1954_Missouri_Tigers_baseball_team
1954 Missouri Tigers baseball team
American college baseball season
The 1954 Missouri Tigers baseball team represented the University of Missouri in the 1954 NCAA baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Rollins Field. The team was coached by Hi Simmons in his 16th season at Missouri.
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| Conference | Big Eight Conference |
| Record | 22–4 (11–1 Big Seven) |
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| Home stadium | Rollins Field |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri †y | 11 | – | 1 | .917 | 22 | – | 4 | .846 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 12 | – | 8 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 4 | – | 5 | .444 | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 4 | – | 6 | .400 | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 10 | – | 10 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 3 | – | 10 | .231 | 8 | – | 12 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1954[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Tigers won the College World Series, defeating Rollins College 4-1 in the final.[2][3]
College World Series
In the first round, Missouri defeated the Lafayette Leopards by a score of 6-3. Missouri was then knocked into the loser's bracket after a 4-1 second-round loss to Art Brophy and Rollins College.[4] Behind lefthander Ed Cook, the Tigers then defeated the UMass Minutemen 8-1.[4]
Missouri defeated Oklahoma A&M Aggies 7-3 in the behind a strong outing from starting pitcher Norm Stewart and home runs from Jerry Schoonmaker and George Gleason.[5] Tied 3-3 with the Michigan State Spartans heading into the ninth inning, Emil Kammer singled home Buddy Cox to propel Missouri into the championship game for a rematch against Rollins College and Art Brophy.[4]
Missouri bested Rollins 4-1 in the championship game behind a great outing from Ed Cook and a Buddy Cox home run.[6]
With seven triples, Missouri tied Holy Cross's record for triples in a College World Series.[7]
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- Jerry Schoonmaker
- Emil Kammer
- All-District V[2]
- Bob Musgrave
- All-District V[2]
- "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1954". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
- "2012 Mizzou Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). mutigers.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 14, 2014. Retrieved June 13, 2012.
- "1954 College World Series". Omaha.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2011. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
- AP (June 15, 1954). "M.U. Nine Near NCAA Title; Soph Lefties to Go Tonight". Lawrence Journal-World. Retrieved June 13, 2012.
- UP (June 14, 1954). "Michigan State, Missouri Clash in Semi-Finals". Victoria Advocate. Retrieved June 13, 2012.
- AP (June 17, 1954). "Buddy Cox Swat Homer to Win Out". Southeast Missourian. Retrieved June 13, 2012.
- "CWS Series Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 13, 2012.
- AP (June 23, 1954). "Dean Named All-American". Eugene Register-Guard. Retrieved June 13, 2012.