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Missouri Valley regular season champions Missouri Valley tournament champions District V Playoff champions | |
College World Series, T-7th | |
| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
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| Record | 17–15–1 (5–0 MVC) |
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| Home stadium | Tom Connor Field |
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| Bradley x‡ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 17 | – | 15 | – | 1 | .530 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | .600 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Detroit | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .250 | 10 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .000 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Oklahoma A&M x | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .667 | 15 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .682 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .500 | 6 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wichita State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .167 | 4 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .222 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1950 Bradley Braves baseball team represented Bradley University in the 1950 NCAA baseball season. The Braves played their home games at Tom Connor Field. The team was coached by Leo Schrall in his 2nd year at Bradley.
The Braves won the District V playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Tufts Jumbos.
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MVC Tournament (2–1)
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