1962 Colorado State College Bears baseball team

1962 Colorado State College Bears baseball
Rocky Mountain Conference champions District VII champions
College World Series, T-7th
Conference	Rocky Mountain Conference
Record	22–11 (10–2 RMC)
Head coach	Pete Butler (20th season)
Assistant coach	Best (1st season)
Home stadium	Jackson Field

The 1962 Colorado State College Bears baseball team represented Colorado State College in the 1962 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Bears played their home games at Jackson Field. The team was coached by Pete Butler in his 20th year at Colorado State.

The Bears won the District VII playoff to advanced to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Texas Longhorns.

Roster

1962 Colorado State College Bears baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town John Barnes / — — OF Ron Bettinger / — — Joe Bonequista / — — Tom Carlson / — — RHP Chuck Chamberlain /R — — Dexter Cramer / — — P Ed Dyer / — — INF Ron Faulkner /L — — INF Gary Harper /R — — Mike Henwood / — — RHP Bill Jewell / — — Mike Kelly / — — Rich Krenning / — — C Jim Lochner /R — — INF Jack Miyamoto /R — — RHP Pat Pine / — — Gary Salimeno / — — Larry Shin / — — Kim Spence / — — INF Al Suydum /R — — Charles Williams / — — 25 RHP Jay Woodward /R — — OF Julie Yearling L/ — —	Head coach Pete Butler Assistant coach(es) Best Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

1962 Colorado State College Bears baseball game log
Regular season
March (2–5) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record RMC record 1 March 14  at New Mexico Lobo Field • Albuquerque, New Mexico 12–6 1–0 – 2 March 16  at Arizona UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 5–11 1–1 – 3 March 17  at Arizona UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 8–14 1–2 – 4 March 17  at Arizona UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 2–4 1–3 – 5 March 20  at New Mexico Lobo Field • Albuquerque, New Mexico 15–11 2–3 – 6 March 21  at New Mexico Lobo Field • Albuquerque, New Mexico 7–9 2–4 – 7 March 28  Colorado State Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado 1–3 2–5 4–0
April (7–3) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record RMC record 8 April 4  Colorado Mines Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado 13–0 3–5 – 9 April 6  Western State Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado 13–2 4–5 1–0 10 April 11  Colorado Mines Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado 11–5 5–5 2–0 11 April 13  at Colorado Mines Unknown • Golden, Colorado 11–0 6–5 3–0 12 April 20  Wyoming Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado 5–13 6–6 3–0 13 April 21 at Wyoming Unknown • Laramie, Wyoming 2–5 6–7 3–0 14 April 22  Western State Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado 3–6 6–8 3–1 15 April 24  Colorado State Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado 7–2 7–8 3–1 16 April 27  at Western State Unknown • Gunnison, Colorado 21–6 8–8 4–1 17 April 28  at Western State Unknown • Gunnison, Colorado 10–3 9–8 5–1
May (10–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record RMC record 18 May 4  at Adams State Unknown • Alamosa, Colorado 13–2 10–8 6–1 19 May 5  at Adams State Unknown • Alamosa, Colorado 8–2 11–8 7–1 20 May 8  at Denver Unknown • Denver, Colorado 11–5 12–8 7–1 21 May 9  Air Force Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado 6–2 13–8 7–1 22 May 10  at Colorado College Stewart Field • Colorado Springs, Colorado 16–15 14–8 8–1 23 May 12  Colorado College Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado 15–3 15–8 9–1 24 May 15  at Colorado State Unknown • Fort Collins, Colorado 5–4 16–8 9–1 25 May 18  Adams State Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado 6–10 16–9 9–2 26 May 19  Adams State Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado 9–3 17–9 10–2 27 May 22  Denver Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado 10–3 18–9 10–2 28 May 26  at Air Force Falcon Baseball Field • Colorado Springs, Colorado 5–3 19–9 10–2
Postseason
District VII Playoff (3–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record RMC record 29 June 1 Air Force Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado 7–2 20–9 10–2 30 June 2 New Mexico Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado 11–2 21–9 10–2 31 June 4  Air Force Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado 6–5 22–9 10–2
College World Series (0–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record RMC record 32 June 11 vs Holy Cross Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 3–4 22–10 10–2 33 June 12 vs Texas Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 2–12 22–11 10–2

Awards and honors

Ron Bettinger

• All-Rocky Mountain Conference Team

Eddie Dyer

• All-Rocky Mountain Conference Team

Gary Harper

• All-Rocky Mountain Conference Team

Jim Lochner

• All-Rocky Mountain Conference Team

Al Suydam

• All-Rocky Mountain Conference Team

Julie Yearling

• All-Rocky Mountain Conference Team