The 1954 Lafayette Leopards baseball team represented

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in the 1954 NCAA baseball season. The Leopards played their home games at

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. The team was coached by

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in his 9th year at Lafayette. The Leopards won the District II Playoff to advanced to the

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, where they were defeated by the Oklahoma A&M Cowboys.

Roster

Schedule

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Doubleday Field Doubleday Field is a baseball stadium in Cooperstown, New York named for Abner Doubleday and located two village blocks from the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. The grounds have been used for baseball since 1920, on what was Elihu Ph ...

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References

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Lafayette Leopards baseball The Lafayette Leopards baseball team represents Lafayette College in NCAA Division I college baseball. The team participates in the Patriot League. They are currently coached by A. J. Miller (baseball), A. J. Miller. They play home games in Kamine ...

College World Series seasons

Lafayette Leopards The Lafayette Leopards represent the 23 Division I varsity athletic teams of Lafayette College and compete in the Patriot League. There are 11 men's teams, 11 women's teams, and one co-ed team. The club teams also compete as the Leopards. Tho ...