The 1950 Tufts Jumbos baseball team represented the Tufts University in the 1950 NCAA baseball season. The team was coached by John Ricker in his 4th season at Tufts.
The Jumbos reached the College World Series, but were eliminated by the Texas Longhorns in the quarterfinals, where they were no-hit by Jim Ehrler.
Roster
1950 Tufts Jumbos roster Pitchers Arnie Castagner Dave Lincoln Bud Niles Infielders Al Bennett Bill Burns Ken Fettig George Minot Ed Schluntz Al Thomann
Catchers Jim Jabbour Richard Littlefield Outfielders Rudy Fobert - Senior John Lowe John Panagos
Unknown Al Boyages Ellis Davis Julie Doliner Bill Mullin Howie Richardson Bob Taft Don West Ray Wilson
Coaches John Ricker - 4th Season
Schedule Legend Tufts win Tufts loss
1950 Tufts Jumbos baseball game log Regular season (16–4) April Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Apr 3 at East Orange, NJ W 14–5 1–0 Apr 4 at Owen T. Carroll Field • South Orange, NJ L 2–12 1–1 Apr 6 at Princeton, NJ W 5–210 2–1 Apr 15 at Lowell Textile Lowell, MA W 13–3 3–1 Apr 18 Quonset Point Medford, MA W 7–610 4–1 Apr 22 Medford, MA W 8–1 5–1 Apr 25 at Lewiston, ME L 1–4 5–2 May/June Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record May 3 at Cambridge, MA W 4–310 6–2 May 6 Medford, MA L 2–3 6–3 May 6 Medford, MA L 1–6 6–4 May 9 Medford, MA W 4–2 7–4 May 11 at Quonset Point North Kingston, RI W 23–2 8–4 May 13 Medford, MA W 10–0 9–4 May 15 Medford, MA W 9–6 10–4 May 17 Medford, MA W 14–0 11–4 May 20 Medford, MA W 9–8 12–4 May 22 Medford, MA W 7–2 13–4 May 27 Medford, MA W 5–2 14–4 June 3 at Chestnut Hill, MA W 9–811 15–4 June 10 Boston College Medford, MA W 9–4 16–4 Postseason Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CWS record June 16 vs Washington State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 1–3 16–5 0–1 June 18 vs Bradley Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 4–1 17–5 1–1 June 19 vs Texas Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 0–7 17–6 1–2
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