The Penn State Nittany Lions baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the
Pennsylvania State University
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in
University Park, Pennsylvania
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, United States. The team competes in the
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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's
Division I and are members of the
Big Ten Conference
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.
Season by Season Result
College World Series
Penn State baseball has appeared in the
College World Series
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five times. Its best result was runner-up in
1957
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.
Championship Results
College World Series
Super Regionals
Regionals
All-Time Scores
* 1952 (2-2)
** Penn St. 5, Texas 3
** Penn St. 12, Duke 7
** Missouri 3, Penn St. 2
** Holy Cross 15, Penn St. 4
* 1957 (3-2)
** Penn St. 7, Florida St. 0
** Penn St. 4, Texas 1
** California 8, Penn St. 0
** Penn St. 5, Notre Dame 4
** California 1, Penn St. 0
* 1959 (2-2)
** Penn St. 5, Connecticut 3
** Oklahoma St. 8, Penn St. 6
** Penn St. 7, Clemson 0
** Oklahoma St. 4, Penn St. 3
* 1963 (1-2)
** Arizona 8, Penn St. 1
** Penn St. 3, Western Mich. 0
** Texas 6, Penn St. 4 (10innings)
* 1973 (0-2)
** Arizona St. 3, Penn St. 1
** Oklahoma 6, Penn St. 0
Awards
Jace Diesing Sr. Most Outstanding Player Award
* 1957: Cal Emery
Shutouts
* 1957: Ed Drapcho, Penn St. vs. Florida St., 6-8-57 (7-0)
* 1959: Ron Riese, Penn St. vs. Clemson, 6-15-59 (7-0)
* 1963: Dick Noe, Penn St. vs. Western Mich., 6-11-63 (3-0)
Notable alumni
To date Penn State has had 89 players drafted and has been the alma mater to 24 MLB Players
Statistical Leaders
Batting
Games Played
At Bats
Runs Scored
Hits
Doubles
Triples
Homeruns
Runs Batted In (RBI)
Stolen Bases
Caught Stealing
References
External links
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