1951 NCAA baseball season

1951 NCAA baseball season
College World Series
Champions Oklahoma
Runners-up Tennessee
MOP Sidney Hatfield (Tennessee)
Seasons

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The 1951 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1951. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1951 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the fifth time in 1951, 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. Oklahoma claimed the championship.[1]

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1951 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 Seven Oklahoma No Conference Tournament
Big Ten Ohio State No Conference Tournament
CIBA Southern California No Conference Tournament
EIBL Princeton No Conference Tournament
Missouri Valley Houston 1951 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament Tulsa, OK Houston
Pacific Coast Conference North Oregon State No Conference Tournament
Southeastern Conference Tennessee No Conference Tournament
Southern Conference North - Maryland
South - Clemson 		1951 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament Greensboro, NC Duke
Southwest Conference Texas No Conference Tournament

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1951 Big Seven Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Oklahoma †y 10 – 1   .909     19 – 9   .679
Missouri 9 – 4   .692     12 – 6   .667
Nebraska 5 – 4   .556     10 – 5   .667
Colorado 3 – 5   .375     –   –
Kansas 5 – 9   .357     6 – 9   .400
Kansas State 5 – 10   .333     5 – 10   .333
Iowa State 3 – 7   .300     8 – 7   .533
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the College World Series
As of June 30, 1951[2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1951 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
East
Bradley x 5 – 2   .714     20 – 5   .800
Detroit 2 – 3   .400     8 – 11   .421
Drake 1 – 3   .250     7 – 7   .500
Saint Louis 1 – 3   .250     –   –
West
Houston x‡ 7 – 1   .875     16 – 9   .640
Tulsa 4 – 2   .667     9 – 8   .529
Oklahoma State 2 – 4   .333     9 – 8   .529
Wichita State 1 – 5   .167     4 – 9   .308
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
As of June 30, 1951[3]; 

College World Series

The 1951 season marked the fifth NCAA Baseball Tournament, which consisted of the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska, which set a record for attendance of 27,789. Districts used a variety of selection methods to the event, from playoffs to a selection committee. District playoffs were not considered part of the NCAA Tournament, and the expansion to eight teams resulted in the end of regionals as they existed from 1947 through 1949. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Oklahoma claiming their first championship with a 3–2 win over Tennessee in the final.[1]

  Round 1     Round 2     Round 3     Round 4     Final
                                               
  Winner's Bracket
   Southern California 4  
   Princeton 1    
       Southern California 8  
       Utah 2    
   Utah 7          
   Tennessee 1        
       Southern California 1            
       Oklahoma 4              
   Oklahoma 9*              
   Ohio State 8                
       Oklahoma 7          
       Springfield 1        
   Springfield 5          
   Texas A&M 1          Oklahoma 3
       Tennessee 2
  Loser's Bracket      
   Princeton 2        
   Tennessee 3      Tennessee 2        
     Springfield 0          
       Tennessee 5        
   Ohio State 2          Utah 4      Tennessee 9    
   Texas A&M 3      Texas A&M 8          Southern California 8  
     Utah 15  

Award winners

All-America team

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 W.C. Madden and Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 21–25. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1951". boydsworld.com. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  3. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1951". BoydsWorld.com. Retrieved February 26, 2014.