1950 Bradley Braves baseball team

The 1950 Bradley Braves baseball team represented Bradley University in the 1950 NCAA baseball season. The Braves played their home games at Tom Connor Field. The team was coached by Leo Schrall in his 2nd year at Bradley.

1950 Bradley Braves baseball
Missouri Valley regular season champions Missouri Valley tournament champions District V Playoff champions
College World Series, T-7th
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Division	East
Record	17–15–1 (5–0 MVC)
Head coach	Leo Schrall (2nd season)
Home stadium	Tom Connor Field

1950 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
East
Bradley  x‍‍‡‍	5	–	0	–	0		1.000			17	–	15	–	1		.530
Saint Louis  ‍‍‍	3	–	2	–	0		.600			0	–	0	–	0		–
Detroit  ‍‍‍	1	–	3	–	0		.250			10	–	6	–	0		.625
Drake  ‍‍‍	0	–	4	–	0		.000			0	–	0	–	0		–
West
Oklahoma A&M  x‍‍‍	6	–	3	–	0		.667			15	–	7	–	0		.682
Tulsa  ‍‍‍	3	–	3	–	0		.500			6	–	10	–	0		.375
Wichita State  ‍‍‍	1	–	5	–	0		.167			4	–	14	–	0		.222
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion As of June 30, 1950

The Braves won the District V playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Tufts Jumbos.

Roster

1950 Bradley Braves baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town P Don Alford / — — Jr Peoria, Illinois John Bjorkman / — — Sr Lockport, Illinois Roger Bruninga / — — Jr Glasford, Illinois OF Al Daynor / — — Chicago, Illinois Bill Ellsbury / — — Waukegan, Illinois Bill Fivek / — — Berwyn, Illinois Adolph Friedrich / — — Sr Peoria, Illinois Harmon Groover / — — Sr Canton, Illinois INF Jack Hills / — — Fr Joliet, Illinois Harry Levonian / — — Racine, Wisconsin Jack Mallory / — — Peoria, Illinois Russ Mason / — — Jr Peoria, Illinois INF Gene Melchiorre / — — Jr Highland Park, Illinois Ken Olson / — — Erie, Illinois Bob Oltman / — — Pekin, Illinois Fred Parks / — — Jr Chicago, Illinois Fred Schlichtmann / — — Centralia, Illinois Don Schnake / — — Centralia, Illinois Gene Stevens / — — Joliet, Illinois Don Sutter / — — Peoria, Illinois INF Emil Syngel R/ — — Chicago, Illinois OF Bill Tuttle / — — Farmington, Illinois Bill Wasack / — — Chicago Illinois Fred Weeks / — — Peoria, Illinois Ken Wells / — — Weldon, Illinois Bill Wilson / — — Lewistown, Illinois	Head coach Leo Schrall Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

1950 Bradley Braves baseball game log
Regular season
April (8–7–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record MVC record 1 April 1 Wisconsin Tom Connor Field • Peoria, Illinois 8–7 1–0 – 2 April 1 Wisconsin Tom Connor Field • Peoria, Illinois 5–10 1–1 – 3 April 4 at Florida Perry Field • Gainesville, Florida 8–2 1–2 – 4 April 5 at Florida Perry Field • Gainesville, Florida 6–10 1–3 – 5 April 6 vs Clemson Alfond Stadium • Winter Park, Florida 3–2 2–3 – 6 April 7 at Rollins Alfond Stadium • Winter Park, Florida 0–0 2–3–1 – 7 April 7 at Rollins Alfond Stadium • Winter Park, Florida 11–8 3–3–1 – 8 April 8 vs Clemson Alfond Stadium • Winter Park, Florida 1–9 3–4–1 – 9 April 10 at Florida State Seminole Field • Tallahassee, Florida 2–3 3–5–1 – 10 April 11 at Florida State Seminole Field • Tallahassee, Florida 10–1 4–5–1 – 11 April 15 Chicago Tom Connor Field • Peoria, Illinois 3–6 4–6–1 – 12 April 17 at Iowa Unknown • Iowa City, Iowa 0–1 4–7–1 – 13 April 18 at Iowa Unknown • Iowa City, Iowa 6–2 5–7–1 – 14 April 21 Drake Tom Connor Field • Peoria, Illinois 11–2 6–7–1 1–0 15 April 22 Drake Tom Connor Field • Peoria, Illinois 10–4 7–7–1 2–0 16 April 29 Saint Louis Tom Connor Field • Peoria, Illinois 4–0 8–7–1 3–0
May (3–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record MVC record 17 May 5 at Detroit Unknown • Detroit, Michigan 9–0 9–7–1 4–0 18 May 6 at Detroit Unknown • Detroit, Michigan 15–6 10–7–1 5–0 19 May 8 Arkansas Tom Connor Field • Peoria, Illinois 10–2 11–7–1 5–0 20 May 10 at Chicago Unknown • Chicago, Illinois 5–10 11–8–1 5–0
Postseason
MVC Tournament (2–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record MVC record 21 May 12 Oklahoma A&M Tom Connor Field • Peoria, Illinois 9–3 12–8–1 5–0 22 May 13 Oklahoma A&M Tom Connor Field • Peoria, Illinois 4–8 12–9–1 5–0 23 May 13 Oklahoma A&M Tom Connor Field • Peoria, Illinois 2–1 13–9–1 5–0
May (2–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record MVC record 24 May 19 St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tom Connor Field • Peoria, Illinois 10–5 14–9–1 5–0 25 May 20 St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tom Connor Field • Peoria, Illinois 4–3 15–9–1 5–0 26 May 22 at Wisconsin Guy Lowman Field • Madison, Wisconsin 4–6 15–10–1 5–0
District V Playoff (2–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record MVC record 27 May 30 at Nebraska Husker Diamond • Lincoln, Nebraska 10–6 16–10–1 5–0 28 May 30 at Nebraska Husker Diamond • Lincoln, Nebraska 8–4 17–10–1 5–0
June (0–3) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record MVC record 29 June 2 at Michigan State Old College Field • East Lansing, Michigan 3–6 17–11–1 5–0 30 June 3 at Michigan State Old College Field • East Lansing, Michigan 3–4 17–12–1 5–0 31 June 10 at Purdue Unknown • West Lafayette, Indiana 5–10 17–13–1 5–0
College World Series (0–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record MVC record 32 June 16 vs Alabama Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 2–9 17–14–1 5–0 33 June 18 vs Tufts Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 4–5 17–15–1 5–0