1948 Yale Bulldogs baseball team

1948 Yale Bulldogs baseball
1948 Yale Bulldogs baseball
NCAA tournament Eastern playoff champions; College World Series runner-up
Conference	Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League
Record	21–9–1 (6–3 EIBL)
Head coach	Ethan Allen (3rd year);
Captain	George Bush
Home stadium	Yale Field
	Seasons ← 1947 1949 →

The 1948 Yale Bulldogs baseball team represented the Yale University in the 1948 NCAA baseball season. The Bulldogs played their home games at Yale Field. The team was coached by Ethan Allen in his 3rd season at Yale.

1948 Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Dartmouth ‍†‍‍	7	–	1	–	0	.875	12	–	4	–	1	.735
Navy ‍‍‍	7	–	2	–	0	.778	14	–	7	–	0	.667
Yale ‍‍‍^y	6	–	3	–	0	.667	21	–	9	–	1	.694
Army ‍‍‍	5	–	3	–	0	.625	16	–	7	–	0	.696
Cornell ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	0	.429	8	–	9	–	0	.471
Columbia ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	0	.375	7	–	5	–	0	.583
Penn ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	0	.375	10	–	10	–	1	.500
Princeton ‍‍‍	3	–	6	–	0	.333	9	–	15	–	0	.375
Harvard ‍‍‍	2	–	4	–	0	.333	12	–	11	–	1	.521
Brown ‍‍‍	0	–	6	–	0	.000	2	–	11	–	0	.154

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament

The Bulldogs advanced to the College World Series, falling to the USC Trojans two games to one in the best of three series.^[2]

Future president George H. W. Bush was a third baseman and captain on the team.

Roster

1948 Yale Bulldogs roster^[3]

Position Unknown

1948 Yale Bulldogs baseball game log^[4]

Regular season

April
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	EIBL record
April 2	at North Carolina	Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, NC	T 7–7	0–0–1
April 3	at NC State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC	W 9–6	1–0–1
April 5	at Wake Forest	South Side Park • Winston-Salem, NC	L 0–2	1–1–1
April 6	at Duke	Jack Coombs Field • Durham, NC	L 1–10	1–2–1
April 7	at Maryland	College Park, MD	W 6–5	2–2–1
April 8	at Lafayette	Fisher Field • Easton, PA	L 3–4	2–3–1
April 17	at Navy	Annapolis, MD	L 0–2	2–4–1	0–1
April 20	Connecticut	Yale Field • New Haven, CT	W 7–0	3–4–1
April 22	Boston College	Yale Field • New Haven, CT	W 3–1	4–4–1
April 24	Amherst	Yale Field • New Haven, CT	W 3–0⁷	5–4–1
April 27	Springfield	Yale Field • New Haven, CT	W 1–0	6–4–1
April 29	UMass	Yale Field • New Haven, CT	W 2–1	7–4–1

Post-season

NCAA tournament: Eastern Playoff
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	NCAAT record
June 15	vs. North Carolina	Winston-Salem, NC	W 6–1	18–6–1	1–0
June 16	vs. Lafayette	Winston-Salem, NC	W 11–2	19–6–1	2–0
June 17	vs. Lafayette	Winston-Salem, NC	W 4–3	20–6–1	3–0

June
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	EIBL record
June 22	Harvard	Yale Field • New Haven, CT	L 0–2	20–7–1	6–3

NCAA tournament: College World Series
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	CWS record
June 25	Southern California	Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, MI	L 1–3	20–8–1	0–1
June 26	Southern California	Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, MI	W 8-3	21-8–1	1–1
June 26	Southern California	Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, MI	L 3–9	21–9–1	1–2

Richard Mathews

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^ "Game by Game Results" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 21, 2015. Retrieved April 24, 2014.