1947 California Golden Bears baseball team

1947 California Golden Bears baseball
National champions Pacific Coast Conference champions
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	31–10 (11–4 PCC)
Head coach	Clint Evans (18th year)
Home stadium	Evans Diamond
Seasons ← 1946 1948 →

1947 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings
v t e	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 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.

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

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

John Fiscalini
Jackie Jensen
Ernest Mann
Cliff McClain
Lyle Palmer

Position Unknown

LaVerne Horton
Willard Lotter
Sam Rosenthal
George Yamor

Schedule

Legend
	California win
	California loss
Bold	California team member
*	Non-Conference game

1947 California Golden Bears baseball game log

Post-season

NCAA tournament: Western Playoff
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	NCAAT record
June 20	vs. Denver	Merchants Park • Denver, CO	W 3–1	28–10	1–0
June 21	vs. Texas	Merchants Park • Denver, CO	W 13–2	29–10	2–0

NCAA tournament: College World Series
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	CWS record
June 27	vs. Yale	Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, MI	W 17–4	30–10	1–0
June 28	vs. Yale	Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, MI	W 8–7	31–10	2–0

Awards and honors

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

^ "1947 College World Series". Omaha.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2011. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
^ "The First College World Series Champions:The 1947 Golden Bears". California Golden Blogs. December 14, 2011. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
^ ^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.

v t e California Golden Bears 1947 College World Series champions
John Fiscalini Jackie Jensen
Head Coach: Clint Evans
Regular season NCAA Tournament College World Series

v t e California Golden Bears baseball
Venue	Evans Diamond (1933–present)
People	Head Coaches
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics

v t e NCAA Division I baseball champions
1947 California 1948 USC 1949 Texas 1950 Texas 1951 Oklahoma 1952 Holy Cross 1953 Michigan 1954 Missouri 1955 Wake Forest 1956 Minnesota 1957 California 1958 USC 1959 Oklahoma State 1960 Minnesota 1961 USC 1962 Michigan 1963 USC 1964 Minnesota 1965 Arizona State 1966 Ohio State 1967 Arizona State 1968 USC 1969 Arizona State 1970 USC 1971 USC 1972 USC 1973 USC 1974 USC 1975 Texas 1976 Arizona 1977 Arizona State 1978 USC 1979 Cal State Fullerton 1980 Arizona 1981 Arizona State 1982 Miami 1983 Texas 1984 Cal State Fullerton 1985 Miami 1986 Arizona 1987 Stanford 1988 Stanford 1989 Wichita State 1990 Georgia 1991 LSU 1992 Pepperdine 1993 LSU 1994 Oklahoma 1995 Cal State Fullerton 1996 LSU 1997 LSU 1998 USC 1999 Miami 2000 LSU 2001 Miami 2002 Texas 2003 Rice 2004 Cal State Fullerton 2005 Texas 2006 Oregon State 2007 Oregon State 2008 Fresno State 2009 LSU 2010 South Carolina 2011 South Carolina 2012 Arizona 2013 UCLA 2014 Vanderbilt 2015 Virginia 2016 Coastal Carolina 2017 Florida 2018 Oregon State 2019 Vanderbilt 2020 No tournament 2021 Mississippi State 2022 Ole Miss 2023 LSU

NCAA Division I baseball champions