1951 Texas A&M Aggies baseball team

The 1951 Texas A&M Aggies baseball team represented Texas A&M University in the 1951 NCAA baseball season. The Aggies played their home games at Kyle Baseball Field. The team was coached by Beau Bell in his 1st year at Texas A&M.

1951 Texas A&M Aggies baseball
Southwest Conference co-champions District VI Playoff champions
College World Series, T-5th
Conference	Southwest Conference
1951 record	21–11 (11–4 SWC)
Head coach	Beau Bell (1st season)
Captain	Guy Wallace (Senior year)
Home stadium	Kyle Baseball Field

1951 Southwest Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Texas A&M  ‍†‍‍^y	11	–	4		.733			21	–	11		.656
Texas  ‍‍‍	11	–	4		.733			17	–	6		.739
TCU  ‍‍‍	8	–	7		.533			10	–	11		.476
SMU  ‍‍‍	6	–	9		.400			10	–	12		.455
Baylor  ‍‍‍	6	–	9		.400			10	–	10		.500
Rice  ‍‍‍	3	–	12		.200			8	–	13		.381
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the College World Series As of June 30, 1951[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Aggies won the District VI playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Utah Redskins.

Roster

1951 Texas A&M Aggies baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name Bats/Throws Height Weight Year Home town OF Hollis Baker / — — Sam Blanton / — — P George Brown / — — INF Hank Candelari R/R — — OF John DeWitt R/ — — INF Jim Dishman / — — INF Joe Ecrette /R — — RHP Sid Goodloe /R — — C Martin Hamilton / — — RHP Pat Hubert R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 165 lb (75 kg) INF Jerry Lastelick / — — 2 OF Yale Lary R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fort Worth, Texas OF Bill McPherson R/ — — 7 INF Bill Munnerlyn /L — — 4 C Al Ogletree R/R — — San Antonio, Texas RHP Bob Tankersley /R — — U Blanton Taylor R/ — — 1 INF Guy Wallace (C) /R — — Sr	Head coach Beau Bell Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

1951 Texas A&M Aggies Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
March (6–4) # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SWC Record 1 March 2 B. A. M. C. Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 8–7 1–0 – 2 March 3 B. A. M. C. Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 1–2 1–1 – 3 March 14 Houston Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 3–1 2–1 – 4 March 17 at Houston Buffalo Stadium • Houston, Texas 3–7 2–2 – 5 March 20 Sam Houston State Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 16–8 3–2 – 6 March 22 at B. A. M. C. Unknown • San Antonio, Texas 4–12 3–3 – 7 March 23 at B. A. M. C. Unknown • San Antonio, Texas 10–3 4–3 – 8 March 28 Minnesota Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 2–0 5–3 – 9 March 29 Minnesota Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 0–1 5–4 – 10 March 31 El Dorado Oilers Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 7–4 6–4 –
April (6–4) # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SWC Record 11 April 3 Baylor Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 2–3 6–5 0–1 12 April 6 SMU Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 3–0 7–5 1–1 13 April 7 SMU Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 3–0 8–5 2–1 14 April 9 TCU Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 4–5 8–6 2–2 15 April 14 Rice Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 7–2 9–6 3–2 16 April 17 at Sam Houston State Unknown • Huntsville, Texas 13–3 10–6 3–2 17 April 21 at Texas Clark Field • Austin, Texas 10–14 10–7 3–3 18 April 27 at TCU Unknown • Fort Worth, Texas 6–7 10–8 3–4 19 April 28 at TCU Unknown • Fort Worth, Texas 8–1 11–8 4–4 20 April 30 at SMU Unknown • Dallas, Texas 5–4 12–8 5–4
May (6–0) # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SWC Record 21 May 4 at Baylor Unknown • Waco, Texas 9–0 13–8 6–4 22 May 5 at Baylor Unknown • Waco, Texas 12–6 14–8 7–4 23 May 11 at Rice Unknown • Houston, Texas 13–2 15–8 8–4 24 May 12 at Rice Unknown • Houston, Texas 16–9 16–8 9–4 25 May 17 Texas Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 4–2 17–8 10–4 26 May 18 Texas Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 4–1 18–8 11–4
Postseason
District VI Tournament (2–1) # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SWC Record 27 May 23 at Arizona UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 5–4 19–8 11–4 28 May 24 at Arizona UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 4–21 19–9 11–4 29 May 25 at Arizona UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 14–2 20–9 11–4
College World Series (1–2) # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SWC Record 30 June 13 vs Springfield Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 1–5 20–10 11–4 31 June 14 vs Ohio State Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 3–2 21–10 11–4 32 June 15 vs Utah Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 8–15 21–11 11–4

Awards and honors

Hank Candelari

• All-Southwest Conference

John DeWitt

• All-Southwest Conference

Pat Hubert

• First Team All-American
• All-Southwest Conference

Yale Lary

• All-Southwest Conference

Al Ogletree

• All-Southwest Conference

Guy Wallace

• All-Southwest Conference[2]

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1951". boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
2. "1951 Aggieland". www.bookreader.library.tamu.edu. Texas A&M University. Retrieved October 21, 2020.