1956 Washington State Cougars baseball team

The 1956 Washington State Cougars baseball team represented the Washington State College in the 1956 NCAA baseball season. The Cougars played their home games at Bailey Field. The team was coached by Buck Bailey in his 30th year as head coach at Washington State.

1956 Washington State Cougars baseball
PCC Northern Division champion PCC Champion District VIII champion
College World Series, T-7th
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Division	Northern
Record	28–8 (11–3 PCC)
Head coach	Buck Bailey (30th season)
Captain	Jerry Bartow (Senior year)
Home stadium	Bailey Field

1956 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
North Division
Washington State  ‍†‍‍y	11	–	3	–	0		.786			28	–	8	–	0		.778
Oregon  ‍‍‍	8	–	5	–	0		.615			18	–	8	–	0		.692
Oregon State  ‍‍‍	7	–	8	–	0		.467			17	–	13	–	0		.567
Washington  ‍‍‍	5	–	9	–	0		.357			5	–	11	–	0		.313
Idaho  ‍‍‍	4	–	9	–	0		.308			0	–	0	–	0		–
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
USC  ‍†‍‍	14	–	2	–	0		.875			21	–	5	–	0		.808
California  ‍‍‍	9	–	7	–	0		.563			25	–	9	–	0		.735
Stanford  ‍‍‍	9	–	7	–	0		.563			24	–	10	–	1		.700
UCLA  ‍‍‍	5	–	11	–	0		.313			11	–	21	–	2		.353
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍	3	–	13	–	0		.188			6	–	22	–	0		.214
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament

The Cougars won the District VIII to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the New Hampshire Wildcats.

Roster

1956 Washington State Cougars baseball team
Players	Coaches
f # Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town RHP Ron Aiken /R — — Jr LHP Jerry Bartow (C) /L — — Sr Bruce Boldt / — — P John Cavallini / — — INF Ron Foisy /R — — Sr RHP John Freeman /R — — Jeff Hardman /R — — Sr INF Gordon Hersey /R — — Sr Duane Lebow / — — OF Henry Legge / — — INF Bill Mashburn /R — — Sr P Don Nieland / — — OF Ron Overby R/ — — RHP George Plummer /R — — C Bill Rich /R — — OF Joe Trembly R/ — — C Bucky Walters / — — Gary Whiting / — — So INF Mo Winter / — — So	Head coach Buck Bailey Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: May 3, 2021

Schedule

1956 Washington State Cougars baseball game log
Regular season
March (2–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record PCC record 1 March 24 vs Oregon State Bengal Field • Lewiston, Idaho 3–4 0–1 0–0 2 March 24 vs Oregon State Bengal Field • Lewiston, Idaho 3–4 0–2 0–0 3 March 30 at Whitman Unknown • Walla Walla, Washington – 1–2 0–0 4 March 31 at Washington State Penitentiary Unknown • Walla Walla, Washington – 2–2 0–0
April (11–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record PCC record 10 April 10 Whitman Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 6–1 7–3 0–0 11 April 10 Whitman Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 4–0 8–3 0–0 12 April 14 Yakima Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 5–1 9–3 0–0 13 April 14 Yakima Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 3–2 10–3 0–0 14 April 17 Gonzaga Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 4–0 11–3 0–0 15 April 17 Gonzaga Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 17–7 12–3 0–0 16 April 20 Eastern Washington Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 8–2 13–3 0–0 17 April 20 Eastern Washington Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 7–3 14–3 0–0 18 April 23 Washington Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 8–7 15–3 1–0 19 April 24 Washington Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 9–2 16–3 2–0 20 April 27 at Washington Graves Field • Seattle, Washington 7–3 17–3 3–0 21 April 28 at Washington Graves Field • Seattle, Washington 18–1 18–3 4–0 22 April 30 at Oregon State Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon 7–5 19–3 5–0
May (6–3) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record PCC record 23 May 1 at Oregon State Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon 12–6 20–3 6–0 24 May 2 at Oregon Howe Field • Eugene, Oregon 10–4 21–3 7–0 25 May 3 Oregon Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 9–13 21–4 7–1 26 May 7 Idaho Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 1–2 21–5 7–2 27 May 14 Oregon State Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 4–0 22–5 8–2 28 May 15 Oregon State Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 9–3 23–5 9–2 29 May 18 Oregon Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 8–6 24–5 10–2 30 May 19 Oregon Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 2–4 24–6 10–3 31 May 26 at Idaho MacLean Field • Moscow, Idaho 1–2 25–6 11–3
Postseason
NCAA District VIII Playoff (2–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record PCC record 33 June 1 vs Southern California Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 6–2 27–6 11–3 34 June 2 vs Southern California Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 5–4 28–6 11–3
College World Series (0–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record PCC record 35 June 9 vs Bradley Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 3–4 28–7 11–3 36 June 10 vs New Hampshire Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 4–6 28–8 11–3

Awards and honors

Ron Aiken

• First Team All-District VIII

Bill Rich

• Third Team All-American
• First Team All-District VIII