Sidney Hatfield

Not to be confused with Sid Hatfield.

Baseball player

Sidney Hatfield

Pitcher / First baseman
Born: (1929-08-29)August 29, 1929
Died: January 25, 2003(2003-01-25) (aged 73)
Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.

Batted: Right

Sidney Hatfield (August 29, 1929 – January 25, 2003) was an American baseball player who is notable for winning the 1951 College World Series Most Outstanding Player award while a junior at University of Tennessee. He is the first person from the University of Tennessee to win the award, matched only by Dylan Dreiling. During his career he played as first baseman, pitcher and shortstop.

Hatfield graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1954 with a degree in education. After a brief minor league baseball career, he taught at Rule High School in Knoxville, Tennessee for 10 years. After a stint in the United States military fighting in the Korean War, he taught and served as the head baseball coach at Tennessee Technological University for three years. He was also an assistant basketball coach there. From 1968-1976, he served as the University of Tennessee's golf coach, posting a record of 500-253-3. He died of a stroke on January 25, 2003.[1]

## References

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1. ^ "Sid Hatfield, 1951 College World Series MVP and Former UT Head Golf Coach, Dies in Knoxville University of Tennessee Athletics". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2008-11-10.

## External links

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* An article on him[permanent dead link]
* Another article

* Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)

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Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles head baseball coaches

* Wilburn Tucker (1948–1954)
* Malcolm Quillen (1955–1958)
* Raymond Drost (1959–1962)
* Bob Reising (1963)
* Marshall Taylor (1964)
* Sidney Hatfield (1965–1967)
* Ron Bargatze (1968–1969)
* W. A. Wright (1970–1973)
* David Mays (1974–1998)
* Mike Maack (1999–2000)
* Aaron Carroll (2001–2003)
* Matt Bragga (2004–2018)
* Justin Holmes (2019)
* Steve Smith (2020–2021)
* Matt Bragga (2022– )

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College World Series Most Outstanding Player

* 1949: Hamilton
* 1950: Van Cleef
* 1951: Hatfield
* 1952: O'Neill
* 1953: J. Smith
* 1954: Yewcic
* 1955: Borland
* 1956: Thomas
* 1957: Emery
* 1958: Thom
* 1959: Dobson
* 1960: Erickson
* 1961: Fowler
* 1962: Garibaldi
* 1963: Hollowell
* 1964: Ferris
* 1965: Bando
* 1966: Arlin
* 1967: Davini
* 1968: Seinsoth
* 1969: Dolinsek
* 1970: Ammann
* 1971: Tabb
* 1972: McQueen
* 1973: Winfield
* 1974: Milke
* 1975: Reichenbach
* 1976: Powers
* 1977: Horner
* 1978: Boxberger
* 1979: Hudson
* 1980: Francona
* 1981: Holmes
* 1982: D. Smith
* 1983: Schiraldi
* 1984: Fishel
* 1985: Ellena
* 1986: Senne
* 1987: Carey
* 1988: Plemel
* 1989: Brummett
* 1990: Rebhan
* 1991: Hymel
* 1992: Nevin
* 1993: Walker
* 1994: Glass
* 1995: Kotsay
* 1996: Burrell
* 1997: Larson
* 1998: Rachels
* 1999: McDougall
* 2000: Hodges
* 2001: Jimerson
* 2002: Street
* 2003: Hudgins
* 2004: Windsor
* 2005: Maroul
* 2006: Nickerson
* 2007: Reyes
* 2008: Mendonca
* 2009: Mitchell
* 2010: Bradley
* 2011: Wingo
* 2012: Refsnyder
* 2013: Plutko
* 2014: Swanson
* 2015: Sborz
* 2016: Beckwith
* 2017: Faedo
* 2018: Rutschman
* 2019: Rocker
* ~~2020~~
* 2021: Bednar
* 2022: DeLucia
* 2023: Skenes
* 2024: Dreiling

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