1961 Duke Blue Devils baseball team

1961 Duke Blue Devils baseball
Atlantic Coast Conference champions District III champions
College World Series, T-5th
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
CB	No. 6
Record	16–11 (11–3 ACC)
Head coach	Ace Parker (9th season)
Captain	Dixon Owens (Senior year)
Home stadium	Jack Coombs Field

1961 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 Duke  ‍†‍‡‍^y	11	–	3		.786			16	–	11		.593
No. 24 North Carolina  ‍‍‍	10	–	4		.714			15	–	7		.682
No. 27 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍	9	–	5		.643			23	–	7		.767
NC State  ‍‍‍	8	–	5		.615			13	–	5		.722
Clemson  ‍‍‍	6	–	8		.429			12	–	11		.522
Maryland  ‍‍‍	5	–	8		.385			8	–	12		.400
Virginia  ‍‍‍	4	–	9		.308			7	–	11		.389
South Carolina  ‍‍‍	1	–	12		.077			3	–	15		.167
† – Conference champion ‡ – Playoff champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1961[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1961 Duke Blue Devils baseball team represented Duke University in the 1961 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Blue Devils played their home games at Jack Coombs Field. The team was coached by Ace Parker in his 9th year at Duke.

The Blue Devils won the District III playoff to advanced to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Boston College Eagles.

Roster

1961 Duke Blue Devils baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town P Don Altman / — — Sr Freeport, Pennsylvania C Art Browning / — — Portsmouth, Virginia John Daniel / — — OF Ron Davis / — — So Dick Densmore / — — So INF Lynn Fader / — — P Larry Harrison / — — Jr Bobby Hawn / — — Winston-Salem, North Carolina Ron Kalish / — — Sr Eric Keller / — — Sr INF Dean McCracken / — — Sr OF Rex McKinley / — — Jr INF Garry Miller / — — Sr C Dixon Owens / — — Sr OF Bob Rankin / — — Jr Bill Reynolds / — — P Bob Turner / — — Jr P Butch Williams / — —	Head coach Ace Parker Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

1961 Duke Blue Devils baseball game log
Regular season
March (0–4) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record ACC record 1 March 27  at Florida State Seminole Field • Tallahassee, Florida 6–10 0–1 – 2 March 28  at Florida State Seminole Field • Tallahassee, Florida 0–4 0–2 – 3 March 29  at Florida State Seminole Field • Tallahassee, Florida 5–7 0–3 – 4 March 30  at Florida State Seminole Field • Tallahassee, Florida 2–8 0–4 –
April (7–4) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record ACC record 5 April 1  vs Western Michigan Seminole Field • Tallahassee, Florida 10–3 1–4 – 6 April 3  Ohio Jack Coombs Field • Durham, North Carolina 3–5 1–5 – 7 April 3  Ohio Jack Coombs Field • Durham, North Carolina 2–1 2–5 – 8 April 7  at Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, South Carolina 8–5 3–5 1–0 9 April 8  at South Carolina Unknown • Columbia, South Carolina 8–1 4–5 2–0 10 April 14  at Maryland Shipley Field • College Park, Maryland 11–5 5–5 3–0 11 April 15  at Virginia Unknown • Charlottesville, Virginia 9–2 6–5 4–0 12 April 18  at NC State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina 1–3 6–6 4–1 13 April 21  North Carolina Jack Coombs Field • Durham, North Carolina 4–9 6–7 4–2 14 April 25  NC State Jack Coombs Field • Durham, North Carolina 1–3 6–8 4–3 15 April 29  Maryland Jack Coombs Field • Durham, North Carolina 5–1 7–8 5–3
May (6–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record ACC record 16 May 2  at North Carolina Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 10–4 8–8 6–3 17 May 5  South Carolina Jack Coombs Field • Durham, North Carolina 1–0 9–8 7–3 18 May 6  Clemson Jack Coombs Field • Durham, North Carolina 3–1 10–8 8–3 19 May 8  Wake Forest Jack Coombs Field • Durham, North Carolina 12–10 11–8 9–3 20 May 10  at Wake Forest Ernie Shore Field • Winston-Salem, North Carolina 3–1 12–8 10–3 21 May 13  at Navy Unknown • Annapolis, Maryland 4–1 12–9 10–3 22 May 19  at Virginia Unknown • Charlottesville, Virginia 5–1 13–9 11–3
Postseason
District III Playoff (2–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record ACC record 23 June 1 vs Florida State Sims Legion Park • Gastonia, North Carolina 7–2 14–9 11–3 24 June 3 vs West Virginia Sims Legion Park • Gastonia, North Carolina 7–3 15–9 11–3
College World Series (1–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record ACC record 25 June 9 vs Oklahoma State Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 2–3 15–10 11–3 26 June 11 vs Colorado State College Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 15–3 16–10 11–3 27 June 12 vs Boston College Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 3–4 16–11 11–3

Awards and honors

Don Altman

• Second Team All-Atlantic Coast Conference

Ron Davis

• Second Team All-Atlantic Coast Conference
• All-District III Tournament Team
• College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]

Lynn Fader

• First Team All-Atlantic Coast Conference
• All-District III Tournament Team

Rex McKinley

• Second Team All-Atlantic Coast Conference

Garry Miller

• Second Team All-Atlantic Coast Conference

Butch Williams

• All-District III Tournament Team'[3]

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1961". Boyd's World. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
2. "CWS record Book" (PDF). www.ncaa.org. NCAA. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
3. "2019 Duke Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). www.goduke.com. Duke University. Retrieved November 13, 2020.