1954 NCAA baseball season

The 1954 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1954. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1954 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the eighth time in 1954, consisted of one team from each of eight geographical districts and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Missouri claimed the championship.[1]

1954 NCAA baseball season
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
ChampionsMissouri (1st title)
Runners-upRollins (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning CoachHi Simmons (1st title)
MOPTom Yewcic (Michigan State)
Seasons

Realignment

New program
  • Texas Tech restarted its program, having been dormant since 1929. The Red Raiders played as an independent.

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1954 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. Twelve teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship, and eleven teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference Regular Season Winner
Atlantic Coast ConferenceClemson
Big Seven ConferenceMissouri
Big Ten ConferenceMichigan State
CIBASouthern California
EIBLNavy
Mid-American ConferenceOhio
Pacific Coast ConferenceOregon
Southeastern ConferenceGeorgia
Southern ConferenceVirginia Tech
Southwest ConferenceTexas

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1954 Big Seven Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Missouri  ‍†‍‍y 11–1 .917  22–4 .846
Oklahoma  ‍‍‍ 8–4 .667  12–8 .600
Iowa State  ‍‍‍ 7–7 .500  – –
Kansas  ‍‍‍ 4–5 .444  10–6 .625
Colorado  ‍‍‍ 4–6 .400  – –
Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 4–8 .333  10–10 .500
Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 3–10 .231  8–12 .400
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1954[3]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1954 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Michigan State  ‍†‍‍y 11–2–0 .846  25–10–0 .714
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 10–3–0 .769  17–7–1 .700
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 10–5–0 .667  20–11–0 .645
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 10–5–0 .667  22–9–0 .710
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 7–6–0 .538  15–11–0 .577
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 6–9–0 .400  17–14–0 .548
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 5–10–0 .333  10–15–1 .404
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 4–9–0 .308  12–14–0 .462
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 4–11–0 .267  13–13–0 .500
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 4–11–0 .267  16–15–0 .516
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1954[4][5]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1954 Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Navy  ‍†‍‍y 8–1–0 .889  16–5–1 .750
Princeton  ‍‍‍ 6–2–0 .750  15–8–0 .652
Yale  ‍‍‍ 7–3–0 .700  16–12–0 .571
Army  ‍‍‍ 5–3–0 .625  11–7–0 .611
Cornell  ‍‍‍ 4–3–1 .563  11–6–1 .639
Brown  ‍‍‍ 3–3–1 .500  9–8–2 .526
Harvard  ‍‍‍ 3–5–0 .375  7–15–0 .318
Penn  ‍‍‍ 2–4–1 .357  7–11–1 .395
Dartmouth  ‍‍‍ 1–5–1 .214  5–16–1 .250
Columbia  ‍‍‍ 1–7–0 .125  5–9–0 .357
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament

College World Series
Main article: 1954 College World Series

The 1954 season marked the eighth NCAA Baseball Tournament, which consisted of the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Missouri claiming their first championship with a 7–5 win over Texas in the final.[1]

  First Round     Second Round     Third Round
                           
  Winner's Bracket
  Michigan State 16  
  Massachusetts 5    
      Michigan State 2  
      Arizona 1    
  Arizona 12          
  Oregon 1        
      Michigan State 4
      Rollins 5
  Rollins 911        
  Oklahoma A&M 5          
      Rollins 4    
      Missouri 1  
  Missouri 5    
  Lafayette 3  
  Loser's Bracket
  Massachusetts 5  
  Oregon 3     Missouri 8
    Massachusetts 1
  Oklahoma A&M 4  
  Lafayette 2     Arizona 4
    Oklahoma A&M 514
  Semifinals     Finals     if needed
                           
  Re-ordered Semi-finals
  Rollins 2       Rollins 1
  Michigan State 310           Missouri 4
      Michigan State 3    
      Missouri 4  
  Missouri 7    
  Oklahoma A&M 3  

Award winners

All-America team
Main article: 1954 College Baseball All-America Team

References
  1. W.C. Madden & Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 28–31. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
  2. "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
  3. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1954". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
  4. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  5. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1954". Boyd's World. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
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