1962 Holy Cross Crusaders baseball team

Baseball team representing College of Holy Cross

1962 Holy Cross Crusaders baseball
District I champions
College World Series, T-6th
Conference	Independent
Record	21–5
Head coach	Albert Riopel (2nd season)
Home stadium	Fitton Field
Seasons← 19611963 →

The 1962 Holy Cross Crusaders baseball team represented the College of the Holy Cross in the 1962 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Crusaders played their home games at Fitton Field. The team was coached by Albert Riopel in his 2nd year as head coach at Holy Cross.

The Crusaders won the District I playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Santa Clara Broncos.

Roster

1962 Holy Cross Crusaders baseball team

Players

Coaches

#	Pos.	Name	B/T	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
	INF	Bob Arena	/	—	—
		John Burke	/	—	—
	OF	Tony Capo	/	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	—
		Patrick Connors	/	—	—
		Hank Cutting	/	—	—
		Pat Gallager	/R	—	—
		Michael Henighan	/	—	—
9	C	Dave Holborn	/	—	—
		Jim Holloran	/R	—	—	So
		Tom Jordan	/	—	—	So
		Joseph Killion	/	—	—
		Paul Morano	/	—	—
	C	Jim Murphy	/	—	—
19	INF	John Peterman	/R	—	—	Jr
		William Prizio	/R	—	—
	P	Don Riedl	/	—	—	Jr	Worcester, Massachusetts
	P	Mike Skane	/LHL	—	—	So
	OF	Tommy Smith (C)	/R	—	—
	INF	Al Snyder	/	—	—
	P	Paul Symeon	/	—	—
		Joseph Trombly	/	—	—
	INF	Barry Tyne	/L	—	—
		Edward Widronak	/R	—	—

Roster
Last update: October 2, 2021

1962 Holy Cross Crusaders baseball game log

Regular season

April (4–1)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record
1	April	Boston University	Unknown • Unknown	18–0	1–0
2	April	Williams	Unknown • Unknown	4–2	2–0
3	April	AIC	Unknown • Unknown	6–4	2–0
4	April 26	Dartmouth	Fitton Field • Worcester, Massachusetts	6–1	4–0
5	April 28	Ithaca	Fitton Field • Worcester, Massachusetts	6–7	4–1

May (10–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record
6	May	Providence	Unknown • Unknown	6–5	5–1
7	May 4	Seton Hall	Unknown • Unknown	2–8	5–2
8	May	Brown	Unknown • Unknown	11–4	6–2
9	May 8	UMass	Fitton Field • Worcester, Massachusetts	3–2	7–2
10	May	Providence	Unknown • Unknown	11–3	8–2
11	May	Northeastern	Unknown • Unknown	10–9	9–2
12	May 16	Harvard	Fitton Field • Worcester, Massachusetts	7–4	10–2
13	May 19	at Dartmouth	Red Rolfe Field • Hanover, New Hampshire	14–4	11–2
14	May	Worcester Tech	Unknown • Unknown	20–0	12–2
15	May 26	Springfield	Fitton Field • Worcester, Massachusetts	15–7	13–2
16	May 30	Boston College	Fitton Field • Worcester, Massachusetts	4–9	13–3
17	May 31	Amherst	Unknown • Unknown	8–7	14–3

June (3–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record
18	June 1	Yale	Unknown • Unknown	15–5	15–3
19	June 2	at Boston College	John Shea Field • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts	10–1	16–3

Postseason

District I Playoff (3–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record
20	June	vs Vermont	Unknown • Springfield, Massachusetts	7–5	17–3
21	June	vs Bridgeport	Unknown • Springfield, Massachusetts	5–2	18–3
22	June	vs Vermont	Unknown • Springfield, Massachusetts	12–5	19–3

June (1–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record
23	June 9	Boston College	Fitton Field • Worcester, Massachusetts	4–2	20–3

College World Series (1–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record
24	June 11	vs Colorado State College	Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	4–3	21–3
25	June 12	vs Michigan	Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	4–11	21–4
26	June 13	vs Santa Clara	Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	7–12	21–5

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Venues	Worcester Oval (1892–1902) Hanover Insurance Park at Fitton Field (1903–present)
People	Notable players
Seasons	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
National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics