1950 Rutgers Scarlet Knights baseball team

1950 Rutgers Scarlet Knights baseball
College World Series, 3rd
Conference	Independent
Record	20–6–1
Head coach	George Case (1st season)

The 1950 Rutgers Scarlet Knights baseball team is a baseball team that represented Rutgers University in the 1950 NCAA baseball season. They were led by first-year head coach George Case.

The Scarlet Knights finished third in the College World Series, defeated by the Texas Longhorns. It is the program's only team to reach the College World Series.

One player from the team, Harding Peterson, played in Major League Baseball. He was later the general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Peterson, Ray van Cleef, and Jim Monahan were inducted into the Scarlet Knights Hall of Fame.

Roster

1950 Rutgers Scarlet Knights baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town Don Biehn / — — Jim Clark / — — Dudley Eppel / — — P Tom Foster / — — P Herm Hering / — — INF Steve Kalapos / — — George Kaye / — — INF Julie Leboff / — — Elizabeth, New Jersey Tex Maskelevich / — — Ted McDonough / — — Jim Monahan / — — C Pete Peterson R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Perth Amboy, New Jersey INF Charlie Ruddock R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Swampscott, Massachusetts George Ruddy / — — Alan Stull / — — INF Bob Suba / — — Hal Tindall / — — OF Ray Van Cleef / — — P Allen Willenbrock / — —	Head coach George Case Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt

Sources

Schedule

1950 Rutgers Scarlet Knights baseball game log
Regular season
March (2–1–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 1 March 27 at Maryland Unknown • College Park, Maryland 10–0 1–0 2 March 28 at Maryland Unknown • College Park, Maryland 7–10 1–1 3 March 29 at Virginia Unknown • Charlottesville, Virginia 3–2 2–1 4 March 31 at Washington and Lee Unknown • Lexington, Virginia 6–6 2–1–1
April (8–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 5 April 1 at George Washington Unknown • Washington, D.C. 4–3 3–1–1 6 April 8 Navy Unknown • Piscataway, New Jersey 11–5 4–1–1 7 April 10 at Georgetown Unknown • Washington, D.C. 4–3 5–1–1 8 April 12 Columbia Unknown • Piscataway, New Jersey 11–4 6–1–1 9 April 15 at Penn State Unknown • State College, Pennsylvania 6–3 7–1–1 10 April 19 Lehigh Unknown • Piscataway, New Jersey 15–0 8–1–1 11 April 21 Colgate Unknown • Piscataway, New Jersey 6–7 8–2–1 12 April 22 Princeton Unknown • Piscataway, New Jersey 12–5 9–2–1 13 April 29 Lafayette Unknown • Piscataway, New Jersey 14–12 10–2–1
May (6–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 14 May 4 at Fordham Unknown • New York, New York 10–2 11–2–1 15 May 6 Amherst Unknown • Piscataway, New Jersey 12–0 12–2–1 16 May 8 Temple Unknown • Piscataway, New Jersey 11–5 13–2–1 17 May 10 Villanova Unknown • Piscataway, New Jersey 12–2 14–2–1 18 May 17 at Lehigh Unknown • Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 17–4 15–2–1 19 May 20 Lafayette Unknown • Piscataway, New Jersey 9–8 16–2–1 20 May 27 at Princeton Unknown • Princeton, New Jersey 2–3 16–3–1
June (1–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 21 June 5 Seton Hall Unknown • Piscataway, New Jersey 3–13 16–4–1 22 June 10 Virginia Unknown • Piscataway, New Jersey 10–8 17–4–1
Postseason
1950 College World Series (3–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 23 June 15 vs Texas Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 4–2 18–4–1 24 June 17 vs Wisconsin Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 5–3 19–4–1 25 June 19 vs Washington State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 1–3 19–5–1 26 June 21 vs Wisconsin Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 16–2 20–5–1 27 June 22 vs Texas Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 9–15 20–6–1