1963 Holy Cross Crusaders baseball team

1963 Holy Cross Crusaders baseball
1963 Holy Cross Crusaders baseball
District I champions
College World Series, T-7th
Conference	Independent
CB	No. 7
Record	13–10
Head coach	Albert Riopel (3rd season);
Home stadium	Fitton Field
	Seasons ← 1962 1964 →

The 1963 Holy Cross Crusaders baseball team represented the College of the Holy Cross in the 1963 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Crusaders played their home games at Fitton Field. The team was coached by Albert Riopel in his 3rd year as head coach at Holy Cross.

The Crusaders won the District I playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Southern California Trojans.

Roster

Players

Coaches

#	Pos.	Name	B/T	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
	INF	Tony Arena	/	—	—
		Joe Armstrong	/	—	—
		Jim Bidwell	/	—	—
	OF	Tony Capo (C)	/	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	—	Sr
		Hank Cutting	/	—	—
	C	Bob Hargraves	/	—	—
18		Jim Holloran	/R	—	—
		Tom Jordan	/	—	—	Jr
	P	Dick Joyce	/	—	—	So
	INF	Bud Knittel	/	—	—	So
		Rick Manning	/	—	—
	INF	Paul Morano	/	—	—
		Tim Murtaugh	/	—	—
19	INF	John Peterman	/R	—	—	Sr
		Bill Prizio	/R	—	—
	P	Don Riedl	/	—	—	Sr	Worcester, Massachusetts
		Bill Sexton	/	—	—
	P	Mike Skane	/L	—	—
	P	Paul Symeon	/	—	—
		John Wendelken	/	—	—
		Ed Widronak	/	—	—	So

Roster
Last update: October 2, 2021

1963 Holy Cross Crusaders baseball game log

Regular season

April (3–1)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record
1	April 19	Connecticut	Fitton Field • Worcester, Massachusetts	6–1	1–0
2	April 20	Ithaca	Fitton Field • Worcester, Massachusetts	5–9	1–1
3	April 25	Assumption	Unknown • Worcester, Massachusetts	12–0	2–1
4	April 27	Dartmouth	Fitton Field • Worcester, Massachusetts	2–1	3–1

May (5–3)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record
5	May 1	at Providence	Unknown • Providence, Rhode Island	1–2	3–2
6	May 3	AIC	Fitton Field • Worcester, Massachusetts	8–2	4–2
7	May 4	Boston University	Fitton Field • Worcester, Massachusetts	19–1	5–2
8	May 8	Brown	Fitton Field • Worcester, Massachusetts	3–9	5–3
9	May 13	at Harvard	Soldier's Field • Cambridge, Massachusetts	2–1	6–3
10	May	Providence	Unknown • Unknown	10–1	7–3
11	May 21	at UMass	Unknown • Amherst, Massachusetts	1–2	7–4
12	May	Amherst	Unknown • Unknown	15–1	8–4

Postseason

District I Playoff (2–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record
13	May 29	Boston College	John Shea Field • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts	4–0	9–4
14	May 29	at Boston College	John Shea Field • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts	7–4	10–4

May (0–1)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record
15	May 30	at Boston College	John Shea Field • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts	3–6	10–5

District I Playoff (2–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record
16	June 1	Providence	Fitton Field • Worcester, Massachusetts	11–0	11–5
17	June 1	Providence	Fitton Field • Worcester, Massachusetts	7–4	12–5

June (1–3)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record
18	June 3	at Dartmouth	Red Rolfe Field • Hanover, New Hampshire	3–6	12–6
19	June	Yale	Unknown • Unknown	2–3	12–7
20	June	Boston College	Unknown • Unknown	0–3	12–8
21	June	Boston College	Unknown • Unknown	17–2	13–8

College World Series (0–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record
22	June 10	vs Missouri	Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	0–3	13–9
23	June 11	vs Southern California	Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	5–6	13–10