1953 Texas Longhorns baseball team

American college baseball season

1953 Texas Longhorns baseball

SWC Champions

College World Series, runner-up

Conference| Southwest Conference
Record| 24–7–1 (12–3–1 SWC)
Head coach|

* Bibb Falk (11th year)

Home stadium| Clark Field

Seasons

<- 1952

1954 ->

1953 Southwest Conference baseball standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
Texas ‍†‍‍y | 12 | - | 3 |  | .800 |  |  | 25 | - | 7 |  | .781
SMU ‍†‍‍ | 12 | - | 3 |  | .800 |  |  | 15 | - | 6 |  | .714
Baylor ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 5 |  | .583 |  |  | 7 | - | 5 |  | .583
Texas A&M ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 9 |  | .400 |  |  | 10 | - | 15 |  | .400
Rice ‍‍‍ | 3 | - | 11 |  | .214 |  |  | 7 | - | 16 |  | .304
TCU ‍‍‍ | 2 | - | 11 |  | .154 |  |  | 7 | - | 15 |  | .318
† - Conference champion
y - Invited to the College World Series
As of June 30, 1953[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1953 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1953 NCAA baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Clark Field. The team was coached by Bibb Falk in his 11th season at Texas.

The Longhorns reached the College World Series final, but were eliminated by Michigan.[3]

## Personnel

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### Roster

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1953 Texas Longhorns roster[4]

Pitchers

* Boyd Linker
* J. L. Smith
* John R. Jones

Catchers

* Randy Biesenbach
* Ronald Spradlin

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Infielders

* Paul Mohr

Outfielders

* Travis Eckert
* Tommy Snow

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Unknown

* Roy Kelly
* Walter Oden
* Jimmy Pace
* Jesse Smith
* Buddy Stevenson
* Robert Towery
* Martin Wiginton
* Thomas Yium

### Coaches

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1953 Texas Longhorns baseball coaching staff[5]

* Bibb Falk – Head coach – 11th year
* Dan Watson – Assistant coach (freshmen) – 1st year

## Schedule

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1953 Texas Longhorns Baseball Game Log[6]

Regular season

March

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March 17 | at Baylor (Houston) | Houston, TX | W 10–5 | 1–0 |
March 21 | Baylor (Houston) | Houston, TX | W 25–7 | 2–0 |
March 23 | Minnesota | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 8–6 | 3–0 |
March 24 | Minnesota | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 7–6 | 4–0 |
March 26 | Texas A&M | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 9–0 | 5–0 | 1–0
March 31 | at Rice | Houston, TX | T 2–215 | 5–0–1 | 1–0–1

April

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April 2 | Sam Houston Teachers College | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 6–5 | 6–0–1 |
April 7 | Oklahoma | Clark Field • Austin, TX | L 1–3 | 6–1–1 |
April 8 | Oklahoma | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 18–8 | 7–1–1 |
April 10 | at Baylor | Waco, TX | W 6–5 | 8–1–1 | 2–0–1
April 11 | at Baylor | Waco, TX | L 9–10 | 8–2–1 | 2–1–1
April 17 | SMU | Clark Field • Austin, TX | L 3–12 | 8–3–1 | 2–2–1
April 18 | SMU | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 10–912 | 9–3–1 | 3–2–1
April 21 | TCU | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 12–5 | 10–3–1 | 4–2–1
April 25 | Baylor | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 14–11 | 11–3–1 | 5–2–1

May

| Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | Score | Overall record | SWC record

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May 1 | at TCU | Fort Worth, TX | W 12–5 | 12–3–1 | 6–2–1
May 2 | at TCU | Fort Worth, TX | W 7–4 | 13–3–1 | 7–2–1
May 4 | at SMU | Dallas, TX | W 8–5 | 14–3–1 | 8–2–1
May 7 | Rice | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 7–2 | 15–3–1 | 9–2–1
May 7 | Rice | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 12–2 | 16–3–1 | 10–2–1
May 8 | Rice | Clark Field • Austin, TX | L 2–4 | 16–4–1 | 10–3–1
May 18 | at Texas A&M | Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, TX | W 1–0 | 17–4–1 | 11–3–1
May 18 | at Texas A&M | Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, TX | W 4–1 | 18–4–1 | 12–3–1
May 29 | at Seguin White Sox | Seguin, TX | W 6–3 | exh. |

Post-season

District 6 Playoffs

| Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | Score | Overall record | NCAAT Record

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June 3 | at Arizona | Tucson, AZ | W 7–6 | 19–4–1 | 1–0
June 4 | at Arizona | Tucson, AZ | L 3–4 | 19–5–1 | 1–1
June 5 | at Arizona | Tucson, AZ | W 5–3 | 20–5–1 | 2–1

College World Series

| Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | Score | Overall record | CWS Record

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June 11 | Duke | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE | W 2–1 | 21–5–1 | 1–0
June 12 | Lafayette | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE | W 5–3 | 22–5–1 | 2–0
June 13 | Michigan | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE | L 5–12 | 22–6–1 | 2–1
June 14 | Michigan | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE | W 6–4 | 23–6–1 | 3–1
June 15 | Lafayette | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE | W 13–3 | 24–6–1 | 4–1
June 16 | Michigan | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE | L 5–7 | 24–7–1 | 4–2

## References

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1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1953". boydsworld.com. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
2. ^ "Texas Baseball 2014 Factbook" (PDF). University of Texas at Austin. p. 114. Retrieved January 4, 2014.
3. ^ "1953 College World Series". Omaha.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2011. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
4. ^ 2014 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Texas Longhorns. pp. 110, 175–182. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
5. ^ 2014 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Texas Longhorns. p. 52. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
6. ^ 2014 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Texas Longhorns. p. 102. Retrieved January 2, 2015.

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