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
Duration	June 20–28, 1947
College World Series
Champions	California (1st title)
Runners-up	Yale (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Clint 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 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

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. W.C. Madden & Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 5–11. 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.