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
College World Series, T-7th
Conference	Rocky Mountain Conference
Record	15–9 (9–1 RMC)
Head coach	Pete Butler (10th season)
Home stadium	Jackson Field

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 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

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

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 Field • Greeley, 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 Stadium • Omaha, 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

Bob Distifano

• All-Rocky Mountain Conference Team

Jim DiTollo

• All-Rocky Mountain Conference Team

Bob Stewart

• All-Rocky Mountain Conference Team

Cyril Trofholz

• All-Rocky Mountain Conference Team