1947 California Golden Bears baseball team

The 1947 California Golden Bears baseball team represented the University of California in the 1947 NCAA baseball season. The Golden Bears played their home games at Evans Diamond. The team was coached by Clint Evans in his 18th season at California.

1947 California Golden Bears baseball
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
1947 record31-10 (11-4 PCC)
Head coachClint Evans (18th year)
Home stadiumEvans Diamond
1947 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

The Golden Bears won the inaugural College World Series, defeating the Yale Bulldogs two games to none in the best of three championship series.[1][2]

Roster
1947 California Golden Bears roster
 

Pitchers

  • Nino Barnise
  • Virgil Butler

Catchers

  • Doug Clayton
  

Infielders

  • Jim Brown
  • Tim Cronin
  • Ira Finney
  • Bob O'Dell
  • John Ramos
  • Ed Sanclemente
  

Outfielders

  

Position Unknown

  • Robert Anderson
  • Glen Dufour
  • LaVerne Horton
  • Willard Lotter
  • Sam Rosenthal
  • George Yamor
  

Schedule
Legend
 California win
 California loss
BoldCalifornia team member
*Non-Conference game
1947 California Golden Bears Baseball Game Log
Post-Season

Awards and honors
Nino Barnise
  • All-America First Team[3]
  • All-District 8 First Team[3]
John Fiscalini
  • All-America First Team[3]
  • All-District 8 First Team[3]
Jackie Jensen
  • All-America First Team[3]
  • All-District 8 First Team[3]

References
  1. "1947 College World Series". Omaha.com. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
  2. "The First College World Series Champions:The 1947 Golden Bears". California Golden Blogs. December 14, 2011. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  3. "2012 Cal Bears Record Book" (PDF). CalBears.com. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
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