1947 NCAA baseball season

The 1947 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1947. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1947 NCAA Baseball Tournament and 1947 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the first time in 1947, consisted of the two remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and was held in Kalamazoo, Michigan at Hyames Field as a best of three series. California claimed the championship two games to none over Yale.[1][2]

1947 NCAA baseball season
Tournament
DurationJune 20–28, 1947
College World Series
ChampionsCalifornia (1st title)
Runners-upYale (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning CoachClint Evans (1st title)
Seasons

Realignment

The Southern Conference began sponsoring baseball in 1947, with 16 teams.

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1947 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. Conference champions had to be chosen, unless all conference champions declined the bid.[1]

Conference Regular Season Winner Conference Tournament Tournament City Tournament Winner
Big NineIllinois
No Conference Tournament
Big SixOklahoma
No Conference Tournament
CIBACalifornia/Southern California
No Conference Tournament
EIBLYale
No Conference Tournament
Metropolitan New York ConferenceNYU
No Conference Tournament
Mid-American ConferenceOhio
No Conference Tournament
Missouri Valley ConferenceOklahoma A&M1947 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball TournamentOklahoma A&M
Pacific Coast Conference NorthWashington State
No Conference Tournament
Southeastern ConferenceAlabama
No Conference Tournament
Southern ConferenceClemson
No Conference Tournament
Southwest ConferenceTexas
No Conference Tournament

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1947 Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Yale y 930 .750  19101 .650
Columbia  750 .583  871 .531
Harvard  750 .583  12130 .480
Princeton  750 .583  10120 .455
Penn  660 .500  1290 .571
Dartmouth  390 .250  5160 .238
Cornell  390 .250  8170 .320
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
1947 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
North
Washington State   115 .688  2311 .676
Oregon   97 .563  197 .731
Washington   97 .563  97 .563
Oregon State   610 .375  1411 .560
Idaho   511 .313   
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
California  y 114 .733  3110 .756
Southern California   114 .733  166 .727
Stanford   78 .467  1911 .633
UCLA   78 .467  2915 .659
St. Mary's   510 .333   
Santa Clara   411 .267  1015 .400
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
1947 Southern Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Clemson  y 132 .867  245 .828
Richmond   83 .727  203 .870
Duke   136 .684   
Virginia Tech   43 .571  116 .647
Maryland   43 .571  1010 .500
Washington and Lee   54 .556   
North Carolina   97 .563  1511 .577
NC State   78 .467   
William & Mary   68 .429  158 .652
Wake Forest   68 .429  158 .652
Furman   46 .400   
South Carolina   58 .385   
VMI   26 .250   
The Citadel   13 .250  25 .286
George Washington   14 .200   
Davidson   010 .000   
Conference champion
As of June 30, 1947[3]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1947 Southwest Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Texas  y 141 .933  204 .833
Baylor   95 .643  128 .600
Texas A&M   86 .571  148 .636
SMU   59 .357  69 .400
Rice   410 .286  511 .313
TCU   312 .200  415 .211
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1947[4]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

NCAA tournament

The 1947 season marked the first NCAA Baseball Tournament, which consisted of eight teams divided into two brackets by region. The Eastern Playoff was held in New Haven, Connecticut while the Western Playoff was held in Denver, Colorado. The winner of each single elimination bracket advanced to the inaugural College World Series in Kalamazoo, MI, where California defeated Yale in a best of three series.

  College World Series Finals
           
   California 17 8
   Yale 4 7

Award winners

All-America team

References

  1. W.C. Madden & Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 5–11. ISBN 9780786418428. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
  2. "The First College World Series Champions:The 1947 Golden Bears". California Golden Blogs. December 14, 2011. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  3. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1947". BoydsWorld.com. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  4. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1947". boydsworld.com. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
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