1957 Colorado State Bears baseball team

The 1957 Northern Colorado Bears baseball team represented Colorado State College in the 1957 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Bears played their home games at Jackson Field. The team was coached by Pete Butler in his 15th year at Northern Colorado.

1957 Northern Colorado Bears baseball
Rocky Mountain Conference champions
District VII playoff champions
ConferenceRocky Mountain Conference
Record24–5 (– RMC)
Head coach
Home stadiumJackson Field
Seasons
← 1956
1958 →

The Bears won the District VII playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Arizona Wildcats.

Roster

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1957 Colorado State Bears baseball team
Players Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town
Ken Berger /
RHP Gayle Bernhardt /R
Fred Boom /
OF Irv Brown /
Denver, Colorado
INF Wayne Coates /
Delbert Davies /
Fred Diehl /
Joe Duca /
LHP Joe Edson /L
Don Gentry /R
Jim Graff /
Art Griffin /
RHP John Hogg /R
Tom Jenkins /
Ken Kempf /
Larry Klumb /
Jack McColl /
Bill Oster /
Joe Peck /
32 OF Del Peterson /
Don Stern /
Willie Wright /R
Head coach

Pete Butler

Assistant coach(es)

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

Schedule

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1957 Northern Colorado Bears baseball game log
Regular season
April (0–0)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record RMC record
May (0–0)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record RMC record
May 22  at Air Force Falcon Baseball FieldColorado Springs, Colorado 13–3
May 25  Air Force Jackson FieldGreeley, Colorado 8–6
May 25  Air Force Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado 5–11
Postseason
District VII Playoff (2–1)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record RMC record
28 June 1  Denver Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado 8–3 23–5
29 June 1  Denver Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado 3–4 23–6
30 June 3  at Denver Unknown • Denver, Colorado 5–3 24–6
College World Series (0–2)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record RMC record
31 June 8 vs California Omaha Municipal StadiumOmaha, Nebraska 0–4 24–7
32 June 9 vs Notre Dame Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 2–23 24–8

References

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