1957 Iowa State Cyclones baseball team

1957 Iowa State Cyclones baseball
District V Playoff Big Seven Champions
College World Series, 3rd
Conference	Big Seven Conference
Record	18–9 (11–6 Big 7)
Head coach	Cap Timm (16th season)
Captain	Dan Peters

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 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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.

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

Roster

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

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 Diamond • Lincoln, 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 Stadium • Omaha, 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

Dick Bertell

• Second Team All-American Sports Illustrated

Gary Thompson

• Third Team All-American Sports Illustrated