1948 NCAA baseball season explained

1948 NCAA Division I baseball season
Defendingchampions:California
Tournament Link:1948 NCAA Baseball Tournament
Tournament:Tournament
Tourneyduration:June 16–26, 1948
Cwsduration:June 25–26, 1948
Worldseries Link:1948 College World Series
Worldseries:College World Series
Worldseries Champ:Southern California
Worldseries Titlecount:1st
Worldseries Runner-Up:Yale
Worldseries Count:2nd
Worldseries Coach:Sam Barry & Rod Dedeaux
Worldseries Coachcount:1st
Prevseason Year:1947
Nextseason Year:1949

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]

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.

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

NCAA tournament

See main article: article and 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.

Award winners

All-America team

See main article: article and 1948 College Baseball All-America Team.

Notes and References

  1. Book: The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. W.C. Madden. Patrick J. Stewart. amp. McFarland & Co.. 2004. 11–14. 9780786418428. March 24, 2013.