1954_NCAA_baseball_season

1954 NCAA baseball season

1954 NCAA baseball season

Baseball season


The 1954 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1954. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1954 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the eighth time in 1954, 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. Missouri claimed the championship.[1]

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Realignment

New program

  • Texas Tech restarted its program, having been dormant since 1929. The Red Raiders played as an independent.

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1954 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. Twelve teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship, and eleven teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

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College World Series

The 1954 season marked the eighth NCAA Baseball Tournament, which consisted of the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Missouri claiming their first championship with a 7–5 win over Texas in the final.[1]

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsPreliminary finalFinal
Michigan State16
UMass5
Michigan State2
Arizona1
Arizona12
Oregon1
Michigan State4
Rollins5
Rollins911
Rollins2
Oklahoma A&M5
Rollins4Michigan State310
Missouri1
Missouri5
Lafayette3Rollins1
Michigan State3Missouri4
Lower round 1Lower round 2Missouri4
Missouri8
UMass5UMass1
Missouri7
Oregon3
Oklahoma A&M3
Arizona4
Oklahoma A&M4Oklahoma A&M514
Lafayette2

Award winners

All-America team


References

  1. W.C. Madden & Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 28–31. ISBN 9780786418428. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
  2. "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
  3. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1954". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
  4. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  5. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1954". Boyd's World. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  6. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1954". BoydsWorld.com. Retrieved February 26, 2014.

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