1947 NCAA baseball season
Tournament
DurationJune 20–28, 1947
College World Series
DurationJune 27–28, 1947
ChampionsCalifornia (1st title)
Runners-upYale (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning CoachClint Evans (1st title)
Seasons
← 1946
1948 →

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]

Realignment

The Southern Conference resumed 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 Nine Illinois
No Conference Tournament
Big Six Oklahoma
No Conference Tournament
CIBA California/Southern California
No Conference Tournament
EIBL Yale
No Conference Tournament
Metropolitan New York Conference NYU
No Conference Tournament
Mid-American Conference Ohio
No Conference Tournament
Missouri Valley Conference Oklahoma A&M 1947 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament Oklahoma A&M
Pacific Coast Conference North Washington State
No Conference Tournament
Southeastern Conference Alabama
No Conference Tournament
Southern Conference Clemson
No Conference Tournament
Southwest Conference Texas
No Conference Tournament

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1947 Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Yale ‍†‍‍y 9 – 3 – 0   .750 19 – 10 – 1   .650
Columbia ‍‍‍ 7 – 5 – 0   .583 8 – 7 – 1   .531
Harvard ‍‍‍ 7 – 5 – 0   .583 12 – 13 – 0   .480
Princeton ‍‍‍ 7 – 5 – 0   .583 10 – 12 – 0   .455
Penn ‍‍‍ 6 – 6 – 0   .500 12 – 9 – 0   .571
Dartmouth ‍‍‍ 3 – 9 – 0   .250 5 – 16 – 0   .238
Cornell ‍‍‍ 3 – 9 – 0   .250 8 – 17 – 0   .320
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
1947 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North
Washington State  ‍†‍‍ 11 – 5   .688 23 – 11   .676
Oregon  ‍‍‍ 9 – 7   .563 19 – 7   .731
Washington  ‍‍‍ 9 – 7   .563 9 – 7   .563
Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 10   .375 14 – 11   .560
Idaho  ‍‍‍ 5 – 11   .313 –   –
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
California  ‍†‍‍y 11 – 4   .733 31 – 10   .756
Southern California  ‍†‍‍ 11 – 4   .733 16 – 6   .727
Stanford  ‍‍‍ 7 – 8   .467 19 – 11   .633
UCLA  ‍‍‍ 7 – 8   .467 29 – 15   .659
St. Mary's  ‍‍‍ 5 – 10   .333 –   –
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 4 – 11   .267 10 – 15   .400
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
1947 Southern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Clemson  ‍†‍‍y 13 – 2   .867 24 – 5   .828
Richmond  ‍‍‍ 8 – 3   .727 20 – 3   .870
Duke  ‍‍‍ 13 – 6   .684 –   –
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 4 – 3   .571 11 – 6   .647
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 4 – 3   .571 10 – 10   .500
Washington and Lee  ‍‍‍ 5 – 4   .556 –   –
North Carolina  ‍‍‍ 9 – 7   .563 15 – 11   .577
NC State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 8   .467 –   –
William & Mary  ‍‍‍ 6 – 8   .429 15 – 8   .652
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 6 – 8   .429 15 – 8   .652
Furman  ‍‍‍ 4 – 6   .400 –   –
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 5 – 8   .385 –   –
VMI  ‍‍‍ 2 – 6   .250 –   –
The Citadel  ‍‍‍ 1 – 3   .250 2 – 5   .286
George Washington  ‍‍‍ 1 – 4   .200 –   –
Davidson  ‍‍‍ 0 – 10   .000 –   –
† – Conference champion
As of June 30, 1947[3]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1947 Southwest Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Texas  ‍†‍‍y 14 – 1   .933 20 – 4   .833
Baylor  ‍‍‍ 9 – 5   .643 12 – 8   .600
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 8 – 6   .571 14 – 8   .636
SMU  ‍‍‍ 5 – 9   .357 6 – 9   .400
Rice  ‍‍‍ 4 – 10   .286 5 – 11   .313
TCU  ‍‍‍ 3 – 12   .200 4 – 15   .211
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1947[4]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

NCAA tournament

Main article: 1947 NCAA Baseball 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

Main article: 1947 College Baseball All-America Team

References

  1. ^ a b 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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