1952 NCAA baseball season

1952 NCAA baseball season
College World Series
Champions	Holy Cross (1st title)
Runners-up	Missouri (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Jack Barry (1st title)
MOP	James O'Neill (Holy Cross)
Seasons

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.

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.

Conference	Regular season winner	Conference tournament	Tournament city	Tournament winner
Big Seven Conference	Missouri	No tournament
CIBA	Southern California	No tournament
EIBL	Brown Cornell	No conference tournament
Mid-American Conference	Western Michigan	No tournament
Missouri Valley Conference	Houston	1952 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament	Stillwater, OK	Saint Louis
Pacific Coast Conference	Oregon State	No tournament
Rocky Mountain Conference	Colorado State	No tournament
Southeastern Conference	Florida	No tournament
Southern Conference	North - Richmond South - Duke	1952 Southern Conference baseball tournament	Greensboro, NC	Duke
Southwest Conference	Texas	No tournament

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1952 Big Seven Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Missouri  ‍†‍‍y 13 – 1   .929 20 – 7   .741 Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 8 – 5   .615 13 – 7   .650 Kansas  ‍‍‍ 8 – 6   .571 11 – 6   .647 Iowa State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 6   .500 –   – Colorado  ‍‍‍ 5 – 6   .455 –   – Oklahoma  ‍‍‍ 10 – 1   .909 19 – 9   .679 Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 2 – 15   .118 4 – 16   .200 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the College World Series As of June 30, 1952 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1952 Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Northern Division Brown  x‍‍‍ 6 – 2 – 0   .750 10 – 6 – 0   .625 Army  ‍‍‍ 5 – 3 – 0   .625 10 – 10 – 2   .500 Dartmouth  ‍‍‍ 4 – 4 – 0   .500 11 – 11 – 0   .500 Yale  ‍‍‍ 3 – 5 – 0   .375 10 – 22 – 0   .313 Harvard  ‍‍‍ 2 – 6 – 0   .250 6 – 11 – 1   .361 Southern Division Cornell x‍‍‍ 6 – 2 – 0   .750 11 – 6 – 0   .647 Columbia  ‍‍‍ 5 – 2 – 0   .714 9 – 7 – 2   .556 Princeton  ‍‍‍ 4 – 4 – 0   .500 11 – 11 – 1   .500 Navy  ‍‍‍ 3 – 4 – 0   .429 11 – 6 – 2   .632 Penn  ‍‍‍ 1 – 7 – 0   .125 6 – 19 – 1   .250 x – Division champion	1952 Mid-American Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Western Michigan  ‍†‍‍y 8 – 0   1.000 18 – 7   .720 Ohio  ‍‍‍ 7 – 2   .778 18 – 6   .750 Miami (OH)  ‍‍‍ 6 – 4   .600 13 – 10   .565 Kent State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 4   .556 9 – 5   .643 Cincinnati  ‍‍‍ 3 – 5   .375 5 – 11   .313 Toledo  ‍‍‍ 1 – 8   .111 2 – 10   .167 Western Reserve  ‍‍‍ 1 – 9   .100 8 – 5   .615 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1952
1952 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Northern Saint Louis  x‍‍‡‍ 4 – 1   .800 10 – 8   .556 Tulsa  ‍‍‍ 2 – 4   .333 9 – 8   .529 Detroit  ‍‍‍ 1 – 2   .333 8 – 9   .471 Southern Houston  x‍‍‍ 6 – 2   .750 11 – 6   .647 Oklahoma A&M  ‍‍‍ 5 – 2   .714 15 – 5   .750 Wichita State  ‍‍‍ 0 – 6   .000 3 – 10   .231 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion As of June 30, 1952	1952 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT North Division Oregon State  ‍†‍‍y 10 – 6 – 0   .625 27 – 12 – 0   .692 Washington  ‍‍‍ 10 – 6 – 0   .625 14 – 9 – 0   .609 Oregon  ‍‍‍ 9 – 6 – 0   .600 19 – 12 – 0   .613 Washington State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 10 – 0   .375 19 – 15 – 0   .559 Idaho  ‍‍‍ 4 – 11 – 0   .267 0 – 0 – 0   – California Intercollegiate Baseball Association USC  ‍†‍‍ 11 – 5 – 0   .688 18 – 9 – 0   .667 Stanford  ‍‍‍ 9 – 7 – 0   .563 19 – 13 – 1   .591 UCLA  ‍‍‍ 8 – 8 – 0   .500 21 – 15 – 0   .583 Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 7 – 9 – 0   .438 18 – 12 – 0   .600 California  ‍‍‍ 5 – 11 – 0   .313 21 – 16 – 0   .568 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament	1952 Rocky Mountain Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Colorado State  ‍†‍‍y 9 – 1   .900 15 – 9   .625 Colorado College  ‍‍‍ 2 – 4   .333 –   – Colorado Mines  ‍‍‍ 1 – 5   .167 –   – Western State  ‍‍‍ 0 – 2   .000 –   – † – Conference champion y – Invited to the College World Series As of June 30, 1952 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1952 Southern Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Northern Richmond  x‍‍‍ 6 – 2   .750 13 – 6   .684 George Washington  ‍‍‍ 7 – 3   .700 –   – West Virginia  ‍‍‍ 7 – 3   .700 –   – Washington and Lee  ‍‍‍ 6 – 5   .545 –   – William & Mary  ‍‍‍ 5 – 6   .455 –   – Maryland  ‍‍‍ 4 – 6   .400 11 – 9   .550 Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 3 – 6   .333 4 – 9   .308 VMI  ‍‍‍ 1 – 8   .111 –   – Southern Duke  x‍‍‡‍ 18 – 3   .857 31 – 7   .816 NC State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 5   .667 –   – North Carolina  ‍‍‍ 10 – 7   .588 18 – 10   .643 South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 8 – 7   .533 –   – Clemson  ‍‍‍ 10 – 10   .500 10 – 12   .455 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 7 – 11   .389 13 – 12   .520 Furman  ‍‍‍ 6 – 11   .353 –   – Davidson  ‍‍‍ 3 – 9   .250 –   – The Citadel  ‍‍‍ 3 – 12   .200 –   – x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion As of June 30, 1952 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1952 Southwest Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Texas  ‍†‍‍y 11 – 4   .733 19 – 9   .679 Baylor  ‍‍‍ 9 – 6   .600 9 – 6   .600 TCU  ‍‍‍ 8 – 7   .533 13 – 12   .520 SMU  ‍‍‍ 6 – 9   .400 13 – 11   .542 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 6 – 9   .400 10 – 19   .345 Rice  ‍‍‍ 5 – 10   .333 12 – 13   .480 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the College World Series As of June 30, 1952 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

Main article: 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.

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final					Semifinals					Final
	Penn State		5
	Texas		3
						Penn State		12
						Duke		7
	Duke		18
	Oregon State		7
											Penn State		2
											Missouri		3
	Holy Cross		5
																Holy Cross		15
	Western Michigan		1
						Holy Cross		0								Penn State		4
						Missouri		1
	Missouri		15
	Colorado State College		1
																					Missouri		3	4
						Lower round 1					Lower round 2										Holy Cross		7	8
											Holy Cross		2
						Texas		10			Texas		1
																Holy Cross		15
						Oregon State		1
																Western Michigan		3
											Duke		1
						Western Michigan		8			Western Michigan		5
						Colorado State College		6

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1952 College Baseball All-America Team