1947 California Golden Bears baseball team

The 1947 California Golden Bears baseball team represented the University of California in the 1947 NCAA baseball season. The Golden Bears played their home games at Evans Diamond. The team was coached by Clint Evans in his 18th season at California.

1947 California Golden Bears baseball
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record31–10 (11–4 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumEvans Diamond
Seasons
← 1946
1948 →
1947 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North
Washington State  ‍‍‍ 11 5   .688 23 11   .676
Oregon  ‍‍‍ 9 7   .563 19 7   .731
Washington  ‍‍‍ 9 7   .563 9 7   .563
Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 6 10   .375 14 11   .560
Idaho  ‍‍‍ 5 11   .313  
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
California  ‍‍‍y 11 4   .733 31 10   .756
Southern California  ‍‍‍ 11 4   .733 16 6   .727
Stanford  ‍‍‍ 7 8   .467 19 11   .633
UCLA  ‍‍‍ 7 8   .467 29 15   .659
St. Mary's  ‍‍‍ 5 10   .333  
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 4 11   .267 10 15   .400
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament

The Golden Bears won the inaugural College World Series, defeating the Yale Bulldogs two games to none in the best of three championship series.[1][2]

Roster

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1947 California Golden Bears roster
 

Pitchers

  • Nino Barnise
  • Virgil Butler
  • Robert Anderson

Catchers

  • Doug Clayton
 

Infielders

  • Jim Brown
  • Tim Cronin
  • Ira Finney
  • Bob O'Dell
  • John Ramos
  • Ed Sanclemente
  • Glenn DuFour
 

Outfielders

 

Position Unknown

  • LaVerne Horton
  • Willard Lotter
  • Sam Rosenthal
  • George Yamor
 

Schedule

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Legend
  California win
  California loss
Bold California team member
* Non-Conference game
1947 California Golden Bears baseball game log
Post-season

Awards and honors

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Nino Barnise
  • All-America First Team[3]
  • All-District 8 First Team[3]
John Fiscalini
  • All-America First Team[3]
  • All-District 8 First Team[3]
Jackie Jensen
  • All-America First Team[3]
  • All-District 8 First Team[3]

References

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  1. ^ "1947 College World Series". Omaha.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2011. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
  2. ^ "The First College World Series Champions:The 1947 Golden Bears". California Golden Blogs. December 14, 2011. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "2012 Cal Bears Record Book" (PDF). CalBears.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2013.