1964 Maine Black Bears baseball team
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| 1964 Maine Black Bears baseball | |
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Yankee Conference Champion NCAA District 1 playoff champion | |
College World Series, 3–2 | |
| Conference | Yankee Conference |
| Record | 21–8 (8–2 Yankee) |
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Maine †y | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | .800 | 21 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .724 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vermont | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .600 | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .500 | 5 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .278 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .400 | 6 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | .350 | 7 | – | 10 | – | 1 | .417 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | .350 | 8 | – | 12 | – | 1 | .405 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1964[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1964 Maine Black Bears baseball team represented the University of Maine in the 1964 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Black Bears were led by Jack Butterfield in his 8th year as head coach, and played as part of the Yankee Conference.
Maine posted a 21–8 record, earned the Yankee Conference championship with a 8–2 regular season to claim the automatic bid to the 1964 NCAA University Division baseball tournament. They won the District 1 playoff against Northeastern to advance to the 1964 College World Series , their first appearance in the ultimate college baseball event. The Black Bears won games against Seton Hall, Arizona State, and semifinalist USC and lost games to eventual champion Minnesota and runner-up Missouri. Butterfield was named NCAA Coach of the Year by the American Baseball Coaches Association.[2][3][4][5][6]