1952 Colorado State Bears baseball team

The 1952 Colorado State College Bears baseball team represented Colorado State College of Education in the 1952 NCAA baseball season. The Bears played their home games at Jackson Field. The team was coached by Pete Butler in his 10th year at Colorado State.

1952 Colorado State College Bears baseball
Rocky Mountain Conference champions
District VII playoff champions
ConferenceRocky Mountain Conference
Record15–9 (9–1 RMC)
Head coach
Home stadiumJackson Field
Seasons
← 1951
1953 →
1952 Rocky Mountain Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Colorado State  ‍‍‍y 9 1   .900 15 9   .625
Colorado College  ‍‍‍ 2 4   .333  
Colorado Mines  ‍‍‍ 1 5   .167  
Western State  ‍‍‍ 0 2   .000  
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the College World Series
As of June 30, 1952[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Bears won the District VII playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Western Michigan Broncos.

Roster

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1952 Colorado State College Bears baseball team
Players Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town
Milton Audrey /
Bob Beigel /
Ronnie Capra /
So
Constable /
Delbert Davies /
INF Bob Distifano /
INF Jim Ditolla /
Durkin /
Richard Howerton /
Jr
Jerry McMillen /
Menardi /
Al Minaya /
Jr
Dick Porter /
So
George Sage /
So
RHP Bob Stewart /R
Jr
OF Cyril Trofholz /
Sr
Don Williams /
Sr
Head coach

Pete Butler

Assistant coach(es)

Art Wollenweber


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Current redshirt

Schedule

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1952 Colorado State Bears baseball game log
Regular season
Regular Season (13–7)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record RMC record
1 Colorado Mines Jackson FieldGreeley, Colorado 17–6 1–0 1–0
2 Colorado Mines Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado 12–6 2–0 2–0
3 vs Lowry Air Force Base Unknown • Unknown, Colorado 4–7 2–1 2–0
4 vs Lowry Air Force Base Unknown • Unknown, Colorado 25–7 3–1 2–0
5 vs Wyoming Unknown • Unknown 4–6 3–2 2–0
6 vs Wyoming Unknown • Unknown 4–9 3–3 2–0
7 vs Denver Unknown • Unknown 8–7 4–3 2–0
8   vs Colorado College Unknown • Unknown 2–6 4–4 2–1
9   vs Colorado College Unknown • Unknown 13–11 5–4 3–1
10   vs Colorado A&M Unknown • Unknown 6–5 6–4 3–1
11   vs Colorado Mines Unknown • Unknown 23–2 7–4 4–1
12   vs Colorado Mines Unknown • Unknown 10–2 8–4 5–1
13   vs Colorado A&M Unknown • Unknown 5–15 8–5 5–1
14   Western State Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado 10–3 9–5 6–1
15   Western State Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado 14–5 10–5 7–1
16   vs Denver Unknown • Unknown 3–4 10–6 7–1
17   vs Colorado College Unknown • Unknown 6–0 11–6 8–1
18   vs Colorado College Unknown • Unknown 1–0 12–6 9–1
19   vs Lowry Air Force Base Unknown • Unknown 8–10 12–7 9–1
20   vs Lowry Air Force Base Unknown • Unknown 7–6 13–7 9–1
Postseason
District VII Playoff (2–0)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record RMC record
21 May 30  BYU Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado 7–6 14–7 9–1
22 May 31  BYU Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado 11–6 15–7 9–1
College World Series (0–2)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record RMC record
23 June 12 vs Missouri Omaha Municipal StadiumOmaha, Nebraska 1–15 15–8 9–1
24 June 13 vs Western Michigan Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 6–8 15–9 9–1

Awards and honors

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Bob Distifano
Jim DiTollo
  • All-Rocky Mountain Conference Team
Bob Stewart
  • All-Rocky Mountain Conference Team
Cyril Trofholz
  • All-Rocky Mountain Conference Team

References

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  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1952". boydsworld.com. Retrieved April 19, 2013.