1960 NAIA World Series

1960 NAIA
baseball tournament

1960 NAIA World Series
Teams	8
Format	Double elimination
Finals site	Soos Park Sioux City, Iowa
Champions	Whitworth (1st title)
Winning coach	Paul Merkel
MVP	Ray Washburn (P) (Whitworth)

The 1960 NAIA World Series was the fourth annual tournament hosted by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics to determine the national champion of baseball among its member colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.^[1]

The tournament was played at Soos Park in Sioux City, Iowa.

Whitworth (20-8) defeated Georgia Southern (21-11) in the championship series, 4–0, to win the Pirates' first NAIA World Series.

Washburn pitcher, and future MLB player and two-time World Series champion with the St. Louis Cardinals, Ray Washburn was named tournament MVP.

Bracket

	Upper round 1				Upper round 2				Upper final				Semifinals				Preliminary final				Final
	Southern	3
	Southern Illinois	1
					Southern	10
					Sam Houston State	8
	Indiana State (PA)	1
	Sam Houston State	6
									Southern	0
									Whitworth	7
	Georgia Southern	4
													Whitworth	1
	Omaha	2
					Georgia Southern	0							Georgia Southern	12
					Whitworth	1
	Morningside	4
	Whitworth	10																			Whitworth	4
																	Georgia Southern	3			Georgia Southern	0
					Lower round 1				Lower round 2								Southern	1
									Georgia Southern	5
					Southern Illinois	1			Indiana State	2
													Southern	8
					Indiana State	2
													Sam Houston State	6
									Omaha	1
					Omaha	8			Sam Houston State	4
					Morningside	1

See also

• 1960 NCAA University Division baseball tournament

References

1. "Championship History" (PDF). NAIA.org. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved August 18, 2022.