1957 NCAA University Division baseball tournament

The 1957 NCAA University Division baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1957 NCAA University Division 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 eleventh year. Eight regional districts sent representatives to the College World Series with preliminary rounds within each district serving to determine each representative. These events would later become known as regionals. Each district had its own format for selecting teams, resulting in 23 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament.^[1] The College World Series was held in Omaha, NE from June 9 to June 14. The eleventh tournament's champion was California, coached by George Wolfman. The Most Outstanding Player was Cal Emery of Penn State.^[2]

1957 NCAA University Division
baseball tournament

Season	1957
Teams	23
Finals site	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, NE
Champions	California (2nd title)
Runner-up	Penn State (2nd CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	George Wolfman (1st title)
MOP	Cal Emery (Penn State)
← 1956 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship 1958 →

Tournament

District 1

	Finals
	Connecticut	4	4	5
	Springfield	9	3	0

District 2

Games played at Brooklyn, New York

	Semifinals				Finals
	Penn State	2
	Manhattan	1
					Penn State	5
					St. John's	0
	St. John's	8
	Lafayette	3

District 3

Games played at Gastonia, North Carolina

	Upper round 1					Upper final					Final
	Florida State		5
	Georgia Southern		3
						Florida State		3
						Duke		2
	Duke		9
	George Washington		5
											Florida State		6	4
											Duke		8	1
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						Duke		21
	Georgia Southern		5			Georgia Southern		2
	George Washington		3

District 4

Games played at Kalamazoo, Michigan

Upper round 1

Upper final

Final

Notre Dame

18

Alma

2

Notre Dame

4

Western Michigan

2

Western Michigan

11

Northwestern

1

Notre Dame

2

6

Northwestern

9

1

Lower round 1

Lower final

Western Michigan

9*

Alma

2

Northwestern

10*

Northwestern

11

*–Indicates game required 10 innings.

District 5

Games played at Ames, Iowa

	Finals
	Iowa State	2	3	—
	Bradley	0	0	—

District 6

Games played at Austin, Texas

	Finals
	Texas	7	2	—
	Arizona	1	0	—

District 7

Games played at Greeley, Colorado

	Finals
	Colorado State College	8	3	5
	Denver	3	4	310

District 8

Games played at Portland, Oregon

	Semifinal						Final
							Pepperdine	2	10	3
	Pepperdine	4	6	7			California	4	6	10
	Portland	5	5	6

College World Series

Participants

School	Conference	Record (conference)	Head coach	CWS appearances	CWS best finish	CWS record
California	CIBA	31–10 (12–4)	George Wolfman	1 (last: 1947)	1st (1947)	2–0
Colorado State College[a]	RMC	24–6	Pete Butler	3 (last: 1955)	5th (1955)	1–6
Connecticut	Yankee	18–8 (5–5)	J. Orlean Christian	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Florida State	FIC	19–4 (7–2)	Danny Litwhiler	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Iowa State	Big 8	15–8 (11–6)	Cap Timm	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Notre Dame	Independent	14–8	Jake Kline	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Penn State	Independent	19–0	Joe Bedenk	1 (last: 1952)	4th (1952)	2–2
Texas	SWC	19–4 (12–1)	Bibb Falk	4 (last: 1953)	1st (1949, 1950)	13–5

Results

Bracket

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final					Semifinals					Final
	Texas		3
	Connecticut		0
						Texas		1
						Penn State		4
	Penn State		7
	Florida State		0
											Penn State		0
											California		8
	California		4
																California		9
	Colorado State College		0
						California		8								Iowa State		1
						Iowa State		2
	Iowa State		1310
	Notre Dame		8
																					California		1
						Lower round 1					Lower round 2										Penn State		0
											Iowa State		5
						Connecticut		5			Connecticut		2
																Penn State		5
						Florida State		3
																Notre Dame		4
											Texas		0
						Colorado State College		2			Notre Dame		9
						Notre Dame		23

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)	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 College 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

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

See also

• 1957 NCAA College Division baseball tournament
• 1957 NAIA World Series

Notes

1. Colorado State College is currently known as the University of Northern Colorado. Not to be confused with Colorado State University, then known as Colorado A&M.

References

1. "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 190. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
2. "1957 College World Series". Omaha.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2011. Retrieved October 1, 2019.