1953 Lafayette Leopards baseball team

1953 Lafayette Leopards baseball
1953 Lafayette Leopards baseball
District II champions
College World Series, 3rd
Conference	Independent
Record	20–5–3
Head coach	Charlie Gelbert (8th season);
Captain	Gordon Leslie (Senior year)
Home stadium	Fisher Field
	Seasons ← 1952 1954 →

The 1953 Lafayette Leopards baseball team represented Lafayette College in the 1953 NCAA baseball season. The Leopards played their home games at Fisher Field. The team was coached by Charlie Gelbert in his 8th year at Lafayette.

The Leopards won the District II Playoff to advanced to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Texas Longhorns.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Name	B/T	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
P	Joe Callahan	/	—	—
INF	Ed Deorrman	/	—	—
C	Maynard Dill	/	—	—	So	Wilmington, Delaware
OF	Don Divine	/	—	—
INF	Joe Dixon	/	—	—	So	Easton, Pennsylvania
P	Karl Dutt	/	—	—	So
INF	Chuck Eyer	/	—	—	Jr	Emmaus, Pennsylvania
INF	Don Gold	/	—	—
RHP	Roger Gordon	/R	—	—	So	Wilmington, Delaware
INF	Bill Hogerty	/	—	—	So	Princeton, New Jersey
INF	Ray Hunt	R/R	—	—	Sr	New Brunswick, New Jersey
OF	Bob Johnson	/	—	—
P	Bob Ketchel	/	—	—	Sr
OF	Jack Ketrick	/	—	—
OF	Chuck Kuehn	/	—	—	Sr	New York, New York
P	Dana Lesher	/	—	—
OF	Gordon Leslie (C)	/	—	—	Sr	Woodlynne, New Jersey
LHP	Don Owens	/L	—	—	So
OF	Chick Quigg	/	—	—
OF	Ron San Giovanni	/	—	—
OF	Bob Renfrow	/	—	—
OF	George Richardson	/	—	—	So	Merrick, New York
P	Dick Somers	/	—	—
INF	Bill Vercelli	/	—	—	So	Cliffside Park, New Jersey

1953 Lafayette Leopards baseball game log

Regular season

April (7–2–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record
1	April 2	at Georgetown	Unknown • Washington, D.C.	2–1	1–0
2	April 3	vs Fort Eustis	Unknown • Virginia Beach, Virginia	9–10	1–1
3	April 4	vs Navy	Unknown • Virginia Beach, Virginia	1–2	1–2
4	April 7	at La Salle	Unknown • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	4–4	1–2–1
5	April 11	NYU	Fisher Field • Easton, Pennsylvania	3–2	2–2–1
6	April 14	at Moravian	Unknown • Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	6–3	3–2–1
7	April 17	Penn State	Fisher Field • Easton, Pennsylvania	2–2	3–2–2
8	April 22	at Muhlenberg	Unknown • Allentown, Pennsylvania	5–2	4–2–2
9	April 25	Bucknell	Fisher Field • Easton, Pennsylvania	8–3	5–2–2
10	April 28	at Albright	Unknown • Reading, Pennsylvania	11–1	6–2–2
11	April 30	at Temple	Erny Field • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	11–7	7–2–2

May (7–1–1)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record
12	May 6	Muhlenberg	Fisher Field • Easton, Pennsylvania	11–0	8–2–2
13	May 8	Delaware	Fisher Field • Easton, Pennsylvania	8–0	9–2–2
14	May 9	at Lehigh	Taylor Stadium • Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	3–3	9–2–3
15	May 12	at Gettysburg	Unknown • Gettysburg, Pennsylvania	14–3	10–2–3
16	May 14	Scranton	Fisher Field • Easton, Pennsylvania	7–0	11–2–3
17	May 16	at Rutgers	Bainton Field • Piscataway, New Jersey	4–0	12–2–3
18	May 20	Swarthmore	Fisher Field • Easton, Pennsylvania	11–0	13–2–3
19	May 22	Penn	Fisher Field • Easton, Pennsylvania	13–3	14–2–3
20	May 23	Lehigh	Fisher Field • Easton, Pennsylvania	1–2	14–3–3

Postseason

District II Playoff (2–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record
21	June 3	Pittsburgh	Fisher Field • Easton, Pennsylvania	6–1	15–3–3
22	June 4	Penn State	Fisher Field • Easton, Pennsylvania	5–3	16–3–3

June (1–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record
23	June 6	Lehigh	Fisher Field • Easton, Pennsylvania	8–3	17–3–3

College World Series (3–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record
24	June 11	vs Colorado State	Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	6–2	18–3–3
25	June 12	vs Texas	Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	2–7	18–4–3
26	June 13	vs Stanford	Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	4–3	19–4–3
27	June 14	vs Boston College	Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	2–1	20–4–3
28	June 15	vs Texas	Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	3–4	20–5–3

^ "Baseball Team Reaches World Series Semi-Finals". www.ldr.lafayatte.edu. Lafayette College. June 16, 1953. Retrieved November 30, 2020.

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Venues	March Field (1865–1926) Fisher Field (1927–1969) Kamine Stadium (1970–present)
People	Notable players
Seasons	1865 1866 1867 1968 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics