The 1952 Colorado State College Bears baseball team represented
Colorado State College of Education in the
1952 NCAA baseball season
The 1952 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1952. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 19 ...
. The Bears played their home games at
Jackson Field. The team was coached by
Pete Butler in his 10th year at Colorado State.
The Bears won the District VII playoff to advance to the
College World Series
The College World Series (CWS), officially the NCAA Men's College World Series (MCWS), is an annual baseball tournament held in June in Omaha, Nebraska. The MCWS is the culmination of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Divisi ...
, where they were defeated by the
Western Michigan Broncos
The Western Michigan Broncos are a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I program representing Western Michigan University (WMU) in college athletics. They compete in the Mid-American Conference in men's baseball, basketball ...
.
Roster
Schedule
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Jackson Field •
Greeley, Colorado
Greeley is the home rule municipality city that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Weld County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 108,795 at the 2020 United States Census, an increase of 17.12% since the 2010 ...
, , 17–6 , , 1–0 , , 1–0
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, 2 , , , , Colorado Mines , , Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado , , 12–6 , , 2–0 , , 2–0
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, 3 , , , , vs
Lowry Air Force Base
Lowry Air Force Base (Lowry Field in 1938–1948) is a former United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) training base during World War II and a United States Air Force (USAF) training base during the Cold War, serving as the initial 1955–1958 si ...
, , Unknown • Unknown, Colorado , , 4–7 , , 2–1 , , 2–0
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, 4 , , , , vs Lowry Air Force Base , , Unknown • Unknown, Colorado , , 25–7 , , 3–1 , , 2–0
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, 5 , , , , vs , , Unknown • Unknown , , 4–6 , , 3–2 , , 2–0
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, 6 , , , , vs Wyoming , , Unknown • Unknown , , 4–9 , , 3–3 , , 2–0
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, 7 , , , , vs , , Unknown • Unknown , , 8–7 , , 4–3 , , 2–0
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, 8 , , , , vs , , Unknown • Unknown , , 2–6 , , 4–4 , , 2–1
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, 9 , , , , vs Colorado College , , Unknown • Unknown , , 13–11 , , 5–4 , , 3–1
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, 10 , , , , vs , , Unknown • Unknown , , 6–5 , , 6–4 , , 3–1
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, 11 , , , , vs Colorado Mines , , Unknown • Unknown , , 23–2 , , 7–4 , , 4–1
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, 12 , , , , vs Colorado Mines , , Unknown • Unknown , , 10–2 , , 8–4 , , 5–1
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, 13 , , , , vs Colorado A&M , , Unknown • Unknown , , 5–15 , , 8–5 , , 5–1
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, 14 , , , , , , Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado , , 10–3 , , 9–5 , , 6–1
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, 15 , , , , Western State , , Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado , , 14–5 , , 10–5 , , 7–1
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, 16 , , , , vs Denver , , Unknown • Unknown , , 3–4 , , 10–6 , , 7–1
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, 17 , , , , vs Colorado College , , Unknown • Unknown , , 6–0 , , 11–6 , , 8–1
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, 18 , , , , vs Colorado College , , Unknown • Unknown , , 1–0 , , 12–6 , , 9–1
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, 19 , , , , vs Lowry Air Force Base , , Unknown • Unknown , , 8–10 , , 12–7 , , 9–1
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, 20 , , , , vs Lowry Air Force Base , , Unknown • Unknown , , 7–6 , , 13–7 , , 9–1
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, 21 , , May 30 , , , , Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado , , 7–6 , , 14–7 , , 9–1
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, 22 , , May 31 , , BYU , , Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado , , 11–6 , , 15–7 , , 9–1
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, 23 , , June 12 , , vs
Missouri
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, ,
Omaha Municipal Stadium •
Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 39th-largest cit ...
, , 1–15 , , 15–8 , , 9–1
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, 24 , , June 13 , , vs
Western Michigan
West Michigan and Western Michigan are terms for an arbitrary region in the U.S. state of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. Most narrowly it refers to the Grand Rapids- Muskegon-Holland area, and more broadly to most of the region along the Lower Pen ...
, , Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska , , 6–8 , , 15–9 , , 9–1
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Awards and honors
;Bob Distifano
* All-
Rocky Mountain Conference
The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC), commonly known as the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) from approximately 1910 through the late 1960s, is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NC ...
Team
;Jim DiTollo
* All-Rocky Mountain Conference Team
;Bob Stewart
* All-Rocky Mountain Conference Team
;Cyril Trofholz
* All-Rocky Mountain Conference Team
References
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Colorado State
Colorado State University (Colorado State or CSU) is a public land-grant research university in Fort Collins, Colorado. It is the flagship university of the Colorado State University System. Colorado State University is classified among "R1: ...
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference baseball champion seasons