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1951 Princeton Tigers baseball team

{{short description|American college baseball season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1951

| team = Princeton Tigers

| sport = baseball

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| conference = Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League

| conference_link = Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League

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| short_conf = EIBL

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| record = 20–6

| conf_record = 7–2

| head_coach = Emerson Dickman

| hc_year = 3rd

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| captain = Willard Prior

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| stadium = Bill Clarke Field

| champion = EIBL Champions
District II Champions

| tourney = College World Series

| tourney_result = T-7th

}}

{{1951 Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League baseball standings}}

The 1951 Princeton Tigers baseball team represented Princeton University in the 1951 NCAA baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Bill Clarke Field. The team was coached by Emerson Dickman serving his 3rd year at Princeton.

The Tigers won the Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League championship and advanced to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Tennessee Volunteers.

Roster

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|head_coach= Emerson Dickman

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Schedule

{{Game log start|style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Princeton Tigers|border=2|color=white}}|title= 1951 Princeton Tigers baseball game log}}

! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Princeton Tigers|border=2|color=white}}" | Regular season

|- valign="top"

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Princeton Tigers|border=2}};|title=April (10–2)| #| Date| Opponent| Site/stadium| Score| Overall record| EIBL record}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 1 || April || {{cbsb link|year=1951|team=CCNY Beavers|title=CCNY}} || Bill Clarke Field • Princeton, New Jersey || 2–1 || 1–0 || 0–0

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 2 || April || {{cbsb link|year=1951|team=Manhattan Jaspers|title=Manhattan}} || Bill Clarke Field • Princeton, New Jersey || 2–0 || 2–0 || 0–0

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 3 || April || {{cbsb link|year=1951|team=Moravian Greyhounds|title=Moravian}} || Bill Clarke Field • Princeton, New Jersey || 2–1 || 3–0 || 0–0

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 4 || April || {{cbsb link|year=1951|team=Temple Owls|title=Temple}} || Bill Clarke Field • Princeton, New Jersey || 8–1 || 4–0 || 0–0

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 5 || April || {{cbsb link|year=1951|team=NYU Violets|title=NYU}} || Bill Clarke Field • Princeton, New Jersey || 4–5 || 4–1 || 0–0

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 6 || April || at {{cbsb link|year=1951|team=Penn Quakers baseball|title=Penn}} || River Field • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania || 6–4 || 5–1 || 1–0

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 7 || April || {{cbsb link|year=1951|team=Villanova Wildcats|title=Villanova}} || Unknown • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania || 4–3 || 6–1 || 1–0

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 8 || April || at {{cbsb link|year=1951|team=Columbia Lions|title=Columbia}} || Robertson Field at Satow Stadium • New York, New York || 3–4 || 6–2 || 1–1

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 9 || April || {{cbsb link|year=1951|team=Fordham Rams|title=Fordham}} || Bill Clarke Field • Princeton, New Jersey || 6–2 || 7–2 || 1–1

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 10 || April || at {{cbsb link|year=1951|team=Navy Midshipmen|title=Navy}} || Bill Clarke Field • Princeton, New Jersey || 6–2 || 8–2 || 2–1

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 11 || April || at {{cbsb link|year=1951|team=Army Black Knights|title=Army}} || Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field • West Point, New York || 6–4 || 9–2 || 3–1

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 12 || April || {{cbsb link|year=1951|team=Cornell Big Red|title=Cornell}} || Bill Clarke Field • Princeton, New Jersey || 4–3 || 10–2 || 4–1

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{{Game log section end}}

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Princeton Tigers|border=2}};|title=May (7–2)| #| Date| Opponent| Site/stadium| Score| Overall record| EIBL record}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 13 || May 1 || at {{cbsb link|year=1951|team=Rutgers Scarlet Knights|title=Rutgers}} || Unknown Field • Piscataway, New Jersey || 4–3 || 11–2 || 4–1

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 14 || May || {{cbsb link|year=1951|team=Dartmouth Big Green|title=Dartmouth}} || Bill Clarke Field • Princeton, New Jersey || 10–7 || 12–2 || 5–1

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 15 || May || {{cbsb link|year=1951|team=Georgetown Hoyas|title=Georgetown}} || Bill Clarke Field • Princeton, New Jersey || 4–1 || 13–2 || 5–1

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 16 || May || at {{cbsb link|year=1951|team=Brown Bears|title=Brown}} || Unknown • Providence, Rhode Island || 2–6 || 13–3 || 5–2

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 17 || May || {{cbsb link|year=1951|team=Colgate Red Raiders|title=Colgate}} || Bill Clarke Field • Princeton, New Jersey || 8–0 || 14–3 || 5–2

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 18 || May || {{cbsb link|year=1951|team=Lafayette Leopards|title=Lafayette}} || Bill Clarke Field • Princeton, New Jersey || 2–1 || 15–3 || 5–2

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 19 || May || {{cbsb link|year=1951|team=Seton Hall Pirates|title=Seton Hall}} || Bill Clarke Field • Princeton, New Jersey || 8–3 || 16–3 || 5–2

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 20 || May || {{cbsb link|year=1951|team=Penn Quakers|title=Penn}} || Bill Clarke Field • Princeton, New Jersey || 5–0 || 17–3 || 6–2

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 21 || May || at {{cbsb link|year=1951|team=Yale Bulldogs|title=Yale}} || Yale Field • West Haven, Connecticut || 1–2 || 17–4 || 6–2

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{{Game log section end}}

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Princeton Tigers|border=2}};|title=June (2–0)| #| Date| Opponent| Site/stadium| Score| Overall record| EIBL record}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 22 || June 6 || Rutgers || Bill Clarke Field • Princeton, New Jersey || 2–1 || 18–4 || 6–2

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 23 || June || Yale || Bill Clarke Field • Princeton, New Jersey || 7–6 || 19–4 || 7–2

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{{Game log section end}}

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! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Princeton Tigers|border=2|color=white}}" | Postseason

|- valign="top"

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Princeton Tigers|border=2}};|title=College World Series (0–2)| #| Date| Opponent| Site/stadium| Score| Overall record| EIBL record}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 24 || June 8 || vs USC || Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska || 1–4 || 19–5 || 6–2

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 25 || June 9 || vs Tennessee || Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska || 2–3 || 19–6 || 6–2

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{{Game log section end}}

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Princeton Tigers|border=2}};|title=June (1–0)| #| Date| Opponent| Site/stadium| Score| Overall record| EIBL record}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 26 || June 19 || at {{cbsb link|year=1951|team=Harvard Crimson|title=Harvard}} || Soldier's Field • Boston, Massachusetts|| 7–5 || 20–6 || 7–2

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{{Game log section end}}

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| {{cite web |url=https://goprincetontigers.com/documents/2020/3/25//BASE_Record_Book_2020.pdf?id=11369 |title=2020 Princeton Baseball Media Guide |publisher=Princeton Massachusetts |work=www.goprincetontigers.com |accessdate=August 22, 2020}}

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References

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