1957 Texas Longhorns baseball team

American college baseball season

1957 Texas Longhorns baseball

SWC champions

College World Series, 1–2

Conference| Southwest Conference
Record| 20–6 (12–1 SWC)
Head coach|

* Bibb Falk (15th year)

Home stadium| Clark Field

Seasons

← 1956

1958 →

1957 Southwest Conference baseball standings

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Team | W |   | L |   | PCT |  |  | W |   | L |   | PCT
Texas  ‍†‍‍y | 12 | – | 1 |   | .923 |  |  | 20 | – | 7 |   | .741
TCU  ‍‍‍ | 8 | – | 4 |   | .667 |  |  | 8 | – | 4 |   | .667
SMU  ‍‍‍ | 6 | – | 7 |   | .462 |  |  | 11 | – | 10 |   | .524
Baylor  ‍‍‍ | 4 | – | 7 |   | .364 |  |  | 10 | – | 11 |   | .476
Rice  ‍‍‍ | 5 | – | 10 |   | .333 |  |  | 9 | – | 12 |   | .429
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ | 4 | – | 10 |   | .286 |  |  | 5 | – | 15 |   | .250
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1957[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1957 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1957 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Clark Field. The team was coached by Bibb Falk in his 15th season at Texas.

The Longhorns reached the College World Series, but were eliminated by Notre Dame in the quarterfinal.[2]

## Personnel

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### Roster

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1957 Texas Longhorns roster[3]

Pitchers

Catchers

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Infielders

Outfielders

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Unknown

* \- Richard Carrington
* \- Pete Embry
* \- George A. Gainley Jr.
* \- Clay R. Gault
* \- Johnny Harlod Lowry
* \- Roy Menge
* \- George E. Myers
* \- Howard Dean Reed
* \- Jesse L. Smith
* \- Raymond Stauffacher
* \- Robert B. Sudderth
* \- Harry Evans Taylor
* \- Glenn A. Van Rosenberg

### Coaches

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1957 Texas Longhorns baseball coaching staff

* Bibb Falk – Head coach – 15th year

## Schedule and results

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Legend

| Texas win
| Texas loss
1957 Texas Longhorns baseball game log[4]

Regular season
| March

Date  | Opponent  | Site/stadium  | Score  | Overall record  | SWC record
Mar 11 | Sam Houston Teachers College* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | L 7–8 | 0–1 |
Mar 12 | Sam Houston Teachers College* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 10–3 | 1–1 |
Mar 15 | Oklahoma* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 12–2 | 2–1 |
Mar 16 | Oklahoma* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | L 0–4 | 2–2 |
Mar 22 | at Texas A&M | Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, TX | W 8–4 | 3–2 | 1–0
Mar 25 | Minnesota* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 7–2 | 4–2 |
Mar 26 | Minnesota | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 7–4 | 5–2 |
Mar 29 | SMU | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 2–111 | 6–2 | 2–0
Mar 30 | SMU | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 7–6 | 7–2 | 3–0
| April

Date  | Opponent  | Site/stadium  | Score  | Overall record  | SWC record
Apr 9 | Amarillo Gold Sox | Clark Field • Austin, TX | L 8–15 | 7–3 |
Apr 12 | Rice | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 7–5 | 8–3 | 4–0
Apr 13 | Rice | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 22–5 | 9–3 | 5–0
Apr 18 | Topeka Hawks | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 5–4 | 10–3 |
Apr 27 | at TCU | Fort Worth, TX | W 9–5 | 11–3 | 6–0
Apr 27 | at TCU | Fort Worth, TX | L 2–4 | 11–4 | 6–1
| May

Date  | Opponent  | Site/stadium  | Score  | Overall record  | SWC record
May 3 | Baylor | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 11–1 | 12–4 | 7–1
May 6 | at Rice | Houston, TX | W 9–8 | 13–4 | 8–1
May 7 | TCU | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 4–0 | 14–4 | 9–1
May 10 | at SMU | Dallas, TX | W 3–112 | 15–4 | 10–1
May 14 | Texas A&M | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 5–1 | 16–4 | 11–1
May 14 | Texas A&M | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 1–0 | 17–4 | 12–1
May 29 | Plymouth (Sinton, TX) Oilers | Clark Field • Austin, TX | L 4–7 | 17–5
Postseason
| District 6 playoffs

Date  | Opponent  | Site/stadium  | Score  | Overall record  | Playoff record
May 31 | Arizona | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 2–0 | 18–5 | 1–0
June 4 | Arizona | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 7–1 | 19–5 | 2–0
| College World Series

Date  | Opponent  | Site/stadium  | Score  | Overall record  | CWS record
June 8 | Connecticut | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE | W 3–0 | 20–5 | 1–0
June 9 | Penn State | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE | L 1–4 | 20–6 | 1–1
June 10 | Notre Dame | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE | L 0–9 | 20–7 | 1–2

## References

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1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1957". boydsworld.com. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
2. ^ "1957 College World Series". Omaha.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
3. ^ Baseball Letterwinners (PDF). Texas Longhorns. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
4. ^ Texas Baseball Year by Year Results (PDF). Texas Longhorns. p. 7. Retrieved December 15, 2019.

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