1965 Washington State Cougars baseball team

The 1965 Washington State Cougars baseball team represented the Washington State University in the 1965 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Cougars played their home games at Bailey Field. The team was coached by Chuck Brayton in his 4th year as head coach at Washington State.

1965 Washington State Cougars baseball
AAWU Northern Division champion AAWU Champion District VIII champion
College World Series, T-3rd
Conference	Athletic Association of Western Universities
Division	Northern
Record	33–8 (14–4 ND)
Head coach	Chuck Brayton (4th season)
Home stadium	Bailey Field

1965 Athletic Association of Western Universities baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
North Division
No. 4 Washington State ‍†‍‍y	14	–	4	–	0		.778			33	–	8	–	0		.805
Oregon ‍‍‍	12	–	6	–	0		.667			27	–	8	–	1		.764
Oregon State ‍‍‍	7	–	11	–	0		.389			15	–	19	–	0		.441
Washington ‍‍‍	3	–	15	–	0		.167			17	–	24	–	0		.415
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
No. 12 Stanford ‍‍‍	11	–	9	–	0		.550			32	–	13	–	0		.711
No. 14 California ‍‍‍	11	–	9	–	0		.550			29	–	14	–	0		.674
No. 23 UCLA ‍‍‍	10	–	10	–	0		.500			33	–	15	–	2		.680
No. 24 Southern California ‍‍‍	9	–	11	–	0		.450			30	–	15	–	1		.663
No. 17 Santa Clara ‍‍‍	7	–	13	–	0		.350			29	–	11	–	0		.725
UC Santa Barbara ‍‍‍	5	–	15	–	0		.250			15	–	27	–	0		.357
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1965 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Cougars won the District VIII to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Ohio State Buckeyes.

Roster

1965 Washington State Cougars baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town LHP Mike Avey /L — — Jr Whittier, California OF Bud Beemer / — — Jim Brown / — — 11 INF Hal Brunstad / — — Jr Kennewick, Washington Jim Doyle / — — Ted Duckworth / — — Ray Erickson / — — RHP Danny Frisella L/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So San Mateo, California RHP Ed Fiskland /R — — So OF Dale Ford / — — Sr Olympia, Washington OF Bob Fry / — — Jim Lance / — — INF Wally Lito / — — RHP Doug Lukens /R — — Jr Portland, Oregon LHP Joe MacLean /L — — Puyallup, Washington C John Olerud / — — Sr Federal Way, Washington Gail Pintler / — — INF Duane Rossman / — — Fred Sackett / — — LHP Bob Salisbury /L — — Sr Bellingham, Washington INF Larry Schreck / — — Sr Spokane, Washington INF Dale Scilley / — — So RHP John Sloan /R — — Roger Stauffer / — — INF Gary Strom / — — RHP Paul Taylor /R — —	Head coach Chuck Brayton Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: September 9, 2021

Schedule

1965 Washington State Cougars baseball game log
Regular season
March (5–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record PCC record 1 March 25 at Lewis–Clark State Harris Field • Lewiston, Idaho 17–1 1–0 0–0 2 March 26 vs Eastern Washington Harris Field • Lewiston, Idaho 10–0 2–0 0–0 3 March 26 vs Gonzaga Harris Field • Lewiston, Idaho 3–2 3–0 0–0 4 March 27 vs Seattle Harris Field • Lewiston, Idaho 13–1 4–0 0–0 5 March 27 vs Idaho Harris Field • Lewiston, Idaho 5–3 5–0 0–0
April (14–3) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record AAWU record 6 April 2 at Yakima Parker Field • Yakima, Washington 12–4 6–0 0–0 7 April 2 at Yakima Parker Field • Pullman, Washington 6–0 7–0 0–0 8 April 5 at Nevada Unknown • Reno, Nevada 9–4 8–0 0–0 9 April 6 at Nevada Unknown • Reno, Nevada 7–3 9–0 0–0 10 April 10 at Sacramento State John Smith Field • Sacramento, California 6–5 10–0 0–0 11 April 10 at Sacramento State John Smith Field • Sacramento, California 5–0 11–0 0–0 12 April 13 at Gonzaga Mulligan Field • Spokane, Washington 7–1 12–0 0–0 13 April 13 at Gonzaga Mulligan Field • Spokane, Washington 0–1 12–1 0–0 14 April 16 Washington Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 7–0 13–1 1–0 15 April 17 Washington Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 5–0 14–1 2–0 16 April 17 Washington Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 4–3 15–1 3–0 17 April 21 at Idaho MacLean Field • Moscow, Idaho 5–0 16–1 3–0 18 April 23 Oregon State Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 4–5 16–2 3–1 19 April 24 Oregon State Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 3–0 17–2 4–1 20 April 24 Oregon State Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 3–2 18–2 5–1 21 April 27 Oregon State Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 16–1 19–2 5–1 22 April 30 at Oregon Howe Field • Eugene, Oregon 1–5 19–3 5–2
May (10–3) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record AAWU record 23 May 1 at Oregon Howe Field • Eugene, Oregon 8–7 20–3 6–2 24 May 1 at Oregon Howe Field • Eugene, Oregon 8–2 21–3 7–2 25 May 5 Idaho Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 1–3 21–4 7–2 26 May 7 at Oregon State Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon 8–6 22–4 8–2 27 May 8 at Oregon State Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon 9–2 23–4 9–2 28 May 8 at Oregon State Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon 9–1 24–4 10–2 29 May 12 Idaho MacLean Field • Moscow, Idaho 7–5 25–4 10–2 30 May 14 Oregon Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 2–0 26–4 11–2 31 May 15 Oregon Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 5–4 27–4 12–2 32 May 15 Oregon Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 11–12 27–5 12–3 33 May 21 at Washington Graves Field • Seattle, Washington 2–1 28–5 13–3 34 May 22 at Washington Graves Field • Seattle, Washington 2–1 29–5 14–3 35 May 22 at Washington Graves Field • Seattle, Washington 2–3 29–6 14–4
Postseason
NCAA District VIII Playoff (2–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record AAWU record 36 May 29 vs Stanford Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 2–1 30–6 14–4 37 May 30 vs Stanford Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 13–3 31–6 14–4
College World Series (2–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record AAWU record 38 June 7 vs Texas Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 12–5 32–6 14–4 39 June 8 vs Ohio State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 1–14 32–7 14–4 40 June 9 vs Connecticut Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 3–2 33–7 14–4 41 June 10 vs Ohio State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 0–1 33–8 14–4

Awards and honors

Danny Frisella

• First Team All-District VIII
• First Team All-Athletic Association of Western Universities

Bob Fry

• First Team All-Athletic Association of Western Universities

John Olerud

• First Team All-American
• First Team All-District VIII

Gary Strom

• First Team All-Athletic Association of Western Universities