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Century of Baseball: The College Game
Revised 3/12/01
College baseball in the years before 1900 rivaled the early major leagues. The college game faded in the 1920's with the rise of the minor leagues, and was devastated by the great depression of the 30's. Fan support was eroded by a decades long controversy over college athletes playing summer baseball for money. Competition from major league baseball on TV brought college baseball to an all time low in the 1950s. Games were played before small crowds and were never televised. An assistant football or basketball coach was usually assigned the job of baseball coach. Cable TV in the 1980s enabled college baseball to finally make a comeback. Soon, attendance once again rivaled that of the pre-1920 era.
National Champions (tentative list)
1868 Harvard
1869 Harvard
1870 Harvard
1871 Harvard
1872 Harvard
1873 Harvard
1874 Princeton
1875 Yale
1876 Harvard
1877 Yale
1878 Harvard
1879 Brown
1880 Yale, Princeton
1881 Yale
1882 Yale
1883 Yale
1884 Yale
1885 Harvard, Cornell
1886 Columbia
1887 Yale
1888 Yale
1889 Yale
1890 Pennsylvania, Princeton
1891 Yale?
1892 Harvard, Yale
1893 Harvard
1894 Yale
1895 Yale
1896 Brown
1897 Princeton
1898 Yale
1899 Georgetown
1900 Princeton, Illinois?
1901 Harvard, Illinois?
1902 Harvard, Wisconsin?
1903 Illinois, Manhattan?, Brown
1904 Princeton, Illinois, Manhattan?
1905 Yale, Michigan?, Penn State
1906 Georgia Tech?
1907 Princeton?, Notre Dame?Penn St, Brown
1908 Notre Dame?
1909 Pennsylvania, Miss.State?
1910 Princeton, Illinois, St.Mary's?
1911 Illinois, St. Mary's
1912 Illinois?, Baylor?, Notre Dame?
1913 Yale, Alabama?, Notre Dame?
1914 Texas?, Illinois?
1915 Virginia Tech? Illinois? Army?
1916 Harvard, Illinois, Columbia
1917 Ohio State, Alabama
1918 Holy Cross, Michigan?
1919 Alabama, Holy Cross, Washington?
1920 Navy
1921 Holy Cross
1922 Georgetown
1923 Michigan?, Holy Cross
1924 Texas, Holy Cross
1925 Holy Cross, Alabama
1926 Ga Tech?
1927 Harvard?
1928 Michigan?, Holy Cross?
1929 Holy Cross
1930 Texas,
1931 Texas?, Washington, Oklahoma
1932 USC?, Alabama
1933 Georgia?, TCU
1934 North Carolina?, Illinois?, Alabama?
1935 Holy Cross, Arizona, Oklahoma?
1936 Notre Dame? Holy cross?
1937 Georgetown? Illinois?Fresno State?
1938 Alabama
1939 California?, LSU?
1940 Texas, Holy Cross
1941 Alabama?
1942 Texas A&M, Arizona
1943 Navy?, Ohio State?
1944 Navy?
1945 Michigan
1946 Texas, Michigan State
The college world series began in 1947. The tentative list is based on College Baseball Scorebook by Kenneth Carlson (Rain Belt Publications, 1996) and old issues of Outing Magazine and Harper's Weekly. Scores and records of many colleges were not available. The 3/12/01 revision includes input from the list of Cappy Gagnon, chairman of the SABR Collegiate Committee. Cappy has extensive knowledge of the number of major league players produced from each conference and many independant teams. E-mail your contributions to mailto:baseball100@home.att.net. Does your favorite college claim any national championships prior to 1947? Can you supply scores of colleges not included in Carlson's book?
L.C. Hayes
Revised 3/12/01
College baseball in the years before 1900 rivaled the early major leagues. The college game faded in the 1920's with the rise of the minor leagues, and was devastated by the great depression of the 30's. Fan support was eroded by a decades long controversy over college athletes playing summer baseball for money. Competition from major league baseball on TV brought college baseball to an all time low in the 1950s. Games were played before small crowds and were never televised. An assistant football or basketball coach was usually assigned the job of baseball coach. Cable TV in the 1980s enabled college baseball to finally make a comeback. Soon, attendance once again rivaled that of the pre-1920 era.
National Champions (tentative list)
1868 Harvard
1869 Harvard
1870 Harvard
1871 Harvard
1872 Harvard
1873 Harvard
1874 Princeton
1875 Yale
1876 Harvard
1877 Yale
1878 Harvard
1879 Brown
1880 Yale, Princeton
1881 Yale
1882 Yale
1883 Yale
1884 Yale
1885 Harvard, Cornell
1886 Columbia
1887 Yale
1888 Yale
1889 Yale
1890 Pennsylvania, Princeton
1891 Yale?
1892 Harvard, Yale
1893 Harvard
1894 Yale
1895 Yale
1896 Brown
1897 Princeton
1898 Yale
1899 Georgetown
1900 Princeton, Illinois?
1901 Harvard, Illinois?
1902 Harvard, Wisconsin?
1903 Illinois, Manhattan?, Brown
1904 Princeton, Illinois, Manhattan?
1905 Yale, Michigan?, Penn State
1906 Georgia Tech?
1907 Princeton?, Notre Dame?Penn St, Brown
1908 Notre Dame?
1909 Pennsylvania, Miss.State?
1910 Princeton, Illinois, St.Mary's?
1911 Illinois, St. Mary's
1912 Illinois?, Baylor?, Notre Dame?
1913 Yale, Alabama?, Notre Dame?
1914 Texas?, Illinois?
1915 Virginia Tech? Illinois? Army?
1916 Harvard, Illinois, Columbia
1917 Ohio State, Alabama
1918 Holy Cross, Michigan?
1919 Alabama, Holy Cross, Washington?
1920 Navy
1921 Holy Cross
1922 Georgetown
1923 Michigan?, Holy Cross
1924 Texas, Holy Cross
1925 Holy Cross, Alabama
1926 Ga Tech?
1927 Harvard?
1928 Michigan?, Holy Cross?
1929 Holy Cross
1930 Texas,
1931 Texas?, Washington, Oklahoma
1932 USC?, Alabama
1933 Georgia?, TCU
1934 North Carolina?, Illinois?, Alabama?
1935 Holy Cross, Arizona, Oklahoma?
1936 Notre Dame? Holy cross?
1937 Georgetown? Illinois?Fresno State?
1938 Alabama
1939 California?, LSU?
1940 Texas, Holy Cross
1941 Alabama?
1942 Texas A&M, Arizona
1943 Navy?, Ohio State?
1944 Navy?
1945 Michigan
1946 Texas, Michigan State
The college world series began in 1947. The tentative list is based on College Baseball Scorebook by Kenneth Carlson (Rain Belt Publications, 1996) and old issues of Outing Magazine and Harper's Weekly. Scores and records of many colleges were not available. The 3/12/01 revision includes input from the list of Cappy Gagnon, chairman of the SABR Collegiate Committee. Cappy has extensive knowledge of the number of major league players produced from each conference and many independant teams. E-mail your contributions to mailto:baseball100@home.att.net. Does your favorite college claim any national championships prior to 1947? Can you supply scores of colleges not included in Carlson's book?
L.C. Hayes