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American college baseball season

1950 Wisconsin Badgers baseball
Big Nine Conference regular season
College World Series, 4th
ConferenceBig Nine Conference
Record19–9 (9–3 Big Nine)
Head coach
Assistant coachFritz Wegner
MVPGene Evans (Senior year)
CaptainGene Evans (Senior year)
Home stadiumGuy Lowman Field
Seasons← 19491951 →
1950 Big Nine Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Wisconsin  ‍†‍‍ 9 – 3   .750 19 – 9   .679
Michigan  ‍†‍‍ 9 – 3   .750 18 – 9   .667
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 8 – 3   .727 19 – 6   .760
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 6 – 5   .545 13 – 6   .684
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 5   .545 17 – 12   .586
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 4 – 4   .500 11 – 12   .478
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 4 – 6   .400 14 – 7   .667
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 2 – 8   .200 12 – 14   .462
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 1 – 8   .111 11 – 17   .393
As of June 16, 1950
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 1950 Wisconsin Badgers baseball team is a baseball team that represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1950 NCAA baseball season. The Badgers were members of the Big Nine Conference and played their home games at Guy Lowman Field in Madison, Wisconsin. They were led by eleventh-year head coach Arthur Mansfield.

Roster

1950 Wisconsin Badgers baseball team
Players Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town
INF Ernie Bauer / — —
Glenn Christiansen / — —
Bruce Elliott / — — Sr
INF Gene Evans R/R 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Sr Shawano, Wisconsin
INF Shelley Fink /R — — Jr
OF Paul Furseth / — —
Mel Gaestel R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) — So Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Ed Keating / — —
RHP Thornton Kipper R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Bagley, Wisconsin
Ray Lenahan / — —
Harlan Quandt / — —
Gene Radke / — —
John Schnurr / — —
INF Bob Shea / — —
John Tennant / — —
C Red Wilson R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Head coach

Arthur Mansfield

Assistant coach(es)

Fritz Wegner

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

Schedule

1950 Wisconsin Badgers baseball game log
Regular season
April (7–3)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big Nine record
1 April 1 at Bradley Unknown • Peoria, Illinois 7–8 0–1 –
2 April 1 at Bradley Unknown • Peoria, Illinois 10–5 1–1 –
3 April vs Western Michigan Unknown • Unknown 7–5 2–1 –
4 April vs Akron Unknown • Unknown 8–1 3–1 –
5 April vs Ohio Unknown • Unknown 1–7 3–2 –
6 April 21 Ohio State Guy Lowman Field • Madison, Wisconsin 11–5 4–2 1–0
7 April 22 Ohio State Guy Lowman Field • Madison, Wisconsin 7–9 4–3 1–1
8 April vs Northwestern Unknown • Unknown 13–6 5–3 2–1
9 April vs Northwestern Unknown • Unknown 4–2 6–3 3–1
10 April vs Appleton Papermakers Unknown • Unknown 19–5 7–3 3–1
May (8–4)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big Nine record
11 May 5 at Purdue Lambert Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 5–0 8–3 4–1
12 May 6 at Purdue Lambert Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 1–6 8–4 4–2
13 May 10 Notre Dame Guy Lowman Field • Madison, Wisconsin 5–10 8–5 4–2
14 May 11 Notre Dame Guy Lowman Field • Madison, Wisconsin 5–14 8–6 4–2
15 May vs Iowa Unknown • Unknown 6–5 9–6 5–2
16 May vs Iowa Unknown • Unknown 4–9 9–7 5–3
17 May 19 vs Michigan Unknown • Unknown 4–3 10–7 6–3
18 May 20 vs Michigan Unknown • Unknown 7–6 11–7 7–3
19 May 22 Bradley Guy Lowman Field • Madison, Wisconsin 6–4 12–7 7–3
20 May 25 vs Winona Teachers Unknown • Unknown 13–7 13–7 7–3
21 May vs Minnesota Unknown • Unknown 9–8 14–7 8–3
22 May vs Minnesota Unknown • Unknown 2–0 15–7 9–3
June (2–0)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big Nine record
23 June 8 at Michigan State Old College Field • East Lansing, Michigan 13–6 16–7 9–3
24 June vs Ohio Unknown • Unknown 4–1 17–7 9–3
Postseason
1950 College World Series (2–2)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big Nine record
25 June 15 vs Colorado A&M Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 7–3 18–7 9–3
26 June 17 vs Rutgers Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 3–5 18–8 9–3
27 June 20 vs Alabama Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 3–1 19–8 9–3
28 June 21 vs Rutgers Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 2–13 19–9 9–3

Awards and honors

Thornton Kipper
  • District IV All Star
  • Second Team All-American
Red Wilson
  • Third Team All-American

References

  1. "Big Ten Conference standings" (PDF). BigTen.org. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  2. "1989 Wisconsin Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). www.uwbadgers.com. University of Wisconsin. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
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