Quick Facts
- In 1996, coach Rod Dedeaux of Southern California was named to the College World Series All-Time Team (1947–95) by the Oklahoma World-Herald as part of the 50th CWS celebration.
- In 1971, Ron Fairly (OF) of Southern California was named to the College World Series All-Time Team (1947–70) by the blue-ribbon committee chaired by Abe Chanin as part of the 25th CWS celebration.
- In 1996, Alan Hall (C) of Arizona and Charles Shoemaker (SS) of Arizona were named to the 1940s–50s All-Decade Team by a panel of 60 voters representing CWS head coaches, media, and chairs of the Division I Baseball Committee.
- Fresno State's team included Augie Garrido, who went on to win five CWS titles as a coach at Cal State Fullerton and Texas.
- Dave Baldwin of Arizona pitched a two-hitter in a 5–1 victory over Fresno State.
- 33,607 fans watched the CWS (10 sessions).
- The championship game was umpired by Bob Stewart, Jack Tobin, Don Carrothers, and Ed Sudol.
- The following records were set or tied:
- Most Balks, Individual, Single Game – 2, Frank Carbajal, Northern Colorado, vs Clemson, L 7–1, tied (2 others)
- Most Passed Balls, Individual, Single Game – 3, Jim Garrett, Fresno St, vs Arizona, L 5–1, tied (2 others)
- Most Balks, Team, Single Game – 2, Northern Colorado, vs Clemson, L 7–1, tied (4 others)
- Most Passed Balls, Team, Single Game – 5, Fresno St, vs Arizona, L 5–1
- Most Passed Balls, Both Teams, Single Game – 5, Fresno St (5) vs Arizona (0), Arizona 5–1
- Most Balks, Individual, CWS – 2, Frank Carbajal, 1 game, tied (6 others)
- Most Sacrifice Bunts, Both Teams, Championship Game – 5, Oklahoma St (3) vs Arizona (2), Oklahoma St 5–3
Read more about this topic: 1959 College World Series
Famous quotes containing the words quick and/or facts:
“A quick caress she gives the rose,
Lilac, geranium all in season . . .
Oh, if she might have seen a reason
For powdering her nose!”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)
“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.... I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)