1953 Boston College Eagles baseball team

American college baseball season March 2026 August 2023 1953 Boston College Eagles baseball Greater Boston League GBL 13–7 6–1 John Temple 4th Bill McMorrow Alumni Field Greater Boston League championsDistrict I champions College World Series 4th The 1953 Boston College Eagles baseball team represented Boston College in the 1953 NCAA baseball season. The Eagles played their home games at Alumni Field. The team was coached by John Temple in his 4th year at Boston College. The Eagles won the District II Playoff to advanced to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Lafayette Leopards. The Eagles 11 wins entering the College World Series are a record for the fewest by a team entering the College World Series.http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/baseball_cws_RB/2012/1-CWSGeneral.pdf General CWS Records National Collegiate Athletic Association www.ncaa.org October 25, 2021 Roster 1953 Boston College Eagles y Bill McMorrow 1 OF SR C John O'Rourke 15 INF Jim Scholz 17 P Al Tassanari 19 INF Ed DiLoranzo 23 P Bob Flanagan 25 INF Dick Murray 26 C Bob Baggett 27 OF Chet Hanewich 28 C Dan Callanan 31 P Jack McGrath 32 INF Dick Scanlon 33 INF John Ruggiero 34 INF George Ciovacco 35 C Paul Lockary 36 P Jim Cisternelli 37 INF Bob Manning 38 INF Richie Doyle 39 OF Frank Tanner 41 INF Jim Clasby 42 P Jack McKinnon 43 P Tony Daukas 48 P https://newspapers.bc.edu/?a=d&d=bcheights19530501.2.47&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- December 3, 2020 John Temple Schedule Boston College Eagles 2 white 1953 Boston College Eagles baseball game log ! style="Boston College Eagles 2 white" | Regular season |- valign="top" y Boston College Eagles 2; April (4–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record GBL record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 || April 11 || at 1953 Rhode Island Rams Rhode Island || Unknown • Kingston, Rhode Island || 3–1 || 1–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 || April 16 || 1953 Brandeis Judges Brandeis || Alumni Field • Boston, Massachusetts || 8–2 || 2–0 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 || April 18 || 1953 Boston University Terriers Boston University || Alumni Field • Boston, Massachusetts || 4–2 || 3–0 || 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 || April 22 || Rhode Island || Alumni Field • Boston, Massachusetts || 4–8 || 3–1 || 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 || April 25 || 1953 Providence Friars Providence || Alumni Field • Boston, Massachusetts || 7–4 || 4–1 || 2–0 |- y Boston College Eagles 2; May (4–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record GBL record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 6 || May 6 || 1953 Massachusetts Minutemen Massachusetts || Alumni Field • Boston, Massachusetts || 1–5 || 4–2 || 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 7 || May 11 || 1953 MIT Engineers MIT || Alumni Field • Boston, Massachusetts || 7–6 || 5–2 || 3–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 8 || May 25 || 1953 Northeastern Huskies Northeastern || Alumni Field • Boston, Massachusetts || 5–4 || 6–2 || 4–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 9 || May 28 || at Northeastern || Parsons Field • Brookline, Massachusetts || 12–4 || 7–2 || 5–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 10 || May 30 || at 1953 Holy Cross Crusaders Holy Cross || Fitton Field • Worcester, Massachusetts || 9–2 || 8–2 || 5–1 |- |- |- ! style="Boston College Eagles 2 white" | Postseason |- valign="top" y Boston College Eagles 2; District I Playoff (2–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record GBL record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 11 || June 1 || vs 1953 Trinity Bantams Trinity || Fitton Field • Worcester, Massachusetts || 10–6 || 9–2 || 5–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 12 || June 2 || vs 1953 Springfield Maroons Springfield || Fitton Field • Worcester, Massachusetts || 9–2 || 10–2 || 5–1 |- y Boston College Eagles 2; June (1–3) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record GBL record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 13 || June 3 || at 1953 Harvard Crimson Harvard || Joseph J. O'Donnell Field • Boston, Massachusetts || 9–4 || 10–3 || 5–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 14 || June 6 || at 1953 Tufts Jumbos Tufts || Unknown • Medford, Massachusetts || 11–4 || 11–3 || 6–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 15 || June 8 || Holy Cross || Alumni Field • Boston, Massachusetts || 1–8 || 11–4 || 6–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 16 || June 9 || at Holy Cross || Fitton Field • Worcester, Massachusetts || 6–20 || 11–5 || 6–1 |- y Boston College Eagles 2; College World Series (2–2) # pri Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record GBL record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 17 || June 11 || vs Houston || Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska || 4–1 || 12–5 || 6–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 18 || June 12 || vs Michigan || Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska || 2–6 || 12–6 || 6–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 19 || June 13 || vs Duke || Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska || 7–6 || 13–6 || 6–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 20 || June 14 || vs Lafayette || Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska || 1–2 || 13–7 || 6–1 |- |- | https://archive.org/details/subturriundertow1954bost/page/54/mode/2up?q=baseball Sub Turri 1954 Boston College www.archive.org December 4, 2020https://newspapers.bc.edu/?a=d&d=bcheights19530327&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- The Heights, Volume XXXIV, Number 20 March 27, 1953 Boston College newspapers.bc.edu December 4, 2020 References Category:Boston College Eagles baseball seasons Boston College Eagles baseball Category:College World Series seasons