1956 NCAA baseball season

Baseball season

1956 NCAA baseball season

NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions| Minnesota (1st title)
Runners-up| Arizona (3rd CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach| Dick Siebert (1st title)
MOP| Jerry Thomas (Minnesota)
Seasons

← 1955

1957 →

The 1956 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1956. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1956 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the tenth time in 1956, 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. Minnesota claimed the championship.[1]

## Conference winners

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This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1956 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. 12 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 13 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference  | Regular Season Winner

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Atlantic Coast Conference | Duke
Big Seven Conference | Oklahoma
Big Ten Conference | Minnesota
CIBA | Southern California
EIBL | Yale
Mid-American Conference | Ohio
Missouri Valley Conference | Bradley
Pacific Coast Conference | Washington State
Southeastern Conference | Florida
Southern Conference | George Washington
Southwest Conference | TCU

## Conference standings

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The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1956 Big Seven Conference baseball standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
Oklahoma ‍†‍‍y | 7 | - | 2 |  | .778 |  |  | 11 | - | 7 |  | .611
Nebraska ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 4 |  | .667 |  |  | 12 | - | 8 |  | .600
Kansas ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 5 |  | .545 |  |  | 14 | - | 5 |  | .737
Missouri ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 6 |  | .538 |  |  | 14 | - | 7 |  | .667
Iowa State ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 6 |  | .500 |  |  |  | - |  |  | –
Colorado ‍‍‍ | 3 | - | 8 |  | .273 |  |  |  | - |  |  | –
Kansas State ‍‍‍ | 3 | - | 9 |  | .250 |  |  | 5 | - | 10 |  | .333
† - Conference champion
y - Invited to the 1956 NCAA baseball tournament

1956 Big Ten Conference baseball standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | T |  | PCT
Minnesota ‍†‍‍y | 11 | - | 2 | - | 0 |  | .846 |  |  | 33 | - | 9 | - | 0 |  | .786
Ohio State ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 3 | - | 0 |  | .750 |  |  | 18 | - | 7 | - | 0 |  | .720
Wisconsin ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 4 | - | 0 |  | .667 |  |  | 20 | - | 7 | - | 0 |  | .741
Michigan ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 5 | - | 0 |  | .545 |  |  | 17 | - | 9 | - | 0 |  | .654
Northwestern ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 7 | - | 0 |  | .462 |  |  | 10 | - | 8 | - | 0 |  | .556
Indiana ‍‍‍ | 5 | - | 6 | - | 0 |  | .455 |  |  | 13 | - | 15 | - | 0 |  | .464
Iowa ‍‍‍ | 5 | - | 8 | - | 0 |  | .385 |  |  | 11 | - | 16 | - | 0 |  | .407
Michigan State ‍‍‍ | 4 | - | 7 | - | 0 |  | .364 |  |  | 16 | - | 13 | - | 0 |  | .552
Purdue ‍‍‍ | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 |  | .333 |  |  | 14 | - | 14 | - | 0 |  | .500
Illinois ‍‍‍ | 4 | - | 11 | - | 0 |  | .267 |  |  | 15 | - | 18 | - | 1 |  | .456
† - Conference champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament

1956 Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League baseball standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | T |  | PCT
Yale ‍†‍‍ | 9 | - | 2 | - | 0 |  | .818 |  |  | 19 | - | 15 | - | 0 |  | .559
Princeton ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 3 | - | 0 |  | .700 |  |  | 11 | - | 9 | - | 1 |  | .548
Columbia ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 3 | - | 0 |  | .667 |  |  | 11 | - | 5 | - | 1 |  | .676
Cornell ‍‍‍ | 5 | - | 4 | - | 0 |  | .556 |  |  | 10 | - | 8 | - | 0 |  | .556
Harvard ‍‍‍ | 5 | - | 4 | - | 0 |  | .556 |  |  | 18 | - | 6 | - | 0 |  | .750
Army ‍‍‍ | 4 | - | 4 | - | 0 |  | .500 |  |  | 9 | - | 10 | - | 0 |  | .474
Navy ‍‍‍ | 4 | - | 4 | - | 0 |  | .500 |  |  | 13 | - | 7 | - | 1 |  | .643
Dartmouth ‍‍‍ | 3 | - | 5 | - | 0 |  | .375 |  |  | 4 | - | 11 | - | 0 |  | .267
Penn ‍‍‍ | 1 | - | 7 | - | 0 |  | .125 |  |  | 8 | - | 16 | - | 0 |  | .333
Brown ‍‍‍ | 1 | - | 8 | - | 0 |  | .111 |  |  | 2 | - | 15 | - | 0 |  | .118
† - Conference champion

1956 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
Bradley ‍†‍‡‍y | 7 | - | 2 |  | .778 |  |  | 27 | - | 8 |  | .771
Oklahoma A&M ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 2 |  | .778 |  |  | 11 | - | 10 |  | .524
Saint Louis ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 3 |  | .667 |  |  | 13 | - | 6 |  | .684
Houston ‍‍‍ | 5 | - | 4 |  | .556 |  |  | 14 | - | 10 |  | .583
Tulsa ‍‍‍ | 5 | - | 4 |  | .556 |  |  | 8 | - | 12 |  | .400
Detroit ‍‍‍ | 4 | - | 5 |  | .444 |  |  | 9 | - | 11 |  | .450
Wichita State ‍‍‍ | 1 | - | 8 |  | .111 |  |  | 4 | - | 13 |  | .235
Drake ‍‍‍ | 1 | - | 8 |  | .111 |  |  | 4 | - | 13 |  | .235
† - Conference champion
‡ - Tournament champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1956[7]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll
1956 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | T |  | PCT
North Division
Washington State ‍†‍‍y | 11 | - | 3 | - | 0 |  | .786 |  |  | 28 | - | 8 | - | 0 |  | .778
Oregon ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 5 | - | 0 |  | .615 |  |  | 18 | - | 8 | - | 0 |  | .692
Oregon State ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 |  | .467 |  |  | 17 | - | 13 | - | 0 |  | .567
Washington ‍‍‍ | 5 | - | 9 | - | 0 |  | .357 |  |  | 5 | - | 11 | - | 0 |  | .313
Idaho ‍‍‍ | 4 | - | 9 | - | 0 |  | .308 |  |  | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 |  | –
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
USC ‍†‍‍ | 14 | - | 2 | - | 0 |  | .875 |  |  | 21 | - | 5 | - | 0 |  | .808
California ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 7 | - | 0 |  | .563 |  |  | 25 | - | 9 | - | 0 |  | .735
Stanford ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 7 | - | 0 |  | .563 |  |  | 24 | - | 10 | - | 1 |  | .700
UCLA ‍‍‍ | 5 | - | 11 | - | 0 |  | .313 |  |  | 11 | - | 21 | - | 2 |  | .353
Santa Clara ‍‍‍ | 3 | - | 13 | - | 0 |  | .188 |  |  | 6 | - | 22 | - | 0 |  | .214
† - Conference champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament

1956 Southeastern Conference baseball standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
Florida ‍†‍‍y | 13 | - | 3 |  | .813 |  |  | 20 | - | 4 |  | .833
Ole Miss ‍‍‍y | 13 | - | 3 |  | .813 |  |  | 24 | - | 10 |  | .706
Alabama ‍‍‍ | 15 | - | 5 |  | .750 |  |  | 18 | - | 7 |  | .720
Georgia ‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 5 |  | .667 |  |  | 16 | - | 7 |  | .696
Auburn ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 7 |  | .563 |  |  | 12 | - | 11 |  | .522
Tennessee ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 8 |  | .467 |  |  | 10 | - | 13 |  | .435
LSU ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 9 |  | .438 |  |  | 9 | - | 11 |  | .450
Tulane ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 9 |  | .438 |  |  | 11 | - | 11 |  | .500
Mississippi State ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 9 |  | .400 |  |  | 11 | - | 9 |  | .550
Georgia Tech ‍‍‍ | 4 | - | 9 |  | .308 |  |  | 11 | - | 12 |  | .478
Vanderbilt ‍‍‍ | 3 | - | 12 |  | .200 |  |  | 6 | - | 15 |  | .286
Kentucky ‍‍‍ | 1 | - | 12 |  | .077 |  |  | 4 | - | 18 |  | .182
† - Conference champion
y - Invited to the College World Series
As of June 18, 1956[9][10]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll
1956 Yankee Conference baseball standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | T |  | PCT
New Hampshire ‍†‍‍y | 7 | - | 1 | - | 0 |  | .875 |  |  | 13 | - | 7 | - | 0 |  | .650
UMass ‍‍‍y | 7 | - | 1 | - | 1 |  | .833 |  |  | 10 | - | 6 | - | 1 |  | .618
Vermont ‍‍‍y | 1 | - | 3 | - | 0 |  | .250 |  |  | 18 | - | 6 | - | 0 |  | .750
Connecticut ‍‍‍ | 4 | - | 4 | - | 1 |  | .500 |  |  | 9 | - | 8 | - | 2 |  | .526
Rhode Island ‍‍‍ | 1 | - | 5 | - | 0 |  | .167 |  |  | 10 | - | 7 | - | 0 |  | .588
Maine ‍‍‍ | 0 | - | 6 | - | 0 |  | .000 |  |  | 7 | - | 11 | - | 1 |  | .395
† - Conference champion
y - Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1956

## College World Series

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Main article: 1956 College World Series

The 1956 season marked the tenth NCAA Baseball Tournament, which culminated with the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Minnesota claiming their first championship with a 12–1 win over Arizona in the final.[1]

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| Upper round 1| | | Upper round 2| | | Upper final| | | Semifinals| | | Final
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| Arizona| 3
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| NYU| 0| |
| | | Arizona| 2
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| | | Minnesota| 3| |
| Minnesota| 4| | | |
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| Wyoming| 0| |
| | | Minnesota| 13
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| | | Ole Miss| 5|
| Ole Miss| 13| | | | |
| | | | | Minnesota| 8
| New Hampshire| 2| | | |
| | | Ole Miss| 4| Bradley| 3| |
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| | | Bradley| 0| | |
| Bradley| 4| | | |
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| Washington State| 3| | |
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| | Minnesota| 4| 12
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| Lower round 1| Lower round 2| | | Arizona| 10| 1
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| | Bradley| 12

| NYU| 2| | | Wyoming| 8
| | | Ole Miss| 3
| Wyoming| 8| | | | |
| | | Arizona| 7| |
| | Arizona| 1| |

| New Hampshire| 6| | | New Hampshire| 0
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| Washington State| 3| | |
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## Award winners

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### All-America team

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Main article: 1956 College Baseball All-America Team

## References

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2. ^ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
3. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1956". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
4. ^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
5. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1956". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
6. ^ "Ivy League Baseball Record Book 2017-18" (PDF). Ivy League. June 2017. pp. 1, 3. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
7. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1956". BoydsWorld.com. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
8. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1956". boydsworld.com. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
9. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1956". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
10. ^ "SEC Baseball Record Book" (PDF). www.espn.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved April 11, 2021.

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