1964 Missouri Tigers baseball team

American college baseball season

1964 Missouri Tigers baseball
Big Eight Champions District V champions
College World Series, Runner-Up
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
CB	No. 2
Record	26–5–1 (17–0 Big 8)
Head coach	Hi Simmons (26th season)
Home stadium	Simmons Field
Seasons← 19631965 →

The 1964 Missouri Tigers baseball team represented the University of Missouri in the 1964 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at the original Simmons Field. The team was coached by Hi Simmons in his 26th season at Missouri.

The Tigers lost the College World Series, defeated by the Minnesota Golden Gophers in the championship game.

Roster

1964 Missouri Tigers roster
	Pitchers Dave Benson - Sophomore Orville Hollrah - Sophomore Terry L'Ange - Sophomore Dennis Musgraves - Sophomore James Nelson - Senior Ron Sieck - Senior Jack Stroud - Junior John Thomas - Sophomore Keith Weber - Junior		Catchers Jim Pace - Senior John Sevcik - Senior Ronnie Shy - Junior Infielders Ronny Bartlett - Sophomore Ronald Cummings - Sophomore Dave Harvey - Senior Wayne Henke - Junior Bob Price - Senior Robert Robben - Sophomore Tom Seal - Sophomore Johnny Simmons - Junior Mike Strode - Junior		Outfielders James Estes - Senior Sandy Melnick - Sophomore Dan Rudanovich - Sophomore Jim Sevcik - Senior Ken Sigman - Junior Gary Woods - Senior

1964 Missouri Tigers roster

1964 Missouri Tigers baseball game log

Regular season (20–3)
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	Big 8 record
	at TCU	TCU Diamond • Fort Worth, Texas	4–0	1–0	0–0
	at TCU	TCU Diamond • Fort Worth, Texas	2–3	1–1	0–0
	at Baylor	Unknown • Waco, Texas	2–5	1–2	0–0
	at Baylor	Unknown • Waco, Texas	1–3	1–3	0–0
	at Tulsa	Unknown • Tulsa, Oklahoma	10–0	2–3	0–0
	at Tulsa	Unknown • Tulsa, Oklahoma	13–1	3–3	0–0
	Colorado	Simmons Field • Columbia, Missouri	7–2	4–3	1–0
	Colorado	Simmons Field • Columbia, Missouri	6–4	5–3	2–0
	Colorado	Simmons Field • Columbia, Missouri	6–4	6–3	3–0
	Iowa State	Unknown • Unknown	2–0	7–3	4–0
	Kansas State	Unknown • Unknown	7–1	8–3	5–0
	Kansas State	Unknown • Unknown	2–1	9–3	6–0
April 24	Kansas State	Unknown • Unknown	6–0	10–3	7–0
	Oklahoma	Unknown • Unknown	4–1	11–3	8–0
	Oklahoma	Unknown • Unknown	3–1	12–3	9–0
	Oklahoma	Unknown • Unknown	1–0	13–3	10–0
	Oklahoma State	Unknown • Unknown	11–1	14–3	11–0
May 11	Nebraska	Unknown • Unknown	4–2	15–3	12–0
May 12	Nebraska	Unknown • Unknown	9–0	16–3	13–0
May 12	Nebraska	Unknown • Unknown	2–1	17–3	14–0
May	Kansas	Unknown • Unknown	2–1	18–3	15–0
May	Kansas	Unknown • Unknown	2–0	19–3	16–0
May	Kansas	Unknown • Unknown	4–3	20–3	17–0

Postseason (6–1–1)

District V playoffs (1–0–1)
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	Big 8 record
	Saint Louis	Simmons Field • Columbia, Missouri	1–1	20–3–1	17–0
	Saint Louis	Simmons Field • Columbia, Missouri	2–1	21–3–1	17–0

1964 College World Series (4–2)
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	Big 8 record
June 9	vs Arizona State	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	7–0	22–3–1	17–0
June 12	vs USC	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	2–3	22–4–1	17–0
June 13	vs Seton Hall	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	3–1	23–4–1	17–0
June 15	vs Minnesota	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	4–1	24–4–1	17–0
June 17	vs Maine	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	2–1	25–4–1	17–0
June 18	vs Minnesota	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	1–5	25–5–1	17–0

Schedule Source:

"2019 Missouri Baseball Media Guide" (PDF) (Press release). University of Missouri Athletics. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
"College World Series Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
^ "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 25, 2019.

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Stadium	Rollins Field (1907–1959) Simmons Field (1960–2000) Taylor Stadium (2001–present)
Rivalries	Border War (Kansas)
People	Award Winners List of MLB Players
Seasons	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