1957 Iowa State Cyclones baseball team

The 1957 Iowa State Cyclones baseball team represented Iowa State University in the 1957 NCAA University Division baseball season. The team was coached by Cap Timm in his 16th year as head coach at Iowa State.

1957 Iowa State Cyclones baseball
District V Playoff
Big Seven Champions
ConferenceBig Seven Conference
Record18–9 (11–6 Big 7)
Head coach
CaptainDan Peters
Seasons
← 1956
1958 →
1957 Big Seven Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Iowa State  ‍‍‍y 11 6   .647 18 9   .667
Oklahoma  ‍‍‍ 9 6   .600 10 8   .556
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 10 7   .588 13 7   .650
Kansas  ‍‍‍ 9 8   .529 11 11   .500
Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 8 9   .471 12 10   .545
Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 5 10   .333 7 10   .412
Colorado  ‍‍‍ 5 11   .313 10 11   .476
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1957[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Cyclones won the District V playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the California Golden Bears.

Roster

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1957 Iowa State Cyclones baseball team
Players Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town
Baukol /
C Dick Bertell R/R
Sr Oak Park, Illinois
Borth /
Bridgman /
Brink /R
Carstens /
Chapman /
Chapin /
Downs /
Drum /L
RHP Paul Groth /R
Halsne /
Harden /
Howard /
Ingram /
Jacobs /
Jesiger /
P Jim Kudlinski /
So
P Gene Lafferty /
Lamont /
Lyons /
INF Jerry McNertney R/R
Jr Boone, Iowa
Olmstead /
O'Neil /
Dan Peters (C) /L
Taylor /
INF Gary Thompson /
Sr
Weise /
Head coach

Cap Timm

Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Current redshirt

Schedule

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1957 Iowa State Cyclones baseball game log
Regular season
April (6–4)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 7 record
1 April 6 vs Iowa State Teachers Unknown • Unknown 11–0 1–0
2 April 6 vs Iowa State Teachers Unknown • Unknown 13–2 2–0
3 April 13 vs Minnesota Unknown • Unknown 14–10 3–0
4 April 13 vs Minnesota Unknown • Unknown 10–11 3–1
5 April 19 Missouri Unknown • Ames, Iowa 14–9 4–1 1–0
6 April 20 Missouri Unknown • Ames, Iowa 6–5 5–1 2–0
7 April 20 Missouri Unknown • Ames, Iowa 3–7 5–2 2–1
8 April 26 at Nebraska Husker DiamondLincoln, Nebraska 5–0 6–2 3–1
9 April 27 at Nebraska Husker Diamond • Lincoln, Nebraska 5–10 6–3 3–2
10 April 27 at Nebraska Husker Diamond • Lincoln, Nebraska 3–4 6–4 3–3
May (8–3)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 7 record
11 May 4 Oklahoma Unknown • Ames, Iowa 7–1 7–4 4–3
12 May 5 Oklahoma Unknown • Ames, Iowa 4–6 7–5 4–4
13 May 5 Oklahoma Unknown • Ames, Iowa 3–2 8–5 5–4
14 May 11 at Kansas State Unknown • Manhattan, Kansas 13–2 9–5 6–4
15 May 11 at Kansas State Unknown • Manhattan, Kansas 12–7 10–5 7–4
16 May 17 Kansas Unknown • Ames, Iowa 7–2 11–5 8–4
17 May 18 Kansas Unknown • Ames, Iowa 12–0 12–5 9–4
18 May 18 Kansas Unknown • Ames, Iowa 4–0 13–5 10–4
19 May 24 at Colorado Unknown • Boulder, Colorado 13–4 14–5 11–4
20 May 25 at Colorado Unknown • Boulder, Colorado 7–8 14–6 11–5
21 May 25 at Colorado Unknown • Boulder, Colorado 10–12 14–7 11–6
Postseason
NCAA District V Playoff (2–0)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 7 record
22 May 31 Bradley Unknown • Ames, Iowa 2–0 15–7 11–6
23 June 1 Bradley Unknown • Ames, Iowa 3–0 16–7 11–6
College World Series (2–2)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 7 record
24 June 8 vs Notre Dame Omaha Municipal StadiumOmaha, Nebraska 13–8 17–7 11–6
25 June 9 vs California Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 2–8 17–8 11–6
26 June 10 vs Connecticut Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 5–2 18–8 11–6
27 June 11 vs California Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 1–9 18–9 11–6

Awards and honors

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Dick Bertell
Gary Thompson
  • Third Team All-American Sports Illustrated[2]

References

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  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1957". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
  2. ^ Joshua Kagavi (June 10, 2013). "Iowa State baseball in 1957 College World Series". www.kagavi.com. Kagavi LLC. Retrieved September 26, 2021.