Missouri Tigers baseball 1950–59

During the 1950s the Missouri Tigers baseball team were playing in the Big Eight Conference (before 1958 the "Big Seven Conference"). They finished the season as champions in 1952 and 1958, and both times were runners-up in the College World Series.

1950

1950 Missouri Tigers baseball
Conference	Big Seven Conference
1950 record	11–9 (8-5 Big Seven)
Head coach	Hi Simmons (12th year)

1950 Big Seven Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Nebraska †^y	11	–	3		.786			16	–	8		.667
Missouri	8	–	5		.615			11	–	9		.550
Oklahoma	7	–	5		.583			14	–	8		.636
Kansas	8	–	8		.500			10	–	8		.556
Iowa State	4	–	5		.444				–			–
Colorado	4	–	7		.364				–			–
Kansas State	5	–	11		.313			7	–	13		.350
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1950[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1950 Missouri Tigers baseball team represented the University of Missouri in the 1950 NCAA baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Rollins Field. The team was coached by Hi Simmons in his 12th season at Missouri.

Roster

1950 Missouri Tigers
Roster
Lowell Alexander Ross Boeger Gene Crenshaw Bob Davis Sam Eatock Floyd Eberhard Roger Englert Jack Frier Bob Harting Bud Heineman		Kent Kurtz Clyde Lannenbeck Bob Murrey Robert Phillips Bill Reddan Jerry Rosenheim Bob Smith Walter Ulmer Bob Wachter

Schedule

1950 Missouri Tigers Baseball Game Log

Regular Season Opponent Score Overall Record Big Seven Record Arkansas 4–7 0–1 – SMU 11–20 0–2 – TCU 2–3 0–3 – TCU 4–6 0–4 – Nebraska 1–7 0–5 0-1 Nebraska 1–3 0–6 0-2 Washington University 8–5 1–6 – Iowa State 5–1 2–6 1-2 Iowa State 4–3 3–6 2-2 Kansas 9–2 4–6 3-2 Kansas 3–9 4–7 3-3 Kansas 4–3 5–7 4-3 Kansas 1–2 5–8 4-4 Kansas State 6–2 6–8 5–4 Kansas State 3–1 7–8 6–4 Colorado 0–9 7–9 6–5 Washington University 12–0 8–9 – Oklahoma 9–8 9–9 7–5 Oklahoma 6–0 10–9 8–5 Complete schedule unavailable

1951

1951 Missouri Tigers baseball
Conference	Big Seven Conference
1951 record	12–6 (9–4 Big Seven)
Head coach	Hi Simmons (13th year)

1951 Big Seven Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Oklahoma †^y	10	–	1		.909			19	–	9		.679
Missouri	9	–	4		.692			12	–	6		.667
Nebraska	5	–	4		.556			10	–	5		.667
Colorado	3	–	5		.375				–			–
Kansas	5	–	9		.357			6	–	9		.400
Kansas State	5	–	10		.333			5	–	10		.333
Iowa State	3	–	7		.300			8	–	7		.533
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the College World Series As of June 30, 1951[2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1951 Missouri Tigers baseball team represented the University of Missouri in the 1951 NCAA baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Rollins Field. The team was coached by Hi Simmons in his 13th season at Missouri.

Roster

1951 Missouri Tigers
Roster
Dick Atkinson Bill Barbour Ross Boeger Don Boenker Gene Crenshaw Floyd Eberhard Herb Gellman Bob Harting		Bud Heineman Kent Kurtz Clyde Lannenbeck Robert Loschke John Patchett Robert Phillips Bill Reddan Junior Wren

Schedule

1951 Missouri Tigers Baseball Game Log

Regular Season Opponent Score Overall Record Big Seven Record Washington University 2–0 1–0 – Fort Leonard Wood 8–5 2–0 – Oklahoma 4–5 2–1 0-1 Rockhurst 1–4 2–2 – Kansas State 12–1 3–2 1–1 Kansas State 7–9 3–3 1–2 Kansas 8–0 4–3 2-2 Nebraska 4–3 5–3 3-2 Washington University 2–0 6–3 – Fort Leonard Wood 5–18 6–4 – Colorado 2–0 7–4 4-2 Kansas State 0–8 7–5 4-3 Kansas State 5–0 8–5 5-3 Complete schedule unavailable

1952

1952 Missouri Tigers baseball
College World Series Runner-up Big Seven Conference Champions
Conference	Big Seven Conference
1952 record	20–7 (13–1 Big Seven)
Head coach	Hi Simmons (14th year)

1952 Big Seven Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Missouri †^y	13	–	1		.929			20	–	7		.741
Nebraska	8	–	5		.615			13	–	7		.650
Kansas	8	–	6		.571			11	–	6		.647
Iowa State	6	–	6		.500				–			–
Colorado	5	–	6		.455				–			–
Oklahoma	10	–	1		.909			19	–	9		.679
Kansas State	2	–	15		.118			4	–	16		.200
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the College World Series As of June 30, 1952[3]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1952 Missouri Tigers baseball team represented the University of Missouri in the 1952 NCAA baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Rollins Field. The team was coached by Hi Simmons in his 14th season at Missouri.

Led by All-Americans Don Boenker and Junior Wren, the Tigers advanced to the 1952 College World Series, losing to Holy Cross in the championship.^[4]

Roster

1952 Missouri Tigers
Roster
Dick Atkinson Bill Barbour Bert Beckmann Ross Boeger Don Boenker Dick Dickinson Herb Gellman Kent Kurtz Gil Lauer Ralph Monroe John Patchett Junior Wren

Schedule

1952 Missouri Tigers Baseball Game Log
Regular Season Opponent Score Overall Record Big Seven Record Fort Leonard Wood 3–1 1–0 – TCU 0–5 1–1 – TCU 7–6 2–1 – Oklahoma State 0–3 2–2 – Oklahoma State 5–6 2–3 – Kansas State 20–0 3–3 1-0 Kansas State 12–4 4–3 2-0 Iowa State 7–0 5–3 3-0 Iowa State 6–2 6–3 4-0 Fort Leonard Wood 2–6 6–4 – Kansas State 9–6 7–4 5-0 Kansas State 4–5 7–5 5-1 Colorado 18–4 8–5 6-1 Colorado 19–4 9–5 7-1 Oklahoma 7–4 10–5 8-1 Oklahoma 5–4 11–5 9-1 Nebraska 6–5 12–5 10-1 Nebraska 8–5 13–5 11-1 Kansas 2–0 14–5 12-1 Kansas 5–2 15–5 13-1 Saint Louis 7–1 16–5 – Saint Louis 8–1 17–5 –
Post–Season
NCAA Tournament: College World Series Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record June 12 vs. Northern Colorado Rosenblatt Stadium 15–1 18–5 June 13 vs. Holy Cross Rosenblatt Stadium 1–0 19–5 June 14 vs. Penn State Rosenblatt Stadium 3–2 20–5 June 16 vs. Holy Cross Rosenblatt Stadium 3–7 20–6 June 17 vs. Holy Cross Rosenblatt Stadium 4–8 20–7

Coach Simmons (in suit) with All-American Wren, Boenker, and Kurtz

Awards and honors

Don Boenker

• First Team All-American^[4]

Junior Wren

• First Team All-American^[4]

Kent Kurtz

• Third Team All-American^[4]

1953

1953 Missouri Tigers baseball
Conference	Big Seven Conference
1953 record	11–8 (9–5 Big Seven)
Head coach	Hi Simmons (15th year)

1953 Big Seven Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Oklahoma †^y	7	–	2		.778			11	–	11		.500
Nebraska	10	–	3		.769			13	–	5		.722
Missouri	9	–	5		.643			11	–	8		.579
Colorado	4	–	4		.500				–			–
Iowa State	4	–	5		.444				–			–
Kansas	4	–	8		.333			6	–	10		.375
Kansas State	1	–	12		.077			4	–	13		.235
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the College World Series As of June 30, 1953[5]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1953 Missouri Tigers baseball team represented the University of Missouri in the 1953 NCAA baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Rollins Field. The team was coached by Hi Simmons in his 15th season at Missouri.

Roster

1953 Missouri Tigers
Roster
Bert Beckmann Don Boenker Buddy Cox Dick Dickinson James Doerr Herb Gellman John Jenkins Bob Moheskey		Jerry Schoonmaker Robert Schoonmaker James Shepard Larry Soffer Victor Swenholt Ray Uriarte John Willingham Lee Roy Wwnn

Schedule

1953 Missouri Tigers Baseball Game Log

Regular Season Opponent Score Overall Record Big Seven Record Tulsa 5–6 0–1 – Tulsa 10–9 1–1 – Fort Leonard Wood 1–2 1–2 – Oklahoma State 1–4 1–3 – Oklahoma State 14–3 2–3 – Kansas State 25–3 3–3 1-0 Kansas State 10–2 4–3 2-0 Nebraska 6–11 4–4 2-1 Nebraska 3–0 5–4 3-1 Colorado 9–5 6–4 4-1 Colorado 5–6 6–5 4-2 Kansas State 10–3 7–5 5-2 Kansas State 9–7 8–5 6-2 Kansas 8–3 9–5 7-2 Kansas 4–3 10–5 8-2 Kansas 10–9 11–5 9-2 Kansas 7–9 11–6 9-3 Oklahoma 2–5 11–7 9-4 Oklahoma 5–7 11–8 9-5

1954

1955

1955 Missouri Tigers baseball
Conference	Big Seven Conference
1955 record	14–6 (9–3 Big Seven)
Head coach	Hi Simmons (17th year)

1955 Big Seven Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Oklahoma †^y	9	–	1		.900			13	–	10		.565
Missouri	9	–	3		.750			14	–	6		.700
Nebraska	10	–	4		.714			15	–	5		.750
Colorado	5	–	6		.455				–			–
Iowa State	5	–	8		.385				–			–
Kansas State	2	–	10		.167			4	–	11		.267
Kansas	2	–	10		.167			6	–	16		.273
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1955[6]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1955 Missouri Tigers baseball team represented the University of Missouri in the 1955 NCAA baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Rollins Field. The team was coached by Hi Simmons in his 17th season at Missouri.

Roster

1955 Missouri Tigers
Roster
Bert Beckmann Ed Cook Buddy Cox Jack Davis George Gleason Emil Kammer Eldon Morgan Bob Musgrave Gary Rust Todd Sickel Norm Stewart Lee Roy Wwnn

Schedule

1955 Missouri Tigers Baseball Game Log

Regular Season Opponent Score Overall Record Big Seven Record Fort Leonard Wood 27–4 1–0 – Fort Leonard Wood 6–2 2–0 – Arkansas 11–5 3–0 – Arkansas 1–2 3–1 – Tulsa 12–2 4–1 – Tulsa 10–4 5–1 – Oklahoma State 3–4 5–2 – Oklahoma State 7–10 5–3 – Iowa State 7–0 6–3 1-0 Oklahoma 2–4 6–4 1-1 Oklahoma 0–4 6–5 1-2 Colorado 5–3 7–5 2-2 Kansas State 19–1 8–5 3-2 Kansas State 15–2 9–5 4-2 Nebraska 3–4 9–6 4-3 Nebraska 2–1 10–6 5-3 Kansas 11–2 11–6 6-3 Kansas 16–1 12–6 7-3 Iowa State 5–1 13–6 8-3 Iowa State 8–7 14–6 9-3

1956

1956 Missouri Tigers baseball
Conference	Big Seven Conference
1956 record	14–7 (7–6 Big Seven)
Head coach	Hi Simmons (18th year)

1956 Big Seven Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Oklahoma †^y	7	–	2		.778			11	–	7		.611
Nebraska	8	–	4		.667			12	–	8		.600
Kansas	6	–	5		.545			14	–	5		.737
Missouri	7	–	6		.538			14	–	7		.667
Iowa State	6	–	6		.500				–			–
Colorado	3	–	8		.273				–			–
Kansas State	3	–	9		.250			5	–	10		.333
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1956[7]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1956 Missouri Tigers baseball team represented the University of Missouri in the 1956 NCAA baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Rollins Field. The team was coached by Hi Simmons in his 18th season at Missouri.

Roster

1956 Missouri Tigers
Roster
Jerry Cutright Jack Davis John Grace Doug Fulick Dan Herborn Emil Kammer Wade LaDue Eldon Morgan Bob Musgrave Bill Ross Paul Stehr Norm Stewart

Schedule

1956 Missouri Tigers Baseball Game Log

Regular Season Opponent Score Overall Record Big Seven Record Oklahoma State 7–5 1–0 – Oklahoma State 9–10 1–1 – Tulsa 14–6 2–1 – Tulsa 8–6 3–1 – Washington University 7–5 4–1 – Washington University 12–3 5–1 – Arkansas 2–0 6–1 – Arkansas 8–2 7–1 – Iowa State 6–1 8–1 1-0 Iowa State 18–4 9–1 2-0 Kansas State 8–1 10–1 3-0 Colorado 7–4 11–1 4-0 Colorado 3–4 11–2 4-1 Kansas 18–1 12–2 5-1 Kansas 14–5 13–2 6-1 Oklahoma State 6–13 13–3 – Nebraska 7–10 13–4 6-2 Nebraska 27–4 14–4 7-2 Complete schedule unavailable

1957

1957 Missouri Tigers baseball
Conference	Big Seven Conference
1957 record	13–7 (10–7 Big Seven)
Head coach	Hi Simmons (19th year)

1957 Big Seven Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Iowa State †^y	11	–	6		.647			17	–	10		.630
Oklahoma	9	–	6		.600			10	–	8		.556
Missouri	10	–	7		.588			13	–	7		.650
Kansas	9	–	8		.529			11	–	11		.500
Nebraska	8	–	9		.471			12	–	10		.545
Kansas State	5	–	10		.333			7	–	10		.412
Colorado	5	–	11		.313			10	–	11		.476
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1957[8]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1957 Missouri Tigers baseball team represented the University of Missouri in the 1957 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Rollins Field. The team was coached by Hi Simmons in his 19th season at Missouri.

Roster

1957 Missouri Tigers
Roster
Bob Cooper Jack Davis Doug Gulick Dave Hill Ralph Hochgrebe Charlie James Lee Keefer Hank Kuhlman Wade LaDue Don Miller Paul Stehr Bo Toft Ray Uriarte

Schedule

1957 Missouri Tigers Baseball Game Log

Regular Season Opponent Score Overall Record Big Seven Record Arkansas 12–6 1–0 – Arkansas 9–7 2–0 – Washington University 7–0 3–0 – Colorado 6–2 4–0 1-0 Colorado 3–2 5–0 2-0 Iowa State 9–14 5–1 2-1 Iowa State 5–6 5–2 2-2 Iowa State 7–3 6–2 3-2 Kansas 16–5 7–2 4-2 Kansas 3–6 7–3 4-3 Kansas 5–1 8–3 5-3 Kansas State 16–4 9–3 6-3 Kansas State 6–5 10–3 7-3 Kansas State 9–2 11–3 8-3 Nebraska 6–8 11–4 8-4 Nebraska 2-7 11–5 8-5 Nebraska 5-2 12–5 9-5 Oklahoma 3–4 12–6 9-6 Oklahoma 1–0 13–6 10-6 Oklahoma 2–7 13–7 10-7

1958

1958 Missouri Tigers baseball
College World Series Runner-up Big Eight Conference Champions
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1958 record	22–7 (12–3 Big Eight)
Head coach	Hi Simmons (20th year)

1958 Big Eight Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Missouri †^y	12	–	3		.800			21	–	7		.750
Oklahoma State	13	–	5		.722			17	–	6		.739
Oklahoma	11	–	5		.688			12	–	8		.600
Kansas	11	–	6		.647			14	–	8		.636
Nebraska	12	–	9		.571			17	–	10		.630
Iowa State	8	–	12		.400			8	–	15		.348
Colorado	5	–	16		.238			7	–	19		.269
Kansas State	2	–	18		.100			2	–	18		.100
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1958[9]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1958 Missouri Tigers baseball team represented the University of Missouri in the 1958 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Rollins Field. The team was coached by Hi Simmons in his 20th season at Missouri.

Led by All-Americans Sonny Siebert, Bo Toft and Ray Uriarte, the Tigers advanced to the 1958 College World Series, where they lost to Southern California in the championship game.

Roster

1958 Missouri Tigers
Roster
Doug Gulick Bob Haas Bud Harbin Ralph Hochgrebe Hank Kuhlman Claude Lewis Steve Lewis Larry Luecke		Bob Meyers Ernie Nevers John O'Donoghue Sonny Siebert Gary Starr Paul Stehr Bo Toft Ray Uriarte

Schedule

1958 Missouri Tigers Baseball Game Log
Regular Season Opponent Score Overall Record Big Eight Record Ole Miss 12–6 1–0 – Ole Miss 14–5 2–0 – Arkansas State 13–0 3–0 – Arkansas State 2–3 3–1 – Nebraska 3–6 3–2 0-1 Nebraska 9–6 4–2 1-1 Nebraska 12–5 5–2 2-1 Washington University 4–5 5–3 – Kansas 25–14 6–3 3-1 Kansas State 24–2 7–3 4-1 Kansas State 5–0 8–3 5-1 Kansas State 3–6 8–4 5-2 Oklahoma 5–4 9–4 6-2 Washington University 12–3 10–4 – Iowa State 8–6 11–4 7-2 Iowa State 7–8 11–5 7-3 Iowa State 11–0 12–5 8-3 Colorado 17–8 13–5 9-3 Colorado 9–3 14–5 10-3 Colorado 8–3 15–5 11-3 Oklahoma State 14–4 16–5 12-3
Post–Season
NCAA Tournament: Division V Playoff Opponent Score Overall Record Iowa State Teachers 11–7 17–5 Iowa State Teachers 13–3 18–5
NCAA Tournament: College World Series Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record June 13 vs. Western Michigan Rosenblatt Stadium 3–1 19–5 June 15 vs. Colorado State Rosenblatt Stadium 11–2 20–5 June 16 vs. Holy Cross Rosenblatt Stadium 4–1 21–5 June 17 vs. Western Michigan Rosenblatt Stadium 3–1 22–5 June 18 vs. Southern California Rosenblatt Stadium 0–7 22–6 June 19 vs. Southern California Rosenblatt Stadium 7–8 22–7

Awards and honors

Ernie Nevers

• First Team All Big Eight^[4]

Sonny Siebert

• Third Team All-American^[4]
• All District V^[4]
• First Team All Big Eight^[4]

Bo Toft

• Second Team All-American^[4]
• All District V^[4]
• First Team All Big Eight^[4]

Ray Uriarte

• First Team All-American^[4]
• All District V^[4]
• First Team All Big Eight^[4]

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9. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1958". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 1, 2013.