1945 NCAA baseball season

1945 NCAA baseball season
Seasons

The 1945 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1945. Play largely consisted of regional matchups, some organized by conferences, and ended in June. No national championship event was held until 1947.

The American Baseball Coaches Association, then known as the American Association of Collegiate Baseball Coaches, was founded in 1945 to promote amateur baseball. One stated objective was the establishment of a College World Series.[1][2]

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1945 season.

Conference Regular season winner
Big Nine Michigan
CIBA California
EIBL Princeton
Pacific Coast Conference North Washington State
Southeastern Conference LSU
Southwest Conference Texas

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1945 Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Yale  ‍†‍‍ 6 – 1 – 0   .857 8 – 4 – 1   .654
Princeton  ‍‍‍ 5 – 3 – 0   .625 9 – 8 – 0   .529
Columbia  ‍‍‍ 4 – 3 – 0   .571 8 – 6 – 0   .571
Dartmouth  ‍‍‍ 4 – 4 – 0   .500 8 – 15 – 0   .348
Penn  ‍‍‍ 3 – 4 – 0   .429 9 – 6 – 0   .600
Cornell  ‍‍‍ 4 – 6 – 0   .400 4 – 11 – 0   .267
† – Conference champion


References

  1. ^ "About the ABCA". ABCA. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
  2. ^ Mahan, Ted (December 1991). The History of College Baseball Since 1945 (Master of Liberal Studies in American Culture thesis). University of Michigan–Flint. p. 7. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
  3. ^ "Ivy League Baseball Record Book 2017-18" (PDF). Ivy League. June 2017. pp. 1–2. Retrieved May 30, 2018.


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