1952 College World Series

1952 NCAA I
baseball tournament
Season1952
Teams8
Finals site
ChampionsHoly Cross (1st title)
Runner-upMissouri (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning coachJack Barry (1st title)
MOPJames O'Neill (Holy Cross)

The 1952 College World Series was the sixth NCAA-sanctioned baseball tournament that determined a national champion. The tournament was held as the conclusion of the 1952 NCAA baseball season and was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska from June 12 to June 17. The tournament's champion was the Holy Cross Crusaders, coached by Jack Barry. The Most Outstanding Player was James O'Neill of Holy Cross.[1]

The tournament consisted of no preliminary round of play as teams were selected directly into the College World Series. From 1954 to the present, teams compete in the NCAA Division I baseball tournament preliminary round(s), to determine the eight teams that will play in the College World Series.[2][3]

  1. ^ "1952 College World Series". Omaha.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2011. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  2. ^ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 253. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  3. ^ W.C. Madden & Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 21–25. ISBN 9780786418428. Retrieved May 15, 2013.