The 1950 Wisconsin Badgers baseball team is a

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team that represented the

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in the

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. The Badgers were members of the Big Nine Conference and played their home games at Guy Lowman Field in

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. They were led by eleventh-year head coach Arthur Mansfield.

Roster

Schedule

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Awards and honors

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* District IV All Star * Second Team All-American ;

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* Third Team All-American

References

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Wisconsin Badgers baseball seasons

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College World Series seasons Big Ten Conference baseball champion seasons