1969 Texas Longhorns baseball team

The 1969 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1969 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Clark Field. The team was coached by Cliff Gustafson in his 2nd season at Texas.

1969 Texas Longhorns baseball
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record40–6 (14–2 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumClark Field
1969 Southwest Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Texas  y 142 .875406 .870
TCU   96 .600228 .733
Texas Tech   97 .5631313 .500
Rice   76 .5381411 .560
Texas A&M   78 .4671511 .577
Baylor   611 .3531017 .370
SMU   214 .125521 .192
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1969[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Longhorns reached the College World Series, finishing fourth with wins over eventual champion Arizona State and fifth-place Ole Miss and losses to runner-up Tulsa and semifinalist NYU.[2]

Personnel

Roster

1969 Texas Longhorns roster[3][4]
 

Pitchers

Catchers

  • 22 - Tommy Harmon
 

Infielders

  • 1 - Louis Lee Bagwell
  • 3 - David Chalk
  • 7 - John D. Langerhans
  • 9 - Patrick John Amos

Outfielders

  • 14 - Pat Brown
  • 12 - David Hall
  • 13 - Jack Miller
  • 23 - Randal C. Peschel
 

Utility

  • 2 - Michael Charles Markl
  • 6 - Dennis Wayne Kasper
  • 11 - Douglass Kirk Fell
  • 25 - Gene McNeal Salmon

Schedule and results

Legend
 Texas win
 Texas loss
 Tie
1969 Texas Longhorns baseball game log[5]
Regular season
Postseason

Notes

  1. James Street threw a 7-inning no-hitter.

References

  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1969". boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  2. "1969 College World Series". Omaha.com. Archived from the original on August 14, 2020. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  3. Baseball Letterwinners (PDF). Texas Longhorns. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  4. All-Time Jersey Numbers (PDF). Texas Longhorns. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  5. Texas Baseball Year by Year Results (PDF). Texas Longhorns. p. 00. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
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