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The 1952 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 13 to June 17. The sixth tournament's champion was Holy Cross, coached by Jack Barry. The Most Outstanding Player was Jim O'Neill of Holy Cross.

The tournament consisted of no preliminary round of play as teams were selected directly into the College World Series. From 1947-1949 and from 1954 to the present, teams competed in the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament preliminary rounds to earn the right to play in the College World Series.

[edit] Participants

School	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS Record
Holy Cross	21 - 3 (n/a)	Jack Barry	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
Duke	31 - 8 (n/a)	Jack Coombs	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
Oregon State	27 - 12 (n/a)	Ralph Coleman	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
Penn State	17 - 6 (n/a)	Joe Bedenk	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
Missouri	20 - 7 (n/a)	Hi Simmons	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
Northern Colorado	15 - 9 (n/a)	Pete Butler	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
Texas	19 - 9 (n/a)	Bibb Falk	2 (last: 1950)	1st (1949, 1950)	8 - 1
Western Michigan	18 - 7 (n/a)	Charlie Maher	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0

[edit] Brackets

(To be added)

[edit] Game Results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 12	Game 1	Penn State	5 - 3	Texas
	Game 2	Duke	18 - 7	Oregon State
	Game 3	Holy Cross	5 - 1	Western Michigan
	Game 4	Missouri	15 - 1	Northern Colorado
June 13	Game 5	Texas	10 - 1	Oregon State	Oregon State eliminated
	Game 6	Western Michigan	8 - 6	Northern Colorado	Northern Colorado eliminated
	Game 7	Penn State	12 - 7	Duke
	Game 8	Missouri	1 - 0	Holy Cross
June 14	Game 9	Western Michigan	5 - 1	Duke	Duke eliminated
	Game 10	Holy Cross	2 - 1	Texas	Texas eliminated
	Game 11	Missouri	3 - 2	Penn State
June 15	Game 12	Holy Cross	15 - 4	Penn State	Penn State eliminated
June 15	Game 13	Holy Cross	15 - 3	Western Michigan	Western Michigan eliminated
June 16	Game 14	Holy Cross	7 - 3	Missouri
June 17	Final	Holy Cross	8 - 4	Missouri	Holy Cross wins CWS

[edit] Quick facts

In 1971, John Turco (OF) and Jim O'Neill (P) of Holy Cross were named to the College World Series All-Time Team (1947-70) by the blue-ribbon committee chaired by Abe Chanin as part of the 25th CWS celebration.
In 1996, Turco and O'Neill were named to the 1940s-50s All-Decade Team by a panel of 60 voters representing CWS head coaches, media, and chairs of the Division I Baseball Committee.
Jackie Lonergan of Holy Cross pitched a 1-hitter in a 1-0 loss to Missouri; Junior Wren of Missouri pitched a two-hitter against Penn State, and Tom Cole of Western Michigan pitched a two-hitter against Duke.
Duke's team included future major leaguer Dick Groat.
38,731 fans watched the CWS (10 sessions).
The championship game was umpired by Joe Cibulka, Larry Napp, John Pelton, and Jack Tobin.
The following records were set or tied:
- Most At Bats, Team, Single Game - 50, Holy Cross, vs Penn St, W 15-4
- Most Complete Games, Team, CWS - 7, Holy Cross, 7 games
- Most Errors, Individual, Single Game - 4, Carmen Troiso, SS, Penn St, vs Holy Cross, L 15-4, tied (3 others)
- Most Triples, Team, Single Game - 4, Holy Cross, vs Western Michigan, W 15-3, tied
- Most Doubles, Both Teams, Single Game - 9, Duke (6), Oregon St (3), Duke 18-7, tied (3 others)
- Most Runs, Individual, CWS - 11, John Turco, Holy Cross, 7 games, tied
- Most Wins, Individual, CWS - 3, Jim O'Neill, Holy Cross, 3 games, tied (7 others)
- Most Games Started, Individual, CWS - 3, Jim O'Neill, Holy Cross, tied (many)
- Most Complete Games, Individual, CWS - 3, Jim O'Neill, Holy Cross, tied (2 others)
- Most Triples, Team, CWS - 7, Holy Cross, 7 games, tied

[edit] See also

NCAA Division I Baseball Championship

[edit] External links

2006 Men's College World Series RecordsPDF (8.90 MiB)

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