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1961 Western Michigan Broncos baseball team

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1961Western Michigan Broncos baseball
Mid-American Conference champions District IV champions
College World Series, T-5th
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	19–8 (11–0 MAC)
Head coach	Charlie Maher (23rd season)
Assistant coach	Bill Chambers (1st season)
Home stadium	Hyames Field
Seasons ← 1960 1962 →

1961 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf.						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 5 Western Michigan ‍†‍‍^y	11	–	0	–	0	1.000	19	–	8	–	0	.704
Kent State ‍‍‍	9	–	2	–	0	.818	12	–	7	–	0	.632
Ohio ‍‍‍	7	–	3	–	0	.700	13	–	6	–	0	.684
Miami (OH) ‍‍‍	3	–	6	–	0	.333	5	–	11	–	1	.324
Bowling Green ‍‍‍	2	–	7	–	0	.222	6	–	12	–	1	.342
Marshall ‍‍‍	2	–	8	–	0	.200	8	–	12	–	1	.405
Toledo ‍‍‍	1	–	9	–	0	.100	2	–	16	–	0	.111

† – Conference champion y – Invited to theNCAA tournament As of June 30, 1961^[1] Rankings fromCollegiate Baseball

The1961 Western Michigan Broncos baseball team representedWestern Michigan College in the1961 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Broncos played their home games atHyames Field. The team was coached byCharlie Maher in his 23rd year at Western Michigan.

The Broncos won the District IV playoff to advanced to theCollege World Series, where they were defeated by theSyracuse Orangemen.

Roster

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1961 Western Michigan Broncos baseball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Name	B/T	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
C	Jerry Austry	/	—	—	So	Chicago, Illinois
	Pat Bidelman	/	—	—
	Les Cochran	/	—	—
	Gene Cooley	/	—	—
	John Cruse	/	—	—
C	Charles Dodge	/	—	—
	Bill Donahue	/	—	—
	Al Erickson	/	—	—
OF	Mike Gatza	/	—	—	So
	Bob Hamet	/	—	—
INF	Bill Ihne	/	—	—
	Ray Larned	/	—	—
P	Ken Larsen	/	—	—
INF	Fred Michalski	/	—	—	So
LHP	Bill Ortlieb	/L	—	—	Jr
	Ken Palmateer	/	—	—
INF	Frank Quilici	/	—	—	Sr
LHP	Lee Salo	/L	6 ft 5 in(1.96 m)	—
	Ken Scodeller	/	—	—
	Gary Seamon	/	—	—
	Paul Tagliola	/	—	—
	Roger Theder	/	—	—	So
	Bill Tomb	/	—	—
LHP	Gary Wallman	/L	—	—	Sr

Head coach

Charlie Maher

Assistant coach(es)

Bill Chambers

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

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1961 Western Michigan Broncos baseball game log

Regular season

April (7–3)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	MAC record
1	April 1	vsDuke	Seminole Field •Tallahassee, Florida	3–10	0–1	–
2	April 2	vsFlorida	Seminole Field • Tallahassee, Florida	6–7	0–2	–
3	April 4	atFlorida State	Seminole Field • Tallahassee, Florida	10–3	1–2	–
4	April 4	at Florida State	Seminole Field • Tallahassee, Florida	6–7	1–3	–
5	April 7	atToledo	Unknown •Toledo, Ohio	14–2	2–3	1–0
6	April 8	at Toledo	Unknown • Toledo, Ohio	2–0	3–3	2–0
7	April 14	Miami (OH)	Hyames Field •Kalamazoo, Michigan	15–0	4–3	3–0
8	April 15	Miami (OH)	Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, Michigan	11–8	5–3	4–0
9	April 21	Kent State	Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, Michigan	4–1	6–3	5–0
10	April 29	atNotre Dame	Cartier Field •Notre Dame, Indiana	7–4	7–3	5–0

May (8–3)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	MAC record
11	May 2	Ohio State	Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, Michigan	10–6	8–3	5–0
12	May 2	Ohio State	Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, Michigan	2–3	8–4	5–0
13	May 5	Ohio	Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, Michigan	4–1	9–4	6–0
14	May 6	Ohio	Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, Michigan	2–1	10–4	7–0
15	May 12	atMarshall	Unknown •Huntington, West Virginia	13–4	11–4	8–0
16	May 13	at Marshall	Unknown • Huntington, West Virginia	12–3	12–4	9–0
17	May 15	Wisconsin	Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, Michigan	8–10	12–5	9–0
18	May 16	Wisconsin	Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, Michigan	1–3	12–6	9–0
19	May 19	atBowling Green	Unknown •Bowling Green, Ohio	14–3	13–6	10–0
20	May 20	at Bowling Green	Unknown • Bowling Green, Ohio	9–1	14–6	11–0
21	May 23	Michigan	Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, Michigan	7–5	15–6	11–0

Postseason

District IV Playoff (3–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	MAC record
22	May 29	vsDetroit	Ray Fisher Stadium •Ann Arbor, Michigan	3–1	16–6	11–0
23	May 31	vsCincinnati	Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan	8–1	17–6	11–0
24	June 3	at Michigan	Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan	4–3	18–6	11–0

College World Series (1–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	MAC record
25	June 10	vsBoston College	Omaha Municipal Stadium •Omaha, Nebraska	2–3	18–7	11–0
26	June 11	vsTexas	Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	8–2	19–7	11–0
27	June 12	vsSyracuse	Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	0–6	19–8	11–0

Awards and honors

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Charles Dodge

First Team All-MAC

Mike Gatza

Second Team All-MAC

Bill Ihne

First Team All-MAC

Ken Larsen

Second Team All-MAC

Bill Ortlieb

First Team All-MAC

Frank Quilici

First Team All-MAC^[2]
First TeamAll-American^[3]

References

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^"College Baseball Conference Standings – 1961". Boyds World. RetrievedNovember 25, 2020.
^"Mid-American Conference Award Winners".www.wmubroncos.com. Western Michigan University. RetrievedNovember 25, 2020.
^"All-Americans and All-Region Honoreess".www.wmubroncos.com. Western Michigan University. RetrievedNovember 25, 2020.

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