1954 College World Series

College World Series
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The 1954 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 10 to June 16. The participating schools qualified by winning one of eight district tournaments. The eighth tournament's champion was the University of Missouri coached by John "Hi" Simmons. The Most Outstanding Player was Tom Yewcic of Michigan State University.

Participating Teams

Berth	School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
District 7	University of Arizona	Independents	39 - 7 (n/a)	Frank Sancet	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 2	Lafayette College	Independents	16 - 6 (n/a)	Charlie Gelbert	1 (last: 1953)	3rd (1953)	3 - 2
District 1	University of Massachusetts	Yankee Conference	14 - 5 (4-2)	Earl Lorden	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 4	Michigan State College	Big Ten Conference	22 - 8 - 1 (11 - 2, 0 GB)	John Kobs	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 5	University of Missouri	Big Seven Conference	17 - 3 (11 - 1, 0 GB)	Hi Simmons	1 (last: 1952)	2nd (1952)	3 - 2
District 6	Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College	Missouri Valley Conference	16 - 9 (8 - 1, 2.5 GB)	Toby Greene	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 8	University of Oregon	Pacific Coast Conference	18 - 6 (11 - 5, 0 GB)	Don Kirsch	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 3	Rollins College	Florida Intercollegiate Conference	22 - 6 (n/a)	Joe Justice	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round
		Michigan State	16
		Massachusetts	3
							Michigan State	2
							Arizona	1
		Arizona	12
		Oregon	1
												Michigan State	4
												Rollins	5
		Rollins	9
		Oklahoma A&M	5
							Rollins	4
							Missouri	1
		Missouri	5
		Lafayette	3
						Loser's bracket
							Massachusetts	5
							Oregon	3				Missouri	8
												Massachusetts	1
							Oklahoma A&M	4
							Lafayette	2				Arizona	4
												Oklahoma A&M	5

	Semifinals					Elimination					Final
		Rollins	2									Rollins	1
		Michigan State	3									Missouri	4
							Michigan State	3
							Missouri	4
		Missouri	7
		Oklahoma A&M	3

Game Results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 10	Game 1	Michigan State	16 - 3	Massachusetts
	Game 2	Arizona	12 - 1	Oregon
June 11	Game 3	Rollins	9 - 5 (11 innings)	Oklahoma A&M
June 10	Game 4	Missouri	5 - 3	Lafayette
June 11	Game 5	Massachusetts	5 - 3	Oregon	Oregon eliminated
	Game 6	Oklahoma A&M	4 - 2	Lafayette	Lafayette eliminated
	Game 7	Michigan State	2 - 1	Arizona
	Game 8	Rollins	4 - 1	Missouri
June 12	Game 9	Missouri	8 - 1	Massachusetts	Massachusetts eliminated
	Game 10	Oklahoma A&M	5 - 4 (14 innings)	Arizona	Arizona eliminated
	Game 11	Rollins	5 - 4	Michigan State
June 13	Game 12	Missouri	7 - 3	Oklahoma A&M	Oklahoma A&M eliminated
	Game 13	Michigan State	3 - 2 (10 innings)	Rollins
June 14	Game 14	Missouri	4 - 3	Michigan State	Michigan State eliminated
June 16	Final	Missouri	4 - 1	Rollins	Missouri wins CWS

Notable Players

• University of Arizona: Don Gile, Don Lee, Carl Thomas
• Lafayette College:
• University of Massachusetts:
• Michigan State College: Bob Anderson, Ed Hobaugh, Jack Kralick, Leroy Powell, George Smith, Bill Stewart, Tom Yewcic
• University of Missouri: Jay Hankins, Jerry Schoonmaker
• Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College: Tom Borland
• University of Oregon:
• Rollins College:

Related Sites

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