1954 NCAA baseball season

1954 NCAA baseball season
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
ChampionsMissouri (1st title)
Runners-upRollins (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning CoachHi Simmons (1st title)
MOPTom Yewcic (Michigan State)
Seasons
← 1953
1955 →

The 1954 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1954. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1954 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the eighth time in 1954, 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. Missouri claimed the championship.[1]

Realignment

New program

  • Texas Tech restarted its program, having been dormant since 1929. The Red Raiders played as an independent.

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1954 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. Twelve teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship, and eleven teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference Regular Season Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference Clemson
Big Seven Conference Missouri
Big Ten Conference Michigan State
CIBA Southern California
EIBL Navy
Mid-American Conference Ohio
Pacific Coast Conference Oregon
Southeastern Conference Georgia
Southern Conference Virginia Tech
Southwest Conference Texas

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1954 Big Seven Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Missouri  ‍†‍‍y 11 – 1   .917 22 – 4   .846
Oklahoma  ‍‍‍ 8 – 4   .667 12 – 8   .600
Iowa State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 7   .500 –   –
Kansas  ‍‍‍ 4 – 5   .444 10 – 6   .625
Colorado  ‍‍‍ 4 – 6   .400 –   –
Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 4 – 8   .333 10 – 10   .500
Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 3 – 10   .231 8 – 12   .400
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1954[3]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1954 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Michigan State  ‍†‍‍y 11 – 2 – 0   .846 25 – 10 – 0   .714
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 10 – 3 – 0   .769 17 – 7 – 1   .700
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 5 – 0   .667 20 – 11 – 0   .645
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 10 – 5 – 0   .667 22 – 9 – 0   .710
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 7 – 6 – 0   .538 15 – 11 – 0   .577
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 6 – 9 – 0   .400 17 – 14 – 0   .548
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 5 – 10 – 0   .333 10 – 15 – 1   .404
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 4 – 9 – 0   .308 12 – 14 – 0   .462
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 4 – 11 – 0   .267 13 – 13 – 0   .500
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 4 – 11 – 0   .267 16 – 15 – 0   .516
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1954[4][5]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1954 Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Navy  ‍†‍‍y 8 – 1 – 0   .889 16 – 5 – 1   .750
Princeton  ‍‍‍ 6 – 2 – 0   .750 15 – 8 – 0   .652
Yale  ‍‍‍ 7 – 3 – 0   .700 16 – 12 – 0   .571
Army  ‍‍‍ 5 – 3 – 0   .625 11 – 7 – 0   .611
Cornell  ‍‍‍ 4 – 3 – 1   .563 11 – 6 – 1   .639
Brown  ‍‍‍ 3 – 3 – 1   .500 9 – 8 – 2   .526
Harvard  ‍‍‍ 3 – 5 – 0   .375 7 – 15 – 0   .318
Penn  ‍‍‍ 2 – 4 – 1   .357 7 – 11 – 1   .395
Dartmouth  ‍‍‍ 1 – 5 – 1   .214 5 – 16 – 1   .250
Columbia  ‍‍‍ 1 – 7 – 0   .125 5 – 9 – 0   .357
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament


1954 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Saint Louis  ‍‍‍ 2 – 0   1.000 –   –
Oklahoma A&M  ‍†‍‍y 8 – 1   .889 18 – 11   .621
Houston  ‍‍‍ 4 – 5   .444 12 – 10   .545
Tulsa  ‍‍‍ 4 – 5   .444 11 – 10   .524
Wichita State  ‍‍‍ 2 – 7   .222 4 – 9   .308
Detroit  ‍‍‍ 0 – 2   .000 6 – 12   .333
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the College World Series
As of June 30, 1954[7]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll
1954 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
North Division
Oregon  ‍†‍‍y 11 – 5 – 0   .688 18 – 8 – 0   .692
Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 6 – 0   .625 12 – 8 – 0   .600
Washington  ‍‍‍ 10 – 6 – 0   .625 18 – 10 – 0   .643
Washington State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 9 – 0   .438 18 – 12 – 0   .600
Idaho  ‍‍‍ 2 – 14 – 0   .125 0 – 0 – 0   –
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
USC  ‍†‍‍ 11 – 5 – 0   .688 20 – 11 – 1   .641
Stanford  ‍‍‍ 9 – 7 – 0   .563 18 – 12 – 0   .600
California  ‍‍‍ 7 – 9 – 0   .438 19 – 11 – 0   .633
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 7 – 9 – 0   .438 14 – 13 – 0   .519
UCLA  ‍‍‍ 6 – 10 – 0   .375 19 – 16 – 0   .543
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament

College World Series

Main article: 1954 College World Series

The 1954 season marked the eighth NCAA Baseball Tournament, which consisted of the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Missouri claiming their first championship with a 7–5 win over Texas in the final.[1]

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsPreliminary finalFinal
Michigan State16
UMass5
Michigan State2
Arizona1
Arizona12
Oregon1
Michigan State4
Rollins5
Rollins911
Rollins2
Oklahoma A&M5
Rollins4Michigan State310
Missouri1
Missouri5
Lafayette3Rollins1
Michigan State3Missouri4
Lower round 1Lower round 2Missouri4
Missouri8
UMass5UMass1
Missouri7
Oregon3
Oklahoma A&M3
Arizona4
Oklahoma A&M4Oklahoma A&M514
Lafayette2

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1954 College Baseball All-America Team

References

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