1962 Michigan Wolverines baseball team

Sports team

1962 Michigan Wolverines baseball
National champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
CB	No. 1
Record	31–13 (12–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Don Lund (4th year)
Home stadium	Ferry Field
Seasons ← 1961 1963 →

1962 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 11 Illinois ‍†‍‍^y	13	–	2	–	0	.867	25	–	6	–	0	.806
No. 1 Michigan ‍‍‍^y	12	–	3	–	0	.800	31	–	13	–	0	.705
Ohio State ‍‍‍	9	–	5	–	0	.643	19	–	4	–	0	.826
Michigan State ‍‍‍	6	–	6	–	0	.500	17	–	13	–	0	.567
Wisconsin ‍‍‍	6	–	6	–	0	.500	14	–	9	–	0	.609
Indiana ‍‍‍	6	–	8	–	0	.429	16	–	13	–	0	.552
Iowa ‍‍‍	5	–	9	–	0	.357	13	–	16	–	1	.450
Northwestern ‍‍‍	5	–	9	–	0	.357	11	–	6	–	0	.647
Purdue ‍‍‍	4	–	11	–	0	.267	14	–	14	–	1	.500
Minnesota ‍‍‍	3	–	10	–	0	.231	14	–	16	–	0	.467

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1962^[1]^[2] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1962 Michigan Wolverines baseball team represented the University of Michigan in the 1962 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Wolverines played their home games at Ferry Field. The team was coached by Don Lund in his 4th season at Michigan.

The Wolverines won the College World Series, defeating the Santa Clara Broncos in the championship game.^[3]

Roster

Front Row: Dennis Spalla, Dick Honig, John Kerr, Don Lund (head coach), Joe Merullo, Wayne Slusher, Dave Roebuck
Second Row: Bruce Kropschot (manager), Dick Post, Joe Jones, Ron Tate, Jim Newman, Milbry Benedict (assistant coach)
Back Row: Jim Steckley, Jim Bobel, Ron Lauterbach, Bob Dunston, Dave Campbell, Fritz Fisher, Harvey Chapman

Schedule

Legend
	Michigan win
	Michigan loss
*	Non-Conference game

1962 Michigan Wolverines baseball game log

Regular season

April
Date	Opponent	Score	Overall record	Big Ten Record
April 6	Arizona*	L 1–2	0–1
April 7	Arizona*	L 3–9	0–2
April 7	Arizona*	L 2–6	0–3
April 9	Arizona State*	L 6–14	0–4
April 10	Arizona State*	W 6–3	1–4
April 11	Arizona State*	L 6–7	1–5
April 12	Arizona State*	W 18–7	2–5
April 13	Arizona State*	W 4–3	3–5
April 14	Arizona State*	L 4–8	3–6
April 14	Arizona State*	W 9–7	4–6
April 17	Wayne State*	W 4–3	5–6
April 20	Illinois	L 0–1	5–7	0–1
April 21	Purdue	W 12–4	6–7	1–1
April 21	Purdue	W 8-2	7-7	2-1
April 24	Central Michigan*	W 5–2	8–7
April 25	Notre Dame*	W 18–7	9–7
April 27	Iowa	W 9–6	10–7	3–1
April 28	Minnesota	W 8–3	11–7	4–1
April 28	Minnesota	W 3–2	12–7	5–1
April 30	Detroit*	L 1–5	12–8

May
Date	Opponent	Score	Overall record	Big Ten Record
May 4	Michigan State	W 16–3	13–8	6–1
May 4	Michigan State	W 4–0	14–8	7–1
May 4	Michigan State	W 14–1	15–8	8–1
May 11	Indiana	W 5–4	16–8	9–1
May 12	Ohio State	W 5–4	17–8	10–1
May 12	Ohio State	W 12–2	18–8	11–1
May 15	Detroit*	L 0–2	18–9
May 18	Northwestern	W 3–2	19–9	12–1
May 19	Wisconsin	L 3–6	19–10	12–2
May 19	Wisconsin	W 5–6	19–11	12–3
May 21	Wayne State*	W 10–7	20–11
May 25	Western Michigan*	W 9–2	21–11
May 26	Western Michigan*	W 6–1	22–11
May 26	Western Michigan*	W 6–0	23–11

Post-season

NCAA District 4 Regional (4–1)
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	NCAAT record
May 29	vs. Western Michigan	Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, MI	L 5–6¹⁰	23–12	0–1
May 30	vs. Detroit	Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, MI	W 12-6	24–12	1–1
May 31	vs. Illinois	Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, MI	W 5–1	25–12	2–1
May 31	vs. Western Michigan	Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, MI	W 3–2¹⁰	26–12	3–1
June 1	vs. Western Michigan	Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, MI	W 7–6¹⁰	27–12	4–1

College World Series (4–1)
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	CWS record
June 11	vs. Texas	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	W 3–1	28–12	1–0
June 12	vs. Holy Cross	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	W 11–4	29–12	2–0
June 13	vs. Florida State	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	W 10–7	30–12	3–0
June 14	vs. Texas	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	L 0–7	30–13	3–1
June 16	vs. Santa Clara	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	W 5–4¹⁵	31–13	4–1

Awards and honors

Dave Roebuck

All-Big Ten First Team^[4]

Dennis Spalla

All-Big Ten First Team^[4]

References

^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1962". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
^ "1962 College World Series". Omaha.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2011. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "2012 Michigan Wolverines Record Book" (PDF). MGoBlue.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2013.

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