1951 Texas A&M Aggies baseball team

The 1951 Texas A&M Aggies baseball team represented Texas A&M University in the 1951 NCAA baseball season. The Aggies played their home games at Kyle Baseball Field. The team was coached by Beau Bell in his 1st year at Texas A&M.

1951 Texas A&M Aggies baseball
College World Series, T-5th
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record21–11 (11–4 SWC)
Head coach
CaptainGuy Wallace (Senior year)
Home stadiumKyle Baseball Field
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 Southwest Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 11 4   .733 21 11   .656
Texas  ‍‍‍ 11 4   .733 17 6   .739
TCU  ‍‍‍ 8 7   .533 10 11   .476
SMU  ‍‍‍ 6 9   .400 10 12   .455
Baylor  ‍‍‍ 6 9   .400 10 10   .500
Rice  ‍‍‍ 3 12   .200 8 13   .381
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the College World Series
As of June 30, 1951[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Aggies won the District VI playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Utah Redskins.

Roster

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1951 Texas A&M Aggies baseball team
Players Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town
OF Hollis Baker /
Sam Blanton /
P George Brown /
INF Hank Candelari R/R
OF John DeWitt R/
INF Jim Dishman /
INF Joe Ecrette /R
RHP Sid Goodloe /R
C Martin Hamilton /
RHP Pat Hubert R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 165 lb (75 kg)
INF Jerry Lastelick /
2 OF Yale Lary R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fort Worth, Texas
OF Bill McPherson R/
7 INF Bill Munnerlyn /L
4 C Al Ogletree R/R
San Antonio, Texas
RHP Bob Tankersley /R
Blanton Taylor R/
1 INF Guy Wallace (C) /R
Sr
Head coach

Beau Bell

Assistant coach(es)

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

Schedule

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1951 Texas A&M Aggies baseball game log
Regular season
March (6–4)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record
1 March 2 B. A. M. C. Kyle Baseball FieldCollege Station, Texas 8–7 1–0
2 March 3 B. A. M. C. Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 1–2 1–1
3 March 14 Houston Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 3–1 2–1
4 March 17 at Houston Buffalo StadiumHouston, Texas 3–7 2–2
5 March 20 Sam Houston State Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 16–8 3–2
6 March 22 at B. A. M. C. Unknown • San Antonio, Texas 4–12 3–3
7 March 23 at B. A. M. C. Unknown • San Antonio, Texas 10–3 4–3
8 March 28 Minnesota Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 2–0 5–3
9 March 29 Minnesota Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 0–1 5–4
10 March 31 El Dorado Oilers Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 7–4 6–4
April (6–4)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record
11 April 3 Baylor Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 2–3 6–5 0–1
12 April 6 SMU Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 3–0 7–5 1–1
13 April 7 SMU Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 3–0 8–5 2–1
14 April 9 TCU Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 4–5 8–6 2–2
15 April 14 Rice Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 7–2 9–6 3–2
16 April 17 at Sam Houston State Unknown • Huntsville, Texas 13–3 10–6 3–2
17 April 21 at Texas Clark FieldAustin, Texas 10–14 10–7 3–3
18 April 27 at TCU Unknown • Fort Worth, Texas 6–7 10–8 3–4
19 April 28 at TCU Unknown • Fort Worth, Texas 8–1 11–8 4–4
20 April 30 at SMU Unknown • Dallas, Texas 5–4 12–8 5–4
May (6–0)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record
21 May 4 at Baylor Unknown • Waco, Texas 9–0 13–8 6–4
22 May 5 at Baylor Unknown • Waco, Texas 12–6 14–8 7–4
23 May 11 at Rice Unknown • Houston, Texas 13–2 15–8 8–4
24 May 12 at Rice Unknown • Houston, Texas 16–9 16–8 9–4
25 May 17 Texas Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 4–2 17–8 10–4
26 May 18 Texas Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 4–1 18–8 11–4
Postseason
District VI Tournament (2–1)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record
27 May 23 at Arizona UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 5–4 19–8 11–4
28 May 24 at Arizona UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 4–21 19–9 11–4
29 May 25 at Arizona UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 14–2 20–9 11–4
College World Series (1–2)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record
30 June 13 vs Springfield Omaha Municipal StadiumOmaha, Nebraska 1–5 20–10 11–4
31 June 14 vs Ohio State Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 3–2 21–10 11–4
32 June 15 vs Utah Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 8–15 21–11 11–4

Awards and honors

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Hank Candelari
John DeWitt
  • All-Southwest Conference
Pat Hubert
Yale Lary
  • All-Southwest Conference
Al Ogletree
  • All-Southwest Conference
Guy Wallace
  • All-Southwest Conference[2]

References

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  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1951". boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  2. ^ "1951 Aggieland". www.bookreader.library.tamu.edu. Texas A&M University. Retrieved October 21, 2020.