1956 NCAA baseball season

The 1956 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1956. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1956 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the tenth time in 1956, consisted of one team from each of eight geographical districts and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Minnesota claimed the championship.[1]

1956 NCAA baseball season
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions	Minnesota (1st title)
Runners-up	Arizona (3rd CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Dick Siebert (1st title)
MOP	Jerry Thomas (Minnesota)
Seasons

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1956 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. 12 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 13 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference	Regular Season Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference	Duke
Big Seven Conference	Oklahoma
Big Ten Conference	Minnesota
CIBA	Southern California
EIBL	Yale
Mid-American Conference	Ohio
Pacific Coast Conference	Washington State
Southeastern Conference	Florida
Southern Conference	George Washington
Southwest Conference	TCU

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1956 Big Seven Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Oklahoma  ‍†‍‍^y 7 – 2   .778     11 – 7   .611 Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 8 – 4   .667     12 – 8   .600 Kansas  ‍‍‍ 6 – 5   .545     14 – 5   .737 Missouri  ‍‍‍ 7 – 6   .538     14 – 7   .667 Iowa State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 6   .500     –   – Colorado  ‍‍‍ 3 – 8   .273     –   – Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 3 – 9   .250     5 – 10   .333 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the 1956 NCAA Baseball Tournament

1956 Big Ten Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT Minnesota ‍†‍‍^y 11 – 2 – 0   .846     33 – 9 – 0   .786 Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 3 – 0   .750     18 – 7 – 0   .720 Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 8 – 4 – 0   .667     20 – 7 – 0   .741 Michigan  ‍‍‍ 6 – 5 – 0   .545     17 – 9 – 0   .654 Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 6 – 7 – 0   .462     10 – 8 – 0   .556 Indiana  ‍‍‍ 5 – 6 – 0   .455     13 – 15 – 0   .464 Iowa  ‍‍‍ 5 – 8 – 0   .385     11 – 16 – 0   .407 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 7 – 0   .364     16 – 13 – 0   .552 Purdue  ‍‍‍ 5 – 10 – 0   .333     14 – 14 – 0   .500 Illinois  ‍‍‍ 4 – 11 – 0   .267     15 – 18 – 1   .456 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament

1956 Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT Yale  ‍†‍‍ 9 – 2 – 0   .818     19 – 15 – 0   .559 Princeton  ‍‍‍ 7 – 3 – 0   .700     11 – 9 – 1   .548 Columbia  ‍‍‍ 6 – 3 – 0   .667     11 – 5 – 1   .676 Cornell  ‍‍‍ 5 – 4 – 0   .556     10 – 8 – 0   .556 Harvard  ‍‍‍ 5 – 4 – 0   .556     18 – 6 – 0   .750 Army  ‍‍‍ 4 – 4 – 0   .500     9 – 10 – 0   .474 Navy  ‍‍‍ 4 – 4 – 0   .500     13 – 7 – 1   .643 Dartmouth  ‍‍‍ 3 – 5 – 0   .375     4 – 11 – 0   .267 Penn  ‍‍‍ 1 – 7 – 0   .125     8 – 16 – 0   .333 Brown  ‍‍‍ 1 – 8 – 0   .111     2 – 15 – 0   .118 † – Conference champion

College World Series

The 1956 season marked the tenth NCAA Baseball Tournament, which culminated with the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Minnesota claiming their first championship with a 12–1 win over Arizona in the final.[1]

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round
	Winner's Bracket
		Arizona	3
		NYU	0
							Arizona	2
							Minnesota	3
		Minnesota	4
		Wyoming	0
												Minnesota	13
												Ole Miss	5
		Ole Miss	13
		New Hampshire	2
							Ole Miss	4
							Bradley	0
		Bradley	4
		Washington State	3
						Loser's Bracket
							NYU	2
							Wyoming	8				Bradley	12
												Wyoming	8
							New Hampshire	6
							Washington State	3				Arizona	1
												New Hampshire	0

	Semifinals					Finals					if needed
	Re-ordered Semi-finals
		Minnesota	8									Minnesota	12
		Bradley	3									Arizona	1
							Minnesota	4
							Arizona	10
		Ole Miss	3
		Arizona	7

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1956 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. 28–31. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
2. "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved August 2, 2013.