1951 College World Series

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1951 NCAA I
baseball tournament
Season 1951
Teams8
Finals site
Champions Oklahoma  (1st title)
Runner-up Tennessee (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning coach Jack Baer  (1st title)
MOP Sidney Hatfield (Tennessee)
Attendance27,789

The 1951 College World Series was the fifth NCAA-sanctioned baseball tournament that determined a national champion. The tournament was held as the conclusion of the 1951 NCAA baseball season and was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska from June 13 to June 17. The tournament's champion was the Oklahoma Sooners, coached by Jack Baer. The Most Outstanding Player was Sidney Hatfield of Tennessee. [1] Oklahoma won national championships in football, wrestling, and baseball in the 1950–51 academic year.

Contents

The tournament consisted of no preliminary round of play as teams were selected directly into the College World Series. From 1954 to the present, teams compete in the NCAA Division I baseball tournament preliminary round(s), to determine the eight teams that will play in the College World Series. [2]

Participants

SchoolConferenceRecord (conference)Head coachCWS appearancesCWS best finishCWS recordBerth
Ohio State Big 10 23–13 (10–2) Marty Karow 0
(last: none)
none0–0District IV
Oklahoma Big Seven 15–9 (10–1) Jack Baer 0
(last: none)
none0–0Won District V Playoff
Princeton EIBL 20–4 (7–2) Emerson Dickman 0
(last: none)
none0–0District II
Springfield Independent15–5 Archie Allen 0
(last: none)
none0–0Won District I Playoff
Tennessee SEC 16–1 (16–1) S. W. Anderson 0
(last: none)
none0–0Won District III playoff
Texas A&M SWC 20–9 (11–4) Beau Bell 0
(last: none)
none0–0District VI
USC CIBA 20–8 (11–5) Rod Dedeaux 2
(last: 1949)
1st
(1948)
3–3District VIII
Utah Skyline 15–1 (?–?) Pete Carlston 0
(last: none)
none0–0District VII

Results

Bracket

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
USC 4
Princeton 1
USC 8
Utah 2
Utah 7
Tennessee 1
USC 1
Oklahoma 4
Oklahoma 910
Ohio State 8
Oklahoma 7
Springfield 1
Springfield 5
Texas A&M 1 Oklahoma 3
Tennessee 2
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
Tennessee 2
Princeton 2 Springfield 0 Tennessee 9
Tennessee 3 Tennessee 5 USC 8
Utah 4
Texas A&M 8
Ohio State 2 Utah 15
Texas A&M 3

Game results

DateGameWinnerScoreLoserNotes
June 13Game 1 USC 4–1 Princeton
Game 2 Utah 7–1 Tennessee
Game 3 Oklahoma 9–8 (10) Ohio State
Game 4 Springfield 5–1 Texas A&M
June 14Game 5 Tennessee 3–2 Princeton Princeton eliminated
Game 6 Texas A&M 3–2 Ohio State Ohio State eliminated
Game 7 USC 8–2 Utah
Game 8 Oklahoma 7–1 Springfield
June 15Game 9 Tennessee 2–0 Springfield Springfield eliminated
Game 10 Utah 15–8 Texas A&M Texas A&M eliminated
Game 11 Oklahoma 4–1 USC
June 16Game 12 Tennessee 5–4 Utah Utah eliminated
Game 13 Tennessee 9–8 USC USC eliminated
June 17Final Oklahoma 3–2 Tennessee Oklahoma wins CWS

Notable players

References

  1. "1951 College World Series". Omaha.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2011. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  2. W.C. Madden & Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 21–25. ISBN   9780786418428 . Retrieved April 19, 2013.