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Arthur Mansfield
American baseball player and coach

Arthur Mansfield

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American baseball player and coach
Work field
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Age
78 years
Education
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Madison, Dane County, USA
Sports Teams
Wisconsin Badgers boxing (USA)
Wisconsin Badgers baseball (USA)
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Biography

Arthur W. Mansfield (November 30, 1906 – June 1, 1985) nicknamed Dynamite or Dynie was an American baseball coach and outfielder. He played college baseball for Wisconsin for coach Guy Lowman from 1927 to 1929 before playing professionally from 1930 to 1933. He also played college football and boxing. He then served as the head baseball coach of the Wisconsin Badgers from 1940 to 1970, leading the Badgers to a fourth-place finish in the 1950 College World Series.

Playing career

Mansfield attended West Technical High School in Cleveland, Ohio being enrolling at the University of Wisconsin, where he competed in football, baseball, basketball and boxing. At Wisconsin, he played first base, was team captain his senior year, and a member of Sigma Pi fraternity. After graduating in 1929, he became the athletic director of Springfield High School (Wisconsin) before playing minor league baseball. While with the Springfield Blue Sox of the Central League he played right field until his contract was purchased by the New York Giants at the end of the 1930 season.

Head coaching record

SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Wisconsin Badgers (Big Nine/Ten Conference)
1940Wisconsin9–12–25–76th
1941Wisconsin12–115–66th
1942Wisconsin11–107–53rd
1943Wisconsin8–105–32nd
1944Wisconsin6–104–57th
1945Wisconsin13–58–42nd
1946Wisconsin16–79–21st
1947Wisconsin10–116–44th
1948Wisconsin14–145–6T-5th
1949Wisconsin8–173–9T-8th
1950Wisconsin19–99–3T-1stCollege World Series
1951Wisconsin14–8–15–5–15th
1952Wisconsin18–89–63rd
1953Wisconsin19–86–56th
1954Wisconsin17–7–110–3–12nd
1955Wisconsin16–127–87th
1956Wisconsin20–78–43rd
1957Wisconsin14–93–79th
1958Wisconsin17–118–75th
1959Wisconsin17–139–6T-2nd
1960Wisconsin14–6–15–43rd
1961Wisconsin9–19–15–96th
1962Wisconsin14–98–64th
1963Wisconsin15–158–65th
1964Wisconsin14–148–7T-4th
1965Wisconsin14–136–99th
1966Wisconsin9–186–97th
1967Wisconsin18–1511–64th
1968Wisconsin18–911–53rd
1969Wisconsin14–187–7T-5th
1970Wisconsin22–168–74th
Wisconsin:441–352–642–42–1
Total:441–352–6

           
           
           
     

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