1946 NCAA baseball season

1946 NCAA baseball season
Seasons

The 1946 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1946. 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. After the 1946 season, a collegiate all-star game was held by the ABCA at Fenway Park. The Eastern All-Stars, coached by Jack Barry of Holy Cross defeated the Midwest All-Stars under the leadership of Ray Fisher from Michigan.[1][2]

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1946 season.

Conference Regular season winner
Big Nine Wisconsin
Big Six Oklahoma
CIBA Southern California
EIBL Yale
Pacific Coast Conference North Oregon
Southeastern Conference LSU
Southwest Conference Texas

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1946 Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Yale  ‍‍‍ 10 1   .909 14 4   .778
Penn  ‍‍‍ 5 3   .625 8 6   .571
Columbia  ‍‍‍ 5 4   .556 7 7   .500
Cornell  ‍‍‍ 5 4   .556 11 7   .611
Princeton  ‍‍‍ 3 7   .300 9 14   .391
Dartmouth  ‍‍‍ 2 8   .200 5 13   .278
† – 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. pp. 6–10. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
  3. ^ "Ivy League Baseball Record Book 2017-18" (PDF). Ivy League. June 2017. pp. 1–2. Retrieved May 30, 2018.