1951 Springfield Maroons baseball team

The 1951 Springfield Maroons baseball team represented Springfield College in the 1951 NCAA baseball season. The team was coached by Archie Allen in his 4th year at Springfield.

1951 Springfield Maroons baseball
District I Playoff champions
College World Series, T-5th
Conference	Independent
Record	16–7
Head coach	Archie Allen (4th season)
Captain	Matt Maetoza (Senior year)

The Maroons won the District I playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Tennessee Volunteers.

During the Maroon's June 14 game against the Oklahoma Sooners, they drew a CWS record 15 walks off one just a single pitcher, James Waldrip. Springfield also set a 9-inning CWS record with 17 stranded baserunners.

Roster

1951 Springfield Maroons baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town Ed Allen / — — A Anscomb / — — William Brown / — — INF Bob D'Agostino / — — Sr Bob Douglas / — — Sr INF George Flood / — — So Ed Hoffman / — — Tony Hopkins / — — Joe Jennings / — — OF Sherman Kinney / — — So INF Matt Maetoza (C) / — — Sr Theodore Muhaw / — — P Frank Nevers / — — Sr P Bill Nordberg / — — Sr OF Bill Peatfield / — — Jim Pelcher / — — Jr 22 INF Ed Redmond / — — Jr Tommy Ruggerio / — — Jr George Sherman / — — Robert Sewell / — — Sr OF Tom Simos / — — C Walt Smith / — — So P Hank Tominaga / — — So	Head coach Archie Allen Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

1951 Springfield Maroons baseball game log
Regular season
April (0–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 5 April AIC Unknown • Springfield, Massachusetts 3–0 3–2 April 21 at Holy Cross Unknown • Worcester, Massachusetts 2–4 – April 28 at Harvard Unknown • Cambridge, Massachusetts 3–9 –
May (0–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 16 May 30 UMass Unknown • Springfield, Massachusetts 2–1 12–4
June (1–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 17 June 2 at UMass Unknown • Amherst, Massachusetts 3–0 13–4
Postseason
District I Tournament (2–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 18 June 4 vs Brown Unknown • Lowell, Massachusetts 0–2 13–5 19 June 5 vs Brown Unknown • Lowell, Massachusetts 3–2 14–5 20 June 6 vs Brown Unknown • Lowell, Massachusetts 2–0 15–5
College World Series (1–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 21 June 13 vs Texas A&M Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 15–8 16–5 22 June 14 vs Oklahoma Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 1–7 16–6 23 June 15 vs Tennessee Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 0–2 16–7