1946 NCAA baseball season

1946 NCAA baseball season
Seasons
←  1945 1947  →

The 1946 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1946. Play largely consisted of regional matchups, some organized by conferences, and ended in June. No national championship event was held until 1947.

The American Baseball Coaches Association, then known as the American Association of Collegiate Baseball Coaches, was founded in 1945 to promote amateur baseball. One stated objective was the establishment of a College World Series. After the 1946 season, a collegiate all-star game was held by the ABCA at Fenway Park. The Eastern All-Stars, coached by Jack Barry of Holy Cross defeated the Midwest All-Stars under the leadership of Ray Fisher from Michigan. ^{[1] [2]}

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1946 season.

Conference	Regular season winner
Big Nine	Wisconsin
Big Six	Oklahoma
CIBA	Southern California
EIBL	Yale
Pacific Coast Conference North	Oregon
Southeastern Conference	LSU
Southwest Conference	Texas

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1946 Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League baseball standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Yale  ‍†‍‍ 10 – 1   .909 14 – 4   .778 Penn  ‍‍‍ 5 – 3   .625 8 – 6   .571 Columbia  ‍‍‍ 5 – 4   .556 7 – 7   .500 Cornell  ‍‍‍ 5 – 4   .556 11 – 7   .611 Princeton  ‍‍‍ 3 – 7   .300 9 – 14   .391 Dartmouth  ‍‍‍ 2 – 8   .200 5 – 13   .278 † – Conference champion

References

1. "About the ABCA". ABCA. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
2. Mahan, Ted (December 1991). The History of College Baseball Since 1945 (Master of Liberal Studies in American Culture thesis). University of Michigan–Flint. pp. 6–10. Retrieved December 7, 2025.