1948 NCAA baseball season

The 1948 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1948. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1948 NCAA Baseball Tournament and 1948 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the second time in 1948, 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. Southern California claimed the championship two games to one over Yale.[1]

1948 NCAA Division I baseball season
Tournament
DurationJune 16–26, 1948
College World Series
DurationJune 25–26, 1948
ChampionsSouthern California (1st title)
Runners-upYale (2nd CWS Appearance)
Winning CoachSam Barry & Rod Dedeaux (1st title)
Seasons

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1948 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 SevenNebraska
No Conference Tournament
CIBASouthern California
No Conference Tournament
EIBLDartmouth
No Conference Tournament
Mid-American ConferenceOhio
No Conference Tournament
Missouri Valley ConferenceOklahoma A&M1948 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball TournamentOklahoma A&M
Pacific Coast Conference NorthWashington State
No Conference Tournament
Southeastern ConferenceMississippi State
No Conference Tournament
Southern ConferenceNorth Carolina
No Conference Tournament
Southwest ConferenceTexas
No Conference Tournament

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1948 Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Dartmouth  ‍†‍‍ 7–1–0 .875  12–4–1 .735
Navy  ‍‍‍ 7–2–0 .778  14–7–0 .667
Yale  ‍‍‍y 6–3–0 .667  21–9–1 .694
Army  ‍‍‍ 5–3–0 .625  16–7–0 .696
Cornell  ‍‍‍ 3–4–0 .429  8–9–0 .471
Columbia  ‍‍‍ 3–5–0 .375  7–5–0 .583
Penn  ‍‍‍ 3–5–0 .375  10–10–1 .500
Princeton  ‍‍‍ 3–6–0 .333  9–15–0 .375
Harvard  ‍‍‍ 2–4–0 .333  12–11–1 .521
Brown  ‍‍‍ 0–6–0 .000  2–11–0 .154
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
1948 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
North Division
Washington State  ‍†‍‍ 8–3 .727  21–7 .750
Oregon  ‍‍‍ 10–5 .667  12–6 .667
Washington  ‍‍‍ 8–7 .533  8–7 .533
Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 4–7 .364  7–7 .500
Idaho  ‍‍‍ 2–10 .167  – –
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
Southern California  ‍†‍‍y 13–2 .867  26–5 .839
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 9–6 .600  15–11 .577
California  ‍‍‍ 8–3 .727  20–14 .588
Stanford  ‍‍‍ 5–9 .357  15–11 .577
UCLA  ‍‍‍ 5–10 .333  21–18 .538
St. Mary's  ‍‍‍ 4–10 .286  – –
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament

NCAA tournament
Main article: 1948 NCAA Baseball Tournament

The 1948 season marked the second NCAA Baseball Tournament, which consisted of eight teams divided into two brackets by region. The Eastern Playoff was held in Winston-Salem, North Carolina while the Western Playoff was held in Denver, Colorado. Unlike the previous year, a double-elimination format was used. The winner of each bracket advanced to the College World Series in Kalamazoo, MI, where Southern California defeated Yale in a best of three series.

  College World Series
           
   Southern California 3 3 9
   Yale 1 8 2

Award winners

All-America team
Main article: 1948 College Baseball All-America Team

References
  1. W.C. Madden & Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 11–14. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
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