1952 College World Series

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The 1952 NCAA Men's Division I College World Series (CWS) involved 8 schools playing in double-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college baseball. It began on June 12, and ended with the championship game on June 17. A total of 15 games were played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.

The tournament participants were selected by the the NCAA baseball committee, with one team coming from each of the eight NCAA districts.

College of the Holy Cross won the national championship with an 8-4 victory over the University of Missouri in front of 6,914 fans.

Senior pitcher Jim O'Neill of Holy Cross was named the CWS Most Outstanding Player.

The tournament consisted of no preliminary round of play as teams were selected directly into the College World Series. From 1947-1949 and from 1954 to the present, teams competed in the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament preliminary rounds to earn the right to play in the College World Series.

1 Teams
2 Brackets
3 Quick facts
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Teams

Team	Coach	Final Record	CWS Record
College of the Holy Cross	Jack Barry	21-3	6-1
Duke University	Jack Coombs	31-8	1-2
Oregon State University	Ralph Coleman	27-12	0-2
Penn State University	Joe Bedenk	17-6	2-2
University of Missouri	Hi Simmons	20-7	3-2
University of Northern Colorado	Pete Butler	15-9	0-2
University of Texas	Bibb Falk	19-9	1-2
Western Michigan University	Charlie Mahr	18-7	2-2

[edit] Brackets

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[edit] Quick facts

In 1971, John Turco (OF) and Jim O'Neill (P) of Holy Cross were named to the College World Series All-Time Team (1947-70) by the blue-ribbon committee chaired by Abe Chanin as part of the 25th CWS celebration.
In 1996, Turco and O'Neill were named to the 1940s-50s All-Decade Team by a panel of 60 voters representing CWS head coaches, media, and chairs of the Division I Baseball Committee.
Jackie Lonergan of Holy Cross pitched a 1-hitter in a 1-0 loss to Missouri; Junior Wren of Missouri pitched a two-hitter against Penn State, and Tom Cole of Western Michigan pitched a two-hitter against Duke.
Duke's team included future major leaguer Dick Groat.
38,731 fans watched the CWS (10 sessions).
The championship game was umpired by Joe Cibulka, Larry Napp, John Pelton, and Jack Tobin.
The following records were set or tied:
- Most At Bats, Team, Single Game - 50, Holy Cross, vs Penn St, W 15-4
- Most Complete Games, Team, CWS - 7, Holy Cross, 7 games
- Most Errors, Individual, Single Game - 4, Carmen Troiso, SS, Penn St, vs Holy Cross, L 15-4, tied (3 others)
- Most Triples, Team, Single Game - 4, Holy Cross, vs Western Michigan, W 15-3, tied
- Most Doubles, Both Teams, Single Game - 9, Duke (6), Oregon St (3), Duke 18-7, tied (3 others)
- Most Runs, Individual, CWS - 11, John Turco, Holy Cross, 7 games, tied
- Most Wins, Individual, CWS - 3, Jim O'Neill, Holy Cross, 3 games, tied (7 others)
- Most Games Started, Individual, CWS - 3, Jim O'Neill, Holy Cross, tied (many)
- Most Complete Games, Individual, CWS - 3, Jim O'Neill, Holy Cross, tied (2 others)
- Most Triples, Team, CWS - 7, Holy Cross, 7 games, tied

[edit] See also

NCAA Division I Baseball Championship

[edit] External links

2006 Men's College World Series RecordsPDF (8.9 MB)

NCAA Division I Men's College World Series
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