1953 NCAA baseball season

Baseball season

1953 NCAA baseball season

College World Series
Champions| Michigan (1st title)
Runners-up| Texas (4th CWS Appearance)
Winning coach| Ray Fisher (1st title)
MOP| J. L. Smith (Texas)
Seasons

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1954 →

The 1953 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1953. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1953 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the seventh time in 1953, 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. Michigan claimed the championship.[1]

## Conference winners

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This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1953 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.[1]

Conference  | Regular season winner  | Conference tournament  | Tournament city  | Tournament winner

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Big Seven Conference | Oklahoma | No tournament
Big Ten Conference | Michigan
Illinois | No tournament
CIBA | Stanford | No tournament
EIBL | Princeton | No conference tournament
Mid-American Conference | Ohio | No tournament
Missouri Valley Conference | Houston | No tournament
Pacific Coast Conference | Oregon | No tournament
Rocky Mountain Conference | Colorado State | No tournament
Southeastern Conference | Georgia | No tournament
Southern Conference | North - George Washington
South - North Carolina | 1953 Southern Conference baseball tournament | Greensboro, NC | Duke
Southwest Conference | Texas | No tournament

## Conference standings

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The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1953 Big Seven Conference baseball standings |

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Team | W |   | L |   | PCT |  |  | W |   | L |   | PCT
Oklahoma  ‍†‍‍y | 7 | – | 2 |   | .778 |  |  | 11 | – | 11 |   | .500
Nebraska  ‍‍‍ | 10 | – | 3 |   | .769 |  |  | 13 | – | 5 |   | .722
Missouri  ‍‍‍ | 9 | – | 5 |   | .643 |  |  | 11 | – | 8 |   | .579
Colorado  ‍‍‍ | 4 | – | 4 |   | .500 |  |  |  | – |  |   | –
Iowa State  ‍‍‍ | 4 | – | 5 |   | .444 |  |  |  | – |  |   | –
Kansas  ‍‍‍ | 4 | – | 8 |   | .333 |  |  | 6 | – | 10 |   | .375
Kansas State  ‍‍‍ | 1 | – | 12 |   | .077 |  |  | 4 | – | 13 |   | .235
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the College World Series
As of June 30, 1953[2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1953 Big Ten Conference baseball standings |

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Illinois  ‍†‍‍ | 10 | – | 3 |   | .769 |  |  | 17 | – | 6 |   | .739
Michigan  ‍†‍‍y | 10 | – | 3 |   | .769 |  |  | 21 | – | 9 |   | .700
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ | 9 | – | 4 |   | .692 |  |  | 13 | – | 13 |   | .500
Iowa  ‍‍‍ | 8 | – | 4 |   | .667 |  |  | 15 | – | 10 |   | .600
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ | 7 | – | 5 |   | .583 |  |  | 19 | – | 9 |   | .679
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ | 6 | – | 5 |   | .545 |  |  | 19 | – | 8 |   | .704
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ | 6 | – | 7 |   | .462 |  |  | 11 | – | 17 |   | .393
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ | 2 | – | 9 |   | .182 |  |  | 12 | – | 12 |   | .500
Purdue  ‍‍‍ | 2 | – | 9 |   | .182 |  |  | 5 | – | 13 |   | .278
Indiana  ‍‍‍ | 0 | – | 11 |   | .000 |  |  | 9 | – | 4 |   | .692
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the College World Series
As of June 30, 1953[3][4]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1953 Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League baseball standings |

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Team | W |   | L |   | T |   | PCT |  |  | W |   | L |   | T |   | PCT
Princeton  ‍†‍‍ | 8 | – | 2 | – | 1 |   | .773 |  |  | 14 | – | 7 | – | 1 |   | .659
Yale  ‍‍‍ | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 |   | .650 |  |  | 16 | – | 8 | – | 2 |   | .654
Penn  ‍‍‍ | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 |   | .650 |  |  | 10 | – | 11 | – | 1 |   | .477
Dartmouth  ‍‍‍ | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 |   | .625 |  |  | 11 | – | 14 | – | 0 |   | .440
Brown  ‍‍‍ | 4 | – | 3 | – | 2 |   | .556 |  |  | 6 | – | 6 | – | 2 |   | .500
Columbia  ‍‍‍ | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 |   | .444 |  |  | 7 | – | 8 | – | 2 |   | .471
Harvard  ‍‍‍ | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 |   | .444 |  |  | 8 | – | 11 | – | 0 |   | .421
Cornell  ‍‍‍ | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 |   | .333 |  |  | 7 | – | 6 | – | 0 |   | .538
Army  ‍‍‍ | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 |   | .313 |  |  | 6 | – | 9 | – | 3 |   | .417
Navy  ‍‍‍ | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 |   | .111 |  |  | 10 | – | 10 | – | 0 |   | .500
† – Conference champion

1953 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings |

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Team | W |   | L |   | PCT |  |  | W |   | L |   | PCT
Houston  ‍†‍‍y | 6 | – | 2 |   | .750 |  |  | 15 | – | 11 |   | .577
Oklahoma A&M  ‍‍‍ | 4 | – | 2 |   | .667 |  |  | 13 | – | 4 |   | .765
Tulsa  ‍‍‍ | 4 | – | 2 |   | .667 |  |  | 11 | – | 6 |   | .647
Detroit  ‍‍‍ | 2 | – | 1 |   | .667 |  |  | 11 | – | 7 |   | .611
Saint Louis  ‍‍‍ | 1 | – | 2 |   | .333 |  |  |  | – |  |   | –
Wichita State  ‍‍‍ | 0 | – | 6 |   | .000 |  |  |  | – |  |   | –
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the College World Series
As of June 30, 1951[6]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll
1953 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings |

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Team | W |   | L |   | T |   | PCT |  |  | W |   | L |   | T |   | PCT
North Division
Oregon  ‍†‍‍ | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 |   | .750 |  |  | 15 | – | 4 | – | 0 |   | .789
Oregon State  ‍‍‍ | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 |   | .727 |  |  | 15 | – | 9 | – | 0 |   | .625
Washington State  ‍‍‍ | 8 | – | 8 | – | 0 |   | .500 |  |  | 14 | – | 14 | – | 1 |   | .500
Idaho  ‍‍‍ | 6 | – | 7 | – | 0 |   | .462 |  |  | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 |   | –
Washington  ‍‍‍ | 1 | – | 11 | – | 0 |   | .083 |  |  | 4 | – | 15 | – | 1 |   | .225
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
Stanford  ‍†‍‍y | 10 | – | 6 | – | 0 |   | .625 |  |  | 29 | – | 5 | – | 2 |   | .833
USC  ‍‍‍ | 10 | – | 6 | – | 0 |   | .625 |  |  | 21 | – | 9 | – | 0 |   | .700
California  ‍‍‍ | 8 | – | 8 | – | 0 |   | .500 |  |  | 22 | – | 15 | – | 0 |   | .595
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ | 6 | – | 10 | – | 0 |   | .375 |  |  | 14 | – | 15 | – | 0 |   | .483
UCLA  ‍‍‍ | 6 | – | 10 | – | 0 |   | .375 |  |  | 16 | – | 20 | – | 0 |   | .444
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament

1953 Rocky Mountain Conference baseball standings |

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Team | W |   | L |   | PCT |  |  | W |   | L |   | PCT
Colorado State  ‍†‍‍y | 8 | – | 1 |   | .889 |  |  | 14 | – | 7 |   | .667
Colorado College  ‍‍‍ | 4 | – | 3 |   | .571 |  |  |  | – |  |   | –
Western State  ‍‍‍ | 2 | – | 2 |   | .500 |  |  |  | – |  |   | –
Colorado Mines  ‍‍‍ | 0 | – | 8 |   | .000 |  |  | 0 | – | 8 |   | .000
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the College World Series
As of June 30, 1953[8]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1953 Southern Conference baseball standings |

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Team | W |   | L |   | PCT |  |  | W |   | L |   | PCT
Northern
George Washington  x‍‍‍ | 8 | – | 2 |   | .800 |  |  |  | – |  |   | –
Maryland  ‍‍‍ | 8 | – | 2 |   | .800 |  |  | 16 | – | 7 |   | .696
Richmond  ‍‍‍ | 5 | – | 5 |   | .500 |  |  | 9 | – | 9 |   | .500
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ | 4 | – | 5 |   | .444 |  |  | 6 | – | 7 |   | .462
VMI  ‍‍‍ | 4 | – | 5 |   | .444 |  |  |  | – |  |   | –
Washington and Lee  ‍‍‍ | 3 | – | 6 |   | .333 |  |  |  | – |  |   | –
West Virginia  ‍‍‍ | 2 | – | 5 |   | .286 |  |  |  | – |  |   | –
William & Mary  ‍‍‍ | 2 | – | 6 |   | .250 |  |  |  | – |  |   | –
Southern
North Carolina  x‍‍‍ | 11 | – | 3 |   | .786 |  |  | 19 | – | 8 |   | .704
Duke  ‍‍‡‍y | 9 | – | 5 |   | .643 |  |  | 22 | – | 10 |   | .688
Clemson  ‍‍‍ | 10 | – | 6 |   | .625 |  |  | 11 | – | 6 |   | .647
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ | 8 | – | 5 |   | .615 |  |  | 15 | – | 5 |   | .750
NC State  ‍‍‍ | 7 | – | 6 |   | .538 |  |  |  | – |  |   | –
Furman  ‍‍‍ | 7 | – | 8 |   | .467 |  |  |  | – |  |   | –
The Citadel  ‍‍‍ | 7 | – | 10 |   | .412 |  |  |  | – |  |   | –
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ | 7 | – | 11 |   | .389 |  |  |  | – |  |   | –
Davidson  ‍‍‍ | 0 | – | 12 |   | .000 |  |  |  | – |  |   | –
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the College World Series
As of June 30, 1953[9]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1953 Southwest Conference baseball standings |

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Texas  ‍†‍‍y | 12 | – | 3 |   | .800 |  |  | 25 | – | 7 |   | .781
SMU  ‍†‍‍ | 12 | – | 3 |   | .800 |  |  | 15 | – | 6 |   | .714
Baylor  ‍‍‍ | 7 | – | 5 |   | .583 |  |  | 7 | – | 5 |   | .583
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ | 6 | – | 9 |   | .400 |  |  | 10 | – | 15 |   | .400
Rice  ‍‍‍ | 3 | – | 11 |   | .214 |  |  | 7 | – | 16 |   | .304
TCU  ‍‍‍ | 2 | – | 11 |   | .154 |  |  | 7 | – | 15 |   | .318
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the College World Series
As of June 30, 1953[10][11]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

## College World Series

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Main article: 1953 College World Series

The 1953 season marked the seventh 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 Michigan claiming their first championship with a 7–5 win over Texas in the final.[1]

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| Upper round 1| | | Upper round 2| | | Upper final| | | Semifinals| | | Preliminary final| | | Final
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| Texas| 2
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| Duke| 1| |
| | | Texas| 7
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| Lafayette| 6| | | |
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| Colorado State College| 2| |
| | | Texas| 5
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| | | Michigan| 12|
| Boston College| 4| | | | |
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| Houston| 1| | | |
| | | Boston College| 3| Texas| 6| |
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| Michigan| 4| | | | |
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| | Texas| 13| | | Texas| 5
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| Lower round 1| Lower round 2| | | Lafayette| 3|
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| | Boston College| 711

| Duke| 3| | | Duke| 6
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| Colorado State College| 2| | | | |
| | | Lafayette| 211| |
| | Lafayette| 4| |

| Houston| 6| | | Stanford| 3
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## Award winners

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### All-America team

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Main article: 1953 College Baseball All-America Team

## References

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1. ^ a b c W.C. Madden & Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 28–31\. ISBN 9780786418428. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
2. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1953". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
3. ^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
4. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1953". Boyd's World. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
5. ^ "Ivy League Baseball Record Book 2017-18" (PDF). Ivy League. June 2017. pp. 1–2. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
6. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1953". BoydsWorld.com. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
7. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1953". boydsworld.com. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
8. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1953". boydsworld.com. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
9. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1953". BoydsWorld.com. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
10. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1953". boydsworld.com. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
11. ^ "Texas Baseball 2014 Factbook" (PDF). University of Texas at Austin. p. 114. Retrieved January 4, 2014.

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