1940 NCAA baseball season

1940 NCAA baseball season
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →

The 1940 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1940. Play largely consisted of regional matchups, some organized by conferences, and ended in June. No national championship event was held until 1947.

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1940 season.

Conference Regular Season Winner
Big Nine Illinois/Northwestern
Big Six Oklahoma
CIBA Saint Mary's
EIBL Cornell
Pacific Coast Conference North Oregon State
Southeastern Conference Alabama
Southwest Conference Texas

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1940 Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Cornell ‍†‍‍ 10 – 1 – 0   .909 13 – 6 – 0   .684
Dartmouth  ‍‍‍ 6 – 3 – 0   .667 12 – 11 – 0   .522
Columbia  ‍‍‍ 6 – 5 – 0   .545 8 – 6 – 0   .571
Princeton  ‍‍‍ 6 – 6 – 0   .500 10 – 15 – 1   .404
Yale  ‍‍‍ 7 – 8 – 0   .467 16 – 11 – 0   .593
Harvard  ‍‍‍ 3 – 8 – 0   .273 8 – 18 – 0   .308
Penn  ‍‍‍ 2 – 10 – 0   .167 8 – 16 – 0   .333
† – Conference champion


References

  1. ^ "Ivy League Baseball Record Book 2017-18" (PDF). Ivy League. June 2017. pp. 1–2. Retrieved May 30, 2018.