1949 Texas Longhorns baseball team

American college baseball season

1949 Texas Longhorns baseball

National champions SWC champions
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	22-4 (12–3 SWC)
Head coach	Bibb Falk (7th year)
Home stadium	Clark Field
Seasons ← 1948 1950 →

1949 Southwest Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Texas ‍†‍‍^y	12	–	3	.800	23	–	7	.767
Texas A&M ‍‍‍	10	–	4	.714	17	–	8	.680
Baylor ‍‍‍	9	–	6	.600	17	–	12	.586
SMU ‍‍‍	6	–	9	.400	8	–	12	.400
TCU ‍‍‍	4	–	11	.267	6	–	14	.300
Rice ‍‍‍	3	–	11	.214	4	–	14	.222

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1949^[1]^[2] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1949 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas in the 1949 NCAA baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Clark Field. The team was coached by Bibb Falk in his 7th season at Texas.

The Longhorns won the College World Series, defeating the Wake Forest Demon Deacons in the championship game.^[3]

Roster

1949 Texas Longhorns roster

Pitchers

James Ehrler
Charlie Gorin
Murray Wall

Catchers

Dan Watson

Infielders

Tom Hamilton
Al Joe Hunt
Frank Kana
Don Russell
Jim Shamblin
Ben Tompkins
Jack Webb

Outfielders

Rob Brock
Don Cavness
Ed Kneuper
Charlie Munson
Frank Womack

Schedule

Legend
	Texas win
	Texas loss

1949 Texas Longhorns baseball game log

Regular season

March
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SWC record
March 21	Ohio State	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 11–5	1–0
March 22	Ohio State	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 7–4	2–0
March 23	Ohio State	Clark Field • Austin, TX	L 1–5	2–1
March 25	Oklahoma	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 5–1	3–1
March 26	Oklahoma	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 7–5	4–1
March 29	Hardin-Simmons	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 4–2	5–1
March 31	Baylor	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 10–4	6–1	1–0

April
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SWC record
April 5	Rice	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 15–7	7–1	2–0
April 5	Rice	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 5–0	8–1	3–0
April 8	at TCU	Fort Worth, TX	W 7–0	9–1	4–0
April 9	at TCU	Fort Worth, TX	W 8–0	10–1	5–0
April 12	at SMU	Armstrong Field • Dallas, TX	W 11–1	11–1	6–0
April 21	Texas A&M	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 14–4	12–1	7–0
April 29	at Baylor	Ferrell Field • Waco, TX	L 5–11	12–2	7–1
April 30	at Baylor	Ferrell Field • Waco, TX	L 2–3	12–3	7–2

May
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SWC record
May 5	SMU	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 9–0	13–3	8–2
May 6	SMU	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 12–5	14–3	9–2
May 10	TCU	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 11–6	15–3	10–2
May 11	at Rice	Houston, TX	W 9–4	16–3	11–2
May 13	at Texas A&M	Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, TX	L 1–6	16–4	11–3
May 14	at Texas A&M	Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, TX	W 6–1	17–4	12–3

Post-season

NCAA Region C
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	Regional Record
June 16	Oklahoma A&M	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 3–2	18–4	1–0
June 17	Oklahoma A&M	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 7–3	19–4	2–0

College World Series
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	CWS record
June 22	St. John's	Lawrence Stadium • Wichita, KS	W 7–1	20–4	1–0
June 23	Wake Forest	Lawrence Stadium • Wichita, KS	W 8–1	21–4	2–0
June 25	Wake Forest	Lawrence Stadium • Wichita, KS	W 10–3	22–4	3–0

Awards and honors

Ed Kneuper

First Team All-American^[4]
First Team All-SWC^[4]

Tom Hamilton

First Team All-American^[4]
First Team All-SWC^[4]
College World Series Most Outstanding Player^[5]

Jim Shamblin

First Team All-SWC^[4]

Murray Wall

First Team All-American^[4]
First Team All-SWC^[4]

Don Watson

First Team All-SWC^[4]

References

^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1949". boydsworld.com. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
^ "Texas Baseball 2010 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Texas at Austin. p. 172. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
^ "1949 College World Series". Omaha.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2011. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "2010 Texas Longhorns baseball Media Guide". TexasSports.com. Archived from the original on August 15, 2012. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
^ "CWS Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 16, 2012.

v t e Texas Longhorns 1949 College World Series champions
Charlie Gorin Tom Hamilton (College World Series MOP) Ben Tompkins Murray Wall
Head Coach Bibb Falk
Regular season NCAA Tournament College World Series

v t e Texas Longhorns baseball
Venues	Clark Field I (1894–1927) Clark Field II (1928–1974) UFCU Disch-Falk Field (1975–present)
Rivalries	Texas A&M (Lone Star Showdown)
People	Head coaches Award winners Notable players MLB draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics

v t e NCAA Division I baseball champions
1947 California 1948 USC 1949 Texas 1950 Texas 1951 Oklahoma 1952 Holy Cross 1953 Michigan 1954 Missouri 1955 Wake Forest 1956 Minnesota 1957 California 1958 USC 1959 Oklahoma State 1960 Minnesota 1961 USC 1962 Michigan 1963 USC 1964 Minnesota 1965 Arizona State 1966 Ohio State 1967 Arizona State 1968 USC 1969 Arizona State 1970 USC 1971 USC 1972 USC 1973 USC 1974 USC 1975 Texas 1976 Arizona 1977 Arizona State 1978 USC 1979 Cal State Fullerton 1980 Arizona 1981 Arizona State 1982 Miami 1983 Texas 1984 Cal State Fullerton 1985 Miami 1986 Arizona 1987 Stanford 1988 Stanford 1989 Wichita State 1990 Georgia 1991 LSU 1992 Pepperdine 1993 LSU 1994 Oklahoma 1995 Cal State Fullerton 1996 LSU 1997 LSU 1998 USC 1999 Miami 2000 LSU 2001 Miami 2002 Texas 2003 Rice 2004 Cal State Fullerton 2005 Texas 2006 Oregon State 2007 Oregon State 2008 Fresno State 2009 LSU 2010 South Carolina 2011 South Carolina 2012 Arizona 2013 UCLA 2014 Vanderbilt 2015 Virginia 2016 Coastal Carolina 2017 Florida 2018 Oregon State 2019 Vanderbilt 2020 No tournament 2021 Mississippi State 2022 Ole Miss 2023 LSU 2024 Tennessee

NCAA Division I baseball champions