1962 College World Series

College World Series
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The 1962 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 11 to June 16. The participating schools qualified by winning one of eight district tournaments. The sixteenth tournament's champion was the University of Michigan coached by Don Lund. The Most Outstanding Player was Bob Garibaldi of Santa Clara University.

Participating Teams

Berth	School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
District 7	Colorado State College	Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference	22 - 9 (n/a)	Pete Butler	8 (last: 1961)	5th (1955)	2 - 16
District 3	Florida State University	Independent	21 - 12 (n/a)	Danny Litwhiler	1 (last: 1957)	7th (1957)	0 - 2
District 1	College of the Holy Cross		20 - 3 (n/a)	Albert Riopel	2 (last: 1958)	1st (1952)	8 - 3
District 2	Ithaca College		17 - 0 (n/a)	Bucky Freeman	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 4	University of Michigan	Big Ten Conference	27 - 12 (12 - 3, 1 GB)	Don Lund	1 (last: 1953)	1st (1953)	4 - 1
District 5	University of Missouri	Big Eight Conference	22 - 3 (16 - 5, 0 GB)	Hi Simmons	3 (last: 1958)	1st (1954)	12 - 5
District 8	Santa Clara University	California Intercollegiate Baseball Association	35 - 6 (12 - 4, 0 GB)	Paddy Cottrell	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 6	University of Texas at Austin	Southwest Conference	19 - 5 (12 - 2, 0 GB)	Bibb Falk	6 (last: 1961)	1st (1949, 1950)	14 - 9

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round
		Holy Cross	4
		Colorado St. Col.	3
							Holy Cross	4
							Michigan	11
		Michigan	3
		Texas	1
												Michigan	10
												Florida State	7
		Ithaca	5
		Missouri	1
							Ithaca	4
							Florida State	5
		Florida State	5
		Santa Clara	1
						Loser's bracket
							Colorado St. Col.	2
							Texas	12				Ithaca	2
												Texas	3
							Missouri	4
							Santa Clara	7				Holy Cross	7
												Santa Clara	12

	Semifinals					Elimination					Final
	Re-ordered Semifinals
		Michigan	0									Michigan	5
		Texas	7									Santa Clara	4
							Texas	3
							Santa Clara	4
		Florida State	6
		Santa Clara	11

Game Results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 11	Game 1	Holy Cross	4 - 3	Colorado State College
	Game 2	Michigan	3 - 1	Texas
	Game 3	Ithaca	5 - 1	Missouri
	Game 4	Florida State	5 - 1	Santa Clara
June 12	Game 5	Texas	12 - 2	Colorado State College	Colorado State eliminated
	Game 6	Santa Clara	7 - 4 (12 innings)	Missouri	Missouri eliminated
	Game 7	Michigan	11 - 4	Holy Cross
	Game 8	Florida State	5 - 4	Ithaca
June 13	Game 9	Santa Clara	12 - 7	Holy Cross	Holy Cross eliminated
	Game 10	Texas	3 - 2	Ithaca	Ithaca eliminated
	Game 11	Michigan	10 - 7	Florida State
June 14	Game 12	Santa Clara	11 - 6	Florida State	Florida State eliminated
	Game 13	Texas	7 - 0	Michigan
June 15	Game 14	Santa Clara	4 - 3 (10 innings)	Texas	Texas eliminated
June 16	Final	Michigan	5 - 4 (15 innings)	Santa Clara	Michigan wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.

Position	Player	Class	School
Pitcher	Tom Belcher	Senior	Texas
	Bob Garibaldi		Santa Clara
Catcher	Joe Merullo	Senior	Michigan
First baseman	Dave Campbell	Sophomore	Michigan
Second baseman	Pat Rigby	Senior	Texas
Third baseman	Harvey Chapman	Sophomore	Michigan
Shortstop	Ernie Fazio		Santa Clara
Outfielder	Ken Flanagan		Santa Clara
	Mickey McDermott		Santa Clara
	Ron Tate	Sophomore	Michigan

Notable Players

• Florida State University: Woody Woodward
• College of the Holy Cross:
• Ithaca College:
• University of Michigan: Dave Campbell, Fritz Fisher
• University of Missouri: Byron Browne, John Sevcik
• Colorado State College:
• Santa Clara University: John Boccabella, Nelson Briles, Tim Cullen, Ernie Fazio, Bob Garibaldi, Larry Loughlin, Pete Magrini
• University of Texas at Austin: Bill Bethea, Chuck Hartenstein

Related Sites

• OmahaSeries.com: for more info on the College World Series
• BoydsWorld.com: for more info on College Baseball