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1961 Syracuse Orangemen baseball team

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1961 Syracuse Orangemen baseball
District II champions
ConferenceIndependent
CBNo. 4
Record18–5
Head coach
Home stadiumLew Carr Field
Seasons
← 1960
1962 →

The 1961 Syracuse Orangemen baseball team represented Syracuse University in the 1961 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Orangemen played their home games at Lew Carr Field. The team was coached by Ted Kleinhans in his 15th year as head coach at Syracuse.

The Orangemen won the District II Playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Oklahoma State Cowboys.

Roster

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1961 Syracuse Orangemen baseball team
Players Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town
RHP Bill Canon /R
So
RHP Billy Connors R/R 6 ft 220 in (7.42 m)
So Schenectady, New York
RHP Larry Craybas /R
So
OF Pete DeSilvia /
210 lb (95 kg) So Syracuse, New York
LHP Sloane Dugan /L
Jr
OF Dick Easterly /
Sr
RHP Dave Giusti R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr North Syracuse, New York
INF John Howell /
Sr
C Bob Jacuk /
So
OF Bob Lelli /L
So
INF Peter Palumb /
So
INF Dave Sarette /
Sr
Dick Taylor /
So
C Dale White /
Jr
RHP Jeff Williams /R
Sr
INF Bucky Winters /
Jr
Head coach

Ted Kleinhans

Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: January 11, 2022

Schedule

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1961 Syracuse Orangemen Baseball Game Log
Regular season
March (1–0)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record
1 March 30 at Gettysburg Unknown • Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 11–3 1–0
April (3–2)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record
2 April 1 at Navy Unknown • Annapolis, Maryland 3–7 1–1
3 April 3 at Loyola (MD) Unknown • Baltimore, Maryland 15–5 2–1
4 April 4 at Maryland Shipley FieldCollege Park, Maryland 6–2 3–1
5 April 28 at Army Doubleday FieldWest Point, New York 7–2 4–1
6 April 29 at Lafayette Fisher FieldEaston, Pennsylvania 7–2 4–2
May (10–1)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record
7 May 2 Cornell Lew Carr Field • Syracuse, New York 12–2 5–2
8 May 4 Hobart Lew Carr Field • Syracuse, New York 4–0 6–2
9 May 5 RPI Lew Carr Field • Syracuse, New York 6–1 7–2
10 May 6 Colgate Unknown • Unknown 13–7 8–2
11 May 8 at Clarkson Unknown • Potsdam, New York 15–12 9–2
12 May 9 at St. Lawrence Unknown • Canton, New York 1–2 9–3
13 May 12 Bucknell Lew Carr Field • Syracuse, New York 21–0 10–3
14 May 13 Penn State Lew Carr Field • Syracuse, New York 10–0 11–3
15 May 13 Penn State Lew Carr Field • Syracuse, New York 3–2 12–3
16 May 17 at Cornell Hoy FieldIthaca, New York 13–3
17 May 18 Rochester Lew Carr Field • Syracuse, New York 14–3
Postseason
NCAA District II Playoff (2–0)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record
18 vs June 3 Delaware Lew Carr Field • Syracuse, New York 2–0 15–3
19 vs June 7 St. Johns Lew Carr Field • Syracuse, New York 9–3 16–3
College World Series (2–2)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record
20 June 10 vs Colorado State College Omaha Municipal StadiumOmaha, Nebraska 12–5 17–3
21 June 11 vs Oklahoma State Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 9–12 17–4
22 June 12 vs Western Michigan Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 6–0 18–4
23 June 13 vs Oklahoma State Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 0–8 18–5

Awards and honors

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Dave Sarette
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[1]

References

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  1. ^ "CWS record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved January 5, 2022.