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1951 Springfield Maroons baseball team

{{short description|American college baseball season}}

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

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| year = 1951

| team = Springfield Maroons

| sport = baseball

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| record = 16–7

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| head_coach = Archie Allen

| hc_year = 4th

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| captain = Matt Maetoza

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| champion = District I Playoff champions

| tourney = College World Series

| tourney_result = T-5th

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The 1951 Springfield Maroons baseball team represented Springfield College in the 1951 NCAA baseball season. The team was coached by Archie Allen in his 4th year at Springfield.

The Maroons won the District I playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Tennessee Volunteers.

During the Maroon's June 14 game against the Oklahoma Sooners, they drew a CWS record 15 walks off one just a single pitcher, James Waldrip. Springfield also set a 9-inning CWS record with 17 stranded baserunners.{{cite web |url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/baseball/article/2020-06-02/9-college-world-series-records-we-think-will-never-be-broken |title=9 College World Series records that (we think) will never be broken |author=Anthony Chiusano |date=June 2, 2020 |publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. |work=www.ncaa.com |accessdate=October 18, 2020}}

Roster

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Schedule

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

! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Springfield Maroons|border=2|color=white}}" | Regular season

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

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| 5 || April || {{cbsb link|year=1951|team=American International Yellow Jackets|title=AIC}} || Unknown • Springfield, Massachusetts || 3–0 || 3–2

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| || April 21 || at {{cbsb link|year=1951|team=Holy Cross Crusaders|title=Holy Cross}} || Unknown • Worcester, Massachusetts || 2–4 || –

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| || April 28 || at {{cbsb link|year=1951|team=Harvard Crimson|title=Harvard}} || Unknown • Cambridge, Massachusetts || 3–9 || –

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{{Game log section end}}

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

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| 16 || May 30 || {{cbsb link|year=1951|team=UMass Minutemen|title=UMass}} || Unknown • Springfield, Massachusetts || 2–1 || 12–4

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

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| 17 || June 2 || at UMass || Unknown • Amherst, Massachusetts || 3–0 || 13–4

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! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Springfield Maroons|border=2|color=white}}" | Postseason

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{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Springfield Maroons|border=2}};|title=District I Tournament (2–1)| #| Date| Opponent| Site/stadium| Score| Overall record}}

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| 18 || June 4 || vs {{cbsb link|year=1951|team=Brown Bears|title=Brown}} || Unknown • Lowell, Massachusetts || 0–2 || 13–5

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| 19 || June 5 || vs Brown || Unknown • Lowell, Massachusetts || 3–2 || 14–5

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| 20 || June 6 || vs Brown || Unknown • Lowell, Massachusetts || 2–0 || 15–5

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{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Springfield Maroons|border=2}};|title=College World Series (1–2)| #| Date| Opponent| Site/stadium| Score| Overall record}}

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| 21 || June 13 || vs Texas A&M || Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska || 15–8 || 16–5

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| 22 || June 14 || vs Oklahoma || Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska || 1–7 || 16–6

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| 23 || June 15 || vs Tennessee || Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska || 0–2 || 16–7

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References

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