1966 Ohio State Buckeyes baseball team

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1966 Ohio State Buckeyes baseball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
CBNo. 1
Record27-6-1 (6-0 Big Ten)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1965
1967 →
1966 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 1 Ohio State  ‍†‍‍y 6 – 0 – 0   1.000 27 – 6 – 1   .809
No. 16 Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 11 – 2 – 0   .846 27 – 10 – 2   .718
No. 21 Michigan  ‍‍‍ 10 – 3 – 0   .769 22 – 11 – 0   .667
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 5 – 0   .615 24 – 13 – 0   .649
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 6 – 5 – 0   .545 17 – 15 – 0   .531
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 5 – 7 – 0   .417 14 – 14 – 0   .500
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 6 – 9 – 0   .400 9 – 18 – 0   .333
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 4 – 7 – 0   .364 14 – 15 – 0   .483
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 2 – 9 – 0   .182 9 – 14 – 0   .391
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 2 – 13 – 0   .133 7 – 21 – 3   .274
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1966[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1966 Ohio State Buckeyes baseball team represented Ohio State University in the 1966 NCAA University Division baseball season. The team was coached by Marty Karow in his 16th season at Ohio State.

The Buckeyes won the College World Series, defeating the Oklahoma State Cowboys in the championship game.

Roster[edit]

1966 Ohio State Buckeyes roster
 

Pitchers

  • Steve Arlin
  • Richard Boggs
  • Curtis Heinfeld
  • Kenneth Monroe
  • Keith Stilwell
  • Ralph Swain
  • Ross Winning

Catchers

 

Infielders

  • Ralph Copp
  • James Graham
  • Bruce Heine
  • Russ Nagelson
  • Roger Sexton
  • Frank Cozze

Outfielders

  • Robert Baker
  • Bo Rein
  • Raymound William Shoup
  

Position Unknown

  • John Anderson
  • Glenn Bergman
  • Albert Budding
  • Ronald Dawson
  • David Dillon
  • James Elshire
  • Dennis Jacobs
  • James LeBay
  • Wayne Mogan
  • Gene Zayac
  

Schedule[edit]

1966 Ohio State Buckeyes baseball game log
Regular season
March
Date Opponent Score Overall record Big Ten record
March 19 at Miami (FL) 10-3 1-0 –
March 19 at Miami (FL) 6-7 1-1 –
March 21 vs. Michigan State 0-3 1-2 –
March 22 vs. Michigan State 7-3 2-2 –
March 23 vs. NYU 15-2 3-2 –
March 23 vs. NYU 11-2 4-2 –
March 25 vs. Army 7-3 5-2 –
March 26 at Miami (FL) 5-0 6-2 –
April
Date Opponent Score Overall record Big Ten record
April 1 Western Michigan 1-6 6-3 –
April 2 Western Michigan 3-4 6-4 –
April 2 Western Michigan 0-9 6-5 –
April 8 Saint Mary's 4-1 7-5 –
April 9 Saint Mary's 3-1 8-5 –
April 9 Saint Mary's 5-1 9-5 –
April 15 Xavier 14-2 10-5 –
April 16 Cincinnati 2-1 11-5 –
April 16 Cincinnati 3-0 12-5 –
April 22 at Michigan State 2-0 13-5 1-0
April 26 at Bowling Green 0-0 13-5-1 –
April 29 Indiana 7-0 14-5-1 2-0
May
Date Opponent Score Overall record Big Ten record
May 3 at Kent State 13-1 15-5-1 –
May 6 Wisconsin 8-2 16-5-1 3-0
May 6 Northwestern 15-1 17-5-1 4-0
May 6 Northwestern 9-3 18-5-1 5-0
May 21 Minnesota 6-4 19-5-1 6-0
Post-season
Date Opponent Score Overall record
June 2 vs. Valparaiso 13-3 20-5-1
June 3 vs. Western Michigan 10-3 21-5-1
June 4 vs. Western Michigan 14-7 22-5-1
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record
June 13 vs. Oklahoma State Rosenblatt Stadium 4-2 23-5-1
June 14 vs. Southern California Rosenblatt Stadium 6-2 24-5-1
June 15 vs. St. John's Rosenblatt Stadium 8-7 25-5-1
June 16 vs. Southern California Rosenblatt Stadium 1-5 25-6-1
June 17 vs. Southern California Rosenblatt Stadium 1-0 26-6-1
June 18 vs. Oklahoma State Rosenblatt Stadium 8-2 27-6-1

Awards and honors[edit]

Steve Arlin
Chuck Brinkman
  • All-America Second Team[3]
  • All-College World Series Team[4]
Ross Nagelson
  • All-College World Series Team[4]
Bo Rein
  • All-College World Series Team[4]
Ray Shoup
  • All-College World Series Team[4]

Buckeyes in the 1966 MLB Draft[edit]

The following members of the Ohio State Buckeyes baseball program were drafted in the 1966 Major League Baseball Draft.[5]

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Russ Nagelson 1B 14th 272nd Cleveland Indians
Chuck Brinkman C 16th 318th Chicago White Sox

References[edit]

  1. ^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  2. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1966". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "Record Book" (PDF). OhioStateBuckeyes.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
  4. ^ a b c d e "College World Series record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
  5. ^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)"". Baseball Reference. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
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