1957 College World Series

College World Series
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The 1957 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 8 to June 12. The participating schools qualified by winning one of eight district tournaments. The eleventh tournament's champion was the University of California coached by George Wolfman. The Most Outstanding Player was Cal Emery of Pennsylvania State University.

Participating Teams

Berth	School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
District 8	University of California	California Intercollegiate Baseball Association	31 - 10 (12 - 4, 0 GB)	George Wolfman	1 (last: 1947)	1st (1947)	2 - 0
District 7	Colorado State College	Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference	24 - 6 (n/a)	Pete Butler	3 (last: 1955)	5th (1955)	1 - 6
District 1	University of Connecticut		18 - 8 (n/a)	J.O. Christian	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 3	Florida State University		19 - 4 (n/a)	Danny Litwhiler	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 5	Iowa State University	Big Seven Conference	15 - 8 (11 - 6, 0 GB)	Cap Timm	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 4	University of Notre Dame		14 - 8 (n/a)	Jake Kline	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 2	Pennsylvania State University		19 - 0 (n/a)	Joe Bedenk	1 (last: 1952)	4th (1952)	2 - 2
District 6	University of Texas at Austin	Southwest Conference	19 - 4 (12 - 1, 0 GB)	Bibb Falk	4 (last: 1953)	1st (1949, 1950)	13 - 5

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round
		Texas	3
		Connecticut	0
							Texas	1
							Penn State	4
		Penn State	7
		Florida State	0
												Penn State	0
												California	8
		California	4
		Colorado St. Col.	0
							California	8
							Iowa State	2
		Iowa State	13
		Notre Dame	8
						Loser's bracket
							Connecticut	5
							Florida State	3				Iowa State	5
												Connecticut	2
							Colorado St. Col.	2
							Notre Dame	23				Texas	0
												Notre Dame	9

	Semifinals					Finals
		California	9
		Iowa State	1
							California	1
							Penn State	0
		Penn State	5
		Notre Dame	4

Game Results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 8	Game 1	Texas	3 - 0	Connecticut
	Game 2	Penn State	7 - 0	Florida State
	Game 3	California	4 - 0	Colorado State College
	Game 4	Iowa State	13 - 8 (10 innings)	Notre Dame
June 9	Game 5	Connecticut	5 - 3	Florida State	Florida State eliminated
	Game 6	Notre Dame	23 - 2	Colorado State College	Colorado State eliminated
	Game 7	Penn State	4 - 1	Texas
	Game 8	California	8 - 2	Iowa State
June 10	Game 9	Iowa State	5 - 2	Connecticut	Connecticut eliminated
	Game 10	Notre Dame	9 - 0	Texas	Texas eliminated
	Game 11	California	8 - 0	Penn State
June 11	Game 12	Penn State	5 - 4	Notre Dame	Notre Dame eliminated
	Game 13	California	9 - 1	Iowa State	Iowa State eliminated
June 12	Final	California	1 - 0	Penn State	California wins CWS

Notable Players

• University of California: Earl Robinson
• Colorado State College: Ron Herbel
• University of Connecticut: Moe Morhardt
• Florida State University: Dick Howser
• Iowa State University: Dick Bertell, Jerry McNertney
• University of Notre Dame:
• Pennsylvania State University: Cal Emery
• University of Texas at Austin: Howie Reed, Harry Taylor

Related Sites

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