1947 California Golden Bears baseball team

The 1947 California Golden Bears baseball team represented the University of California in the 1947 NCAA baseball season. The Golden Bears played their home games at Evans Diamond. The team was coached by Clint Evans in his 18th season at California.

1947 California Golden Bears baseball
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record31–10 (11–4 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumEvans Diamond
1947 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
North
Washington State   115 .6882311 .676
Oregon   97 .563197 .731
Washington   97 .56397 .563
Oregon State   610 .3751411 .560
Idaho   511 .313 
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
California  y 114 .7333110 .756
Southern California   114 .733166 .727
Stanford   78 .4671911 .633
UCLA   78 .4672915 .659
St. Mary's   510 .333 
Santa Clara   411 .2671015 .400
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament

The Golden Bears won the inaugural College World Series, defeating the Yale Bulldogs two games to none in the best of three championship series.[1][2]

Roster

1947 California Golden Bears roster
 

Pitchers

  • Nino Barnise
  • Virgil Butler
  • Robert Anderson

Catchers

  • Doug Clayton
 

Infielders

  • Jim Brown
  • Tim Cronin
  • Ira Finney
  • Bob O'Dell
  • John Ramos
  • Ed Sanclemente
  • Glenn DuFour
 

Outfielders

 

Position Unknown

  • LaVerne Horton
  • Willard Lotter
  • Sam Rosenthal
  • George Yamor
 

Schedule

Legend
 California win
 California loss
BoldCalifornia team member
*Non-Conference game
1947 California Golden Bears baseball game log
Post-season

Awards and honors

Nino Barnise
  • All-America First Team[3]
  • All-District 8 First Team[3]
John Fiscalini
  • All-America First Team[3]
  • All-District 8 First Team[3]
Jackie Jensen
  • All-America First Team[3]
  • All-District 8 First Team[3]

References

  1. "1947 College World Series". Omaha.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2011. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
  2. "The First College World Series Champions:The 1947 Golden Bears". California Golden Blogs. December 14, 2011. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  3. "2012 Cal Bears Record Book" (PDF). CalBears.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2013.
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