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California Intercollegiate Baseball Association champions District VIII champions | |
College World Series, T-5th | |
| Conference | California Intercollegiate Baseball Association |
| Record | 29–15–2 (10–6 CIBA) |
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| Home stadium | Sunken Diamond |
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| Oregon † | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .750 | 15 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .789 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .727 | 15 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 8 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .500 | 14 | – | 14 | – | 1 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 6 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .462 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 1 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .083 | 4 | – | 15 | – | 1 | .225 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stanford †y | 10 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .625 | 29 | – | 5 | – | 2 | .833 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 10 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .625 | 21 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 8 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .500 | 22 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .595 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 6 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .375 | 14 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 6 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .375 | 16 | – | 20 | – | 0 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1953 Stanford Indians baseball team represented Stanford University in the 1953 NCAA baseball season. The Indians played their home games at Sunken Diamond. The team was coached by Everett Dean in his 4th year at Stanford.
The Indians won the District VIII Playoff to advanced to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Lafayette Leopards.
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