# 1947 NCAA baseball season

The 1947 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1947. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1947 NCAA baseball tournament and 1947 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the first time in 1947, consisted of the two remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and was held in Kalamazoo, Michigan at Hyames Field as a best of three series. California claimed the championship two games to none over Yale.

## Realignment

The Southern Conference resumed sponsoring baseball in 1947, with 16 teams.

## Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1947 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 Nine | Illinois | No Conference Tournament | No Conference Tournament | No Conference Tournament |
| Big Six | Oklahoma | No Conference Tournament | No Conference Tournament | No Conference Tournament |
| CIBA | California/Southern California | No Conference Tournament | No Conference Tournament | No Conference Tournament |
| EIBL | Yale | No Conference Tournament | No Conference Tournament | No Conference Tournament |
| Metropolitan New York Conference | NYU | No Conference Tournament | No Conference Tournament | No Conference Tournament |
| Mid-American Conference | Ohio | No Conference Tournament | No Conference Tournament | No Conference Tournament |
| Missouri Valley Conference | Oklahoma A&M | 1947 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament | | Oklahoma A&M |
| Pacific Coast Conference North | Washington State | No Conference Tournament | No Conference Tournament | No Conference Tournament |
| Southeastern Conference | Alabama | No Conference Tournament | No Conference Tournament | No Conference Tournament |
| Southern Conference | Clemson | No Conference Tournament | No Conference Tournament | No Conference Tournament |
| Southwest Conference | Texas | No Conference Tournament | No Conference Tournament | No Conference Tournament |

## Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:
1947 Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League baseball standings :
| 1947 Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League baseball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT Yale ‍†‍‍$^y$ 9–3–0 .75019–10–1 .650 Columbia ‍‍‍ 7–5–0 .5838–7–1 .531 Harvard ‍‍‍ 7–5–0 .58312–13–0 .480 Princeton ‍‍‍ 7–5–0 .58310–12–0 .455 Penn ‍‍‍ 6–6–0 .50012–9–0 .571 Dartmouth ‍‍‍ 3–9–0 .2505–16–0 .238 Cornell ‍‍‍ 3–9–0 .2508–17–0 .320 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament | 1947 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT North Washington State ‍†‍‍ 11–5 .68823–11 .676 Oregon ‍‍‍ 9–7 .56319–7 .731 Washington ‍‍‍ 9–7 .5639–7 .563 Oregon State ‍‍‍ 6–10 .37514–11 .560 Idaho ‍‍‍ 5–11 .313– – California Intercollegiate Baseball Association California ‍†‍‍$^y$ 11–4 .73331–10 .756 Southern California ‍†‍‍ 11–4 .73316–6 .727 Stanford ‍‍‍ 7–8 .46719–11 .633 UCLA ‍‍‍ 7–8 .46729–15 .659 St. Mary's ‍‍‍ 5–10 .333– – Santa Clara ‍‍‍ 4–11 .26710–15 .400 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament | 1947 Southern Conference baseball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Clemson ‍†‍‍$^y$ 13–2 .86724–5 .828 Richmond ‍‍‍ 8–3 .72720–3 .870 Duke ‍‍‍ 13–6 .684– – Virginia Tech ‍‍‍ 4–3 .57111–6 .647 Maryland ‍‍‍ 4–3 .57110–10 .500 Washington and Lee ‍‍‍ 5–4 .556– – North Carolina ‍‍‍ 9–7 .56315–11 .577 NC State ‍‍‍ 7–8 .467– – William & Mary ‍‍‍ 6–8 .42915–8 .652 Wake Forest ‍‍‍ 6–8 .42915–8 .652 Furman ‍‍‍ 4–6 .400– – South Carolina ‍‍‍ 5–8 .385– – VMI ‍‍‍ 2–6 .250– – The Citadel ‍‍‍ 1–3 .2502–5 .286 George Washington ‍‍‍ 1–4 .200– – Davidson ‍‍‍ 0–10 .000– – † – Conference champion As of June 30, 1947 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
| 1947 Southwest Conference baseball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Texas ‍†‍‍$^y$ 14–1 .93320–4 .833 Baylor ‍‍‍ 9–5 .64312–8 .600 Texas A&M ‍‍‍ 8–6 .57114–8 .636 SMU ‍‍‍ 5–9 .3576–9 .400 Rice ‍‍‍ 4–10 .2865–11 .313 TCU ‍‍‍ 3–12 .2004–15 .211 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1947 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |

## NCAA tournament

The 1947 season marked the first NCAA Baseball Tournament, which consisted of eight teams divided into two brackets by region. The Eastern playoff was held in New Haven, Connecticut, while the Western playoff was held in Denver, Colorado. The winner of each single elimination bracket advanced to the inaugural College World Series in Kalamazoo, MI, where California defeated Yale in a best of three series.
| College World Series Finals | College World Series Finals | College World Series Finals | College World Series Finals |
| California | 17 | 8 | – |
| Yale | 4 | 7 | – |