1954 NCAA baseball tournament#District 4

{{Infobox NCAA Baseball Tournament

| Year=1954

| Image=

| ImageSize=

| Caption=

| Teams=24

| CollegeWorldSeriesBallpark=Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium

| City=Omaha, NE

| Champions=Missouri

| TitleCount=1st

| Runner-Up=Rollins

| CWSCount=1st

| Coach=Hi Simmons

| CoachCount=1st

| MOP=Tom Yewcic

| MOPTeam=Michigan State

| Attendance=

| Television=

| Different Previous=1953

| tournament_link=NCAA Division I Baseball Championship

}}

The 1954 NCAA baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1954 NCAA baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its eighth year. Eight regional districts sent representatives to the College World Series, but for the first time the preliminary tournament rounds hosted by each district were sanctioned NCAA events. These events would later become known as regionals. Each district had its own format for selecting teams, resulting in 24 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament.{{cite web|title=NCAA Men's College World Series Records|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/baseball_cws_RB/2009CWSfull.pdf|publisher=NCAA|access-date=22 April 2012|page=196|year=2009}} The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska from June 10 to June 16. The eighth tournament's champion was Missouri, coached by John "Hi" Simmons. The Most Outstanding Player was Tom Yewcic of Michigan State.{{cite web|url=http://dataomaha.com/cws/year/1954|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111226114710/http://dataomaha.com/cws/year/1954|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 26, 2011|title=1954 College World Series|access-date=September 25, 2019|publisher=Omaha.com}}

Tournament

=District 1=

Games played in Springfield, Massachusetts.

{{4TeamBracket

| seeds = no

| RD1-team1=UMass

| RD1-score1=9*

| RD1-team2={{CBSB link|year=1954|team=Springfield Pride|title=Springfield}}

| RD1-score2=7*

| RD1-team3={{CBSB link|year=1954|team=Boston University Terriers|title=Boston University}}

| RD1-score3=8

| RD1-team4={{CBSB link|year=1954|team=Holy Cross Crusaders|title=Holy Cross}}

| RD1-score4=3

| RD2-team1=UMass

| RD2-score1=2

| RD2-team2=Boston University

| RD2-score2=0

}}

=District 2=

Games played at Allentown, Pennsylvania.

{{4TeamBracket |

| seeds = no

| RD1-team1={{CBSB link|year=1954|team=St. John's Redmen|title=St. John's}}

| RD1-score1=4

| RD1-team2={{CBSB link|year=1954|team=Navy Midshipmen|title=Navy}}

| RD1-score2=2

| RD1-team3=Lafayette

| RD1-score3=4

| RD1-team4={{CBSB link|year=1954|team=Villanova Wildcats|title=Villanova}}

| RD1-score4=3

| RD2-team1=St. John's (NY)

| RD2-score1=0

| RD2-team2=Lafayette

| RD2-score2=9

}}

=District 3=

District 3 consisted of two separate 3-game series. The first series was played between Virginia Tech and Clemson, with the winner moving on to play Rollins in a three-game series. The winner of that series moved on to the College World Series.

In the semifinal series, the first game was played in Clemson, South Carolina, and the second game was played in Blacksburg, Virginia. Both final series games were played in Winter Park, Florida.

{{3TeamBracket

| legs = 3

| seeds = no

| RD1-team1 = {{CBSB link|year=1954|team=Virginia Tech Hokies|title=Virginia Tech}}

| RD1-score1-1 = 11

| RD1-score1-2 = 7

| RD1-score1-3 = –

| RD1-team2 = {{CBSB link|year=1954|team=Clemson Tigers|title=Clemson}}

| RD1-score2-1 = 10

| RD1-score2-2 = 1

| RD1-score2-3 = –

| RD2-team1 = Virginia Tech

| RD2-score1-1 = 0

| RD2-score1-2 = 3

| RD2-score1-3 = –

| RD2-team2 = Rollins

| RD2-score2-1 = 3

| RD2-score2-2 = 9

| RD2-score2-3 = –

}}

=District 4=

District 4 consisted of two separate 3 game series'. The first series was played between Ohio and Ashland, with the winner moving on to play Michigan St. in a three-game series. The winner of that series moved on to the College World Series.

Games played at Athens, Ohio.

{{3TeamBracket

| legs = 3

| seeds = no

| RD1-team1 = {{CBSB link|year=1954|team=Ashland Eagles|title=Ashland}}

| RD1-score1-1 = 4

| RD1-score1-2 = 6

| RD1-score1-3 = –

| RD1-team2 = {{CBSB link|year=1954|team=Ohio Bobcats|title=Ohio}}

| RD1-score2-1 = 18

| RD1-score2-2 = 10

| RD1-score2-3 = –

| RD2-team1 = Ohio

| RD2-score1-1 = 10

| RD2-score1-2 = 7

| RD2-score1-3 = 3

| RD2-team2 = Michigan State

| RD2-score2-1 = 14

| RD2-score2-2 = 0

| RD2-score2-3 = 5

}}

=District 5=

Missouri (Automatic College World Series qualifier)

=District 6=

Games played at Austin, Texas.

{{2TeamBracket

| legs = 3

| seeds = no

| RD1 = District 6 Series

| RD1-team1={{CBSB link|year=1954|team=Oklahoma State Cowboys|title=Oklahoma State}}

| RD1-score1-1=6

| RD1-score1-2=12

| RD1-score1-3=7

| RD1-team2={{CBSB link|year=1954|team=Texas Longhorns|title=Texas}}

| RD1-score2-1=3

| RD1-score2-2=16

| RD1-score2-3=6

}}

=District 7=

Games played at Greeley, Colorado.

{{align|left|{{2TeamBracket|RD1-team1=Arizona|RD1-team2=Colorado State College|RD1-score1=8|RD1-score2=2|RD1=Game 1|seeds=no}}}}

{{align|left|{{2TeamBracket|RD1-team1=Colorado State College|RD1-team2=Wyoming|RD1-score1=21|RD1-score2=14|RD1=Game 2|seeds=no}}}}

{{align|left|{{2TeamBracket|RD1-team1=Arizona|RD1-team2=Wyoming|RD1-score1=16|RD1-score2=9|RD1=Game 3|seeds=no}}}}

{{2TeamBracket|RD1-team1=Arizona|RD1-team2=Colorado State College|RD1-score1=8¹¹|RD1-score2=5¹¹|RD1=Final|seeds=no}}

=District 8=

Games played at Eugene, Oregon.

{{4Team2ElimBracket

| RD1=First Round

| RD2=Semi-Finals

| RD3=Finals

| RD1-seed1=

| RD1-team1=Oregon

| RD1-score1=9

| RD1-seed2=

| RD1-team2=Seattle

| RD1-score2=4

| RD1-seed3=

| RD1-team3=Fresno State

| RD1-score3=9

| RD1-seed4=

| RD1-team4={{CBSB link|year=1954|team=USC Trojans|title=Southern California}}

| RD1-score4=3

| RD1-seed5=

| RD1-team5=Seattle

| RD1-score5=0

| RD1-seed6=

| RD1-team6=Southern California

| RD1-score6=9

| RD2-seed1=

| RD2-team1=Oregon

| RD2-score1=9

| RD2-seed2=

| RD2-team2=Fresno State

| RD2-score2=5

| RD2-seed3=

| RD2-team3=Fresno State

| RD2-score3=7

| RD2-seed4=

| RD2-team4=Southern California

| RD2-score4=4

| RD3-seed1=

| RD3-team1=Oregon

| RD3-score1-1=1⁵

| RD3-score1-2=—

| RD3-seed2=

| RD3-team2=Fresno State

| RD3-score2-1=0⁵

| RD3-score2-2=—

}}

College World Series

=Participants=

class="wikitable" ! School !! Conference !! Record (conference) !! Head coach !! CWS appearances !! CWS best finish !! CWS record
align=center \| Arizona	Border	39–7 (2–0)	Frank Sancet	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
align=center \| Lafayette	Independent	16–6	Charlie Gelbert	1 (last: 1953)	3rd (1953)	3–2
align=center \| UMass	Yankee	14–5 (4–2)	Earl Lorden	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
align=center \| Michigan State	Big 10	22–8–1 (11–2)	John Kobs	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
align=center \| Missouri	Big Seven	17–3 (11–1)	Hi Simmons	1 (last: 1952)	2nd (1952)	3–2
align=center \| Oklahoma A&M	MVC	16–9 (8–1)	Toby Greene	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
align=center \| Oregon	PCC	18–6 (11–5)	Don Kirsch	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
align=center \| Rollins	Independent	22–6	Joe Justice	0 (last: none)	none	0–0

=Results=

==Bracket==

{{8TeamBracket-2Elim |style=2

| RD1-seed1=

| RD1-team1=Michigan State

| RD1-score1=16

| RD1-seed2=

| RD1-team2=UMass

| RD1-score2=5

| RD1-seed3=

| RD1-team3=Arizona

| RD1-score3=12

| RD1-seed4=

| RD1-team4=Oregon

| RD1-score4=1

| RD1-seed5=

| RD1-team5=Rollins

| RD1-score5=9¹¹

| RD1-seed6=

| RD1-team6=Oklahoma A&M

| RD1-score6=5

| RD1-seed7=

| RD1-team7=Missouri

| RD1-score7=5

| RD1-seed8=

| RD1-team8=Lafayette

| RD1-score8=3

| RD2-seed1=

| RD2-team1=Michigan State

| RD2-score1=2

| RD2-seed2=

| RD2-team2=Arizona

| RD2-score2=1

| RD2-seed3=

| RD2-team3=Rollins

| RD2-score3=4

| RD2-seed4=

| RD2-team4=Missouri

| RD2-score4=1

| RD2-seed5=

| RD2-team5=UMass

| RD2-score5=5

| RD2-seed6=

| RD2-team6=Oregon

| RD2-score6=3

| RD2-seed7=

| RD2-team7=Oklahoma A&M

| RD2-score7=4

| RD2-seed8=

| RD2-team8=Lafayette

| RD2-score8=2

| RD3-seed1=

| RD3-team1=Michigan State

| RD3-score1=4

| RD3-seed2=

| RD3-team2=Rollins

| RD3-score2=5

| RD3-seed3=

| RD3-team3=Missouri

| RD3-score3=8

| RD3-seed4=

| RD3-team4=UMass

| RD3-score4=1

| RD3-seed5=

| RD3-team5=Arizona

| RD3-score5=4

| RD3-seed6=

| RD3-team6=Oklahoma A&M

| RD3-score6=5¹⁴

| RD4-seed1=

| RD4-team1=Rollins

| RD4-score1=2

| RD4-seed2=

| RD4-team2=Michigan State

| RD4-score2=3¹⁰

| RD4-seed3=

| RD4-team3=Missouri

| RD4-score3=7

| RD4-seed4=

| RD4-team4=Oklahoma A&M

| RD4-score4=3

| RD5-seed1=

| RD5-team1=Michigan State

| RD5-score1=3

| RD5-seed2=

| RD5-team2=Missouri

| RD5-score2=4

| RD6-seed1=

| RD6-team1=Rollins

| RD6-score1=1

| RD6-seed2=

| RD6-team2=Missouri

| RD6-score2=4

}}

==Game results==

class="wikitable" ! Date !! Game !! Winner !! Score !! Loser !! Notes
align=center \|rowspan=2\| June 10	Game 1	Michigan State	16–5	UMass
align=center \| Game 2	Arizona	12–1	Oregon
align=center \| June 11	Game 3	Rollins	9–5 (11)	Oklahoma A&M
align=center \| June 10	Game 4	Missouri	5–3	Lafayette
align=center \|rowspan=4\| June 11	Game 5	UMass	5–3	Oregon	Oregon eliminated
align=center \| Game 6	{{cbsb link\|year=1954\|team=Oklahoma State Cowboys\|school=Oklahoma State University–Stillwater\|title=Oklahoma A&M}}	4–2	Lafayette	Lafayette eliminated
align=center \| Game 7	Michigan State	2–1	Arizona
align=center \| Game 8	Rollins	4–1	Missouri
align=center \|rowspan=3\| June 12	Game 9	Missouri	8–1	UMass	UMass eliminated
align=center \| Game 10	Oklahoma A&M	5–4 (14)	Arizona	Arizona eliminated
align=center \| Game 11	Rollins	5–4	Michigan State
align=center \|rowspan=2\| June 13	Game 12	Missouri	7–3	Oklahoma A&M	Oklahoma A&M eliminated
align=center \| Game 13	Michigan State	3–2 (10)	Rollins
align=center \| June 14	Game 14	Missouri	4–3	Michigan State	Michigan State eliminated
align=center \| June 16	Final	Missouri	4–1	Rollins	Missouri wins CWS