1948 Yale Bulldogs baseball team

{{Infobox NCAA team season

|mode = baseball

|year = 1948

|team = Yale Bulldogs

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|conference = Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League

|short_conf = EIBL

|record = 21–9–1

|conf_record = 6–3

|head_coach = Ethan Allen (3rd year)

|captain = George Bush

|stadium = Yale Field

|champion = NCAA tournament Eastern playoff champions
College World Series runner-up

|bowl =

|bowl_result =

}}

{{1948 Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League baseball standings}}

The 1948 Yale Bulldogs baseball team represented the Yale University in the 1948 NCAA baseball season. The Bulldogs played their home games at Yale Field. The team was coached by Ethan Allen in his 3rd season at Yale.

The Bulldogs advanced to the College World Series, falling to the USC Trojans two games to one in the best of three series.{{cite web|url=http://dataomaha.com/cws/year/1948|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111226191748/http://dataomaha.com/cws/year/1948|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 26, 2011|title=1948 College World Series|accessdate=August 31, 2019|publisher=Omaha.com}}

Future president George H. W. Bush was a third baseman and captain on the team.

Roster

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width="03"\| \|valign="top"\| Pitchers James C. Duffus Frank Quinn Robert M. Goodyear Austin A. Woodward Catchers Norm Felske Frank H. Marshall Bob Rosensweig \|width="15"\| \| valign="top" \| Infielders George Bush Richard Mathews Arthur K. Moher Delos G. Smith, Jr. \|width="15"\| \| valign="top" \| Outfielders Jerry Breen Art Fitzgerald Thomas Redden Richard M. Tettelbach \|width="15"\| \| valign="top" \| Position Unknown Sidney A. Rosner \|width="20"\|

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Pitchers

James C. Duffus
Frank Quinn
Robert M. Goodyear
Austin A. Woodward

Catchers

Norm Felske
Frank H. Marshall
Bob Rosensweig

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Infielders

George Bush
Richard Mathews
Arthur K. Moher
Delos G. Smith, Jr.

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Outfielders

Jerry Breen
Art Fitzgerald
Thomas Redden
Richard M. Tettelbach

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Position Unknown

Sidney A. Rosner

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Schedule

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style="background:#ddffdd;"\|	Yale win
style="background:#ffddddb;"\|	Yale loss
style="background:#ffffe6;"\|	Tie
Bold	Yale team member
*	Non-Conference game

colspan=2 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle\|Yale Bulldogs\|color=white}}" \| 1948 Yale Bulldogs baseball game log{{cite web\|url=http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/m-basebl/2012-13/files/baseball_game-by-game.pdf\|publisher=Yale Bulldogs\|title=Game by Game Results\|accessdate=April 24, 2014\|page=14\|archive-date=October 21, 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151021013728/https://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/m-basebl/2012-13/files/baseball_game-by-game.pdf\|url-status=dead}}
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colspan=2 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle\|Yale Bulldogs\|color=white}}" \| Regular season
{\| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="margin:auto; width:100%; text-align:center; font-size:95%" ! colspan=12 style="padding-left:4em;{{CollegeSecondaryStyle\|Yale Bulldogs}}" \| April
Date ! Opponent ! Site/stadium ! Score ! Overall record ! EIBL record
bgcolor="#ffffe6" \| April 2	at {{cbsb link\|year=1948\|team=North Carolina Tar Heels\|title=North Carolina}}	Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, NC	T 7–7	0–0–1
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \| April 3	at {{cbsb link\|year=1948\|team=NC State Wolfpack\|title=NC State}}	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC	W 9–6	1–0–1
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \| April 5	at {{cbsb link\|year=1948\|team=Wake Forest Demon Deacons\|title=Wake Forest}}	South Side Park • Winston-Salem, NC	L 0–2	1–1–1
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \| April 6	at {{cbsb link\|year=1948\|team=Duke Blue Devils\|title=Duke}}	Jack Coombs Field • Durham, NC	L 1–10	1–2–1
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \| April 7	at {{cbsb link\|year=1948\|team=Maryland Terrapins\|title=Maryland}}	College Park, MD	W 6–5	2–2–1
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \| April 8	at {{cbsb link\|year=1948\|team=Lafayette Leopards\|title=Lafayette}}	Fisher Field • Easton, PA	L 3–4	2–3–1
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \| April 17	at {{cbsb link\|year=1948\|team=Navy Midshipmen\|title=Navy}}	Annapolis, MD	L 0–2	2–4–1	0–1
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \| April 20	{{cbsb link\|year=1948\|team=Connecticut Huskies\|title=Connecticut}}	Yale Field • New Haven, CT	W 7–0	3–4–1
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \| April 22	{{cbsb link\|year=1948\|team=Boston College Eagles\|title=Boston College}}	Yale Field • New Haven, CT	W 3–1	4–4–1
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \| April 24	{{cbsb link\|year=1948\|team=Amherst Lord Jeffs\|title=Amherst}}	Yale Field • New Haven, CT	W 3–0⁷	5–4–1
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \| April 27	{{cbsb link\|year=1948\|team=Springfield Pride\|title=Springfield}}	Yale Field • New Haven, CT	W 1–0	6–4–1
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \| April 29	{{cbsb link\|year=1948\|team=UMass Minutemen\|title=UMass}}	Yale Field • New Haven, CT	W 2–1	7–4–1

Date ! Opponent ! Site/stadium ! Score ! Overall record ! EIBL record
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bgcolor="#ddffdd" \| May 1	at {{cbsb link\|year=1948\|team=Brown Bears\|title=Brown}}	Providence, RI	W 16–2	8–4–1
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \| May 5	{{cbsb link\|year=1948\|team=Providence Friars\|title=Providence}}	Yale Field • New Haven, CT	W 22–4⁸	9–4–1
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \| May 8	{{cbsb link\|year=1948\|team=Penn Quakers\|title=Penn}}	Yale Field • New Haven, CT	W 5–2	10–4–1	1–1
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \| May 15	at {{cbsb link\|year=1948\|team=Dartmouth Big Green\|title=Dartmouth}}	Hanover, NH	W 6–2	11–4–1	2–1
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \| May 19	{{cbsb link\|year=1948\|team=Trinity Bantams\|title=Trinity}}	Yale Field • New Haven, CT	W 7–6	12–4–1
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \| May 22	{{cbsb link\|year=1948\|team=Army Black Knights\|title=Army}}	Yale Field • New Haven, CT	W 1–0	13–4–1
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \| May 26	{{cbsb link\|year=1948\|team=Holy Cross Crusaders\|title=Holy Cross}}	Yale Field • New Haven, CT	L 1–4	13–5–1
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \| May 27	{{cbsb link\|year=1948\|team=Columbia Lions\|title=Columbia}}	Yale Field • New Haven, CT	L 0–2	13–6–1	2–2
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \| May 29	at {{cbsb link\|year=1948\|team=Cornell Big Red\|title=Cornell}}	Hoy Field • Ithaca, NY	W 4–3	14–6–1	3–2

Date ! Opponent ! Site/stadium ! Score ! Overall record ! EIBL record
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bgcolor="#ddffdd" \| June 2	at {{cbsb link\|year=1948\|team=Williams Ephs\|title=Williams}}	Williamstown, MA	W 14–5	15–6–1
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \| June 5	{{cbsb link\|year=1948\|team=Princeton Tigers\|title=Princeton}}	Yale Field • New Haven, CT	W 14–2	16–6–1	4–2
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \| June 12	at Princeton	Princeton, NJ	W 7–5	17–6–1	5–2

! colspan=2 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Yale Bulldogs|border=0}}" | Post-season

Date ! Opponent ! Site/stadium ! Score ! Overall record ! NCAAT record
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bgcolor="#ddffdd" \| June 15	vs. {{cbsb link\|year=1948\|team=North Carolina Tar Heels\|title=North Carolina}}	Winston-Salem, NC	W 6–1	18–6–1	1–0
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \| June 16	vs. {{cbsb link\|year=1948\|team=Lafayette Leopards\|title=Lafayette}}	Winston-Salem, NC	W 11–2	19–6–1	2–0
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \| June 17	vs. Lafayette	Winston-Salem, NC	W 4–3	20–6–1	3–0

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Date ! Opponent ! Site/stadium ! Score ! Overall record ! EIBL record
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \| June 22	{{CBSB link\|year=1948\|team=Harvard Crimson\|title=Harvard}}	Yale Field • New Haven, CT	L 0–2	20–7–1	6–3

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! colspan=12 style="padding-left:4em;{{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Yale Bulldogs}}" | June

Date

! Opponent

! Site/stadium

! Score

! Overall record

! EIBL record

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| June 22

Yale Field • New Haven, CT

L 0–2

20–7–1

6–3

Date ! Opponent ! Site/stadium ! Score ! Overall record ! CWS record
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bgcolor="ffdddd" \| June 25	Southern California	Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, MI	L 1–3	20–8–1	0–1
bgcolor="ddffdd" \| June 26	Southern California	Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, MI	W 8-3	21-8–1	1–1
bgcolor="ffdddd" \| June 26	Southern California	Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, MI	L 3–9	21–9–1	1–2

Awards and honors

Frank Quinn

All-America First team

Richard Mathews

All-America First team

References

Category:Yale Bulldogs baseball seasons

Category:College World Series seasons

Category:Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League baseball champion seasons

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