1953 Stanford Indians baseball
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association champions District VIII champions
College World Series, T-5th
Conference	California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
Record	29–15–2 (10–6 CIBA)
Head coach	Everett Dean (4th season)
Home stadium	Sunken Diamond
Seasons ← 1952 1954 →

1953 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
North Division
Oregon ‍†‍‍	9	–	3	–	0	.750	15	–	4	–	0	.789
Oregon State ‍‍‍	8	–	3	–	0	.727	15	–	9	–	0	.625
Washington State ‍‍‍	8	–	8	–	0	.500	14	–	14	–	1	.500
Idaho ‍‍‍	6	–	7	–	0	.462	0	–	0	–	0	–
Washington ‍‍‍	1	–	11	–	0	.083	4	–	15	–	1	.225
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
Stanford ‍†‍‍^y	10	–	6	–	0	.625	29	–	5	–	2	.833
USC ‍‍‍	10	–	6	–	0	.625	21	–	9	–	0	.700
California ‍‍‍	8	–	8	–	0	.500	22	–	15	–	0	.595
Santa Clara ‍‍‍	6	–	10	–	0	.375	14	–	15	–	0	.483
UCLA ‍‍‍	6	–	10	–	0	.375	16	–	20	–	0	.444

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament

The 1953 Stanford Indians baseball team represented Stanford University in the 1953 NCAA baseball season. The Indians played their home games at Sunken Diamond. The team was coached by Everett Dean in his 4th year at Stanford.

The Indians won the District VIII Playoff to advanced to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Lafayette Leopards.

Roster

1953 Stanford Indians baseball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Name	Bats/throws	Height	Weight
	Michael Acker	/	—	—
	Ken Brown	/	—	—
	Richard Cole	/	—	—
	Thomas Dandurand	/	—	—
	Donald DeLong	/	—	—
	Chuck Essegian	/	—	—
	Howard Evans	/	—	—
	Warren Goodrich	/	—	—
	John Hall	/	—	—
	Harold Hennacy	/	—	—
	Rodger Irvine	/	—	—
P	Rob Murphy	/	—	—
	Philip Page	/	—	—
	David Rosenkrantz	/	—	—
	Richard Scramaglia	/	—	—
C	Jack Shepard	/	—	—
	Ray Swarts	/	—	—
	Alan Talboy	/	—	—

Schedule

1953 Stanford Indians baseball game log

Regular season

March (0–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	CIBA record
	March 27	at Southern California	Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California	7–1	–	–
	March 28	at Southern California	Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California	5–2	–	–

April (0–0)

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	CIBA record
April	UCLA	Unknown • Unknown	0–1	–	–
April	UCLA	Unknown • Unknown	4–12	–	–
April 24	Southern California	Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California	11–10	–	–

May (0–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	CIBA record
	May	UCLA	Unknown • Unknown	2–0	–	–
	May	UCLA	Unknown • Unknown	6–10	–	–

Postseason

District VIII Playoff (0–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	CIBA record

College World Series (1–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	CIBA record
34	June 11	vs Michigan	Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	0–4	28–4–2	10–6
35	June 12	vs Houston	Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	7–6	29–4–2	10–6
36	June 13	vs Lafayette	Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	3–4	29–5–2	10–6

v t e Stanford Cardinal baseball
Venues	Klein Field at Sunken Diamond (1931–present)
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1918 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics