1966 St. John's Redmen baseball team

1966 St. John's Redmen baseball
District II champions
College World Series, 4th
Conference	Independent
Record	25–9
Head coach	John Kaiser (11th season)
Captain	Joe Russo
Home stadium	Alley Pond Park

The 1966 St. John's Redmen baseball team represented the St. John's University in the 1966 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Redmen played their home games at Alley Pond Park. The team was coached by Jack Kaiser in his St. John's University in his 11th year at St. John's.

The Redmen won District II to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Oklahoma State Cowboys.

Roster

1966 St. John's Redmen baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town Ralph Addonizio / — — George Blednick / — — Joe Bruno / — — John DeBiase / — — Richie Freund / — — INF Matt Galante / — — Mike Gorman / — — Wally Gross / — — Ronald Guzas / — — Frank Madden / — — P Larry Mushinske / — — P Rich Napolitano / — — So Frank Palmieri / — — William Permakoff / — — INF Joe Russo (C) / — — Sr Wayne Stack / — — P Walt Witowski / — — John Zarzicki / — —	Head coach Jack Kaiser Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

1966 St. John's Redmen baseball game log
Regular season
March (3–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 1 March 26 C.W. Post Alley Pond Park • New York, New York 22–3 1–0 2 March 30 Colgate Alley Pond Park • New York, New York 7–2 2–0 3 March 31 C.W. Post Alley Pond Park • New York, New York 9–0 3–0
April (14–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 4 April 1 at Adelphi Alley Pond Park • New York, New York 4–3 4–0 5 April 6 Kings Point Alley Pond Park • New York, New York 1–2 4–1 6 April 7 Bridgeport Alley Pond Park • New York, New York 12–3 5–1 7 April 9 at CCNY Unknown • New York, New York 15–7 6–1 8 April 11 New Haven Alley Pond Park • New York, New York 15–0 7–1 9 April 12 Rutgers Alley Pond Park • New York, New York 2–1 8–1 10 April 14 at Southern Connecticut State Unknown • New Haven, Connecticut 1–9 8–2 11 April 15 Saint Peter's Alley Pond Park • New York, New York 6–1 9–2 12 April 16 LIU Alley Pond Park • New York, New York 3–1 10–2 13 April 19 St. Francis Alley Pond Park • New York, New York 8–6 11–2 14 April 21 Fordham Alley Pond Park • New York, New York 2–0 12–2 15 April 22 Pace Alley Pond Park • New York, New York 11–2 13–2 16 April 23 at NYU Unknown • New York, New York 7–0 14–2 17 April 26 Queens College Alley Pond Park • New York, New York 3–2 15–2 18 April 27 at Hofstra University Field • Hempstead, New York 12–3 16–2 19 April 30 at Iona Unknown • New Rochelle, New York 3–1 17–2
May (3–5) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 20 May 3 at Seton Hall Owen T. Carroll Field • South Orange, New Jersey 4–5 17–3 21 May 7 at Fairleigh Dickinson Unknown • Teaneck, New Jersey 0–1 17–4 22 May 10 at Army Doubleday Field • West Point, New York 0–10 17–5 23 May 11 Wagner Alley Pond Park • New York, New York 13–3 18–5 24 May 12 Rhode Island Alley Pond Park • New York, New York 1–0 19–5 25 May 14 Manhattan Van Cortlandt Park • New York, New York 2–4 19–6 26 May 15 at Rider Alley Pond Park • Lawrenceville, New Jersey 4–7 19–7 27 May 17 Upsala Alley Pond Park • New York, New York 9–0 20–7
Postseason
NCAA District II Playoff (3–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 28 June 3 vs Rutgers Bill Clarke Field • Princeton, New Jersey 9–4 21–7 29 June 5 vs Lafayette Bill Clarke Field • Princeton, New Jersey 2–0 22–7 30 June 5 vs Lafayette Bill Clarke Field • Princeton, New Jersey 8–3 23–7
College World Series (2–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 31 June 13 vs Northeastern Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 5–3 24–7 32 June 14 vs Texas Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 2–0 25–7 33 June 15 vs Ohio State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 7–8 25–8 34 June 17 vs Oklahoma Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 1–6 25–9

Awards and honors

Matt Galante

• All Tournament Team

Joe Russo

• All Tournament Team