1954 Oregon Webfoots baseball team

1954 Oregon Webfoots baseball
PCC North Division champions District VIII champions
College World Series
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Division	North Division
Record	18–8 (11–5 PCC)
Head coach	Don Kirsch (7th season)
Captain	Pete Williams (Junior year)
Home stadium	Howe Field

1954 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
North Division
Oregon  ‍†‍‍y	11	–	5	–	0		.688			18	–	8	–	0		.692
Oregon State  ‍‍‍	10	–	6	–	0		.625			12	–	8	–	0		.600
Washington  ‍‍‍	10	–	6	–	0		.625			18	–	10	–	0		.643
Washington State  ‍‍‍	7	–	9	–	0		.438			18	–	12	–	0		.600
Idaho  ‍‍‍	2	–	14	–	0		.125			0	–	0	–	0		–
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
USC  ‍†‍‍	11	–	5	–	0		.688			20	–	11	–	1		.641
Stanford  ‍‍‍	9	–	7	–	0		.563			18	–	12	–	0		.600
California  ‍‍‍	7	–	9	–	0		.438			19	–	11	–	0		.633
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍	7	–	9	–	0		.438			14	–	13	–	0		.519
UCLA  ‍‍‍	6	–	10	–	0		.375			19	–	16	–	0		.543
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament

The 1954 Oregon Webfoots baseball team represented the University of Oregon in the 1954 NCAA baseball season. The Webfoots played their home games at Howe Field. The team was coached by Don Kirsch in his 7th year at Oregon.

The Webfoots won the District VII Playoff to advanced to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the UMass Minutemen.

Roster

1954 Oregon Webfoots baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town P Ferrell Albright / — — OF Bernie Averill / — — Sr P Bill Blodgett / — — Jr P Norm Forbes / — — Jr Victoria, British Columbia P Bill Garner / — — Sr C Don Hedgepeth / — — Sr Larry Hibbard / — — Jr P Trenton Huls / — — Sr San Bernardino, California INF Jim Johnson / — — Jr INF John Keller / — — So P Gene Lewis / — — C Neal Marlett /R — — Jr OF Ron Phillips / — — Sr P Duane Reeves / — — Jr OF Jerry Ross / — — So INF Dick Schlosstein / — — So OF George Shaw / — — Jr OF Bob Wagner / — — Jr INF Pete Williams / — — Jr	Head coach Don Kirsch Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

1954 Oregon Webfoots baseball game log
Regular season
Regular Season (16–6) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record ND Record 1 Oregon State Howe Field • Eugene, Oregon 5–3 1–0 – 2 vs Lewis–Clark Unknown • Unknown 2–7 1–1 – 3 vs Lewis–Clark Unknown • Unknown 10–2 2–1 – 4 vs Willamette Unknown • Unknown 8–7 3–1 – 5 vs Seattle Unknown • Unknown 5–3 4–1 – 6 Washington State Howe Field • Eugene, Oregon 10–1 5–1 1–0 7 Washington State Howe Field • Eugene, Oregon 8–11 5–2 1–1 at Washington State Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 5–4 – – at Washington State Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 3–5 – – Idaho Howe Field • Eugene, Oregon 7–2 – – Idaho Howe Field • Eugene, Oregon 4–1 – – at Idaho MacLean Field • Moscow, Idaho 13–4 – – at Idaho MacLean Field • Moscow, Idaho 8–4 – – Washington Howe Field • Eugene, Oregon 2–18 – – Washington Howe Field • Eugene, Oregon 3–1 – – at Washington Old Graves Field • Seattle, Washington 4–3 – – at Washington Old Graves Field • Seattle, Washington 7–9 – – 18 at Oregon State Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon 9–7 14–5 9–4 19 Oregon State Howe Field • Eugene, Oregon 3–7 14–6 9–5 20 at Oregon State Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon 12–6 15–6 10–5 21 Oregon State Howe Field • Eugene, Oregon 4–0 16–6 11–5
Postseason
NCAA District VIII Playoff (3–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record ND Record 22 Seattle Howe Field • Eugene, Oregon 9–4 16–6 11–5 23 Fresno State Howe Field • Eugene, Oregon 9–5 17–6 11–5 24 Fresno State Howe Field • Eugene, Oregon 1–0 18–6 11–5
College World Series (0–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record ND Record 25 June 10 vs Arizona Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 1–12 18–7 11–5 26 June 11 vs UMass Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 8–3 18–8 11–5

Awards and honors

Norm Forbes

• First Team All-District VIII
• All-North Division

John Keller

• All-North Division

Neal Marlett

• First Team All-District VIII
• All-North Division

George Shaw

• First Team All-American
• First Team All-District VIII
• All-North Division

Pete Williams

• All-North Division