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Baseball season

1951 NCAA baseball season
College World Series
DurationJune 13–17, 1951
ChampionsOklahoma (1st title)
Runners-upTennessee (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning CoachJack Baer (1st title)
MOPSidney Hatfield (Tennessee)
Seasons
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The 1951 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1951. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1951 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the fifth time in 1951, 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. Oklahoma claimed the championship.

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1951 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.

Conference Regular season winner Conference tournament Tournament city Tournament winner
Big Seven Oklahoma No conference tournament
Big Ten Ohio State No conference tournament
CIBA Southern California No conference tournament
EIBL Princeton No conference tournament
Missouri Valley Houston 1951 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament Tulsa, OK Houston
Pacific Coast Conference North Oregon State No conference tournament
Southeastern Conference Tennessee No conference tournament
Southern Conference North - Maryland
South - Clemson		 1951 Southern Conference baseball tournament Greensboro, NC Duke
Southwest Conference Texas/Texas A&M No conference tournament

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1951 Big Seven Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Oklahoma  ‍†‍‍ 10 – 1   .909 19 – 9   .679
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 9 – 4   .692 12 – 6   .667
Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 5 – 4   .556 10 – 5   .667
Colorado  ‍‍‍ 3 – 5   .375 –   –
Kansas  ‍‍‍ 5 – 9   .357 6 – 9   .400
Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 10   .333 5 – 10   .333
Iowa State  ‍‍‍ 3 – 7   .300 8 – 7   .533
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the College World Series
As of June 30, 1951
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1951 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Ohio State  ‍†‍‍ 10 – 2 – 0   .833 23 – 15 – 0   .605
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 8 – 3 – 0   .727 16 – 9 – 0   .640
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 6 – 4 – 1   .591 16 – 10 – 1   .611
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 6 – 6 – 0   .500 15 – 10 – 0   .600
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 5 – 5 – 1   .500 14 – 8 – 1   .630
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 5 – 6 – 0   .455 11 – 9 – 0   .550
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 6 – 0   .400 17 – 9 – 0   .654
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 4 – 8 – 0   .333 11 – 13 – 0   .458
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 4 – 8 – 0   .333 13 – 10 – 0   .565
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 2 – 9 – 0   .182 10 – 12 – 1   .457
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the College World Series
As of June 30, 1951
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1951 Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Princeton  ‍†‍‍ 7 – 2 – 0   .778 20 – 6 – 0   .769
Brown  ‍‍‍ 6 – 2 – 0   .750 12 – 5 – 0   .706
Columbia  ‍‍‍ 6 – 3 – 0   .667 10 – 7 – 0   .588
Cornell  ‍‍‍ 5 – 3 – 0   .625 13 – 5 – 0   .722
Navy  ‍‍‍ 5 – 3 – 0   .625 10 – 11 – 0   .476
Penn  ‍‍‍ 4 – 5 – 0   .444 9 – 10 – 0   .474
Harvard  ‍‍‍ 3 – 5 – 0   .375 7 – 9 – 0   .438
Army  ‍‍‍ 3 – 6 – 0   .333 8 – 14 – 1   .370
Yale  ‍‍‍ 2 – 6 – 0   .250 16 – 14 – 0   .533
Dartmouth  ‍‍‍ 1 – 7 – 0   .125 4 – 22 – 1   .167
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the College World Series


1951 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Bradley  ‍‍‍ 5 – 2   .714 20 – 5   .800
Detroit  ‍‍‍ 2 – 3   .400 8 – 11   .421
Drake  ‍‍‍ 1 – 3   .250 7 – 7   .500
Saint Louis  ‍‍‍ 1 – 3   .250 –   –
West
Houston  ‍‍‡‍ 7 – 1   .875 16 – 9   .640
Tulsa  ‍‍‍ 4 – 2   .667 9 – 8   .529
Oklahoma A&M  ‍‍‍ 2 – 4   .333 9 – 8   .529
Wichita State  ‍‍‍ 1 – 5   .167 4 – 9   .308
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
As of June 30, 1951
1951 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
North Division
Oregon State  ‍†‍‍ 10 – 4 – 0   .714 23 – 6 – 0   .793
Washington State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 5 – 0   .688 30 – 11 – 0   .732
Washington  ‍‍‍ 10 – 6 – 0   .625 14 – 7 – 1   .659
Oregon  ‍‍‍ 7 – 9 – 0   .438 14 – 14 – 0   .500
Idaho  ‍‍‍ 0 – 14 – 0   .000 3 – 17 – 0   .150
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
USC  ‍†‍‍ 11 – 5 – 0   .688 22 – 10 – 0   .688
UCLA  ‍‍‍ 10 – 6 – 0   .625 24 – 13 – 0   .649
Stanford  ‍‍‍ 9 – 9 – 0   .500 21 – 13 – 0   .618
California  ‍‍‍ 6 – 10 – 0   .375 22 – 16 – 0   .579
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 5 – 11 – 0   .313 0 – 0 – 0   –
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
1951 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Tennessee  ‍†‍‍ 16 – 1 – 0   .941 20 – 3 – 0   .870
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 13 – 4 – 1   .750 17 – 5 – 1   .761
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 10 – 4 – 0   .714 15 – 4 – 0   .789
Florida  ‍‍‍ 9 – 7 – 0   .563 16 – 9 – 0   .640
LSU  ‍‍‍ 6 – 6 – 0   .500 10 – 6 – 0   .625
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 8 – 8 – 0   .500 14 – 11 – 0   .560
Tulane  ‍‍‍ 7 – 9 – 0   .438 10 – 11 – 0   .476
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 9 – 0   .400 11 – 9 – 0   .550
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍ 8 – 12 – 0   .400 11 – 12 – 0   .478
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 5 – 9 – 1   .367 8 – 10 – 1   .447
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 6 – 11 – 0   .353 12 – 13 – 0   .480
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 0 – 13 – 1   .036 0 – 18 – 1   .026
x – Division champion
y – Invited to the College World Series
As of June 18, 1951
Rankings from Coaches' Poll
1951 Southwest Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Texas A&M  ‍†‍‍ 11 – 4   .733 21 – 11   .656
Texas  ‍‍‍ 11 – 4   .733 17 – 6   .739
TCU  ‍‍‍ 8 – 7   .533 10 – 11   .476
SMU  ‍‍‍ 6 – 9   .400 10 – 12   .455
Baylor  ‍‍‍ 6 – 9   .400 10 – 10   .500
Rice  ‍‍‍ 3 – 12   .200 8 – 13   .381
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the College World Series
As of June 30, 1951
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

Main article: 1951 College World Series

The 1951 season marked the fifth NCAA Baseball Tournament, which consisted of the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska, which set a record for attendance of 27,789. 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 Oklahoma claiming their first championship with a 3–2 win over Tennessee in the final.

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
Southern California4
Princeton1
Southern California8
Utah2
Utah7
Tennessee1
Southern California1
Oklahoma4
Oklahoma9
Ohio State8
Oklahoma7
Springfield1
Springfield5
Texas A&M1Oklahoma3
Tennessee2
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
Tennessee2
Princeton2Springfield0Tennessee9
Tennessee3Tennessee5Southern California8
Utah4
Texas A&M8
Ohio State2Utah15
Texas A&M3

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1951 College Baseball All-America Team

References

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