1966 Ohio State Buckeyes baseball team

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.

1966 Ohio State Buckeyes baseball
National Champions Big Ten Conference Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
CB	No. 1
1966 record	27-6-1 (6-0 Big Ten)
Head coach	Marty Karow (16th year)

1966 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
	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 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 Outfielders Robert Baker Bo Rein Raymound William Shoup		Position Unknown John Anderson Glenn Bergman Albert Budding Frank Cozze 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

1. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
2. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1966". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
3. "Record Book" (PDF). OhioStateBuckeyes.com. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
4. "College World Series Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
5. "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)"". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 26 January 2013.