Missouri Tigers baseball 1950–1959

1953 Missouri Tigers baseball
1953 Missouri Tigers baseball
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	11–8 (9–5 Big Seven)
Head coach	Hi Simmons (15th year);
	Seasons ← 1952 1954 →

1951 Missouri Tigers baseball
1951 Missouri Tigers baseball
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	12–6 (9–4 Big Seven)
Head coach	Hi Simmons (13th year);
	Seasons ← 1950 1952 →

1950 Missouri Tigers baseball
1950 Missouri Tigers baseball
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	11–9 (8-5 Big Seven)
Head coach	Hi Simmons (12th year);
	Seasons ← 1949 1951 →

During the 1950s the Missouri Tigers baseball team were playing in the Big Eight Conference (before 1958 the "Big Seven Conference"). They finished the season as champions in 1952 and 1958, and both times were runners-up in the College World Series.

1950

1950 Big Seven Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Nebraska ‍†‍‍^y	11	–	3	.786	16	–	8	.667
Missouri ‍‍‍	8	–	5	.615	11	–	9	.550
Oklahoma ‍‍‍	7	–	5	.583	14	–	8	.636
Kansas ‍‍‍	8	–	8	.500	10	–	8	.556
Iowa State ‍‍‍	4	–	5	.444		–		–
Colorado ‍‍‍	4	–	7	.364		–		–
Kansas State ‍‍‍	5	–	11	.313	7	–	13	.350

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1950^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1950 Missouri Tigers baseball team represented the University of Missouri in the 1950 NCAA baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Rollins Field. The team was coached by Hi Simmons in his 12th season at Missouri.

Roster

1950 Missouri Tigers
Roster
Lowell Alexander Ross Boeger Gene Crenshaw Bob Davis Sam Eatock Floyd Eberhard Roger Englert Jack Frier Bob Harting Bud Heineman		Kent Kurtz Clyde Lannenbeck Bob Murrey Robert Phillips Bill Reddan Jerry Rosenheim Bob Smith Walter Ulmer Bob Wachter

Schedule

Legend
	Missouri win
	Missouri loss

1950 Missouri Tigers baseball game log

Regular season
Date	Opponent	Score	Overall record	Big Seven Record
	Arkansas	L 4–7	0–1
	SMU	L 11–20	0–2
	TCU	L 2–3	0–3
	TCU	L 4–6	0–4
	Nebraska	L 1–7	0–5	0–1
	Nebraska	L 1–3	0–6	0–2
	Washington University	W 8–5	1–6
	Iowa State	W 5–1	2–6	1–2
	Iowa State	W 4–3	3–6	2–2
	Kansas	W 9–2	4–6	3–2
	Kansas	L 3–9	4–7	3–3
	Kansas	W 4–3	5–7	4–3
	Kansas	L 1–2	5–8	4–4
	Kansas State	W 6–2	6–8	5–4
	Kansas State	W 3–1	7–8	6–4
	Colorado	L 0–9	7–9	6–5
	Washington University	W 12–0	8–9
	Oklahoma	W 9–8	9–9	7–5
	Oklahoma	W 6–0	10–9	8–5
Complete schedule unavailable

1951

1951 Big Seven Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Oklahoma ‍†‍‍^y	10	–	1	.909	19	–	9	.679
Missouri ‍‍‍	9	–	4	.692	12	–	6	.667
Nebraska ‍‍‍	5	–	4	.556	10	–	5	.667
Colorado ‍‍‍	3	–	5	.375		–		–
Kansas ‍‍‍	5	–	9	.357	6	–	9	.400
Kansas State ‍‍‍	5	–	10	.333	5	–	10	.333
Iowa State ‍‍‍	3	–	7	.300	8	–	7	.533

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the College World Series As of June 30, 1951^[2] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1951 Missouri Tigers baseball team represented the University of Missouri in the 1951 NCAA baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Rollins Field. The team was coached by Hi Simmons in his 13th season at Missouri.

Roster

1951 Missouri Tigers
Roster
Dick Atkinson Bill Barbour Ross Boeger Don Boenker Gene Crenshaw Floyd Eberhard Herb Gellman Bob Harting		Bud Heineman Kent Kurtz Clyde Lannenbeck Robert Loschke John Patchett Robert Phillips Bill Reddan Junior Wren

Schedule

1951 Missouri Tigers baseball game log

Regular season
Opponent	Score	Overall Record	Big Seven Record
Washington University	2–0	1–0	–
Fort Leonard Wood	8–5	2–0	–
Oklahoma	4–5	2–1	0-1
Rockhurst	1–4	2–2	–
Kansas State	12–1	3–2	1–1
Kansas State	7–9	3–3	1–2
Kansas	8–0	4–3	2-2
Nebraska	4–3	5–3	3-2
Washington University	2–0	6–3	–
Fort Leonard Wood	5–18	6–4	–
Colorado	2–0	7–4	4-2
Kansas State	0–8	7–5	4-3
Kansas State	5–0	8–5	5-3
Complete schedule unavailable

1952

1953

1953 Big Seven Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Oklahoma ‍†‍‍^y	7	–	2	.778	11	–	11	.500
Nebraska ‍‍‍	10	–	3	.769	13	–	5	.722
Missouri ‍‍‍	9	–	5	.643	11	–	8	.579
Colorado ‍‍‍	4	–	4	.500		–		–
Iowa State ‍‍‍	4	–	5	.444		–		–
Kansas ‍‍‍	4	–	8	.333	6	–	10	.375
Kansas State ‍‍‍	1	–	12	.077	4	–	13	.235

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the College World Series As of June 30, 1953^[3] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1953 Missouri Tigers baseball team represented the University of Missouri in the 1953 NCAA baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Rollins Field. The team was coached by Hi Simmons in his 15th season at Missouri.

Roster

1953 Missouri Tigers
Roster
Bert Beckmann Don Boenker Buddy Cox Dick Dickinson James Doerr Herb Gellman John Jenkins Bob Moheskey		Jerry Schoonmaker Robert Schoonmaker James Shepard Larry Soffer Victor Swenholt Ray Uriarte John Willingham Lee Roy Wwnn

Schedule

1953 Missouri Tigers baseball game log

Regular season
Opponent	Score	Overall Record	Big Seven Record
Tulsa	5–6	0–1	–
Tulsa	10–9	1–1	–
Fort Leonard Wood	1–2	1–2	–
Oklahoma State	1–4	1–3	–
Oklahoma State	14–3	2–3	–
Kansas State	25–3	3–3	1-0
Kansas State	10–2	4–3	2-0
Nebraska	6–11	4–4	2-1
Nebraska	3–0	5–4	3-1
Colorado	9–5	6–4	4-1
Colorado	5–6	6–5	4-2
Kansas State	10–3	7–5	5-2
Kansas State	9–7	8–5	6-2
Kansas	8–3	9–5	7-2
Kansas	4–3	10–5	8-2
Kansas	10–9	11–5	9-2
Kansas	7–9	11–6	9-3
Oklahoma	2–5	11–7	9-4
Oklahoma	5–7	11–8	9-5

1954

1955

1955 Missouri Tigers baseball
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	14–6 (9–3 Big Seven)
Head coach	Hi Simmons (17th year)
Seasons ← 1954 1956 →

1955 Big Seven Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Oklahoma ‍†‍‍^y	9	–	1	.900	13	–	10	.565
Missouri ‍‍‍	9	–	3	.750	14	–	6	.700
Nebraska ‍‍‍	10	–	4	.714	15	–	5	.750
Colorado ‍‍‍	5	–	6	.455		–		–
Iowa State ‍‍‍	5	–	8	.385		–		–
Kansas State ‍‍‍	2	–	10	.167	4	–	11	.267
Kansas ‍‍‍	2	–	10	.167	6	–	16	.273

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1955^[4] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1955 Missouri Tigers baseball team represented the University of Missouri in the 1955 NCAA baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Rollins Field. The team was coached by Hi Simmons in his 17th season at Missouri.

Roster

1955 Missouri Tigers
Roster
Bert Beckmann Ed Cook Buddy Cox Jack Davis George Gleason Emil Kammer Eldon Morgan Bob Musgrave Gary Rust Todd Sickel Norm Stewart Lee Roy Wwnn

Schedule

1955 Missouri Tigers baseball game log

Regular season
Opponent	Score	Overall Record	Big Seven Record
Fort Leonard Wood	27–4	1–0	–
Fort Leonard Wood	6–2	2–0	–
Arkansas	11–5	3–0	–
Arkansas	1–2	3–1	–
Tulsa	12–2	4–1	–
Tulsa	10–4	5–1	–
Oklahoma State	3–4	5–2	–
Oklahoma State	7–10	5–3	–
Iowa State	7–0	6–3	1-0
Oklahoma	2–4	6–4	1-1
Oklahoma	0–4	6–5	1-2
Colorado	5–3	7–5	2-2
Kansas State	19–1	8–5	3-2
Kansas State	15–2	9–5	4-2
Nebraska	3–4	9–6	4-3
Nebraska	2–1	10–6	5-3
Kansas	11–2	11–6	6-3
Kansas	16–1	12–6	7-3
Iowa State	5–1	13–6	8-3
Iowa State	8–7	14–6	9-3

1956

1956 Missouri Tigers baseball
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	14–7 (7–6 Big Seven)
Head coach	Hi Simmons (18th year)
Seasons ← 1955 1957 →

1956 Big Seven Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Oklahoma ‍†‍‍^y	7	–	2	.778	11	–	7	.611
Nebraska ‍‍‍	8	–	4	.667	12	–	8	.600
Kansas ‍‍‍	6	–	5	.545	14	–	5	.737
Missouri ‍‍‍	7	–	6	.538	14	–	7	.667
Iowa State ‍‍‍	6	–	6	.500		–		–
Colorado ‍‍‍	3	–	8	.273		–		–
Kansas State ‍‍‍	3	–	9	.250	5	–	10	.333

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the 1956 NCAA baseball tournament

The 1956 Missouri Tigers baseball team represented the University of Missouri in the 1956 NCAA baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Rollins Field. The team was coached by Hi Simmons in his 18th season at Missouri.

Roster

1956 Missouri Tigers
Roster
Jerry Cutright Jack Davis John Grace Doug Fulick Dan Herborn Emil Kammer Wade LaDue Eldon Morgan Bob Musgrave Bill Ross Paul Stehr Norm Stewart

Schedule

1956 Missouri Tigers baseball game log

Regular season
Opponent	Score	Overall Record	Big Seven Record
Oklahoma State	7–5	1–0	–
Oklahoma State	9–10	1–1	–
Tulsa	14–6	2–1	–
Tulsa	8–6	3–1	–
Washington University	7–5	4–1	–
Washington University	12–3	5–1	–
Arkansas	2–0	6–1	–
Arkansas	8–2	7–1	–
Iowa State	6–1	8–1	1-0
Iowa State	18–4	9–1	2-0
Kansas State	8–1	10–1	3-0
Colorado	7–4	11–1	4-0
Colorado	3–4	11–2	4-1
Kansas	18–1	12–2	5-1
Kansas	14–5	13–2	6-1
Oklahoma State	6–13	13–3	–
Nebraska	7–10	13–4	6-2
Nebraska	27–4	14–4	7-2
Complete schedule unavailable

1957

1957 Missouri Tigers baseball
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	13–7 (10–7 Big Seven)
Head coach	Hi Simmons (19th year)
Seasons ← 1956 1958 →

1957 Big Seven Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Iowa State ‍†‍‍^y	11	–	6	.647	18	–	9	.667
Oklahoma ‍‍‍	9	–	6	.600	10	–	8	.556
Missouri ‍‍‍	10	–	7	.588	13	–	7	.650
Kansas ‍‍‍	9	–	8	.529	11	–	11	.500
Nebraska ‍‍‍	8	–	9	.471	12	–	10	.545
Kansas State ‍‍‍	5	–	10	.333	7	–	10	.412
Colorado ‍‍‍	5	–	11	.313	10	–	11	.476

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1957^[6] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1957 Missouri Tigers baseball team represented the University of Missouri in the 1957 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Rollins Field. The team was coached by Hi Simmons in his 19th season at Missouri.

Roster

1957 Missouri Tigers
Roster
Bob Cooper Jack Davis Doug Gulick Dave Hill Ralph Hochgrebe Charlie James Lee Keefer Hank Kuhlman Wade LaDue Don Miller Paul Stehr Bo Toft Ray Uriarte

Schedule

1957 Missouri Tigers baseball game log

Regular season
Opponent	Score	Overall Record	Big Seven Record
Arkansas	12–6	1–0	–
Arkansas	9–7	2–0	–
Washington University	7–0	3–0	–
Colorado	6–2	4–0	1-0
Colorado	3–2	5–0	2-0
Iowa State	9–14	5–1	2-1
Iowa State	5–6	5–2	2-2
Iowa State	7–3	6–2	3-2
Kansas	16–5	7–2	4-2
Kansas	3–6	7–3	4-3
Kansas	5–1	8–3	5-3
Kansas State	16–4	9–3	6-3
Kansas State	6–5	10–3	7-3
Kansas State	9–2	11–3	8-3
Nebraska	6–8	11–4	8-4
Nebraska	2-7	11–5	8-5
Nebraska	5-2	12–5	9-5
Oklahoma	3–4	12–6	9-6
Oklahoma	1–0	13–6	10-6
Oklahoma	2–7	13–7	10-7

1958

1959

1959 Missouri Tigers baseball
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	9–11 (3–11 Big Eight)
Head coach	Hi Simmons (21st year)
Seasons ← 1958 1960 →

1959 Big Eight Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Oklahoma State ‍†‍‍^y	17	–	3	.850	27	–	5	.844
Nebraska ‍‍‍	11	–	4	.733	15	–	8	.652
Iowa State ‍‍‍	10	–	8	.556	11	–	12	.478
Colorado ‍‍‍	7	–	8	.467	11	–	10	.524
Oklahoma ‍‍‍	7	–	10	.412	12	–	11	.522
Kansas ‍‍‍	5	–	11	.313	9	–	11	.450
Kansas State ‍‍‍	4	–	9	.308	4	–	9	.308
Missouri ‍‍‍	3	–	11	.214	9	–	11	.450

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1959^[7] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

References

^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1950". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1951". boydsworld.com. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1953". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1955". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1956". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1957". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1959". Boyd's World. Retrieved November 4, 2013.

[1] "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1950". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 1, 2013.

[2] "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1951". boydsworld.com. Retrieved April 19, 2013.

[3] "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1953". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 1, 2013.

[4] "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1955". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 1, 2013.

[5] "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1956". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 1, 2013.

[6] "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1957". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 1, 2013.

[7] "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1959". Boyd's World. Retrieved November 4, 2013.

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