1970 Iowa State Cyclones baseball team

The 1970 Iowa State Cyclones baseball team represented Iowa State University in the 1970 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Cyclones played their home games at Cap Timm Field. The team was coached by Cap Timm in his 29th year as head coach at Iowa State.

1970 Iowa State Cyclones baseball
District V Playoff Big Eight Champions
College World Series, 3rd
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	19–11 (13–5 Big 8)
Head coach	Cap Timm (29th season)
Assistant coach	Clair Rierson

1970 Big Eight Conference baseball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 Iowa State  ‍†‍‍y	13	–	5		.722			19	–	11		.633
Kansas  ‍‍‍	10	–	7		.588			15	–	8		.652
Nebraska  ‍‍‍	11	–	8		.579			15	–	11		.577
Oklahoma  ‍‍‍	10	–	9		.526			20	–	17		.541
Missouri  ‍‍‍	8	–	9		.471			12	–	13		.480
Kansas State  ‍‍‍	8	–	10		.444			13	–	16		.448
Colorado  ‍‍‍	6	–	12		.333			14	–	16		.467
Oklahoma State  ‍‍‍	5	–	11		.313			12	–	16		.429
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1970 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Cyclones won the District V playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Ohio Bobcats.

Roster

1970 Iowa State Cyclones baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town Larry Corrigan L/R — — So LHP Mike Gillespie /L — — So INF Jerry Lundin L/ — — Jr LHP Don Powers /L — — Fr	Head coach Cap Timm Assistant coach(es) Clair Rierson Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

1970 Iowa State Cyclones baseball game log
Regular season
April (9–5) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 8 record 1 April 3 vs Minnesota Cap Timm Field • Ames, Iowa 2–1 1–0 – 2 April 3 vs Minnesota Cap Timm Field • Ames, Iowa 0–5 1–1 – 3 April 4 vs Minnesota Cap Timm Field • Ames, Iowa 0–9 1–2 – 4 April 4 vs Minnesota Cap Timm Field • Ames, Iowa 0–5 1–3 – 5 April vs Iowa Unknown • Unknown 0–1 1–4 – 6 April at Missouri Simmons Field • Columbia, Missouri 1–0 2–4 1–0 7 April at Missouri Simmons Field • Columbia, Missouri 5–1 3–4 2–0 8 April at Missouri Simmons Field • Columbia, Missouri 16–9 4–4 3–0 9 April vs Colorado Unknown • Unknown 6–5 5–4 4–0 10 April vs Drake Unknown • Unknown 13–2 6–4 4–0 11 April 24 at Oklahoma Unknown • Norman, Oklahoma 8–2 7–4 5–0 12 April 24 at Oklahoma Unknown • Norman, Oklahoma 6–5 8–4 6–0 13 April 25 at Oklahoma Unknown • Norman, Oklahoma 3–7 8–5 6–1 14 April 28 vs Northern Iowa Cap Timm Field • Ames, Iowa 2–1 9–5 6–1
May (7–4) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 8 record 15 May 2 Kansas State Cap Timm Field • Ames, Iowa 6–3 10–5 7–1 16 May 2 Kansas State Cap Timm Field • Ames, Iowa 7–5 11–5 8–1 17 May 8 Oklahoma State Cap Timm Field • Ames, Iowa 2–1 12–5 9–1 18 May 9 Oklahoma State Cap Timm Field • Ames, Iowa 3–5 12–6 9–2 19 May 9 Oklahoma State Cap Timm Field • Ames, Iowa 4–0 13–6 10–2 20 May 15 at Kansas Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, Kansas 3–1 14–6 11–2 21 May 15 at Kansas Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, Kansas 2–3 14–7 11–3 22 May 16 at Kansas Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, Kansas 1–2 14–8 11–4 23 May 20 Nebraska Cap Timm Field • Ames, Iowa 4–1 15–8 12–4 24 May 20 Nebraska Cap Timm Field • Ames, Iowa 0–2 15–9 12–5 25 May 21 Nebraska Cap Timm Field • Ames, Iowa 9–3 16–9 13–5
Postseason
NCAA District V Playoff (2–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 8 record 26 May 31 Tulsa Cap Timm Field • Ames, Iowa 7–6 17–9 13–5 27 June 1 Tulsa Cap Timm Field • Ames, Iowa 4–0 18–9 13–5
College World Series (1–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 8 record 28 June 13 vs Dartmouth Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 6–7 18–10 13–5 29 June 14 vs Arizona Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 7–1 19–10 13–5 30 June 15 vs Ohio Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 6–9 19–11 13–5

Awards and honors

Jerry Lundin

• All-Tournament Team