1969 College World Series

College World Series
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The 1969 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 13 to June 20. The participating schools qualified by winning one of eight district tournaments. The twenty-third tournament's champion was Arizona State University coached by Bobby Winkles. The Most Outstanding Player was John Dolinsek of Arizona State University.

Participating Teams

Berth	School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
District 7	Arizona State University	Western Athletic Conference	51 - 10 (15 - 3, 0 GB)	Bobby Winkles	3 (last: 1967)	1st (1965, 1967)	11 - 4
District 1	University of Massachusetts	Yankee Conference	21 - 8 (9-1)	Dick Bergquist	1 (last: 1954)	5th (1954)	1 - 2
District 3	University of Mississippi	Southeastern Conference	26 - 13 (11 - 5, 0 GB)	Tom Swayze	2 (last: 1964)	4th (1956)	2 - 4
District 2	New York University	Independent	19 - 6 (n/a)	Larry Geracioti	1 (last: 1956)	7th (1956)	0 - 2
District 4	Southern Illinois University	Independent	36 - 7 (n/a)	Joe Lutz	1 (last: 1968)	2nd (1968)	3 - 2
District 6	University of Texas at Austin	Southwest Conference	33 - 4 (14 - 2, 0 GB)	Cliff Gustafson	11 (last: 1968)	1st (1949, 1950)	21 - 19
District 5	University of Tulsa	Missouri Valley Conference	36 - 3 (7 - 1, 0 GB)	Gene Shell	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 8	University of California, Los Angeles	Pacific Eight Conference	42 - 10 (17 - 4, 0 GB)	Art Reichle	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round
		Texas	4
		Arizona State	0
							Texas	2
							Tulsa	4
		Tulsa	6
		UCLA	5
												Tulsa	2
												NYU	0
		Massachusetts	2
		Southern Illinois	0
							Massachusetts	2
							NYU	9
		NYU	8
		Mississippi	3
						Loser's bracket
							Arizona State	2
							UCLA	1				Massachusetts	2
												Arizona State	4
							Southern Illinois	1
							Mississippi	8				Texas	14
												Mississippi	1

	Semifinals					Elimination					Final
	Re-ordered Semifinals
		Tulsa	3									Tulsa	1
		Arizona State	11									Arizona State	10
							Arizona State	4
							NYU	1
		NYU	3
		Texas	2

Game Results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 13	Game 1	Texas	4 - 0	Arizona State
	Game 2	Tulsa	6 - 5 (10 innings)	UCLA
June 14	Game 3	Massachusetts	2 - 0	Southern Illinois
	Game 4	New York University	8 - 3	Mississippi
	Game 5	Arizona State	2 - 1 (11 innings)	UCLA	UCLA eliminated
June 16	Game 6	Mississippi	8 - 1	Southern Illinois	Southern Illinois eliminated
	Game 7	Tulsa	4 - 2	Texas
	Game 8	New York University	9 - 2	Massachusetts
June 17	Game 9	Texas	14 - 1	Mississippi	Mississippi eliminated
	Game 10	Arizona State	4 - 2	Massachusetts	Massachusetts eliminated
	Game 11	Tulsa	2 - 0	New York University
June 18	Game 12	New York University	3 - 2	Texas	Texas eliminated
	Game 13	Arizona State	11 - 3	Tulsa
June 19	Game 14	Arizona State	4 - 1	New York University	New York University eliminated
June 20	Final	Arizona State	10 - 1	Tulsa	Arizona State wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

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

Position	Player	Class	School
Pitcher	Larry Gura	Senior	Arizona State
	Burt Hooton	Freshman	Texas
Catcher	Billy Cotton	Junior	Arizona State
First baseman	Steve Caves		Tulsa
Second baseman	Lou Bagwell	Junior	Texas
Third baseman	Les Rogers		Tulsa
Shortstop	Roger Detter	Senior	Arizona State
Outfielder	Jim Cardasis	Senior	New York University
	John Dolinsek	Junior	Arizona State
	Paul Powell	Junior	Arizona State

Notable Players

• Arizona State University: Jim Crawford, Larry Fritz, Larry Gura, Lerrin LaGrow, Paul Powell, Len Randle, Craig Swan
• University of Massachusetts: Bob Hansen
• University of Mississippi: Steve Dillard
• New York University:
• Southern Illinois University: Skip Pitlock, Mike Rogodzinski, Bill Stein, Steve Webber
• University of Texas at Austin: Dave Chalk, Larry Hardy, Burt Hooton
• University of Tulsa: Steve Rogers
• University of California, Los Angeles: Bill Bonham, Chris Chambliss, Mike Reinbach, Jim York

Related Sites

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