The College World Series was the fourth

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-sanctioned baseball tournament that determined a national champion. The tournament was held as the conclusion of the 1950 NCAA baseball season and was played at

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from June 15 to June 23. It was the first

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to be held at the stadium, which hosted the event through

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. The tournament's champion was the

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, coached by

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. The Most Outstanding Player was Ray VanCleef of

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. The championship was the second consecutive for the Longhorns. The tournament consisted of no preliminary round of play, as teams were selected directly into the College World Series. From 1947 to 1949, there likewise was no preliminary round, as the teams were chosen based on committee selections, conference champions, and district playoffs. From 1954 to the present, teams compete in the

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preliminary round(s), to determine the eight teams that play in the College World Series.

Participants

Results

Bracket

Game results

Notable players

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: John Baumgartner,

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, Guy Morton, Jr., Ed White,

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: Don “Lefty” Straub' *

: Hardy Peterson *

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: Bud Niles, George Minot, Ed Schluntz, Dave Lincoln *

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Tournament notes

*Texas became the first team to win two consecutive College World Series. * Jim Ehler threw the first

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in College World Series history.

Notes

References

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