1960 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team

The 1960 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team represented the Oklahoma State University in the 1960 NCAA University Division baseball season. The team was coached by Toby Greene in his 17th year at Oklahoma State.

1960 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball
Big Eight champions
District V champions
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
CBNo. 4
Record17–7 (12–4 Big 8)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1959
1961 →
1960 Big Eight Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Oklahoma State  ‍‍‍y 12 4   .750 17 7   .708
Iowa State  ‍‍‍ 12 6   .667 14 9   .609
Oklahoma  ‍‍‍ 12 7   .632 13 10   .565
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 9 6   .600 12 9   .571
Colorado  ‍‍‍ 7 9   .438 10 12   .455
Kansas  ‍‍‍ 7 11   .389 11 13   .458
Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 6 11   .353 10 13   .435
Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 3 14   .176 5 18   .217
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1960[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Cowboys were named the District V champions and advanced to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Minnesota Golden Gophers.

Roster

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1960 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team
Players Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town
Bruce Andrew /
Robert Andrew /
Ben Bancroft /
Don Berry /
Don Blakey /
Ray Bond /
John Brown /
Bill Burgess /
INF Dale DeHart /
OF Jim Dobson /
Bob Hennkens /
Bill Ketchum /
Bob McDowell /
INF Grayson Mersch /
Mike Mulvihill /
P George Scott /
P Dick Soergel /
Don Soergel /
J. D. Sorenson /
Don Wallace /
RHP Jim Wixson /R
Head coach

Toby Greene

Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: February 13, 2021

Schedule

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1960 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball game log
Regular season
March (2–0)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 8 record
1 March 26 at Rice Rice Baseball Field • Houston, Texas 10–1 1–0
2 March 27 at Rice Rice Baseball Field • Houston, Texas 4–2 2–0
April (8–3)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 8 record
3 April 1 at Houston Buffalo Stadium • Houston, Texas 0–4 2–1
4 April 2 at Houston Buffalo Stadium • Houston, Texas 1–0 3–1
5 April 8 at Missouri Simmons Field • Columbia, Missouri 4–3 4–1 1–0
6 April 9 at Missouri Simmons Field • Columbia, Missouri 2–1 5–1 2–0
7 April 9 at Missouri Simmons Field • Columbia, Missouri 2–0 6–1 3–0
8 April 15 at Kansas State Frank Myers Field • Manhattan, Kansas 8–1 7–1 4–0
9 April 15 at Kansas State Frank Myers Field • Manhattan, Kansas 9–2 8–1 5–0
10 April 16 at Kansas State Frank Myers Field • Manhattan, Kansas 11–2 9–1 6–0
11 April 25 Oklahoma Unknown • Stillwater, Oklahoma 13–3 10–1 7–0
12 April 25 Oklahoma Unknown • Stillwater, Oklahoma 7–9 10–2 7–1
13 April 26 Oklahoma Unknown • Stillwater, Oklahoma 0–4 10–3 7–2
May (5–2)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 8 record
14 May 6 Nebraska Unknown • Stillwater, Oklahoma 2–0 11–3 8–2
15 May 7 Nebraska Unknown • Stillwater, Oklahoma 7–2 12–3 9–2
16 May 13 Colorado Unknown • Stillwater, Oklahoma 3–4 12–4 9–3
17 May 13 Colorado Unknown • Stillwater, Oklahoma 13–2 13–4 10–3
18 May 14 Colorado Unknown • Stillwater, Oklahoma 1–0 14–4 11–3
19 May 20 at Iowa State Unknown • Ames, Iowa 0–4 14–5 11–4
20 May 21 at Iowa State Unknown • Ames, Iowa 10–5 15–5 12–4
Postseason
College World Series (2–2)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 8 record
21 June 13 vs Arizona Omaha Municipal StadiumOmaha, Nebraska 1–2 15–6 12–4
22 June 15 vs North Carolina Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 7–0 16–6 12–4
23 June 17 vs Boston College Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 1–0 17–6 12–4
24 June 18 vs Minnesota Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 1–3 17–7 12–4

Awards and honors

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Dale DeHart
Jim Dobson
  • All-Big Eight Conference
Grayson Mersch
  • All-Big Eight Conference
Dick Soergel

References

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  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1960". Boyd's World. Retrieved November 4, 2013.