1952 NCAA baseball season

1952 NCAA baseball season
College World Series
Champions Holy Cross
Runners-up Missouri
MOP James O'Neill (Holy Cross)
Seasons

← 1951

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The 1952 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1952. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1952 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the sixth time in 1952, 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. Holy Cross claimed the championship.[1]

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1952 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 Conference Missouri No Tournament
CIBA Southern California No Tournament
EIBL Brown
Cornell 		No Conference Tournament
Mid-American Conference Western Michigan No Tournament
Missouri Valley Conference Houston 1952 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament Stillwater, OK Saint Louis
Pacific Coast Conference Oregon State No Tournament
Southeastern Conference Florida No Tournament
Southern Conference North - Richmond
South - Duke 		1952 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament Greensboro, NC Duke
Southwest Conference Texas No Tournament

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1952 Big Seven Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Missouri †y 13 – 1   .929     20 – 7   .741
Nebraska 8 – 5   .615     13 – 7   .650
Kansas 8 – 6   .571     11 – 6   .647
Iowa State 6 – 6   .500     –   –
Colorado 5 – 6   .455     –   –
Oklahoma 10 – 1   .909     19 – 9   .679
Kansas State 2 – 15   .118     4 – 16   .200
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the College World Series
As of June 30, 1952[2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1952 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Northern
Saint Louis x‡ 4 – 1   .800     10 – 8   .556
Tulsa 2 – 4   .333     9 – 8   .529
Detroit 1 – 2   .333     8 – 9   .471
Southern
Houston x 6 – 2   .750     11 – 6   .647
Oklahoma State 5 – 2   .714     15 – 5   .750
Wichita State 0 – 6   .000     3 – 10   .231
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
As of June 30, 1952[3]; 
1952 Southern Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Northern
Richmond x 6 – 2   .750     13 – 6   .684
George Washington 7 – 3   .700     –   –
West Virginia 7 – 3   .700     –   –
Washington and Lee 6 – 5   .545     –   –
William & Mary 5 – 6   .455     –   –
Maryland 4 – 6   .400     11 – 9   .550
Virginia Tech 3 – 6   .333     4 – 9   .308
VMI 1 – 8   .111     –   –
Southern
Duke x‡ 18 – 3   .857     –   –
NC State 10 – 5   .667     –   –
North Carolina 10 – 7   .588     18 – 10   .643
South Carolina 8 – 7   .533     –   –
Clemson 10 – 10   .500     10 – 12   .455
Wake Forest 7 – 11   .389     13 – 12   .520
Furman 6 – 11   .353     –   –
Davidson 3 – 9   .250     –   –
The Citadel 3 – 12   .200     –   –
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
As of June 30, 1952[4]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1952 season marked the sixth NCAA Baseball Tournament, which consisted of the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. 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 Holy Cross claiming their first championship with an 8–4 win over Missouri in the final.[1]

  First Round     Second Round     Third Round
                           
  Winner's Bracket
   Penn State 5  
   Texas 3    
       Penn State 12  
       Duke 7    
   Duke 18          
   Oregon State 7        
       Penn State 2
       Missouri 3
   Holy Cross 5        
   Western Michigan 1          
       Holy Cross 0    
       Missouri 1  
   Missouri 15    
   Northern Colorado 1  
  Loser's Bracket
   Texas 10  
   Oregon State 1      Holy Cross 2
     Texas 1
   Western Michigan 8  
   Northern Colorado 6      Duke 1
     Western Michigan 5
  Semifinals     Finals     if needed
                           
  Re-ordered Semi-finals
   Holy Cross 15        Missouri 4
   Penn State 4            Holy Cross 8
       Missouri 3    
       Holy Cross 7  
   Holy Cross 15    
   Western Michigan 3  

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. 25–28. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1952". boydsworld.com. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  3. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1952". BoydsWorld.com. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
  4. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1952". BoydsWorld.com. Retrieved May 15, 2013.