1962 Michigan Wolverines baseball 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]

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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.

v t e Michigan Wolverines baseball
Venues	Regents Field (1893–1905) Ray Fisher Stadium (1923–present)
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 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
National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics

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

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