1953 Stanford Indians baseball team

American college baseball season

1953 Stanford Indians baseball

California Intercollegiate Baseball Association champions
District VIII champions

College World Series, T-5th

Conference| California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
Record| 29–15–2 (10–6 CIBA)
Head coach|

* Everett Dean (4th season)

Home stadium| Sunken Diamond

Seasons

<- 1952

1954 ->

1953 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | T |  | PCT
North Division
Oregon ‍†‍‍ | 9 | - | 3 | - | 0 |  | .750 |  |  | 15 | - | 4 | - | 0 |  | .789
Oregon State ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 3 | - | 0 |  | .727 |  |  | 15 | - | 9 | - | 0 |  | .625
Washington State ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 8 | - | 0 |  | .500 |  |  | 14 | - | 14 | - | 1 |  | .500
Idaho ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 7 | - | 0 |  | .462 |  |  | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 |  | –
Washington ‍‍‍ | 1 | - | 11 | - | 0 |  | .083 |  |  | 4 | - | 15 | - | 1 |  | .225
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
Stanford ‍†‍‍y | 10 | - | 6 | - | 0 |  | .625 |  |  | 29 | - | 5 | - | 2 |  | .833
USC ‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 6 | - | 0 |  | .625 |  |  | 21 | - | 9 | - | 0 |  | .700
California ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 8 | - | 0 |  | .500 |  |  | 22 | - | 15 | - | 0 |  | .595
Santa Clara ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 10 | - | 0 |  | .375 |  |  | 14 | - | 15 | - | 0 |  | .483
UCLA ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 10 | - | 0 |  | .375 |  |  | 16 | - | 20 | - | 0 |  | .444
† - Conference champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament

The 1953 Stanford Indians baseball team represented Stanford University in the 1953 NCAA baseball season. The Indians played their home games at Sunken Diamond. The team was coached by Everett Dean in his 4th year at Stanford.

The Indians won the District VIII Playoff to advanced to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Lafayette Leopards.

## Roster

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1953 Stanford Indians baseball team

Players | Coaches
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|  | Michael Acker | /  |

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|  | Ken Brown | /  |

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|  | Richard Cole | /  |

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|  | Thomas Dandurand | /  |

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|  | Donald DeLong | /  |

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|  | Chuck Essegian | /  |

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|  | Howard Evans | /  |

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|  | Warren Goodrich | /  |

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|  | John Hall | /  |

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|  | Harold Hennacy | /  |

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|  | Rodger Irvine | /  |

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| P | Rob Murphy | /  |

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|  | Philip Page | /  |

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|  | David Rosenkrantz | /  |

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|  | Richard Scramaglia | /  |

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| C | Jack Shepard | /  |

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|  | Ray Swarts | /  |

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|  | Alan Talboy | /  |

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Head coach

Everett Dean

Assistant coach(es)

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* (S) Suspended
* (I) Ineligible

* Injured
* Current redshirt

## Schedule

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1953 Stanford Indians baseball game log

Regular season

March (0–0)

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| March 27 | at Southern California | Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California | 7–1 | – | –
| March 28 | at Southern California | Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California | 5–2 | – | –

April (0–0)

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| April | UCLA | Unknown • Unknown | 0–1 | – | –
| April | UCLA | Unknown • Unknown | 4–12 | – | –
| April 24 | Southern California | Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California | 11–10 | – | –

May (0–0)

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| May | UCLA | Unknown • Unknown | 2–0 | – | –
| May | UCLA | Unknown • Unknown | 6–10 | – | –

Postseason

District VIII Playoff (0–0)

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College World Series (1–2)

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34 | June 11 | vs Michigan | Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska | 0–4 | 28–4–2 | 10–6
35 | June 12 | vs Houston | Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska | 7–6 | 29–4–2 | 10–6
36 | June 13 | vs Lafayette | Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska | 3–4 | 29–5–2 | 10–6

## Awards and honors

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Jack Shepard

* First Team All-American American Baseball Coaches Association

## References

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1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1953". boydsworld.com. Retrieved December 16, 2020.

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