1952 College World Series

The 1952 College World Series was the sixth NCAA-sanctioned baseball tournament that determined a national champion. The tournament was held as the conclusion of the 1952 NCAA baseball season and was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska from June 12 to June 17. The tournament's champion was the Holy Cross Crusaders, coached by Jack Barry. The Most Outstanding Player was James O'Neill of Holy Cross.[1]

1952 NCAA I
baseball tournament
Season1952
Teams8
Finals site
ChampionsHoly Cross (1st title)
Runner-upMissouri (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning coachJack Barry (1st title)
MOPJames O'Neill (Holy Cross)

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][3]

Participants
School ConferenceRecordHead coachCWS appearancesCWS best finishCWS recordBerth
Colorado State College[lower-alpha 1] RMC15–7Pete Butler0
(last: none)		none0–0District VII
Duke Southern30–6Jack Coombs0
(last: none)		none0–0District III
Holy Cross Independent15–2Jack Barry0
(last: none)		none0–0District I
Missouri Big 717–5Hi Simmons0
(last: none)		none0–0District V
Oregon State PCC27–10Ralph Coleman0
(last: none)		none0–0District VIII
Penn State Independent15–4Joe Bedenk0
(last: none)		none0–0Won District II Playoff
Texas SWC18–7Bibb Falk2
(last: 1950)		1st
(1949, 1950)		8–1District VI
Western Michigan MAC16–5Charlie Maher0
(last: none)		none0–0District IV

Brackets
Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsFinal
Penn State5
Texas3
Penn State12
Duke7
Duke18
Oregon State7
Penn State2
Missouri3
Holy Cross5
Holy Cross15
Western Michigan1
Holy Cross0Penn State4
Missouri1
Missouri15
Colorado State College1
Missouri34
Lower round 1Lower round 2Holy Cross78
Holy Cross2
Texas10Texas1
Holy Cross15
Oregon State1
Western Michigan3
Duke1
Western Michigan8Western Michigan5
Colorado State College6

Game results
DateGameWinnerScoreLoserNotes
June 12Game 1Penn State5–3Texas
Game 2Duke18–7Oregon State
Game 3Holy Cross5–1Western Michigan
Game 4Missouri15–1Colorado State College
June 13Game 5Texas10–1Oregon StateOregon State eliminated
Game 6Western Michigan8–6Colorado State CollegeColorado State College eliminated
Game 7Penn State12–7Duke
Game 8Missouri1–0Holy Cross
June 14Game 9Western Michigan5–1DukeDuke eliminated
Game 10Holy Cross2–1TexasTexas eliminated
Game 11Missouri3–2Penn State
June 15Game 12Holy Cross15–3Western MichiganWestern Michigan eliminated
Game 13Holy Cross15–4Penn StatePenn State eliminated
June 16Game 14Holy Cross7–3Missouri
June 17FinalHoly Cross8–4MissouriHoly Cross wins CWS

Notes
  1. Colorado State College is currently known as the University of Northern Colorado. Not to be confused with Colorado State University, then known as Colorado A&M.

References
  1. "1952 College World Series". Omaha.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2011. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  2. "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 253. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  3. W.C. Madden & Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 21–25. ISBN 9780786418428. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
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