1959 Penn State Nittany Lions baseball team

The 1959 Penn State Nittany Lions baseball team represented Pennsylvania State University in the 1959 NCAA University Division baseball season. The head coach was Joe Bedenk, serving his 29th year.

1959 Penn State Nittany Lions baseball
College World Series, 4th
Conference	Independent
CB	No. 4
Record	17–6
Head coach	Joe Bedenk (29th season)
Assistant coach	Chuck Bedlar
Captain	Bob Hoover
Home stadium	Beaver Field

The Nittany Lions lost in the College World Series, defeated by the Oklahoma State.

Roster

1959 Penn State Nittany Lions baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town John Adams / — — Bob Arner / — — Harry Beans / — — Larry Beighey / — — Bill Benton / — — Charles Caldwell / — — Richard DeLong / — — Tom Durbin / — — INF Larry Fegley R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Allentown, Pennsylvania Mike Hader / — — INF Bob Hoover / — — Bob Hrobak / — — P Ed Kikla / — — Richard Landis (C) / — — Luff / — — McSparran / — — Ron Riese / — — Ron Rinker / — —	Head coach Joe Bedenk Assistant coach(es) Chuck Medlar Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

1959 Penn State Nittany Lions baseball game log
Regular season
April (7–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 1 April 8 Gettysburg New Beaver Field • University Park, Pennsylvania 10–6 1–0 2 April 14 Bucknell New Beaver Field • University Park, Pennsylvania 8–7 2–0 3 April 17 Ohio State New Beaver Field • University Park, Pennsylvania 3–6 2–1 4 April 18 Ohio State New Beaver Field • University Park, Pennsylvania 6–1 3–1 5 April 18 Ohio State New Beaver Field • University Park, Pennsylvania 8–2 4–1 6 April 22 at Bucknell Unknown • Lewisburg, Pennsylvania 2–1 5–1 7 April 25 at Georgetown Unknown • Washington, D. C. 9–0 6–1 8 April 25 at Georgetown Unknown • Washington, D. C. 17–3 7–1
May (6–3) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 9 May 2 Penn New Beaver Field • University Park, Pennsylvania 10–3 8–1 10 May 5 at Navy Unknown • Annapolis, Maryland 6–3 9–1 11 May 8 at Colgate Unknown • Hamilton, New York 7–5 10–1 12 May 9 at Syracuse Lew Carr Field • Syracuse, New York 6–10 10–2 13 May 9 at Syracuse Lew Carr Field • Syracuse, New York 9–1 11–2 14 May 16 at West Virginia Unknown • Morgantown, West Virginia 4–2 12–2 15 May 20 Pittsburgh New Beaver Field • University Park, Pennsylvania 5–6 12–3 16 May 20 Pittsburgh New Beaver Field • University Park, Pennsylvania 10–0 13–3 17 May 22 at Temple Erny Field • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 9–13 13–4
Postseason
District II Tournament (2–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 18 June 4 Temple New Beaver Field • University Park, Pennsylvania 16–4 14–4 19 June 5 Ithaca New Beaver Field • University Park, Pennsylvania 7–3 15–4
1959 College World Series (2–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 20 June 13 vs Connecticut Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 5–3 16–4 21 June 14 vs Oklahoma State Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 6–8 16–5 22 June 15 vs Clemson Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 7–0 17–5 23 June 16 vs Oklahoma State Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 3–4 17–6