1952 Texas Longhorns baseball team

American college baseball season

1952 Texas Longhorns baseball

SWC champions

College World Series, 1–2

Conference| Southwest Conference
Record| 19–9 (11–4 SWC)
Head coach|

* Bibb Falk (10th year)

Home stadium| Clark Field

Seasons

<- 1951

1953 ->

1952 Southwest Conference baseball standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
Texas ‍†‍‍y | 11 | - | 4 |  | .733 |  |  | 19 | - | 9 |  | .679
Baylor ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 6 |  | .600 |  |  | 9 | - | 6 |  | .600
TCU ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 7 |  | .533 |  |  | 13 | - | 12 |  | .520
SMU ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 9 |  | .400 |  |  | 13 | - | 11 |  | .542
Texas A&M ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 9 |  | .400 |  |  | 10 | - | 19 |  | .345
Rice ‍‍‍ | 5 | - | 10 |  | .333 |  |  | 12 | - | 13 |  | .480
† - Conference champion
y - Invited to the College World Series
As of June 30, 1952[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1952 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1952 NCAA baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Clark Field. The team was coached by Bibb Falk in his 10th season at Texas.

The Longhorns reached the College World Series, but were eliminated by eventual champion Holy Cross in the quarterfinal.[2]

## Personnel

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### Roster

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1952 Texas Longhorns roster[3]

Pitchers

Catchers

* \- Randy Biesenbach
* \- Ronald E. Spradlin

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Infielders

* \- Paul Covey Mohr

Outfielders

* \- Travis A. Eckert

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Unknown

* \- Harry Lenox Bengtson
* \- Cliff Gustafson
* \- Verne Carl Huser
* \- Roy Ernest Kelly
* \- Walter Eugene Oden
* \- Jimmy Dan Pace
* \- Dick Roberson
* \- Luther Scarborough
* \- Joe Henry Tanner
* \- Robert L. Towery
* \- Riley Verdine

### Coaches

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1952 Texas Longhorns baseball coaching staff

* Bibb Falk – Head coach – 10th year

## Schedule and results

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Legend

| Texas win
| Texas loss
1952 Texas Longhorns baseball game log[4]

Regular season
| March

Date  | Opponent  | Site/stadium  | Score  | Overall record  | SWC record
Mar 15 | at Baylor* | Waco, TX | L 5–8 | 0–1 |
Mar 18 | at Baylor* | Waco, TX | L 5–6 | 0–2 |
Mar 21 | Oklahoma* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 13–4 | 1–2 |
Mar 22 | Oklahoma* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 15–4 | 2–2 |
Mar 25 | Hardin–Simmons* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 10–4 | 3–2 |
Mar 26 | Minnesota* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 5–05 | 4–2 |
Mar 28 | at SMU | Dallas, TX | W 5–2 | 5–2 | 1–0
Mar 29 | at SMU | Dallas, TX | L 2–5 | 5–3 | 1–1
| April

Date  | Opponent  | Site/stadium  | Score  | Overall record  | SWC record
Apr 1 | Rice | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 6–5 | 6–3 | 2–1
Apr 5 | at TCU | Fort Worth, TX | W 2–1 | 7–3 | 3–1
Apr 8 | at Texas A&M | Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, TX | L 8–13 | 7–4 | 3–2
Apr 15 | Sam Houston State* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 13–3 | 8–4 |
Apr 18 | Baylor | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 3–2 | 9–4 | 4–2
Apr 25 | at Rice | Houston, TX | W 13–7 | 10–4 | 5–2
Apr 26 | at Rice | Houston, TX | W 7–3 | 11–4 | 6–2
Apr 28 | SMU | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 6–3 | 12–4 | 7–2
| May

Date  | Opponent  | Site/stadium  | Score  | Overall record  | SWC record
May 3 | at Baylor | Waco, TX | W 17–3 | 13–4 | 8–2
May 3 | at Baylor | Waco, TX | L 5–9 | 13–5 | 8–3
May 9 | TCU | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 7–2 | 14–5 | 9–3
May 10 | TCU | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 21–6 | 15–5 | 10–3
May 15 | Texas A&M | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 5–0 | 16–5 | 11–3
May 16 | Texas A&M | Clark Field • Austin, TX | L 2–3 | 16–6 | 11–4
Postseason
| District 6 playoffs

Date  | Opponent  | Site/stadium  | Score  | Overall record  | Playoff record
June 6 | Arizona | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 3–1 | 17–6 | 1–0
June 6 | Arizona | Clark Field • Austin, TX | L 0–1 | 17–7 | 1–1
June 7 | Arizona | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 15–8 | 18–7 | 2–1
| College World Series

Date  | Opponent  | Site/stadium  | Score  | Overall record  | CWS record
June 12 | Penn State | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE | L 3–5 | 18–8 | 0–1
June 13 | Oregon State | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE | W 10–1 | 19–8 | 1–1
June 14 | Holy Cross | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE | L 1–2 | 19–9 | 1–2

## References

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1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1952". boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
2. ^ "1952 College World Series". Omaha.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2011. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
3. ^ Baseball Letterwinners (PDF). Texas Longhorns. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
4. ^ Texas Baseball Year by Year Results (PDF). Texas Longhorns. p. 7. Retrieved October 14, 2019.

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