Arthur Mansfield

Arthur Mansfield
Biographical details
Born	November 30, 1906; Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Died	June 1, 1985 (aged 78); Minocqua, Wisconsin, U.S.
Playing career
1927–1929	Wisconsin
1930	Springfield Blue Sox
1931	Bridgeport Bears
1932	Dayton Ducks
1933	Springfield Cardinals
Position(s)	Outfielder
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1940–1970	Wisconsin
Head coaching record
Overall	441–352–6
Tournaments	NCAA: 2–2
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	2× Big Ten regular season (1946, 1950);

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.^[1]

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.^[2] 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.^[3]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Wisconsin Badgers (Big Nine/Ten Conference) (1940–1970)
1940	Wisconsin	9–12–2	5–7	6th
1941	Wisconsin	12–11	5–6	6th
1942	Wisconsin	11–10	7–5	3rd
1943	Wisconsin	8–10	5–3	2nd
1944	Wisconsin	6–10	4–5	7th
1945	Wisconsin	13–5	8–4	2nd
1946	Wisconsin	16–7	9–2	1st
1947	Wisconsin	10–11	6–4	4th
1948	Wisconsin	14–14	5–6	T-5th
1949	Wisconsin	8–17	3–9	T-8th
1950	Wisconsin	19–9	9–3	T-1st	College World Series
1951	Wisconsin	14–8–1	5–5–1	5th
1952	Wisconsin	18–8	9–6	3rd
1953	Wisconsin	19–8	6–5	6th
1954	Wisconsin	17–7–1	10–3–1	2nd
1955	Wisconsin	16–12	7–8	7th
1956	Wisconsin	20–7	8–4	3rd
1957	Wisconsin	14–9	3–7	9th
1958	Wisconsin	17–11	8–7	5th
1959	Wisconsin	17–13	9–6	T-2nd
1960	Wisconsin	14–6–1	5–4	3rd
1961	Wisconsin	9–19–1	5–9	6th
1962	Wisconsin	14–9	8–6	4th
1963	Wisconsin	15–15	8–6	5th
1964	Wisconsin	14–14	8–7	T-4th
1965	Wisconsin	14–13	6–9	9th
1966	Wisconsin	9–18	6–9	7th
1967	Wisconsin	18–15	11–6	4th
1968	Wisconsin	18–9	11–5	3rd
1969	Wisconsin	14–18	7–7	T-5th
1970	Wisconsin	22–16	8–7	4th
Wisconsin:		441–352–6	42–42–1
Total:		441–352–6
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

^ "1989 Wisconsin Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). www.uwbadgers.com. University of Wisconsin. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
^ "Arthur "Dynie" Mansfield collection, 1920-1954". www.search.library.wisc.edu. Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
^ "BIG LEAGUE Gets Sigma Pi Player". The Emerald of Sigma Pi. Vol. 17, no. 3. November 1930. p. 200.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)

[1] "1989 Wisconsin Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). www.uwbadgers.com. University of Wisconsin. Retrieved May 10, 2020.

[2] "Arthur "Dynie" Mansfield collection, 1920-1954". www.search.library.wisc.edu. Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. Retrieved May 10, 2020.

[3] "BIG LEAGUE Gets Sigma Pi Player". The Emerald of Sigma Pi. Vol. 17, no. 3. November 1930. p. 200.

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