1959 Connecticut Huskies baseball team

1959 Connecticut Huskies baseball
1959 Connecticut Huskies baseball
Yankee Conference Champion; NCAA District 1 playoff champion
College World Series, 1–2
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	20–3 (10–0 Yankee)
Head coach	J. O. Christian (24th season);
Home stadium	Gardner Dow Athletic Fields

1959 Yankee Conference baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 7 Connecticut ‍†‍‍^y	10	–	0	1.000	20	–	3	.870
Maine ‍‍‍	7	–	3	.700	12	–	8	.600
UMass ‍‍‍	4	–	5	.444	10	–	6	.625
Vermont ‍‍‍	4	–	6	.400	15	–	11	.577
New Hampshire ‍‍‍	3	–	7	.300	7	–	11	.389
Rhode Island ‍‍‍	1	–	8	.111	2	–	11	.154

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1959 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1959 Connecticut Huskies baseball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1959 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Huskies were led by J. O. Christian in his 24th year as head coach, and played as part of the Yankee Conference. Connecticut posted a 20–3 record, earned the Yankee Conference championship with a 10–0 regular season to claim the automatic bid to the 1959 NCAA University Division baseball tournament. They were an automatic selection to the 1959 College World Series for District 1, their second appearance in the ultimate college baseball event. The Huskies lost their first game against Penn State and were eliminated by Western Michigan.

Roster

1959 Connecticut Huskies roster^[1]

1959 Connecticut Huskies baseball game log^[2]

Regular season

March
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	YC record
	at Maryland*	Shipley Field • College Park, MD	W 13–1	1–0
	at Howard*	Washington, DC	W 12–4	2–0
	at North Carolina*	Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, NC	L 7–8	2–1
	at Davidson*	Davidson, NC	W 11–7	3–1

Post-season

College World Series
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	CWS record
June 13	Penn State	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	L 3–5	20–2	0–1
June 14	Western Michigan	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	L 6–14	20–3	0–2

↑ 2017 UConn Baseball Media Guide. UConn Huskies. pp. 61–63. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
↑ 2017 UConn Baseball Media Guide. UConn Huskies. p. 59. Retrieved August 2, 2017.

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