1953 College World Series

College World Series
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The 1953 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 11 to June 16. The participating schools qualified by winning one of eight district tournaments. The seventh tournament's champion was the University of Michigan coached by Ray Fisher. The Most Outstanding Player was J.L. Smith of the University of Texas at Austin.

Participating Teams

Berth	School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
District 1	Boston College		11 - 3 (n/a)	John Tempoe	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 7	Colorado State College	Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference	15 - 4 (n/a)	Pete Butler	1 (last: 1952)	8th (1952)	0 - 2
District 3	Duke University	Southern Conference	21 - 8 (9 - 5, 2 GB)	Ace Parker	1 (last: 1952)	5th (1952)	1 - 2
District 5	University of Houston	Missouri Valley Conference	15 - 9 (6 - 2, 0 GB)	Lovette Hill	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 2	Lafayette College	Independents	17 - 4 - 3 (n/a)	Charlie Gelbert	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 4	University of Michigan	Big Ten Conference	17 - 8 (10 - 3, 0 GB)	Ray Fisher	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 8	Stanford University	California Intercollegiate Baseball Association	28 - 13 - 2 (10 - 6, 0 GB)	Everett Dean	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 6	University of Texas at Austin	Southwest Conference	21 - 5 (12 - 3, 0 GB)	Bibb Falk	3 (last: 1952)	1st (1949, 1950)	9 - 3

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round
		Texas	2
		Duke	1
							Texas	7
							Lafayette	3
		Lafayette	6
		Colorado St. Col.	2
												Texas	5
												Michigan	12
		Boston College	4
		Houston	1
							Boston College	2
							Michigan	6
		Michigan	4
		Stanford	0
						Loser's bracket
							Duke	3
							Colorado St. Col.	2				Boston College	7
												Duke	6
							Houston	6
							Stanford	7				Lafayette	4
												Stanford	3

	Semifinals					Elimination					Final
		Michigan	4									Michigan	7
		Texas	6									Texas	5
							Texas	13
							Lafayette	3
		Boston College	1
		Lafayette	2

Game Results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 11	Game 1	Texas	2 - 1	Duke
	Game 2	Boston College	4 - 1	Houston
	Game 3	Lafayette	6 - 2	Colorado State College
	Game 4	Michigan	4 - 0	Stanford
June 12	Game 5	Duke	3 - 2	Colorado State College	Colorado St. eliminated
	Game 6	Stanford	7 - 6	Houston	Houston eliminated
	Game 7	Michigan	6 - 2	Boston College
	Game 8	Texas	7 - 3	Lafayette
June 13	Game 9	Boston College	7 - 6 (11 innings)	Duke	Duke eliminated
	Game 10	Lafayette	4 - 3	Stanford	Stanford eliminated
	Game 11	Michigan	12 - 5	Texas
June 14	Game 12	Lafayette	2 - 1 (11 innings)	Boston College	Boston College eliminated
	Game 13	Texas	6 - 4	Michigan
June 15	Game 14	Texas	13 - 3	Lafayette	Lafayette eliminated
June 16	Final	Michigan	7 - 5	Texas	Michigan wins CWS

Notable Players

• Boston College:
• Duke University: Al Spangler, Jake Tarr
• University of Houston:
• Lafayette College:
• University of Michigan: Don Eaddy
• Colorado State College:
• Stanford University: Chuck Essegian, Jack Shepard
• University of Texas at Austin:

Related Sites

• OmahaSeries.com: for more info on the College World Series
• BoydsWorld.com: for more info on College Baseball