1949 NCAA baseball season

1949 NCAA baseball season
Tournament
Duration	June 15–25, 1949
College World Series
Duration	June 22–25, 1949
Champions	Texas (1st title)
Runners-up	Wake Forest (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Bibb Falk (1st title)
MOP	Tom Hamilton (Texas)
Seasons

The 1949 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1949. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1949 NCAA baseball tournament and 1949 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the third time in 1949, consisted of four remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and was held in Wichita, Kansas, at Wichita Municipal Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Texas claimed the championship by sweeping the four team tournament.^[1]

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1949 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	Kansas	No conference tournament
CIBA	Southern California	No conference tournament
EIBL	Princeton	No conference tournament
Mid-American Conference	Western Michigan	No conference tournament
Missouri Valley Conference	Oklahoma A&M	1949 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament		Oklahoma A&M
Pacific Coast Conference North	Washington State	No conference tournament
Southeastern Conference	Mississippi State	No conference tournament
Southern Conference	Wake Forest	No conference tournament
Southwest Conference	Texas	No conference tournament

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1949 Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Princeton  ‍†‍‍ 6 – 3 – 0   .667 12 – 7 – 1   .625 Cornell  ‍‍‍ 5 – 3 – 0   .625 10 – 11 – 1   .477 Penn  ‍‍‍ 5 – 3 – 0   .625 10 – 8 – 1   .553 Dartmouth  ‍‍‍ 5 – 4 – 0   .556 12 – 10 – 0   .545 Harvard  ‍‍‍ 5 – 4 – 0   .556 10 – 12 – 0   .455 Brown  ‍‍‍ 4 – 4 – 0   .500 9 – 8 – 1   .528 Columbia  ‍‍‍ 4 – 5 – 0   .444 7 – 8 – 0   .467 Yale  ‍‍‍ 4 – 5 – 0   .444 13 – 12 – 3   .518 Navy  ‍‍‍ 3 – 4 – 0   .429 12 – 6 – 1   .658 Army  ‍‍‍ 1 – 7 – 0   .125 6 – 13 – 0   .316 † – Conference champion	1949 Southern Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Wake Forest  ‍†‍‍^y 13 – 1   .929 31 – 4   .886 South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 13 – 5   .722 15 – 6   .714 Richmond  ‍‍‍ 7 – 3   .700 12 – 9   .571 Clemson  ‍‍‍ 10 – 5   .667 11 – 12   .478 North Carolina  ‍‍‍ 12 – 8   .600 20 – 9   .690 Maryland  ‍‍‍ 5 – 4   .556 10 – 8   .556 William & Mary  ‍‍‍ 6 – 5   .545 –   – VMI  ‍‍‍ 5 – 5   .500 –   – NC State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 11   .421 –   – Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 5 – 7   .417 10 – 11   .476 Duke  ‍‍‍ 9 – 13   .409 –   – Furman  ‍‍‍ 5 – 8   .385 –   – George Washington  ‍‍‍ 2 – 5   .286 –   – Davidson  ‍‍‍ 3 – 8   .273 –   – Washington and Lee  ‍‍‍ 2 – 8   .200 –   – The Citadel  ‍‍‍ 1 – 10   .091 –   – † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1949[3] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1949 Southwest Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Texas  ‍†‍‍^y 12 – 3   .800 23 – 7   .767 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 10 – 4   .714 17 – 8   .680 Baylor  ‍‍‍ 9 – 6   .600 17 – 12   .586 SMU  ‍‍‍ 6 – 9   .400 8 – 12   .400 TCU  ‍‍‍ 4 – 11   .267 6 – 14   .300 Rice  ‍‍‍ 3 – 11   .214 4 – 14   .222 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1949[4][5] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1949 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT North Division Washington State  ‍†‍‍ 12 – 4   .750 33 – 9   .786 Oregon  ‍‍‍ 10 – 4   .714 18 – 7   .720 Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 7   .533 15 – 8   .652 Washington  ‍‍‍ 6 – 9   .400 6 – 9   .400 Idaho  ‍‍‍ 2 – 14   .125 4 – 22   .154 California Intercollegiate Baseball Association USC  ‍†‍‍^y 12 – 2   .857 23 – 6   .793 Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 9 – 6   .600 17 – 10   .630 UCLA  ‍‍‍ 8 – 6   .571 21 – 15   .583 Stanford  ‍‍‍ 7 – 8   .467 18 – 12   .600 California  ‍‍‍ 5 – 10   .333 31 – 17   .646 St. Mary's  ‍‍‍ 3 – 12   .200 0 – 0   – † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament

NCAA tournament

Main article: 1949 NCAA Baseball Tournament

The 1949 season marked the third NCAA Baseball Tournament, which consisted of eight teams divided into four regions. Each region held a three-game series to determine the four teams that advance to the College World Series, which was held in Wichita, Kansas. The four teams played a double-elimination format, with Texas sweeping the tournament and defeating Wake Forest in the final.

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
	Wake Forest		2
	Southern California		1
						Wake Forest		1
						Texas		8
	Texas		7
	St. John's		1
											Texas		10	—
											Wake Forest		3	—
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						Wake Forest		2^12
	Southern California		12			Southern California		1
	St. John's		4

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1949 College Baseball All-America Team

References

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