1960 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team

1960 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball
Big Eight champions District V champions
College World Series, 3rd
Conference	Big Eight Conference
CB	No. 4
Record	17–7 (12–4 Big 8)
Head coach	Toby Greene (17th season)

1960 Big Eight Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Oklahoma State  ‍†‍‍^y	12	–	4		.750			17	–	7		.708
Iowa State  ‍‍‍	12	–	6		.667			14	–	9		.609
Oklahoma  ‍‍‍	12	–	7		.632			13	–	10		.565
Missouri  ‍‍‍	9	–	6		.600			12	–	9		.571
Colorado  ‍‍‍	7	–	9		.438			10	–	12		.455
Kansas  ‍‍‍	7	–	11		.389			11	–	13		.458
Nebraska  ‍‍‍	6	–	11		.353			10	–	13		.435
Kansas State  ‍‍‍	3	–	14		.176			5	–	18		.217
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1960[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1960 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team represented the Oklahoma State University in the 1960 NCAA University Division baseball season. The team was coached by Toby Greene in his 17th year at Oklahoma State.

The Cowboys were named the District V champions and advanced to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Minnesota Golden Gophers.

Roster

1960 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town Bruce Andrew / — — Robert Andrew / — — Ben Bancroft / — — Don Berry / — — Don Blakey / — — Ray Bond / — — John Brown / — — Bill Burgess / — — INF Dale DeHart / — — OF Jim Dobson / — — Bob Hennkens / — — Bill Ketchum / — — Bob McDowell / — — INF Grayson Mersch / — — Mike Mulvihill / — — P George Scott / — — P Dick Soergel / — — Don Soergel / — — J. D. Sorenson / — — Don Wallace / — — RHP Jim Wixson /R — —	Head coach Toby Greene Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: February 13, 2021

Schedule

1960 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball game log
Regular season
March (2–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 8 record 1 March 26 at Rice Rice Baseball Field • Houston, Texas 10–1 1–0 – 2 March 27 at Rice Rice Baseball Field • Houston, Texas 4–2 2–0 –
April (8–3) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 8 record 3 April 1 at Houston Buffalo Stadium • Houston, Texas 0–4 2–1 – 4 April 2 at Houston Buffalo Stadium • Houston, Texas 1–0 3–1 – 5 April 8 at Missouri Simmons Field • Columbia, Missouri 4–3 4–1 1–0 6 April 9 at Missouri Simmons Field • Columbia, Missouri 2–1 5–1 2–0 7 April 9 at Missouri Simmons Field • Columbia, Missouri 2–0 6–1 3–0 8 April 15 at Kansas State Frank Myers Field • Manhattan, Kansas 8–1 7–1 4–0 9 April 15 at Kansas State Frank Myers Field • Manhattan, Kansas 9–2 8–1 5–0 10 April 16 at Kansas State Frank Myers Field • Manhattan, Kansas 11–2 9–1 6–0 11 April 25 Oklahoma Unknown • Stillwater, Oklahoma 13–3 10–1 7–0 12 April 25 Oklahoma Unknown • Stillwater, Oklahoma 7–9 10–2 7–1 13 April 26 Oklahoma Unknown • Stillwater, Oklahoma 0–4 10–3 7–2
May (5–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 8 record 14 May 6 Nebraska Unknown • Stillwater, Oklahoma 2–0 11–3 8–2 15 May 7 Nebraska Unknown • Stillwater, Oklahoma 7–2 12–3 9–2 16 May 13 Colorado Unknown • Stillwater, Oklahoma 3–4 12–4 9–3 17 May 13 Colorado Unknown • Stillwater, Oklahoma 13–2 13–4 10–3 18 May 14 Colorado Unknown • Stillwater, Oklahoma 1–0 14–4 11–3 19 May 20 at Iowa State Unknown • Ames, Iowa 0–4 14–5 11–4 20 May 21 at Iowa State Unknown • Ames, Iowa 10–5 15–5 12–4
Postseason
College World Series (2–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 8 record 21 June 13 vs Arizona Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 1–2 15–6 12–4 22 June 15 vs North Carolina Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 7–0 16–6 12–4 23 June 17 vs Boston College Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 1–0 17–6 12–4 24 June 18 vs Minnesota Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 1–3 17–7 12–4

Awards and honors

Dale DeHart

• All-Big Eight Conference

Jim Dobson

• All-Big Eight Conference

Grayson Mersch

• All-Big Eight Conference

Dick Soergel

• First Team All-American American Baseball Coaches Association
• All-Big Eight Conference

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1960". Boyd's World. Retrieved November 4, 2013.