1963 Penn State Nittany Lions baseball team

The 1963 Penn State Nittany Lions baseball team represented Pennsylvania State University in the 1963 NCAA University Division baseball season. The head coach was Chuck Medlar, serving his first year.

1963 Penn State Nittany Lions baseball
College World Series, 6th
Conference	Independent
CB	No. 5
Record	14–6
Head coach	Chuck Medlar (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Kepler Smith
Captain	David Felak
Home stadium	New Beaver Field

The Nittany Lions lost in the College World Series, defeated by the Texas Longhorns.

Roster

1963 Penn State Nittany Lions baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town Richard Anderson / — — Richard Bee / — — Walter Bloom / — — INF Bart Brodkin / — — David Dobrosielski / — — Fredrick Engle / — — David Felak (C) / — — James Felton / — — LHP Bob Fenton /L — — Edward Giegucz / — — John Gregory / — — James Jennison / — — Edward Kmit / — — Fred Light / — — 5 INF Pete Liske / — — Joel Melville / — — RHP Richard Noe /R — — Elmar Praul / — — John Reidell / — — Robert Rodenhaver / — — Jeff Spanier / — — Edward Springer / — — P Dick Stellman / — — James Werner / — — Ralph Wert / — — Michael Williams / — —	Head coach Chuck Medlar Assistant coach(es) Kepler Smith Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

1963 Penn State Nittany Lions baseball game log
Regular season
April (8–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 1 April 2 at Gettysburg Unknown • Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 9–0 1–0 2 April 4 Bucknell New Beaver Field • University Park, Pennsylvania 7–3 2–0 3 April 6 Lehigh New Beaver Field • University Park, Pennsylvania 8–6 3–0 4 April 11 at Cornell Hoy Field • Ithaca, New York 17–0 4–0 5 April 17 Villanova New Beaver Field • University Park, Pennsylvania 3–1 5–0 6 April 20 Rutgers New Beaver Field • University Park, Pennsylvania 4–5 5–1 7 April 22 at Bucknell Unknown • Lewisburg, Pennsylvania 9–1 6–1 8 April 29 at Maryland Shipley Field • College Park, Maryland 3–2 7–1 9 April 29 at Maryland Shipley Field • College Park, Maryland 5–1 8–1
May (3–3) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 10 May 3 Lafayette New Beaver Field • University Park, Pennsylvania 6–2 9–1 11 May 4 Army New Beaver Field • University Park, Pennsylvania 1–3 9–2 12 May 14 at Navy Unknown • Annapolis, Maryland 5–6 9–3 13 May 16 at West Virginia Unknown • Morgantown, West Virginia 4–5 9–4 14 May 21 at Temple Erny Field • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 5–0 10–4 15 May 25 Delaware New Beaver Field • University Park, Pennsylvania 2–1 11–4
Postseason
District II Tournament (2–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 16 May 31 vs Rider Bill Clarke Field • Princeton, New Jersey 3–0 12–4 17 May 31 St. John's Bill Clarke Field • Princeton, New Jersey 11–2 13–4
1963 College World Series (1–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 16 June 10 vs Arizona Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 1–8 13–5 17 June 11 vs Western Michigan Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 3–0 14–5 18 June 12 vs Texas Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 4–6 14–6