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American college sports championship
Collegiate baseball tournament
1947 NCAA I
baseball tournament
Season
| 1947
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Teams
| 8
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Finals site
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Champions
| California
(1st title)
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Runner-up
| Yale
(1st CWS Appearance)
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Winning coach
| Clint Evans
(1st title)
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The
1947 NCAA baseball tournament
was the first
NCAA
-sanctioned baseball tournament that determined a national champion. The tournament was held as the conclusion of the
1947 NCAA baseball season
, beginning on June 20.
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[2]
The
1947
College World Series
was played at
Hyames Field
on the campus of
Western Michigan University
in
Kalamazoo, Michigan
from June 27 to June 28. The first tournament's champion was
California
, coached by
Clint Evans
.
Tournament
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The tournament was divided into two regional brackets, the
Eastern playoff
and the
Western playoff.
Each region played a single elimination bracket, with the champion advancing to the College World Series.
Field
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The tournament field was determined by regional committees, some of whom held playoffs, while others selected specific conference champions, and still others simply selected their representatives. The eight teams were divided among the East and West brackets.
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Eastern playoff
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At
Yale Field
,
New Haven, Connecticut
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[1]
Western playoff
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At
Denver, Colorado
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College World Series
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Participants
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Results
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The first College World Series was a best of three series.
Bracket
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| College World Series Finals
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| California
| 17
| 8
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| Yale
| 4
| 7
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Game results
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Notable players
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Tournament notes
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Future
President of the United States
George H. W. Bush
was Yale's captain and appeared in the 1947 and 1948 College World Series. (Bush was actually waiting on-deck when Cal recorded the final out in the second game of the 1947 series.)
[
citation needed
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References
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a
b
Joel Alderman (July 7, 2017).
"The inaugural game in an NCAA Baseball Tournament took place at Yale Field in 1947, when Clemson opposed Yale and future U.S. President George H. W. Bush"
.
WTNH
SportzEdge
. Retrieved
July 8,
2017
.
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"1947 College World Series"
. Omaha.com. Archived from
the original
on December 26, 2011
. Retrieved
August 31,
2019
.
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Woody Anderson (May 31, 1996).
"At The Inaugural Series, A President In The Lineup"
.
Hartford Courant
. Retrieved
July 11,
2012
.
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"The First College World Series Champions:The 1947 Golden Bears"
. California Golden Blogs. December 14, 2011
. Retrieved
June 12,
2020
.
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2011 Clemson Baseball Media Guide
. Clemson University. p. 137
. Retrieved
July 11,
2012
.
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2012 Record Book
(PDF)
. Illinois University. p. 79. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on March 4, 2016
. Retrieved
July 11,
2012
.
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2011 Golden Bears Record Book
. University of California. p. 17
. Retrieved
July 11,
2012
.
- ^
2011 Fact Book
(PDF)
. University of Texas. p. 76. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on December 19, 2013
. Retrieved
July 11,
2012
.
1946?47 NCAA championships
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Championships in grey were cancelled due to World War II
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