1966 Ohio State Buckeyes baseball team

American college baseball season

1966 Ohio State Buckeyes baseball

National champions Big Ten Conference champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
CB	No. 1
Record	27-6-1 (6-0 Big Ten)
Head coach	Marty Karow (16th year)
Seasons ← 1965 1967 →

1966 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 1 Ohio State ‍†‍‍^y	6	–	0	–	0	1.000	27	–	6	–	1	.809
No. 16 Minnesota ‍‍‍	11	–	2	–	0	.846	27	–	10	–	2	.718
No. 21 Michigan ‍‍‍	10	–	3	–	0	.769	22	–	11	–	0	.667
Michigan State ‍‍‍	8	–	5	–	0	.615	24	–	13	–	0	.649
Indiana ‍‍‍	6	–	5	–	0	.545	17	–	15	–	0	.531
Illinois ‍‍‍	5	–	7	–	0	.417	14	–	14	–	0	.500
Wisconsin ‍‍‍	6	–	9	–	0	.400	9	–	18	–	0	.333
Iowa ‍‍‍	4	–	7	–	0	.364	14	–	15	–	0	.483
Purdue ‍‍‍	2	–	9	–	0	.182	9	–	14	–	0	.391
Northwestern ‍‍‍	2	–	13	–	0	.133	7	–	21	–	3	.274

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1966^[1]^[2] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1966 Ohio State Buckeyes baseball team represented Ohio State University in the 1966 NCAA University Division baseball season. The team was coached by Marty Karow in his 16th season at Ohio State.

The Buckeyes won the College World Series, defeating the Oklahoma State Cowboys in the championship game.

Roster

1966 Ohio State Buckeyes roster

Pitchers

Steve Arlin
Richard Boggs
Curtis Heinfeld
Kenneth Monroe
Keith Stilwell
Ralph Swain
Ross Winning

Catchers

Chuck Brinkman
Richard Marcucci

Infielders

Ralph Copp
James Graham
Bruce Heine
Russ Nagelson
Roger Sexton
Frank Cozze

Outfielders

Robert Baker
Bo Rein
Raymound William Shoup

Position Unknown

John Anderson
Glenn Bergman
Albert Budding
Ronald Dawson
David Dillon
James Elshire
Dennis Jacobs
James LeBay
Wayne Mogan
Gene Zayac

Schedule

1966 Ohio State Buckeyes baseball game log

Regular season

March

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall record	Big Ten record
March 19	at Miami (FL)	10-3	1-0	–
March 19	at Miami (FL)	6-7	1-1	–
March 21	vs. Michigan State	0-3	1-2	–
March 22	vs. Michigan State	7-3	2-2	–
March 23	vs. NYU	15-2	3-2	–
March 23	vs. NYU	11-2	4-2	–
March 25	vs. Army	7-3	5-2	–
March 26	at Miami (FL)	5-0	6-2	–

April

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall record	Big Ten record
April 1	Western Michigan	1-6	6-3	–
April 2	Western Michigan	3-4	6-4	–
April 2	Western Michigan	0-9	6-5	–
April 8	Saint Mary's	4-1	7-5	–
April 9	Saint Mary's	3-1	8-5	–
April 9	Saint Mary's	5-1	9-5	–
April 15	Xavier	14-2	10-5	–
April 16	Cincinnati	2-1	11-5	–
April 16	Cincinnati	3-0	12-5	–
April 22	at Michigan State	2-0	13-5	1-0
April 26	at Bowling Green	0-0	13-5-1	–
April 29	Indiana	7-0	14-5-1	2-0

May

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall record	Big Ten record
May 3	at Kent State	13-1	15-5-1	–
May 6	Wisconsin	8-2	16-5-1	3-0
May 6	Northwestern	15-1	17-5-1	4-0
May 6	Northwestern	9-3	18-5-1	5-0
May 21	Minnesota	6-4	19-5-1	6-0

Post-season

NCAA tournament: District 4 playoffs

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall record
June 2	vs. Valparaiso	13-3	20-5-1
June 3	vs. Western Michigan	10-3	21-5-1
June 4	vs. Western Michigan	14-7	22-5-1

NCAA tournament: College World Series

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record
June 13	vs. Oklahoma State	Rosenblatt Stadium	4-2	23-5-1
June 14	vs. Southern California	Rosenblatt Stadium	6-2	24-5-1
June 15	vs. St. John's	Rosenblatt Stadium	8-7	25-5-1
June 16	vs. Southern California	Rosenblatt Stadium	1-5	25-6-1
June 17	vs. Southern California	Rosenblatt Stadium	1-0	26-6-1
June 18	vs. Oklahoma State	Rosenblatt Stadium	8-2	27-6-1

Awards and honors

Steve Arlin

All-America First Team^[3]
All-Big Ten Second Team^[3]
College World Series Most Outstanding Player^[4]

Chuck Brinkman

All-America Second Team^[3]
All-College World Series Team^[4]

Ross Nagelson

All-College World Series Team^[4]

Bo Rein

All-College World Series Team^[4]

Ray Shoup

All-College World Series Team^[4]

Buckeyes in the 1966 MLB Draft

The following members of the Ohio State Buckeyes baseball program were drafted in the 1966 Major League Baseball Draft.^[5]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Russ Nagelson	1B	14th	272nd	Cleveland Indians
Chuck Brinkman	C	16th	318th	Chicago White Sox

References

^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1966". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Record Book" (PDF). OhioStateBuckeyes.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "College World Series record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)"". Baseball Reference. Retrieved January 26, 2013.

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National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics

v t e Ohio State Buckeyes 1966 College World Series champions
Steve Arlin (College World Series MOP) Chuck Brinkman Russ Nagelson Bo Rein
Manager Marty Karow
Regular season NCAA tournament College World Series

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