1957 Penn State Nittany Lions baseball team

The 1957 Penn State Nittany Lions baseball team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1957 NCAA University Division baseball season. The team was coached by Joe Bedenk in his 27th season at Penn State.

1957 Penn State Nittany Lions baseball
District 2 Champions
College World Series, Runner-Up
Conference	Independent
Record	22–2
Head coach	Joe Bedenk (27th season)
Seasons ← 1956 1958 →

The Nittany Lions lost the College World Series, defeated by the California Golden Bears in the championship game.

Roster

1957 Penn State Nittany Lions roster
	Pitchers Ed Drapcho Cal Emery		Infielders Steve Baidy Bob Hoover Gary Miller Guy Tirabassi Dave Watkins Catchers Don Stickler		Outfielders Jim Lockerman John McMullen Ron Rainey Unknown Wayne Breisch Elisha Howes Walter Krauser John McKersh Ron Reise Richard Shingler David Simmers Marlin Stover Coaches Joe Bedenk - 27th Season

Schedule

1957 Penn State Nittany Lions baseball game log
Regular season
April (7–0) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record April 10 Western Maryland Unknown • State College, PA 15–1 1–0 April 13 Penn Unknown • State College, PA 14–2 2–0 April 16 Bucknell Unknown • State College, PA 14–2 3–0 April 19 at Gettysburg Unknown • Gettysburg, PA 13–2 4–0 April 20 at Lafayette Unknown • Easton, PA 2–1 5–0 April 27 Georgetown Unknown • State College, PA 12–0 6–0 April 27 Georgetown Unknown • State College, PA 2–1 7–0
May (10–0) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record May 1 Villanova Unknown • State College, PA 11–2 8–0 May 3 Rutgers Unknown • State College, PA 9–7 9–0 May 4 at Army Doubleday Field • West Point, NY 16–7 10–0 May 7 at Navy Unknown • Annapolis, MD 8–5 11–0 May 15 Lehigh Unknown • State College, PA 10–5 12–0 May 18 at West Virginia Unknown • Morgantown, WV 6–0 13–0 May 21 at Temple Erny Field • Philadelphia, PA 10–2 14–0 May 22 at Bucknell Unknown • Lewisburg, PA 14–0 15–0 May 27 Pittsburgh Unknown • State College, PA 16–3 16–0 May 27 Pittsburgh Unknown • State College, PA 7–4 17–0
Postseason
District 2 Tournament (2–0) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record May 30 vs Manhattan Ebbets Field • New York, NY 2–1 18–0 May 31 vs St. John's Ebbets Field • New York, NY 5–0 19–0
1957 College World Series (3–2) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record June 8 vs Florida State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE 6–0 20–0 June 9 vs Texas Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE 4–1 21–0 June 10 vs California Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE 0–8 21–1 June 11 vs Notre Dame Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE 5–4 22–1 June 12 vs California Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE 0–1 22–2

Awards and honors

Cal Emery

• College World Series Most Outstanding Player^[1]

Ed Drapcho

• First Team All-American

References

1. "College World Series record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved April 8, 2019.