1972 Texas Longhorns baseball
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record50–9 (12–6 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumClark Field
1972 Southwest Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Texas  y 126 .667509 .847
No. 27 TCU   126 .6672913 .690
Rice   117 .6111912 .613
Texas A&M   108 .5562711 .711
SMU   612 .3332230 .423
Texas Tech   612 .3332319 .548
Baylor   612 .3332020 .500
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1972[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1972 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1972 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Clark Field. The team was coached by Cliff Gustafson in his 5-th season at Texas.

The Longhorns reached the College World Series, finishing tied for third with wins over Ole Miss and Oklahoma and losses to Connecticut and a ten-inning loss to eventual champion Southern California.[2]

Personnel

Roster

1972 Texas Longhorns roster[3][4]
 

Pitchers

Catchers

  • 19 - Bill Berryhill
 

Infielders

Outfielders

  • 4 - Terry Pyka
 

Unknown

  • 1 - Amador G. Tijerina
  • 12 - James Ray Brown
  • 13 - Thomas Henry Ball
  • 14 - Charlie E. Crenshaw
  • 15 - Dennis George Magro
  • 16 - Steven Michael Clancy
  • 17 - Zane Grubbs
  • 22 - Samuel Nicholson
  • 24 - Jim McCutchen

Schedule and results

Legend
 Texas win
 Texas loss
 Tie
1972 Texas Longhorns baseball game log[5]
Regular season
Postseason

References

  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1972". boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  2. "1972 College World Series". Omaha.com. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  3. Baseball Letterwinners (PDF). Texas Longhorns. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  4. All-Time Jersey Numbers (PDF). Texas Longhorns. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  5. Texas Baseball Year by Year Results (PDF). Texas Longhorns. p. 97. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
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