1959 Connecticut Huskies baseball team

Baseball team

1959 Connecticut Huskies baseball
Yankee Conference Champion
NCAA District 1 playoff champion
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record20–3 (10–0 Yankee)
Head coach
  • J. O. Christian (24th season)
Home stadiumGardner Dow Athletic Fields
Seasons
← 1958
1960 →
1959 Yankee Conference baseball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 7 Connecticut  ‍†‍‍y 10 – 0   1.000 20 – 3   .870
Maine  ‍‍‍ 7 – 3   .700 12 – 8   .600
UMass  ‍‍‍ 4 – 5   .444 10 – 6   .625
Vermont  ‍‍‍ 4 – 6   .400 15 – 11   .577
New Hampshire  ‍‍‍ 3 – 7   .300 7 – 11   .389
Rhode Island  ‍‍‍ 1 – 8   .111 2 – 11   .154
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1959
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1959 Connecticut Huskies baseball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1959 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Huskies were led by J. O. Christian in his 24th year as head coach, and played as part of the Yankee Conference. Connecticut posted a 20–3 record, earned the Yankee Conference championship with a 10–0 regular season to claim the automatic bid to the 1959 NCAA University Division baseball tournament. They were an automatic selection to the 1959 College World Series for District 1, their second appearance in the ultimate college baseball event. The Huskies lost their first game against Penn State and were eliminated by Western Michigan.

Roster

1959 Connecticut Huskies roster[1]
 
  • - Robert Anderson
  • - Anthony Attansio
  • - Nicholas Briante
  • - Kenneth Collum
  • - Donald Doiron
  • - Edgar Flynn
  • - Thomas Halliwell
  • - Theodore Kosior
  • - Glenn McLellan
  • - David Musco
  • - Ed Shaefer
    

Pitchers

  • - Albert Belanger
  • - Joe Clement
  • - Bradley Leach
  • - John Risley

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

 

Schedule

1959 Connecticut Huskies baseball game log[2]
Regular season
March
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record YC record
at Maryland* Shipley Field • College Park, MD W 13–1 1–0
at Howard* Washington, DC W 12–4 2–0
at North Carolina* Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, NC L 7–8 2–1
at Davidson* Davidson, NC W 11–7 3–1
April
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record YC record
Apr 4 Yale* W 7–1 4–1
Apr 16 Northeastern* W 6–1 5–1
Apr 18 Rhode Island W 23–4 6–1 1–0
Apr 21 Wesleyan* W 7–0 7–1
Apr 22 New Hampshire W 4–0 8–1 2–0
Apr 25 Boston University* W 6–3 9–1
Apr 28 UMass W 9–4 10–1 3–0
May
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record YC record
May 1 Vermont W 4–1 11–1 4–0
May 2 Vermont W 8–3 12–1 5–0
May 6 Coast Guard* W 1–0 13–1
May 7 Rhode Island W 12–6 14–1 6–0
May 9 New Hampshire W 10–4 15–1 7–0
May 11 American International* W 8–3 16–1
May 15 Maine W 4–2 17–1 8–0
May 16 Maine W 5–3 18–1 9–0
May 22 Springfield* W 3–1 19–1
May 23 UMass W 10–4 20–1 10–0
Post-season
College World Series
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CWS record
June 13 Penn State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 3–5 20–2 0–1
June 14 Western Michigan Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 6–14 20–3 0–2

References

  1. ^ 2017 UConn Baseball Media Guide. UConn Huskies. pp. 61–63. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
  2. ^ 2017 UConn Baseball Media Guide. UConn Huskies. p. 59. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
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College World Series appearances in italics