1947 Yale Bulldogs baseball team explained

Mode:	baseball
Year:	1947
Team:	Yale Bulldogs
Conference:	Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League
Short Conf:	EIBL
Record:	19–10–1
Conf Record:	9–3
Head Coach:	Ethan Allen (2nd year)
Captain:	Frank O'Brien, Jr.
Stadium:	Yale Field
Champion:	Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League Champions NCAA tournament Eastern playoff champions College World Series runner-up

The 1947 Yale Bulldogs baseball team represented the Yale University in the 1947 NCAA baseball season. The Bulldogs played their home games at Yale Field. The team was coached by Ethan Allen in his 2nd season at Yale.

The Bulldogs advanced to the inaugural College World Series, falling to the California Golden Bears two games to none in the best of three series.^{[1] [2]}

Future president George H. W. Bush was a third baseman on the team.

Schedule

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

1947 Yale Bulldogs baseball game log^[4]
Regular season
March Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record EIBL record March 29 at * W 6–4 1–0 March 31 at * L 7–8 1–1
April Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record EIBL record April 1 at * W 3–2 2–1 April 10 W 11–0 3–1 April 12 Yale Field • New Haven, CT W 3–1 4–1 April 14 New York Equitable Life* Yale Field • New Haven, CT L 0–3^7 4–2 April 17 Yale Field • New Haven, CT W 1–0 5–2 April 19 Yale Field • New Haven, CT L 1–2 5–3 April 23 at * W 7–5 6–3 April 26 Yale Field • New Haven, CT W 8–3 7–3 1–0 April 30 at * L 3–4 7–4
May Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record EIBL record May 3 T 3–3^6 7–4–1 May 7 Yale Field • New Haven, CT W 15–3 8–4–1 2–0 May 10 at W 8–3 9–4–1 3–0 May 16 Yale Field • New Haven, CT W 1–0^11 10–4–1 4–0 May 17 at L 3–4 10–5–1 4–1 May 23 Yale Field • New Haven, CT W 3–1^7 11–5–1 5–1 May 23 Cornell Yale Field • New Haven, CT L 1–2^7 11–6–1 5–2 May 24 at Penn W 14–4 12–6–1 6–2 May 28 Yale Field • New Haven, CT W 5–1 13–6–1 May 31 Yale Club of New York City Yale Field • New Haven, CT W 8–1 14–6–1
June Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record EIBL record June 4 at W 9–3 15–6–1 7–2 June 11 L 2–3 15–7–1 June 12 Yale Field • New Haven, CT W 7–3 16–7–1 8–2 June 14 at Princeton L 0–1 16–8–1 8–3 June 17 Harvard Yale Field • New Haven, CT W 1–0 17–8–1 9–3
Post-season
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record June 20 W 7-3 18-8–1 1–0 June 21 Yale Field • New Haven, CT W 6-4 19-8–1 2–0
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CWS record June 27 L 4–17 19–9–1 0–1 June 28 vs. California Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, MI L 7-8 19–10–1 0–2

Awards and honors

Bill Howe

• All-America First team

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1947 College World Series. https://web.archive.org/web/20111226191739/http://dataomaha.com/cws/year/1947. dead. December 26, 2011. August 31, 2019. Omaha.com.
2. Web site: The First College World Series Champions:The 1947 Golden Bears. California Golden Blogs. December 14, 2011. June 12, 2020.
3. Web site: All-Time Letter Winners. Yale Bulldogs. April 5, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20151021013813/https://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/m-basebl/2012-13/files/Baseballlletterwinners.pdf. October 21, 2015. dead.
4. Web site: Game by Game Results. Yale Bulldogs. April 5, 2014. 14. October 21, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151021013728/https://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/m-basebl/2012-13/files/baseball_game-by-game.pdf. dead.