1950 Tufts Jumbos baseball team

1950 Tufts Jumbos baseball
College World Series
Conference	Independent
Record	17–6
Head coach	John Ricker (4th season)
Captain	George Minot

The 1950 Tufts Jumbos baseball team represented the Tufts University in the 1950 NCAA baseball season. The team was coached by John Ricker in his 4th season at Tufts.

The Jumbos reached the College World Series, but were eliminated by the Texas Longhorns in the quarterfinals, where they were no-hit by Jim Ehrler.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Roster

1950 Tufts Jumbos roster

Arnie Castagner
Dave Lincoln
Bud Niles

Al Bennett
Bill Burns
Ken Fettig
George Minot
Ed Schluntz
Al Thomann

Jim Jabbour

Richard Littlefield

Outfielders

Rudy Fobert - Senior
John Lowe
John Panagos

Unknown

Al Boyages
Ellis Davis
Julie Doliner
Bill Mullin
Howie Richardson
Bob Taft
Don West
Ray Wilson

John Ricker - 4th Season

Schedule

Legend
	Tufts win
	Tufts loss

1950 Tufts Jumbos baseball game log

Regular season (16–4)

April
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record
Apr 3	at Upsala	East Orange, NJ	W 14–5	1–0
Apr 4	at Seton Hall	Owen T. Carroll Field • South Orange, NJ	L 2–12	1–1
Apr 6	at Princeton	Princeton, NJ	W 5–2¹⁰	2–1
Apr 15	at Lowell Textile	Lowell, MA	W 13–3	3–1
Apr 18	Quonset Point	Medford, MA	W 7–6¹⁰	4–1
Apr 22	AIC	Medford, MA	W 8–1	5–1
Apr 25	at Bates	Lewiston, ME	L 1–4	5–2

May/June
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record
May 3	at MIT	Cambridge, MA	W 4–3¹⁰	6–2
May 6	Boston University	Medford, MA	L 2–3	6–3
May 6	Boston University	Medford, MA	L 1–6	6–4
May 9	Northeastern	Medford, MA	W 4–2	7–4
May 11	at Quonset Point	North Kingston, RI	W 23–2	8–4
May 13	Trinity	Medford, MA	W 10–0	9–4
May 15	Suffolk	Medford, MA	W 9–6	10–4
May 17	WPI	Medford, MA	W 14–0	11–4
May 20	UMass	Medford, MA	W 9–8	12–4
May 22	Williams	Medford, MA	W 7–2	13–4
May 27	Connecticut	Medford, MA	W 5–2	14–4
June 3	at Boston College	Chestnut Hill, MA	W 9–8¹¹	15–4
June 10	Boston College	Medford, MA	W 9–4	16–4

Postseason

1950 College World Series (1–2)
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	CWS record
June 16	vs Washington State	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	L 1–3^[4]	16–5	0–1
June 18	vs Bradley	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	W 4–1^[5]	17–5	1–1
June 19	vs Texas	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	L 0–7^[6]	17–6	1–2

References

↑ "College World Series Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
↑ "1950 College World Series". Omaha.com. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
↑ "Tufts Celebrates 60th Anniversary of 1950 Team at Fenway Park Tonight". Tufts Jumbos. May 10, 2010. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
↑ "Dolquist Is Rated Top Tourney Pitcher As WSC Defeats Tufts". Spokane Chronicle. June 17, 1950. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ "Tufts Tops Bradley, 5-4, Stays in Fight for Title". The Boston Globe. June 19, 1950. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ "Texas Pitcher Hurls No-Hitter, Tufts Eliminated". The Boston Globe. June 20, 1950. p. 39 – via Newspapers.com.

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