1950 NCAA baseball season

The 1950 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1950. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1950 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the fourth time in 1950, consisted of one team from each of eight geographical districts and was held for the first time in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Texas claimed their second championship.[1]

1950 NCAA baseball season
College World Series
Duration	June 15–23, 1950
Champions	Texas (2nd title)
Runners-up	Washington State (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Bibb Falk (2nd title)
MOP	Ray VanCleef (Rutgers)
Seasons

Conference changes

• Montana left the Pacific Coast Conference for the Mountain States Conference. The PCC played as a 9-team league.[2]

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1950 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
Big Seven	Nebraska	No Conference Tournament
Big Nine	Wisconsin Michigan	No Conference Tournament
CIBA	Stanford	No Conference Tournament
EIBL	Army Princeton	No Conference Tournament
Gulf Coast Conference	Houston	No Conference Tournament
Missouri Valley Conference	East - Bradley West - Oklahoma A&M	1950 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament	Peoria, IL	Bradley
Pacific Coast Conference North	Washington State	No Conference Tournament
Southeastern Conference	Alabama	No Conference Tournament
Southern Conference	North - Virginia Tech South - Wake Forest	1950 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament	Greensboro, NC	Wake Forest
Southwest Conference	Texas	No Conference Tournament

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1950 Big Seven Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Nebraska  ‍†‍‍^y 11 – 3   .786     16 – 8   .667 Missouri  ‍‍‍ 8 – 5   .615     11 – 9   .550 Oklahoma  ‍‍‍ 7 – 5   .583     14 – 8   .636 Kansas  ‍‍‍ 8 – 8   .500     10 – 8   .556 Iowa State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 5   .444     –   – Colorado  ‍‍‍ 4 – 7   .364     –   – Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 11   .313     7 – 13   .350 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1950[3]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1950 Big Nine Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Wisconsin  ‍†‍‍ 9 – 3   .750     19 – 9   .679 Michigan  ‍†‍‍ 9 – 3   .750     18 – 9   .667 Iowa  ‍‍‍ 8 – 3   .727     19 – 6   .760 Illinois  ‍‍‍ 6 – 5   .545     13 – 6   .684 Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 5   .545     17 – 12   .586 Indiana  ‍‍‍ 4 – 4   .500     11 – 12   .478 Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 4 – 6   .400     14 – 7   .667 Purdue  ‍‍‍ 2 – 8   .200     12 – 14   .462 Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 1 – 8   .111     11 – 17   .393 As of June 16, 1950[4]; Rankings from D1Baseball	1950 Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT Army  ‍†‍‍ 7 – 2 – 0   .778     14 – 4 – 0   .778 Princeton  ‍†‍‍ 7 – 2 – 0   .778     14 – 8 – 0   .636 Cornell  ‍‍‍ 6 – 2 – 0   .750     13 – 6 – 0   .684 Harvard  ‍‍‍ 5 – 2 – 0   .714     9 – 6 – 0   .600 Yale  ‍‍‍ 5 – 4 – 0   .556     14 – 13 – 0   .519 Navy  ‍‍‍ 3 – 6 – 0   .333     6 – 12 – 1   .342 Penn  ‍‍‍ 3 – 6 – 0   .333     10 – 12 – 0   .455 Brown  ‍‍‍ 2 – 5 – 0   .286     8 – 8 – 0   .500 Columbia  ‍‍‍ 2 – 6 – 0   .250     4 – 11 – 0   .267 Dartmouth  ‍‍‍ 1 – 6 – 0   .143     8 – 23 – 0   .258 † – Conference champion
1950 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT East Bradley  ^x‍‍‡‍ 5 – 0 – 0   1.000     17 – 15 – 1   .530 Saint Louis  ‍‍‍ 3 – 2 – 0   .600     0 – 0 – 0   – Detroit  ‍‍‍ 1 – 3 – 0   .250     10 – 6 – 0   .625 Drake  ‍‍‍ 0 – 4 – 0   .000     0 – 0 – 0   – West Oklahoma A&M  ^x‍‍‍ 6 – 3 – 0   .667     15 – 7 – 0   .682 Tulsa  ‍‍‍ 3 – 3 – 0   .500     6 – 10 – 0   .375 Wichita State  ‍‍‍ 1 – 5 – 0   .167     4 – 14 – 0   .222 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion As of June 30, 1950[5];	1950 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT North Division Washington State  ‍†‍‍^y 12 – 2   .857     32 – 6   .842 Washington  ‍‍‍ 9 – 6   .600     9 – 6   .600 Oregon  ‍‍‍ 6 – 10   .375     –   – Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 9   .357     7 – 12   .368 Idaho  ‍‍‍ 5 – 10   .333     –   – California Intercollegiate Baseball Association Stanford  ‍‍‍ 10 – 5   .667     19 – 15   .559 California  ‍‍‍ 8 – 6   .571     24 – 13   .649 Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 8 – 7   .533     –   – Southern California  ‍‍‍ 8 – 7   .533     16 – 8   .667 St. Mary's  ‍‍‍ 5 – 9   .357     –   – UCLA  ‍‍‍ 5 – 10   .333     19 – 21   .475 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament	1950 Southeastern Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Eastern Kentucky  ^x‍‍‍ 11 – 2   .846     16 – 7   .696 Georgia  ‍‍‍ 10 – 6   .625     18 – 10   .643 Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 7 – 9   .438     8 – 9   .471 Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍ 7 – 11   .389     7 – 11   .389 Auburn  ‍‍‍ 7 – 12   .368     12 – 13   .480 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 4 – 13   .235     6 – 16   .273 Western Alabama  ^x‍‍‍^y 12 – 4   .750     23 – 12   .657 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 5   .643     13 – 6   .684 Florida  ‍‍‍ 5 – 3   .625     20 – 9   .690 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 5 – 5   .500     11 – 6   .647 LSU  ‍‍‍ 2 – 7   .222     5 – 9   .357 Tulane  ‍‍‍ 1 – 4   .200     4 – 9   .308 x – Division champion y – Invited to the College World Series As of June 18, 1950[6][7]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll
1950 Southern Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Northern Virginia Tech  ^x‍‍‍ 8 – 2   .800     13 – 9   .591 George Washington  ‍‍‍ 6 – 3   .667     –   – Maryland  ‍‍‍ 6 – 3   .667     20 – 8   .714 Washington and Lee  ‍‍‍ –   –     –   – Richmond  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   –     8 – 9   .471 William & Mary  ‍‍‍ –   –     –   – VMI  ‍‍‍ –   –     –   – Southern Wake Forest  ^x‍‍‡‍ 14 – 3   .824     31 – 6   .838 Clemson  ‍‍‍ 13 – 3   .813     20 – 11   .645 South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 11 – 6   .647     16 – 9   .640 NC State  ‍‍‍ –   –     –   – Furman  ‍‍‍ –   –     –   – North Carolina  ‍‍‍ 11 – 11   .500     16 – 18   .471 Duke  ‍‍‍ –   –     –   – Davidson  ‍‍‍ –   –     –   – The Citadel  ‍‍‍ 0 – 12   .000     4 – 14   .222 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion As of June 30, 1950[8]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1950 Southwest Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Texas  ‍†‍‍^y 14 – 1   .933     27 – 6   .818 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 9 – 5   .643     17 – 11   .607 Baylor  ‍‍‍ 8 – 7   .533     20 – 9   .690 TCU  ‍‍‍ 7 – 8   .467     14 – 9   .609 SMU  ‍‍‍ 2 – 10   .167     9 – 12   .429 Rice  ‍‍‍ 2 – 11   .154     9 – 12   .429 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the College World Series As of June 30, 1950[9][10]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1950 season marked the fourth NCAA Baseball Tournament, which consisted of the eight team College World Series. For the first time, the College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska, which became the permanent home of the event. 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 Texas claiming their second championship with a 3–0 win over Washington State in the final.[1]

		Texas	2
		Rutgers	4
							Rutgers	5
							Wisconsin	3
		Wisconsin	7
		Colorado A&M	3
												Rutgers	1
											Washington State	3^10
		Alabama	9
		Bradley	2
							Alabama	1
							Washington State	9
		Washington State	3
		Tufts	1
																	Washington State	1
																	Texas	12
							Texas	3
							Colorado A&M	1
												Texas	7
												Tufts	0
							Tufts	5
							Bradley	4
																						Texas	15
																						Rutgers	9
												Wisconsin	3
												Alabama	1
																	Wisconsin	2									Texas	3
																	Rutgers	16									Washington State	0

Award winners

All-America team

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