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1964 Texas A&M Aggies baseball team

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1964 Texas A&M Aggies baseball
College World Series, T-5th
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
Record19–8–1 (12–3 SWC)
Head coach
Captains
  • Bill Hancock
  • Bill Grochett
Home stadiumTravis Park
Seasons
← 1963
1965 →
1964 Southwest Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 8 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 12 3 1   .781 19 8 1   .696
No. 26 Baylor  ‍‍‍ 10 5 0   .667 18 7 0   .720
No. 12 Texas  ‍‍‍ 10 5 1   .656 16 7 1   .688
TCU  ‍‍‍ 5 8 0   .385 11 12 0   .478
SMU  ‍‍‍ 3 10 0   .231 6 14 0   .300
Rice  ‍‍‍ 3 12 0   .200 5 18 0   .217
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1964[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1964 Texas A&M Aggies baseball team represented Texas A&M University in the 1964 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Aggies played their home games at Travis Park. The team was coached by Tom Chandler in his 6th year at Texas A&M.

The Aggies won the District VI playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Seton Hall.

Roster

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1964 Texas A&M Aggies baseball team
Players Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town
Jerry Ballard /
6 Richard Beller /
Sr
23 R Byrd /
24 F Carlton /
Lance Cobb /
So
INF Billy Crain /
So
12 John Crain /
Sr
20 M Dawkins /
4 Bill Grochett (C) /
10 C Bill Hancock (C) /
1 George Hargett /
Sr
9 P Steve Hillhouse /
So
Allen Koonce /
So
14 J Lee /
16 R McAdams /
Mike McClure /
18 P Chuck McGuire /
Sr Dallas, Texas
15 C Jerry Pizzatola /
Sr
INF Bob Sanders /
7 INF Frank Stark /
Sr
17 Dewayne Stewart /
5 N Thompson /
Head coach

19 Tom Chandler

Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Current redshirt

Schedule

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1964 Texas A&M Aggies baseball game log
Regular season
March (6–4)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record
1 March Texas Lutheran Travis ParkCollege Station, Texas 3–6 0–1
2 March 7 St. Mary's (TX) Travis Park • College Station, Texas 0–2 0–2
3 March Sul Ross State Travis Park • College Station, Texas 5–4 1–2
4 March Sul Ross State Travis Park • College Station, Texas 0–3 1–3
5 March 14 St. Edward's Travis Park • College Station, Texas 9–2 2–3
6 March Texas Lutheran Travis Park • College Station, Texas 13–4 3–3
7 March 18 at TCU Unknown • Fort Worth, Texas 7–14 3–4 0–1
8 March 21 Texas Travis Park • College Station, Texas 5–2 4–4 1–1
9 March Minnesota Travis Park • College Station, Texas 7–2 5–4 1–1
10 March Minnesota Travis Park • College Station, Texas 3–2 6–4 1–1
April (10–1)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record
11 April 1 at Baylor Unknown • Waco, Texas 7–8 6–5 1–2
12 April 4 at Rice Rice Baseball Field • Houston, Texas 9–5 7–5 2–2
13 April 6 Texas Tech Travis Park • College Station, Texas 12–2 8–5 2–2
14 April 7 SMU Travis Park • College Station, Texas 3–2 9–5 3–2
15 April 10 TCU Travis Park • College Station, Texas 5–1 10–5 4–2
16 April 11 TCU Travis Park • College Station, Texas 5–1 11–5 5–2
17 April 14 at St. Mary's (TX) Unknown • San Antonio, Texas 9–1 12–5 5–2
18 April SMU Travis Park • College Station, Texas 6–1 13–5 6–2
19 April 18 at SMU Unknown • Dallas, Texas 7–2 14–5 7–2
20 April 24 Rice Travis Park • College Station, Texas 2–0 15–5 8–2
21 April 28 Rice Travis Park • College Station, Texas 11–4 16–5 9–2
May (3–1–1)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record
22 May 1 Baylor Travis Park • College Station, Texas 7–4 17–5 10–2
23 May 2 Baylor Travis Park • College Station, Texas 2–0 18–5 11–2
24 May 7 at Texas Clark Field • Austin, Texas 5–5 18–5–1 11–2–1
25 May 8 at Texas Clark Field • Austin, Texas 2–3 18–6–1 11–3–1
26 May 8 at Texas Clark Field • Austin, Texas 5–2 19–6–1 12–3–1
Postseason
College World Series (0–2)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record
27 June 8 vs Minnesota Omaha Municipal StadiumOmaha, Nebraska 3–7 19–7–1 12–3–1
28 June 10 vs Seton Hall Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 5–14 19–8–1 12–3–1

Awards and honors

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Jerry Ballard
Bill Grochett
  • All-Southwest Conference
Jerry Koonce
  • All-Southwest Conference
Bill Hancock
  • All-Southwest Conference
George Hargett
  • All-Southwest Conference
Steve Hillhouse
  • All-Southwest Conference
Frank Stark
  • All-Southwest Conference[2]

References

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  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1964". boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
  2. ^ "1964 Aggieland". www.bookreader.library.tamu.edu. Texas A&M University. Retrieved October 23, 2020.