1959 NJCAA Baseball World Series
The 1959 NJCAA Baseball World Series was held May 21-24 at Sam Suplizio Field in Grand Junction, CO. 1959 was the first year the tournament was held in Grand Junction, where it is still held to this day. Paris Junior College defeated Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College in the championship game. Glendell Baker of Paris was named MVP.
Participating Teams[edit]
School | Record | Head Coach |
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Carbon Junior College | 12-4 | Dick White |
Mesa State College | 13-5 | Bus Bergman |
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College | 14-4 | Homa Thomas |
Paducah Community College | 13-2 | Claud Haws |
Paris Junior College | 12-4 | James Self |
Phoenix College | 27-7 | Steve Carson |
Trinidad State Junior College | 14-7 | Gene Anderson |
Wilmington College | 18-5 | Bill Brooks |
Results[edit]
1959 College World Series Bracket[edit]
Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Finals | |||||||||||||||||||||
Paris | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Carbon | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Paris | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Phoenix | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Phoenix | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wilmington | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Paris | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
NE Oklahoma A&M | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Paducah | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Mesa St. | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Paducah | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
NE Oklahoma A&M | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
NE Oklahoma A&M | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Trinidad St. | 4 | Paris | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||
NE Oklahoma A&M | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Loser's Bracket 1 | Loser's Bracket 2 | Loser's Bracket 3 | Loser's Bracket4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Phoenix | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Paducah | 5 | NE Oklahoma A&M | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Carbon | 0 | Phoenix | 6 | Phoenix | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
Wilmington | 5 | Wilmington | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wilmington | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Trinidad St. | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Mesa St. | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Trinidad St. | 5 |
Game Results[edit]
All-Tournament Team[edit]
- IF: John Vincent, Phoenix
- IF: Larry Brion, Phoenix
- IF: Louis Lowery, Paducah
- IF: Eldon Miller, Mesa
- IF: Jerry Richardson, Wilmington
- U: Len Bell, Paris
- U: Kent Olson, Phoenix
- OF: Glendell Baker, Paris
- OF: Don Riggold, Northeastern
- OF: Bill Martin, Paduach
- P: Charley Lloyd, Paducah
- P: Rennie Crittenden, Phoenix
NJCAA Baseball World Series
1958 | 1959
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