasons ← 1950 1952 →

1951 Big Seven Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Oklahoma ‍†‍‍^y	10	–	1	.909	19	–	9	.679
Missouri ‍‍‍	9	–	4	.692	12	–	6	.667
Nebraska ‍‍‍	5	–	4	.556	10	–	5	.667
Colorado ‍‍‍	3	–	5	.375		–		–
Kansas ‍‍‍	5	–	9	.357	6	–	9	.400
Kansas State ‍‍‍	5	–	10	.333	5	–	10	.333
Iowa State ‍‍‍	3	–	7	.300	8	–	7	.533

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

The 1951 Oklahoma Sooners baseball team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1951 NCAA baseball season. The team was coached by Jack Baer in his 7th season at Oklahoma.

The Sooners won the College World Series, defeating the Tennessee Volunteers in the championship game.^[2]

Roster

1951 Oklahoma Sooners roster

Pitchers

Floyd Murphy
Jack Shirley
James Waldrip

Catchers

John Reddell
Kenneth Stonecipher

Infielders

William Harrah
Ray Morgosh
Gene Sheets
Gene Stafford
Joe Straka
Roger Wich

Outfielders

James Antonio
Phil McKee
Charles Pugsley

Position Unknown

Joe Burke
John Davis
Edward Ignace
Edwin Sandel
Jack Van Pool

Schedule

Legend
	Oklahoma win
	Oklahoma loss

1951 Oklahoma Sooners baseball game log

Postseason

District playoffs
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	Playoff record
	vs. Houston		W 5–2	13–9	1–0
	vs. Houston		W 6–5	14–9	2–0
	vs. Houston		W 2–1	15-9	3–0

1951 College World Series
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	CWS record
June 13	vs. Ohio State	Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, NE	W 9–8	16–9	1–0
June 14	vs. Springfield	Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, NE	W 7–1	17–9	2–0
June 15	vs. Southern California	Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, NE	W 4–1	18–9	3–0
June 17	vs. Tennessee	Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, NE	W 3–2	19–9	4–0

Awards and honors

Jack Shirley

All-America Second Team^[3]

References

^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1951". boydsworld.com. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
^ "1951 College World Series". Omaha.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2011. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
^ "2012 Media Guide" (PDF). SoonerSports.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 2, 2014. Retrieved January 26, 2013.

v t e Oklahoma Sooners 1951 College World Series champions
John Reddell
Head Coach Jack Baer
Regular season College World Series

v t e Oklahoma Sooners baseball
Venue	Haskell Park (–1981) L. Dale Mitchell Park (1982–present)
People	Head Coaches
Seasons	1898 1899 1900 1901–1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 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 1943–1945 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 2024
National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics

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