1954 NCAA baseball tournament

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1954 NCAA I
baseball tournament
Season 1954
Teams24
Finals site
Champions Missouri  (1st title)
Runner-up Rollins (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning coach Hi Simmons  (1st title)
MOP Tom Yewcic (Michigan State)

The 1954 NCAA baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1954 NCAA baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its eighth year. Eight regional districts sent representatives to the College World Series, but for the first time the preliminary tournament rounds hosted by each district were sanctioned NCAA events. These events would later become known as regionals. Each district had its own format for selecting teams, resulting in 24 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. [1] The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska from June 10 to June 16. The eighth tournament's champion was Missouri, coached by John "Hi" Simmons. The Most Outstanding Player was Tom Yewcic of Michigan State. [2]

Contents

Tournament


District 1

Games played in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Semifinals Finals
    
UMass 9*
Springfield 7*
UMass2
Boston University 0
Boston University 8
Holy Cross 3

District 2

Games played at Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Semifinals Finals
    
St. John's 4
Navy 2
St. John's (NY) 0
Lafayette9
Lafayette 4
Villanova 3

District 3

District 3 consisted of two separate 3-game series. The first series was played between Virginia Tech and Clemson, with the winner moving on to play Rollins in a three-game series. The winner of that series moved on to the College World Series.

Semifinal Final
Virginia Tech 0 3
Virginia Tech 117 Rollins 39
Clemson 10 1

District 4

District 4 consisted of two separate 3 game series'. The first series was played between Ohio and Ashland, with the winner moving on to play Michigan St. in a three-game series. The winner of that series moved on to the College World Series.

Semifinal Final
Ohio 10 73
Ashland 4 6 Michigan State 140 5
Ohio 1810

District 5

District 6

Games played at Austin, Texas.

District 6 Series
    
Oklahoma State 612 7
Texas 3 166

District 7

Games played at Greeley, Colorado.

Game 2
  
Colorado State College21
Wyoming 14
Game 3
  
Arizona16
Wyoming 9
Final
  
Arizona811
Colorado State College 511

District 8

Games played at Eugene, Oregon.

First RoundSemi-FinalsFinals
Oregon 9
Seattle 4
Oregon9
Fresno State5
Fresno State 9
Southern California 3
Oregon15
Fresno State05
Lower round 1Lower final
Fresno State7
Seattle0Southern California4
Southern California9

College World Series

Participants

SchoolConferenceRecord (conference)Head coachCWS appearancesCWS best finishCWS record
Arizona Border 39–7 (2–0) Frank Sancet 0
(last: none)
none0–0
Lafayette Independent16–6 Charlie Gelbert 1
(last: 1953)
3rd
(1953)
3–2
UMass Yankee 14–5 (4–2) Earl Lorden 0
(last: none)
none0–0
Michigan State Big 10 22–8–1 (11–2) John Kobs 0
(last: none)
none0–0
Missouri Big Seven 17–3 (11–1) Hi Simmons 1
(last: 1952)
2nd
(1952)
3–2
Oklahoma A&M MVC 16–9 (8–1) Toby Greene 0
(last: none)
none0–0
Oregon PCC 18–6 (11–5) Don Kirsch 0
(last: none)
none0–0
Rollins Independent22–6 Joe Justice 0
(last: none)
none0–0

Results

Bracket

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsPreliminary finalFinal
Michigan State 16
UMass 5
Michigan State2
Arizona1
Arizona 12
Oregon 1
Michigan State4
Rollins5
Rollins 911
Rollins2
Oklahoma A&M 5
Rollins4Michigan State310
Missouri1
Missouri 5
Lafayette 3Rollins1
Michigan State3Missouri4
Lower round 1Lower round 2Missouri4
Missouri8
UMass5UMass1
Missouri7
Oregon3
Oklahoma A&M3
Arizona4
Oklahoma A&M4Oklahoma A&M514
Lafayette2

Game results

DateGameWinnerScoreLoserNotes
June 10Game 1 Michigan State 16–5 UMass
Game 2 Arizona 12–1 Oregon
June 11Game 3 Rollins 9–5 (11) Oklahoma A&M
June 10Game 4 Missouri 5–3 Lafayette
June 11Game 5 UMass 5–3 Oregon Oregon eliminated
Game 6 Oklahoma A&M 4–2 Lafayette Lafayette eliminated
Game 7 Michigan State 2–1 Arizona
Game 8 Rollins 4–1 Missouri
June 12Game 9 Missouri 8–1 UMass UMass eliminated
Game 10 Oklahoma A&M 5–4 (14) Arizona Arizona eliminated
Game 11 Rollins 5–4 Michigan State
June 13Game 12 Missouri 7–3 Oklahoma A&M Oklahoma A&M eliminated
Game 13 Michigan State 3–2 (10) Rollins
June 14Game 14 Missouri 4–3 Michigan State Michigan State eliminated
June 16Final Missouri 4–1 Rollins Missouri wins CWS

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