1957 Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball team

The 1957 Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1957 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Fighting Irish played their home games at Cartier Field. The team was coached by Jake Kline who was in his 24th year as head coach at Notre Dame that time.

1957 Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball
District IV Playoff
College World Series, 4th
Conference	Independent
Record	16–10
Head coach	Jake Kline (24th season)
Captains	Jim Cusack (Senior year) Elmer Kohorst (Senior year)
Home stadium	Cartier Field

The Fighting Irish won the District IV playoff to advance to the College World Series, but later on they were defeated by the Penn State Nittany Lions.

Roster

1957 Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town 11 RHP Tom Bujnowski /R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr Bayonne, New Jersey 14 INF Jim Carideo / 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Sr Mount Vernon, New York 30 RHP John Connors /R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) LaGrange, Illinois 26 INF Jim Cusack (C) / 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Peoria, Illinois 12 OF Gene Duffy / 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 155 lb (70 kg) So Davenport, Iowa 15 OF Bob Giarrantano / 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Great Neck, New York 23 INF Eddie Hurley / 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr Holyoke, Massachusetts INF Steven Johnson / 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Robbinsdale, Minnesota 33 C Elmer Kohorst (C) / 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Albany, Minnesota 32 INF Jim Morris / 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Quincy, Illinois 26 OF Bob Senecal / 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Newaygo, Michigan 16 OF Paul Sopko / 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Columbus, Ohio 29 RHP Chuck Symeon /R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Stamford, Connecticut	Head coach Jake Kline Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

1957 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Baseball Game Log
Regular season
April (4–5) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 1 April 12 at Indiana Jordan Field • Bloomington, Indiana 6–1 1–0 2 April 13 at Indiana Jordan Field • Bloomington, Indiana 9–7 2–0 3 April 13 at Indiana Jordan Field • Bloomington, Indiana 0–3 2–1 4 April 16 Central Michigan Cartier Field • Notre Dame, Indiana 3–2 3–1 5 April 20 at Michigan Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan 4–5 3–2 6 April 20 at Michigan Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan 0–3 3–3 7 April 26 at Ohio Unknown • Athens, Ohio 8–3 4–3 8 April 27 at Ohio Unknown • Athens, Ohio 4–7 4–4 9 April 30 Michigan State Cartier Field • Notre Dame, Indiana 3–4 4–5
May (7–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 10 May 1 at Northwestern Dyche Field • Evanston, Illinois 8–4 5–5 11 May 4 Glenview Naval Air Station Cartier Field • Notre Dame, Indiana 12–1 6–5 12 May 6 Wisconsin Cartier Field • Notre Dame, Indiana 4–1 7–5 13 May 7 Wisconsin Cartier Field • Notre Dame, Indiana 9–14 7–6 14 May 9 Michigan Cartier Field • Notre Dame, Indiana 14–0 8–6 15 May 11 Great Lakes Naval Air Station Cartier Field • Notre Dame, Indiana 9–0 9–6 16 May 13 at Michigan State Old College Field • East Lansing, Michigan 3–1 10–6 17 May 15 Northwestern Cartier Field • Notre Dame, Indiana 6–2 11–6
Postseason
NCAA District V Playoff (3–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 18 May 28 vs Alma Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, Michigan 18–2 12–6 19 May 29 at Western Michigan Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, Michigan 4–2 13–6 20 May 30 vs Northwestern Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, Michigan 2–9 13–7 21 May 31 vs Northwestern Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, Michigan 6–1 14–7
June (0–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 22 June 2 at Western Michigan Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, Michigan 2–4 14–8
College World Series (2–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 23 June 8 vs Iowa State Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 8–13 14–9 24 June 9 vs Colorado State Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 23–2 15–9 25 June 10 vs Texas Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 9–0 16–9 26 June 11 vs Penn State Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 4–5 16–10

Awards and honors

Elmer Kohorst

• First Team All-American American Baseball Coaches Association