1954 Arizona Wildcats baseball team

{{Short description|American university baseball season}}

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

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| year = 1954

| team = Arizona Wildcats

| sport = baseball

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| conference = Border Conference

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| record = 40–9

| conf_record = 2–0

| head_coach = Frank Sancet

| hc_year = 5th

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| stadium = UA Field

| champion = District VII champions

| tourney = College World Series

| tourney_result = T-5th

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The 1954 Arizona Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Arizona in the 1954 NCAA baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games at UA Field. The team was coached by Frank Sancet in his 5th year at Arizona.

The Wildcats won the District VII Playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Oklahoma A&M Cowboys.

Roster

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Schedule

{{Game log start|style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Arizona Wildcats|border=2|color=white}}|title= 1954 Arizona Wildcats baseball game log}}

! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Arizona Wildcats|border=2|color=white}}" | Regular season

|- valign="top"

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Arizona Wildcats|border=2|color=white}};|title=March (12–2)| #| Date| Opponent| Site/stadium| Score| Overall record| Border Record}}

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

| 1 || March 1 || {{cbsb link|year=1954|team=Sul Ross Lobos|title=Sul Ross}} || UA Field • Tucson, Arizona || 11–4 || 1–0 || –

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

| 2 || March 2 || Sul Ross || UA Field • Tucson, Arizona || 2–4 || 1–1 || –

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

| 3 || March 5 || {{cbsb link|year=1954|team=UCLA Bruins|title=UCLA}} || UA Field • Tucson, Arizona || 12–1 || 2–1 || –

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

| 4 || March 6 || UCLA || UA Field • Tucson, Arizona || 15–3 || 3–1 || –

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

| 5 || March 13 || Luke Air Force Base || UA Field • Tucson, Arizona || 16–0 || 4–1 || –

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| 6 || March 13 || Luke Air Force Base || UA Field • Tucson, Arizona || 16–3 || 5–1 || –

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

| 7 || March 17 || Davis–Monthan Air Force Base || UA Field • Tucson, Arizona || 16–0 || 6–1 || –

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

| 8 || March 19 || at {{cbsb link|year=1954|team=New Mexico A&M Aggies|title=New Mexico A&M}} || Unknown • Las Cruces, New Mexico || 16–0 || 7–1 || 1–0

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

| 9 || March 20 || at New Mexico A&M ||Unknown • Las Cruces, New Mexico || 30–1 || 8–1 || 2–0

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| 10 || March 25 || {{cbsb link|year=1954|team=Utah Redskins|title=Utah}} || UA Field • Tucson, Arizona || 10–2 || 9–1 || 2–0

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

| 11 || March 25 || Utah || UA Field • Tucson, Arizona || 6–5 || 10–1 || 2–0

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| 12 || March 26 || Utah || UA Field • Tucson, Arizona || 4–12 || 10–2 || 2–0

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| 13 || March 26 || Utah || UA Field • Tucson, Arizona || 10–1 || 11–2 || 2–0

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| 14 || March 29[https://www.newspapers.com/image/163269905/ 30 Mar 1954, p. 17, Arizona Daily Star, via Newspapers.com] || Davis–Monthan Air Force Base || UA Field • Tucson, Arizona || 2–1 || 12–2 || 2–0

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{{Game log section end}}

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Arizona Wildcats|border=2|color=white}};|title=April (20–5)| #| Date| Opponent| Site/stadium| Score| Overall record| Border Record}}

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| 15 || April 1 || Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton || UA Field • Tucson, Arizona || 10–14 || 12–3 || 2–0

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| 16 || April 2 || Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton || UA Field • Tucson, Arizona || 25–5 || 13–3 || 2–0

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

| 17 || April 3 || Luke Air Force Base || UA Field • Tucson, Arizona || 7–6 || 14–3 || 2–0

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

| 18 || April 3 || Luke Air Force Base || UA Field • Tucson, Arizona || 7–3 || 15–3 || 2–0

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

| 19 || April 5 || {{cbsb link|year=1954|team=Wyoming Cowboys|title=Wyoming}} || UA Field • Tucson, Arizona || 12–7 || 16–3 || 2–0

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

| 20 || April 6 || Wyoming || UA Field • Tucson, Arizona || 21–3 || 17–3 || 2–0

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| 21 || April 7 || Wyoming || UA Field • Tucson, Arizona || 7–0 || 18–3 || 2–0

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

| 22 || April 8 || San Diego Naval Air Station || UA Field • Tucson, Arizona || 5–15 || 18–4 || 2–0

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| 23 || April 9 || {{cbsb link|year=1954|team=Pacific Tigers|title=Pacific}} || UA Field • Tucson, Arizona || 25–5 || 19–4 || 2–0

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| 24 || April 10 || Pacific || UA Field • Tucson, Arizona || 8–1 || 20–4 || 2–0

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| 25 || April 12 || {{cbsb link|year=1954|team=Iowa Hawkeyes|title=Iowa}} || UA Field • Tucson, Arizona || 4–3 || 21–4 || 2–0

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

| 26 || April 13 || Iowa || UA Field • Tucson, Arizona || 2–3 || 21–5 || 2–0

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

| 27 || April 14 || Iowa || UA Field • Tucson, Arizona || 6–5 || 22–5 || 2–0

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| 28 || April 16 || Iowa || UA Field • Tucson, Arizona || 17–9 || 23–5 || 2–0

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

| 29 || April 17 || Iowa || UA Field • Tucson, Arizona || 6–5 || 24–5 || 2–0

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| 30 || April 17 || Iowa || UA Field • Tucson, Arizona || 1–13 || 24–6 || 2–0

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| 31 || April 19 || at {{cbsb link|year=1954|team=Pepperdine Waves|title=Pepperdine}} || UA Field • Malibu, California || 15–4 || 25–6 || 2–0

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

| 32 || April 20 || at UCLA || Joe E. Brown Field • Los Angeles, California || 2–1 || 26–6 || 2–0

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

| 33 || April 21 || at {{cbsb link|year=1954|team=San Diego State Aztecs|title=San Diego State}} || Unknown • San Diego, California || 3–1 || 27–6 || 2–0

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

| 34 || April 22 || Marine Recreation Department || UA Field • Tucson, Arizona || 2–3 || 27–7 || 2–0

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| 35 || April 23 || Naval Air Skyraiders || UA Field • Tucson, Arizona || 9–4 || 28–7 || 2–0

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| 36 || April 24 || Naval Training Center || UA Field • Tucson, Arizona || 2–1 || 29–7 || 2–0

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| 37 || April 24 || Naval Training Center || UA Field • Tucson, Arizona || 6–4 || 30–7 || 2–0

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| 38 || April 29 || Naval Training Center || UA Field • Tucson, Arizona || 16–5 || 31–7 || 2–0

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| 39 || April 30 || Marine Recreation Department || UA Field • Tucson, Arizona || 8–7 || 32–7 || 2–0

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{{Game log section end}}

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Arizona Wildcats|border=2|color=white}};|title=May (4–0)| #| Date| Opponent| Site/stadium| Score| Overall record| Border Record}}

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| 40 || May 1 || Marine Recreation Department || UA Field • Tucson, Arizona || 11–4 || 33–7 || 2–0

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| 41 || May 3 || Davis–Monthan Air Force Base || UA Field • Tucson, Arizona || 12–4 || 34–7 || 2–0

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

| 42 || May 11 || Davis–Monthan Air Force Base || UA Field • Tucson, Arizona || 10–7 || 35–7 || 2–0

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

| 43 || May 11 || Davis–Monthan Air Force Base || UA Field • Tucson, Arizona || 4–3 || 36–7 || 2–0

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{{Game log section end}}

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! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Arizona Wildcats|border=2|color=white}}" | Postseason

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{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Arizona Wildcats|border=2|color=white}};|title=NCAA District VII Playoff (3–0)| #| Date| Opponent| Site/stadium| Score| Overall record| Border Record}}

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| 44 || June 4 || at {{cbsb link|year=1954|team=Colorado State Bears|title=Colorado State}} || Jackson FieldGreeley, Colorado || 8–2 || 37–7 || 2–0

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

| 45 || June 5 || vs Wyoming || Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado || 16–9 || 38–7 || 2–0

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| 46 || June 7 || at Colorado State || Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado || 8–5 || 39–7 || 2–0

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{{Game log section end}}

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

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

| 47 || June 10 || vs Oregon || Omaha Municipal StadiumOmaha, Nebraska || 12–1 || 40–7 || 2–0

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| 48 || June 11 || vs Michigan State || Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska || 1–2 || 40–8 || 2–0

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

| 49 || June 11 || vs {{cbsb link|year=1954|team=Oklahoma A&M Cowboys|title=Oklahoma A&M}} || Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska || 4–5 || 40–9 || 2–0

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{{Game log section end}}

{{Game log end}}

Awards and honors

;Russ Gragg

Second Team All-American American Baseball Coaches Association

;Carl Thomas

Third Team All-American American Baseball Coaches Association

References

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