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1968 Texas Longhorns baseball team

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1968 Texas Longhorns baseball
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record23–11 (12–4 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumClark Field
Seasons
← 1967
1969 →
1968 Southwest Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 Texas  ‍‍‍y 12 4   .750 23 11   .676
TCU  ‍‍‍ 13 5   .722 20 9   .690
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 10 5   .667 21 7   .750
Baylor  ‍‍‍ 9 7   .563 14 13   .519
SMU  ‍‍‍ 7 11   .389 10 14   .417
Rice  ‍‍‍ 6 12   .333 10 15   .400
Texas Tech  ‍‍‍ 2 15   .118 9 20   .310
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1968[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1968 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1968 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Clark Field. The team was coached by Cliff Gustafson in his 1st season at Texas.

The Longhorns reached the College World Series, finishing tied for fifth with a second round win over BYU and losses to Oklahoma State and semifinalist NC State.[2]

Personnel

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Roster

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1968 Texas Longhorns roster[3][4]
 

Pitchers

  • 4 - Dennis D. Enderlin
  • 5 - James Street
  • 10 - Natividad Salazar
  • 17 - Larry Hardy
  • 19 - Larry Elwood Horton
  • 22 - Michael Allen Peebles

Catchers

Manager

  • Gordon Lakey
 

Infielders

  • 1 - Louis Lee Bagwell
  • 9 - Patrick John Amos
  • 12 - David Hall
  • - Robert Snoddy

Outfielders

  • 13 - Jack Miller
  • 14 - Pat Brown
  • 23 - Randal C. Peschel
 

Utility

  • 2 - James F. Hunt
  • 6 - Dennis Wayne Kasper
  • 7 - John Langerhans
  • 11 - Douglass Kirk Fell
  • - George Nauert

Schedule and results

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Legend
  Texas win
  Texas loss
  Tie
1968 Texas Longhorns baseball game log[5]
Regular season
Postseason

References

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  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1968". boydsworld.com. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  2. ^ "1968 College World Series". Omaha.com. Archived from the original on August 14, 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  3. ^ Baseball Letterwinners (PDF). Texas Longhorns. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  4. ^ All-Time Jersey Numbers (PDF). Texas Longhorns. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  5. ^ Texas Baseball Year by Year Results (PDF). Texas Longhorns. p. 95. Retrieved July 17, 2020.