1953 NCAA baseball season

1953 NCAA baseball season
College World Series
Champions	Michigan (1st title)
Runners-up	Texas (4th CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Ray Fisher (1st title)
MOP	J. L. Smith (Texas)
Seasons

The 1953 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1953. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1953 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the seventh time in 1953, 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. Michigan claimed the championship.

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1953 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 Conference	Oklahoma	No tournament
Big Ten Conference	Michigan Illinois	No tournament
CIBA	Stanford	No tournament
EIBL	Princeton	No conference tournament
Mid-American Conference	Ohio	No tournament
Missouri Valley Conference	Houston	No tournament
Pacific Coast Conference	Oregon	No tournament
Rocky Mountain Conference	Colorado State	No tournament
Southeastern Conference	Georgia	No tournament
Southern Conference	North - George Washington South - North Carolina	1953 Southern Conference baseball tournament	Greensboro, NC	Duke
Southwest Conference	Texas	No tournament

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1953 Big Seven Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Oklahoma  ‍†‍‍y 7 – 2   .778 11 – 11   .500 Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 10 – 3   .769 13 – 5   .722 Missouri  ‍‍‍ 9 – 5   .643 11 – 8   .579 Colorado  ‍‍‍ 4 – 4   .500 –   – Iowa State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 5   .444 –   – Kansas  ‍‍‍ 4 – 8   .333 6 – 10   .375 Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 1 – 12   .077 4 – 13   .235 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the College World Series As of June 30, 1953 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1953 Big Ten Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Illinois  ‍†‍‍ 10 – 3   .769 17 – 6   .739 Michigan  ‍†‍‍y 10 – 3   .769 21 – 9   .700 Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 4   .692 13 – 13   .500 Iowa  ‍‍‍ 8 – 4   .667 15 – 10   .600 Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 7 – 5   .583 19 – 9   .679 Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 6 – 5   .545 19 – 8   .704 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 7   .462 11 – 17   .393 Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 2 – 9   .182 12 – 12   .500 Purdue  ‍‍‍ 2 – 9   .182 5 – 13   .278 Indiana  ‍‍‍ 0 – 11   .000 9 – 4   .692 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the College World Series As of June 30, 1953 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1953 Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Princeton  ‍†‍‍ 8 – 2 – 1   .773 14 – 7 – 1   .659 Yale  ‍‍‍ 6 – 3 – 1   .650 16 – 8 – 2   .654 Penn  ‍‍‍ 6 – 3 – 1   .650 10 – 11 – 1   .477 Dartmouth  ‍‍‍ 5 – 3 – 0   .625 11 – 14 – 0   .440 Brown  ‍‍‍ 4 – 3 – 2   .556 6 – 6 – 2   .500 Columbia  ‍‍‍ 4 – 5 – 0   .444 7 – 8 – 2   .471 Harvard  ‍‍‍ 4 – 5 – 0   .444 8 – 11 – 0   .421 Cornell  ‍‍‍ 3 – 6 – 0   .333 7 – 6 – 0   .538 Army  ‍‍‍ 2 – 5 – 1   .313 6 – 9 – 3   .417 Navy  ‍‍‍ 1 – 8 – 0   .111 10 – 10 – 0   .500 † – Conference champion
1953 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Houston  ‍†‍‍y 6 – 2   .750 15 – 11   .577 Oklahoma A&M  ‍‍‍ 4 – 2   .667 13 – 4   .765 Tulsa  ‍‍‍ 4 – 2   .667 11 – 6   .647 Detroit  ‍‍‍ 2 – 1   .667 11 – 7   .611 Saint Louis  ‍‍‍ 1 – 2   .333 –   – Wichita State  ‍‍‍ 0 – 6   .000 –   – † – Conference champion y – Invited to the College World Series As of June 30, 1951 Rankings from Coaches' Poll	1953 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT North Division Oregon  ‍†‍‍ 9 – 3 – 0   .750 15 – 4 – 0   .789 Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 3 – 0   .727 15 – 9 – 0   .625 Washington State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 8 – 0   .500 14 – 14 – 1   .500 Idaho  ‍‍‍ 6 – 7 – 0   .462 0 – 0 – 0   – Washington  ‍‍‍ 1 – 11 – 0   .083 4 – 15 – 1   .225 California Intercollegiate Baseball Association Stanford  ‍†‍‍y 10 – 6 – 0   .625 29 – 5 – 2   .833 USC  ‍‍‍ 10 – 6 – 0   .625 21 – 9 – 0   .700 California  ‍‍‍ 8 – 8 – 0   .500 22 – 15 – 0   .595 Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 6 – 10 – 0   .375 14 – 15 – 0   .483 UCLA  ‍‍‍ 6 – 10 – 0   .375 16 – 20 – 0   .444 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament	1953 Rocky Mountain Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Colorado State  ‍†‍‍y 8 – 1   .889 14 – 7   .667 Colorado College  ‍‍‍ 4 – 3   .571 –   – Western State  ‍‍‍ 2 – 2   .500 –   – Colorado Mines  ‍‍‍ 0 – 8   .000 0 – 8   .000 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the College World Series As of June 30, 1953 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1953 Southern Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Northern George Washington  x‍‍‍ 8 – 2   .800 –   – Maryland  ‍‍‍ 8 – 2   .800 16 – 7   .696 Richmond  ‍‍‍ 5 – 5   .500 9 – 9   .500 Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 4 – 5   .444 6 – 7   .462 VMI  ‍‍‍ 4 – 5   .444 –   – Washington and Lee  ‍‍‍ 3 – 6   .333 –   – West Virginia  ‍‍‍ 2 – 5   .286 –   – William & Mary  ‍‍‍ 2 – 6   .250 –   – Southern North Carolina  x‍‍‍ 11 – 3   .786 19 – 8   .704 Duke  ‍‍‡‍y 9 – 5   .643 22 – 10   .688 Clemson  ‍‍‍ 10 – 6   .625 11 – 6   .647 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 8 – 5   .615 15 – 5   .750 NC State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 6   .538 –   – Furman  ‍‍‍ 7 – 8   .467 –   – The Citadel  ‍‍‍ 7 – 10   .412 –   – South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 7 – 11   .389 –   – Davidson  ‍‍‍ 0 – 12   .000 –   – x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the College World Series As of June 30, 1953 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1953 Southwest Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Texas  ‍†‍‍y 12 – 3   .800 25 – 7   .781 SMU  ‍†‍‍ 12 – 3   .800 15 – 6   .714 Baylor  ‍‍‍ 7 – 5   .583 7 – 5   .583 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 6 – 9   .400 10 – 15   .400 Rice  ‍‍‍ 3 – 11   .214 7 – 16   .304 TCU  ‍‍‍ 2 – 11   .154 7 – 15   .318 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the College World Series As of June 30, 1953 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

Main article: 1953 College World Series

The 1953 season marked the seventh NCAA Baseball Tournament, which consisted of the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. 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 Michigan claiming their first championship with a 7–5 win over Texas in the final.

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final					Semifinals					Preliminary final					Final
	Texas		2
	Duke		1
						Texas		7
						Lafayette		2
	Lafayette		6
	Colorado State College		2
											Texas		5
											Michigan		12
	Boston College		4
																Michigan		4
	Houston		1
						Boston College		3								Texas		6
						Michigan		6
	Michigan		4
	Stanford		0																							Michigan		7
																					Texas		13			Texas		5
						Lower round 1					Lower round 2										Lafayette		3
											Boston College		711
						Duke		3			Duke		6
																Boston College		1
						Colorado State College		2
																Lafayette		211
											Lafayette		4
						Houston		6			Stanford		3
						Stanford		7

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1953 College Baseball All-America Team