1953 Stanford Indians baseball team

The 1953 Stanford Indians baseball team represented Stanford University in the 1953 NCAA baseball season. The Indians played their home games at Sunken Diamond. The team was coached by Everett Dean in his 4th year at Stanford.

1953 Stanford Indians baseball
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association champions District VIII champions
College World Series, T-5th
Conference	California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
Record	29–15–2 (10–6 CIBA)
Head coach	Everett Dean (4th season)
Home stadium	Sunken Diamond

1953 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
North Division
Oregon  ‍†‍‍	9	–	3	–	0		.750			15	–	4	–	0		.789
Oregon State  ‍‍‍	8	–	3	–	0		.727			15	–	9	–	0		.625
Washington State  ‍‍‍	8	–	8	–	0		.500			14	–	14	–	1		.500
Idaho  ‍‍‍	6	–	7	–	0		.462			0	–	0	–	0		–
Washington  ‍‍‍	1	–	11	–	0		.083			4	–	15	–	1		.225
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
Stanford  ‍†‍‍y	10	–	6	–	0		.625			29	–	5	–	2		.833
USC  ‍‍‍	10	–	6	–	0		.625			21	–	9	–	0		.700
California  ‍‍‍	8	–	8	–	0		.500			22	–	15	–	0		.595
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍	6	–	10	–	0		.375			14	–	15	–	0		.483
UCLA  ‍‍‍	6	–	10	–	0		.375			16	–	20	–	0		.444
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament

The Indians won the District VIII Playoff to advanced to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Lafayette Leopards.

Roster

1953 Stanford Indians baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town Michael Acker / — — Ken Brown / — — Richard Cole / — — Thomas Dandurand / — — Donald DeLong / — — Chuck Essegian / — — Howard Evans / — — Warren Goodrich / — — John Hall / — — Harold Hennacy / — — Rodger Irvine / — — P Rob Murphy / — — Philip Page / — — David Rosenkrantz / — — Richard Scramaglia / — — C Jack Shepard / — — Ray Swarts / — — Alan Talboy / — —	Head coach Everett Dean Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

1953 Stanford Indians baseball game log
Regular season
March (0–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CIBA record March 27 at Southern California Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 7–1 – – March 28 at Southern California Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 5–2 – –
April (0–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CIBA record April UCLA Unknown • Unknown 0–1 – – April UCLA Unknown • Unknown 4–12 – – April 24 Southern California Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 11–10 – –
May (0–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CIBA record May UCLA Unknown • Unknown 2–0 – – May UCLA Unknown • Unknown 6–10 – –
Postseason
District VIII Playoff (0–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CIBA record
College World Series (1–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CIBA record 34 June 11 vs Michigan Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 0–4 28–4–2 10–6 35 June 12 vs Houston Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 7–6 29–4–2 10–6 36 June 13 vs Lafayette Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 3–4 29–5–2 10–6

Awards and honors

Jack Shepard

• First Team All-American American Baseball Coaches Association