1964 Texas A&M Aggies baseball team

1964 Texas A&M Aggies baseball
Southwest Conference champions District VI Playoff champions
College World Series, T-5th
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
Record	19–8–1 (12–3 SWC)
Head coach	Tom Chandler (6th season)
Captains	Bill Hancock Bill Grochett
Home stadium	Travis Park

1964 Southwest Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 8 Texas A&M  ‍†‍‍^y	12	–	3	–	1		.781			19	–	8	–	1		.696
No. 26 Baylor  ‍‍‍	10	–	5	–	0		.667			18	–	7	–	0		.720
No. 12 Texas  ‍‍‍	10	–	5	–	1		.656			16	–	7	–	1		.688
TCU  ‍‍‍	5	–	8	–	0		.385			11	–	12	–	0		.478
SMU  ‍‍‍	3	–	10	–	0		.231			6	–	14	–	0		.300
Rice  ‍‍‍	3	–	12	–	0		.200			5	–	18	–	0		.217
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1964[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1964 Texas A&M Aggies baseball team represented Texas A&M University in the 1964 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Aggies played their home games at Travis Park. The team was coached by Tom Chandler in his 6th year at Texas A&M.

The Aggies won the District VI playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Seton Hall.

Roster

1964 Texas A&M Aggies baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town Jerry Ballard / — — 6 Richard Beller / — — Sr 23 R Byrd / — — 24 F Carlton / — — Lance Cobb / — — So INF Billy Crain / — — So 12 John Crain / — — Sr 20 M Dawkins / — — 4 Bill Grochett (C) / — — 10 C Bill Hancock (C) / — — 1 George Hargett / — — Sr 9 P Steve Hillhouse / — — So Allen Koonce / — — So 14 J Lee / — — 16 R McAdams / — — Mike McClure / — — 18 P Chuck McGuire / — — Sr Dallas, Texas 15 C Jerry Pizzatola / — — Sr INF Bob Sanders / — — 7 INF Frank Stark / — — Sr 17 Dewayne Stewart / — — 5 N Thompson / — —	Head coach 19 Tom Chandler Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

1964 Texas A&M Aggies baseball game log
Regular season
March (6–4) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record 1 March Texas Lutheran Travis Park • College Station, Texas 3–6 0–1 – 2 March 7 St. Mary's (TX) Travis Park • College Station, Texas 0–2 0–2 – 3 March Sul Ross State Travis Park • College Station, Texas 5–4 1–2 – 4 March Sul Ross State Travis Park • College Station, Texas 0–3 1–3 – 5 March 14 St. Edward's Travis Park • College Station, Texas 9–2 2–3 – 6 March Texas Lutheran Travis Park • College Station, Texas 13–4 3–3 – 7 March 18 at TCU Unknown • Fort Worth, Texas 7–14 3–4 0–1 8 March 21 Texas Travis Park • College Station, Texas 5–2 4–4 1–1 9 March Minnesota Travis Park • College Station, Texas 7–2 5–4 1–1 10 March Minnesota Travis Park • College Station, Texas 3–2 6–4 1–1
April (10–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record 11 April 1 at Baylor Unknown • Waco, Texas 7–8 6–5 1–2 12 April 4 at Rice Rice Baseball Field • Houston, Texas 9–5 7–5 2–2 13 April 6 Texas Tech Travis Park • College Station, Texas 12–2 8–5 2–2 14 April 7 SMU Travis Park • College Station, Texas 3–2 9–5 3–2 15 April 10 TCU Travis Park • College Station, Texas 5–1 10–5 4–2 16 April 11 TCU Travis Park • College Station, Texas 5–1 11–5 5–2 17 April 14 at St. Mary's (TX) Unknown • San Antonio, Texas 9–1 12–5 5–2 18 April SMU Travis Park • College Station, Texas 6–1 13–5 6–2 19 April 18 at SMU Unknown • Dallas, Texas 7–2 14–5 7–2 20 April 24 Rice Travis Park • College Station, Texas 2–0 15–5 8–2 21 April 28 Rice Travis Park • College Station, Texas 11–4 16–5 9–2
May (3–1–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record 22 May 1 Baylor Travis Park • College Station, Texas 7–4 17–5 10–2 23 May 2 Baylor Travis Park • College Station, Texas 2–0 18–5 11–2 24 May 7 at Texas Clark Field • Austin, Texas 5–5 18–5–1 11–2–1 25 May 8 at Texas Clark Field • Austin, Texas 2–3 18–6–1 11–3–1 26 May 8 at Texas Clark Field • Austin, Texas 5–2 19–6–1 12–3–1
Postseason
College World Series (0–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record 27 June 8 vs Minnesota Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 3–7 19–7–1 12–3–1 28 June 10 vs Seton Hall Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 5–14 19–8–1 12–3–1

Awards and honors

Jerry Ballard

• All-Southwest Conference

Bill Grochett

• All-Southwest Conference

Jerry Koonce

• All-Southwest Conference

Bill Hancock

• All-Southwest Conference

George Hargett

• All-Southwest Conference

Steve Hillhouse

• All-Southwest Conference

Frank Stark

• All-Southwest Conference[2]

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1964". boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
2. "1964 Aggieland". www.bookreader.library.tamu.edu. Texas A&M University. Retrieved October 23, 2020.