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1947 NCAA Baseball Tournament

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Season
  
1947

Champions
  
California (1st title)

Teams
  
8

Finals Site
  
Hyames Field Kalamazoo, MI

Runner-Up
  
Yale (1st CWS Appearance)

Winning coach
  
Clint Evans (1st title)

The 1947 NCAA Baseball Tournament was the first NCAA-sanctioned baseball tournament that determined a national champion. The tournament was held as the conclusion of the 1947 NCAA baseball season. The 1947 College World Series was played at Hyames Field on the campus of Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan from June 27 to June 28. The first tournament's champion was California, coached by Clint Evans.

Contents

Tournament

The tournament was divided into two regional brackets, the Eastern Playoff and the Western Playoff. Each region played a single elimination bracket, with the champion advancing to the College World Series.

Field

The tournament field was determined by regional committees, some of whom held playoffs, while others selected specific conference champions, and still others simply selected their representatives. The eight teams were divided among the East and West brackets.

Eastern Playoff

At New Haven, Connecticut

Western Playoff

At Denver, Colorado

Results

The first College World Series was a best of three series.

Notable players

  • California: Jackie Jensen
  • Yale: Frank Quinn, George Bush, Bill Howe
  • Tournament notes

    Future President of the United States George Bush was Yale's captain and appeared in the 1947 and 1948 College World Series. (Bush was actually waiting on-deck when Cal recorded the final out in the second game of the 1947 series.)

    References

    1947 NCAA Baseball Tournament Wikipedia