1950 Texas Longhorns baseball team

1950 Texas Longhorns baseball
1950 Texas Longhorns baseball
National champions; SWC champions
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	24-4 (14–1 SWC)
Head coach	Bibb Falk (8th year);
Home stadium	Clark Field
	Seasons ← 1949 1951 →

1950 Southwest Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Texas ‍†‍‍^y	14	–	1	.933	27	–	6	.818
Texas A&M ‍‍‍	9	–	5	.643	17	–	11	.607
Baylor ‍‍‍	8	–	7	.533	20	–	9	.690
TCU ‍‍‍	7	–	8	.467	14	–	9	.609
SMU ‍‍‍	2	–	10	.167	9	–	12	.429
Rice ‍‍‍	2	–	11	.154	9	–	12	.429

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the College World Series As of June 30, 1950^[1]^[2] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1950 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas in the 1950 NCAA baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Clark Field. The team was coached by Bibb Falk in his 8th season at Texas.

The Longhorns won the College World Series, defeating the Washington State Cougars in the championship game.^[3]

Roster

1950 Texas Longhorns roster

Pitchers

Legend
	Texas win
	Texas loss

1950 Texas Longhorns baseball game log

Regular season

April
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SWC record
April 3	SMU	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 8–3	6–1	3–0
April 11	at Texas A&M	Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, TX	W 12–2	7–1	4–0
April 15	at Baylor	Ferrell Field • Waco, TX	L 1–2	7–2	4–1
April 21	at Rice	Houston, TX	W 2–0	8–2	5–1
April 22	at Rice	Houston, TX	W 8–5	9–2	6–1
April 28	Baylor	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 22–3	10–2	7–1

Post-season

College World Series
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	CWS record
June 15	Rutgers	Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, NE	L 2–4	19–4	0–1
June 18	Colorado A&M	Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, NE	W 3–1	20–4	1–1
June 19	Tufts	Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, NE	W 7–0	21–4	2–1
June 20	Washington State	Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, NE	W 12–1	22–4	3–1
June 22	Rutgers	Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, NE	W 15–9	23–4	4–1
June 23	Washington State	Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, NE	W 3–0	24–4	5–1

Ben Tomkins

^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1950". boydsworld.com. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
^ "Texas Baseball 2010 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Texas at Austin. p. 172. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
^ "1950 College World Series". Omaha.com. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "2010 Texas Longhorns baseball Media Guide". TexasSports.com. Archived from the original on August 15, 2012. Retrieved August 14, 2012.

v t e Texas Longhorns 1950 College World Series champions
Charlie Gorin Ben Hopkins Dick Risenhoover Kal Segrist Ben Tompkins Murray Wall
Head Coach Bibb Falk
Regular season NCAA Tournament College World Series

v t e Texas Longhorns baseball
Venues	Clark Field I (1894–1927) Clark Field II (1928–1974) UFCU Disch-Falk Field (1975–present)
Rivalries	Texas A&M (Lone Star Showdown)
People	Head coaches Award winners Notable players MLB draftees
Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics