1957 Florida State Seminoles baseball team

1957 Florida State Seminoles baseball
NCAA District 3 champions
College World Series, 0–2
Conference	Florida Intercollegiate Conference
Record	22–9 (7–2 FIC)
Head coach	Danny Litwhiler (3rd year)
Home stadium	Seminole Field

1957 Florida Intercollegiate Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Florida State  ‍†‍‍^y	7	–	2		.778			22	–	9		.710
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍	7	–	6		.538			11	–	12		.478
Stetson  ‍‍‍	5	–	9		.357			7	–	17		.292
Rollins  ‍‍‍		–			–			14	–	13		.519
Florida Southern  ‍‍‍		–			–			7	–	12		.368
Tampa  ‍‍‍		–			–				–			–
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1957 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1957 Florida State Seminoles baseball team represented Florida State University in the 1957 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Seminoles played their home games at Seminole Field. The team was coached by Danny Litwhiler in his third season at Florida State.

The Seminoles reached the College World Series, their first appearance in Omaha, where they finished tied for seventh after dropping an opening round game against eventual runner-up Penn State and an elimination game against fifth-place Connecticut.^[1]

Personnel

Roster

1957 Florida State Seminoles roster[2][1]
	Pitchers - John Ash - Senior 20 - Don Axon - Sophomore - Jerry Boxer - Senior 16 - Jack Bristol - Junior 17 - Rudy Eigl - Junior - Tom Garcia - Junior 21 - Fred Kenney - Junior 22 - Frank Slusser - Junior 25 - Bobby Waits - Senior - Al Zyla - Sophomore		Catchers 18 Mike Copps - Sophomore 23 - Jerry Couch - Sophomore - Paul Pasquale - Freshman 30 - Johnny Sheppard - Junior Infielders 26 - Carlee Hendrix - Senior 12 - Dick Howser - Junior - Pfil Hunt - Junior 19 - Dale Koch - Sophomore - Wayne Long - Sophomore - Hal Mangin - Sophomore - Owen McCarron - Junior 23 - Fred Twomey - Senior		Outfielders - Lee Corso - Senior 24 - Jerry Philp - Junior - Robert Rosell - Junior - Riley Seevers - Junior Unknown - Bill Bunker - Sophomore - Hal Dyer - Irwin - Harold Muchowicz

Coaches

1957 Florida State Seminoles baseball coaching staff
Danny Litwhiler – Head coach – 3rd year

Schedule and results

Legend
	Florida State win
	Florida State loss

1957 Florida State Seminoles baseball game log[3][1]
Regular season
March Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record FIC record Mar 19 Auburn* Seminole Field • Tallahassee, FL W 8–2 1–0 Mar 20 Auburn* Seminole Field • Tallahassee, FL W 10–5 2–0 Mar 22 at Stetson Conrad Park • DeLand, FL W 15–0 3–0 1–0 Mar 23 at Stetson Conrad Park • DeLand, FL L 2–3 3–1 1–1 Mar 25 Michigan State* Seminole Field • Tallahassee, FL L 3–8 3–2 Mar 26 Yale* Seminole Field • Tallahassee, FL W 7–0 4–2 Mar 27 Duke* Seminole Field • Tallahassee, FL W 2–0 5–2 Mar 28 Michigan State* Seminole Field • Tallahassee, FL W 7–4 6–2 Mar 29 Yale* Seminole Field • Tallahassee, FL W 11–8 7–2 Mar 30 Duke* Seminole Field • Tallahassee, FL L 1–8 7–3
April/May Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record FIC record Apr 2 Ithaca* Seminole Field • Tallahassee, FL W 7–6 8–3 Apr 3 Ithaca* Seminole Field • Tallahassee, FL W 21–4 9–3 Apr 5 Florida* Seminole Field • Tallahassee, FL L 2–13 9–4 Apr 6 Florida* Seminole Field • Tallahassee, FL W 4–1 10–4 Apr 16 Miami (FL) Seminole Field • Tallahassee, FL W 15–3 11–4 2–1 Apr 17 Miami (FL)* Seminole Field • Tallahassee, FL W 21–3 12–4 3–1 Apr 19 at Georgia Southern* Statesboro, GA W 13–2 13–4 Apr 20 at Georgia Southern* Statesboro, GA W 8–3 14–4 Apr 22 at Auburn* Plainsman Park • Auburn, AL L 9–10 14–5 Apr 23 at Auburn* Plainsman Park • Auburn, AL W 10–4 15–5 Apr 26 at Florida Southern Lakeland, FL W 4–0 16–5 4–1 Apr 27 at Florida Southern Lakeland, FL W 10–2 17–5 5–1 Apr 30 at Miami (FL) Miami Field • Miami, FL W 15–3 18–5 6–1 Apr 30 at Miami (FL) Miami Field • Miami, FL L 1–2 18–6 6–2 May 2 at Rollins Harper-Shepherd Field • Winter Park, FL W 5–0 19–6 7–2
Postseason
NCAA District 3 playoff Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record May 31 Georgia Southern Sims Legion Park • Gastonia, NC W 5–3 20–6 1–0 May 31 Duke Sims Legion Park • Gastonia, NC W 3–2 21–6 2–0 June 1 Duke Sims Legion Park • Gastonia, NC L 6–8 21–7 2–1 June 3 Duke Sims Legion Park • Gastonia, NC W 4–1 22–7 3–1
College World Series Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CWS record June 8 Penn State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 0–7 22–8 0–1 June 9 Connecticut Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 3–5 22–9 0–2

References

1. "1957 Baseball - Year in Review". Nole Fan. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
2. Florida State Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Florida State Seminoles. pp. 46–52. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
3. Florida State Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Florida State Seminoles. pp. 102–103. Retrieved April 9, 2021.