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1952 NCAA baseball season
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1952 NCAA baseball season 1952 College World Series College World Series Holy Cross 1st Missouri 1st Jack Barry 1st James O'Neill Holy Cross 1951 1953
The 1952 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1952. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1952 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the sixth time in 1952, 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. Holy Cross claimed the championship.https://books.google.com/books?id=ox665PJnDXQC The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003 W.C. Madden Patrick J. Stewart amp McFarland & Co. 2004 25–28 9780786418428 May 15, 2013
Conference winners
This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1952 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. Conference champions had to be chosen, unless all conference champions declined the bid.
ConferenceRegular season winnerConference tournamentTournament cityTournament winner Big Seven Conference Missouri No tournament CIBA 1952 USC Trojans Southern California No tournament EIBL 1952 Brown Bears Brown1952 Cornell Big Red Cornell No conference tournament Mid-American Conference Western Michigan No tournament Missouri Valley Conference 1952 Houston Cougars Houston 1952 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament Stillwater, OK 1952 Saint Louis Billikens Saint Louis Pacific Coast Conference Oregon State No tournament Rocky Mountain Conference Colorado State No tournament Southeastern Conference 1952 Florida Gators Florida No tournament Southern Conference North - 1952 Richmond Spiders RichmondSouth - Duke 1952 Southern Conference baseball tournament Greensboro, NC Duke Southwest Conference Texas No tournament Yankee Conference 1952 Connecticut Huskies Connecticut1952 UMass Redmen UMass No conference tournament
Conference standings
The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:
College World Series
1952 College World Series
The 1952 season marked the sixth NCAA Baseball Tournament, which consisted of the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. Districts used a variety of selection methods to the event, from playoffs to a selection committee. District playoffs were not considered part of the NCAA Tournament, and the expansion to eight teams resulted in the end of regionals as they existed from 1947 through 1949. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Holy Cross claiming their first championship with an 8–4 win over Missouri in the final.
Award winners
All-America team
1952 College Baseball All-America Team
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