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American college baseball season

1950 Bradley Braves baseball
Missouri Valley regular season champions
Missouri Valley tournament champions
District V Playoff champions
College World Series, T-7th
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
DivisionEast
Record17–15–1 (5–0 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumTom Connor Field
Seasons← 19491951 →
1950 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
East
Bradley  ‍‍‡‍ 5 – 0 – 0   1.000 17 – 15 – 1   .530
Saint Louis  ‍‍‍ 3 – 2 – 0   .600 0 – 0 – 0   –
Detroit  ‍‍‍ 1 – 3 – 0   .250 10 – 6 – 0   .625
Drake  ‍‍‍ 0 – 4 – 0   .000 0 – 0 – 0   –
West
Oklahoma A&M  ‍‍‍ 6 – 3 – 0   .667 15 – 7 – 0   .682
Tulsa  ‍‍‍ 3 – 3 – 0   .500 6 – 10 – 0   .375
Wichita State  ‍‍‍ 1 – 5 – 0   .167 4 – 14 – 0   .222
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
As of June 30, 1950


The 1950 Bradley Braves baseball team represented Bradley University in the 1950 NCAA baseball season. The Braves played their home games at Tom Connor Field. The team was coached by Leo Schrall in his 2nd year at Bradley.

The Braves won the District V playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Tufts Jumbos.

Roster

1950 Bradley Braves baseball team
Players Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town
P Don Alford / — — Jr Peoria, Illinois
John Bjorkman / — — Sr Lockport, Illinois
Roger Bruninga / — — Jr Glasford, Illinois
OF Al Daynor / — — Chicago, Illinois
Bill Ellsbury / — — Waukegan, Illinois
Bill Fivek / — — Berwyn, Illinois
Adolph Friedrich / — — Sr Peoria, Illinois
Harmon Groover / — — Sr Canton, Illinois
INF Jack Hills / — — Fr Joliet, Illinois
Harry Levonian / — — Racine, Wisconsin
Jack Mallory / — — Peoria, Illinois
Russ Mason / — — Jr Peoria, Illinois
INF Gene Melchiorre / — — Jr Highland Park, Illinois
Ken Olson / — — Erie, Illinois
Bob Oltman / — — Pekin, Illinois
Fred Parks / — — Jr Chicago, Illinois
Fred Schlichtmann / — — Centralia, Illinois
Don Schnake / — — Centralia, Illinois
Gene Stevens / — — Joliet, Illinois
Don Sutter / — — Peoria, Illinois
INF Emil Syngel R/ — — Chicago, Illinois
OF Bill Tuttle / — — Farmington, Illinois
Bill Wasack / — — Chicago Illinois
Fred Weeks / — — Peoria, Illinois
Ken Wells / — — Weldon, Illinois
Bill Wilson / — — Lewistown, Illinois
Head coach

Leo Schrall

Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Current redshirt

Schedule

1950 Bradley Braves baseball game log
Regular season
April (8–7–1)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record MVC record
1 April 1 Wisconsin Tom Connor Field • Peoria, Illinois 8–7 1–0 –
2 April 1 Wisconsin Tom Connor Field • Peoria, Illinois 5–10 1–1 –
3 April 4 at Florida Perry Field • Gainesville, Florida 8–2 1–2 –
4 April 5 at Florida Perry Field • Gainesville, Florida 6–10 1–3 –
5 April 6 vs Clemson Alfond Stadium • Winter Park, Florida 3–2 2–3 –
6 April 7 at Rollins Alfond Stadium • Winter Park, Florida 0–0 2–3–1 –
7 April 7 at Rollins Alfond Stadium • Winter Park, Florida 11–8 3–3–1 –
8 April 8 vs Clemson Alfond Stadium • Winter Park, Florida 1–9 3–4–1 –
9 April 10 at Florida State Seminole Field • Tallahassee, Florida 2–3 3–5–1 –
10 April 11 at Florida State Seminole Field • Tallahassee, Florida 10–1 4–5–1 –
11 April 15 Chicago Tom Connor Field • Peoria, Illinois 3–6 4–6–1 –
12 April 17 at Iowa Unknown • Iowa City, Iowa 0–1 4–7–1 –
13 April 18 at Iowa Unknown • Iowa City, Iowa 6–2 5–7–1 –
14 April 21 Drake Tom Connor Field • Peoria, Illinois 11–2 6–7–1 1–0
15 April 22 Drake Tom Connor Field • Peoria, Illinois 10–4 7–7–1 2–0
16 April 29 Saint Louis Tom Connor Field • Peoria, Illinois 4–0 8–7–1 3–0
May (3–1)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record MVC record
17 May 5 at Detroit Unknown • Detroit, Michigan 9–0 9–7–1 4–0
18 May 6 at Detroit Unknown • Detroit, Michigan 15–6 10–7–1 5–0
19 May 8 Arkansas Tom Connor Field • Peoria, Illinois 10–2 11–7–1 5–0
20 May 10 at Chicago Unknown • Chicago, Illinois 5–10 11–8–1 5–0
Postseason
MVC Tournament (2–1)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record MVC record
21 May 12 Oklahoma A&M Tom Connor Field • Peoria, Illinois 9–3 12–8–1 5–0
22 May 13 Oklahoma A&M Tom Connor Field • Peoria, Illinois 4–8 12–9–1 5–0
23 May 13 Oklahoma A&M Tom Connor Field • Peoria, Illinois 2–1 13–9–1 5–0
May (2–1)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record MVC record
24 May 19 St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tom Connor Field • Peoria, Illinois 10–5 14–9–1 5–0
25 May 20 St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tom Connor Field • Peoria, Illinois 4–3 15–9–1 5–0
26 May 22 at Wisconsin Guy Lowman Field • Madison, Wisconsin 4–6 15–10–1 5–0
District V Playoff (2–0)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record MVC record
27 May 30 at Nebraska Husker Diamond • Lincoln, Nebraska 10–6 16–10–1 5–0
28 May 30 at Nebraska Husker Diamond • Lincoln, Nebraska 8–4 17–10–1 5–0
June (0–3)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record MVC record
29 June 2 at Michigan State Old College Field • East Lansing, Michigan 3–6 17–11–1 5–0
30 June 3 at Michigan State Old College Field • East Lansing, Michigan 3–4 17–12–1 5–0
31 June 10 at Purdue Unknown • West Lafayette, Indiana 5–10 17–13–1 5–0
College World Series (0–2)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record MVC record
32 June 16 vs Alabama Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 2–9 17–14–1 5–0
33 June 18 vs Tufts Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 4–5 17–15–1 5–0

References

  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1950". BoydsWorld.com. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
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