1950 Bradley Braves baseball team

1950 Bradley Braves baseball
1950 Bradley Braves baseball
Missouri Valley regular season champions; Missouri Valley tournament champions; District V Playoff champions
College World Series, T-7th
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
	East
Record	17–15–1 (5–0 MVC)
Head coach	Leo Schrall (2nd season);
Home stadium	Tom Connor Field
	Seasons ← 1949 1951 →

1950 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
East
Bradley ^x‍‍‡‍	5	–	0	–	0	1.000	17	–	15	–	1	.530
Saint Louis ‍‍‍	3	–	2	–	0	.600	0	–	0	–	0	–
Detroit ‍‍‍	1	–	3	–	0	.250	10	–	6	–	0	.625
Drake ‍‍‍	0	–	4	–	0	.000	0	–	0	–	0	–
West
Oklahoma A&M ^x‍‍‍	6	–	3	–	0	.667	15	–	7	–	0	.682
Tulsa ‍‍‍	3	–	3	–	0	.500	6	–	10	–	0	.375
Wichita State ‍‍‍	1	–	5	–	0	.167	4	–	14	–	0	.222

x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion As of June 30, 1950^[1]

The 1950 Bradley Braves baseball team represented Bradley University in the 1950 NCAA baseball season. The Braves played their home games at Tom Connor Field. The team was coached by Leo Schrall in his 2nd year at Bradley.

The Braves won the District V playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Tufts Jumbos.

Roster

1950 Bradley Braves baseball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Name	B/T	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
P	Don Alford	/	—	—	Jr	Peoria, Illinois
	John Bjorkman	/	—	—	Sr	Lockport, Illinois
	Roger Bruninga	/	—	—	Jr	Glasford, Illinois
OF	Al Daynor	/	—	—		Chicago, Illinois
	Bill Ellsbury	/	—	—		Waukegan, Illinois
	Bill Fivek	/	—	—		Berwyn, Illinois
	Adolph Friedrich	/	—	—	Sr	Peoria, Illinois
	Harmon Groover	/	—	—	Sr	Canton, Illinois
INF	Jack Hills	/	—	—	Fr	Joliet, Illinois
	Harry Levonian	/	—	—		Racine, Wisconsin
	Jack Mallory	/	—	—		Peoria, Illinois
	Russ Mason	/	—	—	Jr	Peoria, Illinois
INF	Gene Melchiorre	/	—	—	Jr	Highland Park, Illinois
	Ken Olson	/	—	—		Erie, Illinois
	Bob Oltman	/	—	—		Pekin, Illinois
	Fred Parks	/	—	—	Jr	Chicago, Illinois
	Fred Schlichtmann	/	—	—		Centralia, Illinois
	Don Schnake	/	—	—		Centralia, Illinois
	Gene Stevens	/	—	—		Joliet, Illinois
	Don Sutter	/	—	—		Peoria, Illinois
INF	Emil Syngel	R/	—	—		Chicago, Illinois
OF	Bill Tuttle	/	—	—		Farmington, Illinois
	Bill Wasack	/	—	—		Chicago Illinois
	Fred Weeks	/	—	—		Peoria, Illinois
	Ken Wells	/	—	—		Weldon, Illinois
	Bill Wilson	/	—	—		Lewistown, Illinois

Head coach

Leo Schrall

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

1950 Bradley Braves baseball game log

Regular season

April (8–7–1)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	MVC record
1	April 1	Wisconsin	Tom Connor Field • Peoria, Illinois	8–7	1–0	–
2	April 1	Wisconsin	Tom Connor Field • Peoria, Illinois	5–10	1–1	–
3	April 4	at Florida	Perry Field • Gainesville, Florida	8–2	1–2	–
4	April 5	at Florida	Perry Field • Gainesville, Florida	6–10	1–3	–
5	April 6	vs Clemson	Alfond Stadium • Winter Park, Florida	3–2	2–3	–
6	April 7	at Rollins	Alfond Stadium • Winter Park, Florida	0–0	2–3–1	–
7	April 7	at Rollins	Alfond Stadium • Winter Park, Florida	11–8	3–3–1	–
8	April 8	vs Clemson	Alfond Stadium • Winter Park, Florida	1–9	3–4–1	–
9	April 10	at Florida State	Seminole Field • Tallahassee, Florida	2–3	3–5–1	–
10	April 11	at Florida State	Seminole Field • Tallahassee, Florida	10–1	4–5–1	–
11	April 15	Chicago	Tom Connor Field • Peoria, Illinois	3–6	4–6–1	–
12	April 17	at Iowa	Unknown • Iowa City, Iowa	0–1	4–7–1	–
13	April 18	at Iowa	Unknown • Iowa City, Iowa	6–2	5–7–1	–
14	April 21	Drake	Tom Connor Field • Peoria, Illinois	11–2	6–7–1	1–0
15	April 22	Drake	Tom Connor Field • Peoria, Illinois	10–4	7–7–1	2–0
16	April 29	Saint Louis	Tom Connor Field • Peoria, Illinois	4–0	8–7–1	3–0

May (3–1)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	MVC record
17	May 5	at Detroit	Unknown • Detroit, Michigan	9–0	9–7–1	4–0
18	May 6	at Detroit	Unknown • Detroit, Michigan	15–6	10–7–1	5–0
19	May 8	Arkansas	Tom Connor Field • Peoria, Illinois	10–2	11–7–1	5–0
20	May 10	at Chicago	Unknown • Chicago, Illinois	5–10	11–8–1	5–0

Postseason

MVC Tournament (2–1)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	MVC record
21	May 12	Oklahoma A&M	Tom Connor Field • Peoria, Illinois	9–3	12–8–1	5–0
22	May 13	Oklahoma A&M	Tom Connor Field • Peoria, Illinois	4–8	12–9–1	5–0
23	May 13	Oklahoma A&M	Tom Connor Field • Peoria, Illinois	2–1	13–9–1	5–0

May (2–1)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	MVC record
24	May 19	St. Thomas (Minnesota)	Tom Connor Field • Peoria, Illinois	10–5	14–9–1	5–0
25	May 20	St. Thomas (Minnesota)	Tom Connor Field • Peoria, Illinois	4–3	15–9–1	5–0
26	May 22	at Wisconsin	Guy Lowman Field • Madison, Wisconsin	4–6	15–10–1	5–0

District V Playoff (2–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	MVC record
27	May 30	at Nebraska	Husker Diamond • Lincoln, Nebraska	10–6	16–10–1	5–0
28	May 30	at Nebraska	Husker Diamond • Lincoln, Nebraska	8–4	17–10–1	5–0

June (0–3)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	MVC record
29	June 2	at Michigan State	Old College Field • East Lansing, Michigan	3–6	17–11–1	5–0
30	June 3	at Michigan State	Old College Field • East Lansing, Michigan	3–4	17–12–1	5–0
31	June 10	at Purdue	Unknown • West Lafayette, Indiana	5–10	17–13–1	5–0

College World Series (0–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	MVC record
32	June 16	vs Alabama	Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	2–9	17–14–1	5–0
33	June 18	vs Tufts	Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	4–5	17–15–1	5–0

References

^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1950". BoydsWorld.com. Retrieved February 26, 2014.

[1] "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1950". BoydsWorld.com. Retrieved February 26, 2014.

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1950 Bradley Braves baseball team

Roster

Schedule

References