1952 Penn State Nittany Lions baseball team

The 1952 Penn State Nittany Lions baseball team represented Pennsylvania State University in the 1952 NCAA baseball season. The head coach was Joe Bedenk, serving his 22nd year.

1952 Penn State Nittany Lions baseball
College World Series, T-3rd
Conference	Independent
Record	17–6
Head coach	Joe Bedenk (22nd season)
Captain	Silvio Cerchie
Home stadium	Beaver Field

The Nittany Lions lost in the College World Series, defeated by the Holy Cross.

Roster

1952 Penn State Nittany Lions baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town Silvio Cerchie (C) / — — Jr Donald Cook / — — P Bill Everson / — — Garland Gingerich / — — So LHP Bill Hopper L/L 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Crafton, Pennsylvania INF Michael Hunchar / — — INF Huber Kline / — — P Jack Krumrine / — — William Leonard / — — William Mihalich / — — P John Moore / — — Paul Mowry / — — Jack Rhoda / — — Robert Schoellkopf / — — So Christopher Tonery / — — Sr INF Carmen Troisi S/ 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Sr Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Troy / — — So P Keith Vesling / — — So INF Ronald Weidenhammer R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Kutztown, Pennsylvania Tom Werner R/ 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Wolfinger / — — So Yanosich / — — So	Head coach Joe Bedenk Assistant coach(es) Chuck Medlar Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

1952 Penn State Nittany Lions baseball game log
Regular season
April (9–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 1 April 11 at American Unknown • Washington, D. C. 20–1 1–0 2 April 12 at Georgetown Unknown • Washington, D. C. 18–5 2–0 3 April 12 at Georgetown Unknown • Washington, D. C. 8–4 3–0 4 April 16 Western Maryland New Beaver Field • University Park, Pennsylvania 9–4 4–0 5 April 19 West Virginia New Beaver Field • University Park, Pennsylvania 4–2 5–0 6 April 19 West Virginia New Beaver Field • University Park, Pennsylvania 6–2 6–0 7 April 22 Bucknell New Beaver Field • University Park, Pennsylvania 15–4 7–0 8 April 26 Lafayette New Beaver Field • University Park, Pennsylvania 5–0 8–0 9 April 28 Gettysburg New Beaver Field • University Park, Pennsylvania 2–1 9–0
May (4–4) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 10 May 2 at Rutgers New Beaver Field • University Park, Pennsylvania 11–5 10–0 11 May 5 at Villanova McGeehan Field • Villanova, Pennsylvania 1–12 10–1 12 May 6 at Navy Unknown • Annapolis, Maryland 2–4 10–2 13 May 9 at Pittsburgh Unknown • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 6–8 10–3 14 May 10 at Pittsburgh Unknown • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 4–1 11–3 15 May 16 at Dickinson Unknown • Carlisle, Pennsylvania 12–1 12–3 16 May 17 at Penn River Field • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 3–4 12–4 17 May 21 at Bucknell Unknown • Lewisburg, Pennsylvania 7–4 13–4
Postseason
District II Tournament (2–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 18 June 5 Fordham New Beaver Field • University Park, Pennsylvania 13–4 14–4 19 June 6 Villanova New Beaver Field • University Park, Pennsylvania 9–6 15–4
1952 College World Series (2–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 20 June 12 vs Texas Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 5–3 16–4 21 June 13 vs Duke Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 12–7 17–4 22 June 14 vs Missouri Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 2–3 17–5 23 June 15 vs Holy Cross Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 4–15 17–6