1948 Yale Bulldogs baseball team

The 1948 Yale Bulldogs baseball team represented the Yale University in the 1948 NCAA baseball season. The Bulldogs played their home games at Yale Field. The team was coached by Ethan Allen in his 3rd season at Yale.

1948 Yale Bulldogs baseball
NCAA Tournament Eastern Playoff Champions College World Series Runner-Up
Conference	Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League
1948 record	21–9–1 (6–3 EIBL)
Head coach	Ethan Allen (3rd year)
Captain	George H. W. Bush
Home stadium	Yale Field

1948 Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		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

The Bulldogs advanced to the College World Series, falling to the USC Trojans two games to one in the best of three series.[1]

Roster

1948 Yale Bulldogs roster[2]
	Pitchers James C. Duffus Frank Quinn Robert M. Goodyear Austin A. Woodward Catchers Norm Felske Frank H. Marshall Bob Rosensweig		Infielders George H. W. Bush Richard Mathews Arthur K. Moher Delos G. Smith, Jr.		Outfielders Jerry Breen Art Fitzgerald Thomas Redden Richard M. Tettelbach		Position Unknown Sidney A. Rosner

Schedule

Legend
	Yale win
	Yale loss
	Tie
Bold	Yale team member
*	Non-Conference game

1948 Yale Bulldogs Baseball Game Log[3]
Regular Season
April Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record EIBL Record April 2 at North Carolina Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, NC T 7–7 0–0–1 April 3 at NC State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC W 9–6 1–0–1 April 5 at Wake Forest South Side Park • Winston-Salem, NC L 0–2 1–1–1 April 6 at Duke Jack Coombs Field • Durham, NC L 1–10 1–2–1 April 7 at Maryland College Park, MD W 6–5 2–2–1 April 8 at Lafayette Fisher Field • Easton, PA L 3–4 2–3–1 April 17 at Navy Annapolis, MD L 0–2 2–4–1 0–1 April 20 Connecticut Yale Field • New Haven, CT W 7–0 3–4–1 April 22 Boston College Yale Field • New Haven, CT W 3–1 4–4–1 April 24 Amherst Yale Field • New Haven, CT W 3–0^7 5–4–1 April 27 Springfield Yale Field • New Haven, CT W 1–0 6–4–1 April 29 UMass Yale Field • New Haven, CT W 2–1 7–4–1
May Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record EIBL Record May 1 at Brown Providence, RI W 16–2 8–4–1 May 5 Providence Yale Field • New Haven, CT W 22–4^8 9–4–1 May 8 Penn Yale Field • New Haven, CT W 5–2 10–4–1 1–1 May 15 at Dartmouth Hanover, NH W 6–2 11–4–1 2–1 May 19 Trinity Yale Field • New Haven, CT W 7–6 12–4–1 May 22 Army Yale Field • New Haven, CT W 1–0 13–4–1 May 26 Holy Cross Yale Field • New Haven, CT L 1–4 13–5–1 May 27 Columbia Yale Field • New Haven, CT L 0–2 13–6–1 2–2 May 29 at Cornell Hoy Field • Ithaca, NY W 4–3 14–6–1 3–2
June Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record EIBL Record June 2 at Williams Williamstown, MA W 14–5 15–6–1 June 5 Princeton Yale Field • New Haven, CT W 14–2 16–6–1 4–2 June 12 at Princeton Princeton, NJ W 7–5 17–6–1 5–2
Post-Season
NCAA Tournament: Eastern Playoff Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record NCAAT Record June 15 vs. North Carolina Winston-Salem, NC W 6–1 18–6–1 1–0 June 16 vs. Lafayette Winston-Salem, NC W 11–2 19–6–1 2–0 June 17 vs. Lafayette Winston-Salem, NC W 4–3 20–6–1 3–0
June Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record EIBL Record June 22 Harvard Yale Field • New Haven, CT L 0–2 20–7–1 6–3
NCAA Tournament: College World Series Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record CWS Record June 25 Southern California Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, MI L 1–3 20–8–1 0–1 June 26 Southern California Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, MI W 8-3 21-8–1 1–1 June 26 Southern California Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, MI L 3–9 21–9–1 1–2

Awards and honors

Frank Quinn

• All-America First team

Richard Mathews

• All-America First team

References

1. "1948 College World Series". Omaha.com. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
2. "All-Time Letter Winners" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 21, 2015. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
3. "Game by Game Results" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. p. 14. Retrieved April 24, 2014.