1969 Texas Longhorns baseball team

American college baseball season

1969 Texas Longhorns baseball

SWC champions

College World Series, 2–2

Conference| Southwest Conference
Record| 40–6 (14–2 SWC)
Head coach|

* Cliff Gustafson (2nd year)

Home stadium| Clark Field

Seasons

<- 1968

1970 ->

1969 Southwest Conference baseball standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
No. 4 Texas ‍†‍‍y | 14 | - | 2 |  | .875 |  |  | 40 | - | 6 |  | .870
TCU ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 6 |  | .600 |  |  | 22 | - | 8 |  | .733
Texas Tech ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 7 |  | .563 |  |  | 13 | - | 13 |  | .500
Rice ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 6 |  | .538 |  |  | 14 | - | 11 |  | .560
Texas A&M ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 8 |  | .467 |  |  | 15 | - | 11 |  | .577
Baylor ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 11 |  | .353 |  |  | 10 | - | 17 |  | .370
SMU ‍‍‍ | 2 | - | 14 |  | .125 |  |  | 5 | - | 21 |  | .192
† - Conference champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1969[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1969 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1969 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Clark Field. The team was coached by Cliff Gustafson in his 2nd season at Texas.

The Longhorns reached the College World Series, finishing fourth with wins over eventual champion Arizona State and fifth-place Ole Miss and losses to runner-up Tulsa and semifinalist NYU.[2]

## Personnel

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### Roster

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1969 Texas Longhorns roster[3][4]

Pitchers

* 5 - James Street
* 10 - Natividad Salazar
* 17 - Larry Hardy
* 19 - Larry Elwood Horton
* 20 - Burt Hooton

Catchers

* 22 - Tommy Harmon

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Infielders

* 1 - Louis Lee Bagwell
* 3 - David Chalk
* 7 - John D. Langerhans
* 9 - Patrick John Amos

Outfielders

* 14 - Pat Brown
* 12 - David Hall
* 13 - Jack Miller
* 23 - Randal C. Peschel

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Utility

* 2 - Michael Charles Markl
* 6 - Dennis Wayne Kasper
* 11 - Douglass Kirk Fell
* 25 - Gene McNeal Salmon

## Schedule and results

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Legend

| Texas win
| Texas loss
| Tie
1969 Texas Longhorns baseball game log[5]

Regular season
| February/March

Date  | Opponent  | Site/stadium  | Score  | Overall record  | SWC record
Feb 27 | Sam Houston State* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 7–3 | 1–0 |
Feb 28 | Sam Houston State* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 12–0 | 2–0 |
Mar 7 | Oklahoma* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 4–1 | 3–0 |
Mar 7 | Oklahoma* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 3–0 | 4–0 |
Mar 8 | Oklahoma* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | L 9–11 | 4–1 |
Mar 8 | Oklahoma* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 12–6 | 5–1 |
Mar 11 | Texas Lutheran* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 10–2 | 6–1 |
Mar 12 | St. Mary's* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 13–7 | 7–1 |
Mar 18 | Minnesota* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 4–2 | 8–1 |
Mar 18 | Minnesota* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | L 6–7 | 8–2 |
Mar 21 | TCU | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 7–3 | 9–2 | 1–0
Mar 21 | TCU | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 8–6 | 10–2 | 2–0
Mar 22 | TCU | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 7–5 | 11–2 | 3–0
Mar 28 | at SMU | Dallas, TX | W 5–0 | 12–2 | 4–0
Mar 28 | at SMU | Dallas, TX | W 5–0[a] | 13–2 | 5–0
Mar 29 | at SMU | Dallas, TX | W 8–1 | 14–2 | 6–0
| April

Date  | Opponent  | Site/stadium  | Score–  | Overall record  | SWC record
Apr 4 | Rice | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 5–3 | 15–2 | 7–0
Apr 4 | Rice | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 7–0 | 16–2 | 8–0
Apr 5 | Rice | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 8–2 | 17–2 | 9–0
Apr 7 | Notre Dame* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 5–4 | 18–2 |
Apr 11 | at Baylor | Waco, TX | W 5–3 | 19–2 | 10–0
Apr 11 | at Baylor | Waco, TX | W 5–2 | 20–2 | 11–0
Apr 15 | Texas–Pan American* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 7–3 | 21–2 |
Apr 17 | Trinity* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 21–4 | 22–2 |
Apr 25 | Texas Tech | Clark Field • Austin, TX | L 1–2 | 22–3 | 11–1
Apr 25 | Texas Tech | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 12–1 | 23–3 | 12–1
Apr 26 | Texas Tech | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 6–2 | 24–3 | 13–1
| May

Date  | Opponent  | Site/stadium  | Score  | Overall record  | SWC record
May 6 | at Texas A&M | Kyle Baseball Field • College Park, TX | W 2–1 | 25–3 | 14–1
May 6 | at Texas A&M | Kyle Baseball Field • College Park, TX | L 2–5 | 25–4 | 14–2
May 9 | Sam Houston State* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 1–0 | 26–4 |
May 9 | Sam Houston State* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 9–5 | 27–4 |
May 10 | Sam Houston State* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 7–2 | 28–4 |
May 10 | Sam Houston State* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 13–4 | 29–4 |
May 12 | Houston Baptist* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 11–0 | 30–4 |
May 12 | Houston Baptist* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 7–1 | 31–4 |
Postseason
| District 6 playoffs

Date  | Opponent  | Site/stadium  | Score  | Overall record  | NCAAT record
May 17 | Trinity | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 10–0 | 32–4 | 1–0
May 17 | Trinity | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 5–0 | 33–4 | 2–0
| Exhibitions

Date  | Opponent  | Site/stadium  | Score  | Overall record
June 5 | at Seguin Sox | Seguin, TX | W 13–3 | 34–4
June 6 | Dallas Truckers | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 10–4 | 35–4
June 7 | Dallas Truckers | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 1–010 | 36–4
June 7 | Dallas Truckers | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 4–2 | 37–4
June 9 | Seguin Sox | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 4–1 | 38–4
| College World Series

Date  | Opponent  | Site/stadium  | Score  | Overall record  | CWS record
June 13 | Arizona State | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE | W 4–0 | 39–4 | 1–0
June 16 | Tulsa | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE | L 2–4 | 39–5 | 1–1
June 17 | Ole Miss | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE | W 14–1 | 40–5 | 2–1
June 18 | NYU | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE | L 2–3 | 40–6 | 2–2

## Notes

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1. ^ James Street threw a 7-inning no-hitter.

## References

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1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1969". boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
2. ^ "1969 College World Series". Omaha.com. Archived from the original on August 14, 2020. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
3. ^ Baseball Letterwinners (PDF). Texas Longhorns. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
4. ^ All-Time Jersey Numbers (PDF). Texas Longhorns. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
5. ^ Texas Baseball Year by Year Results (PDF). Texas Longhorns. p. 00. Retrieved August 14, 2020.

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