The 1964 NCAA University Division baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1964 NCAA University Division baseball season in the United States 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 eighteenth 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 21 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The College World Series was held in Omaha, NE from June 8 to June 18. The eighteenth tournament's champion was Minnesota, coached by Dick Siebert. The Most Outstanding Player was Joe Ferris of third place Maine.
Regionals The opening rounds of the tournament were played across seven district sites across the country, each consisting of a field of two to four teams. Each district tournament, except District 2 and District 5, was double-elimination. The winners of each district advanced to the College World Series.
Bold indicates winner. * indicates extra innings.
District 1 at Boston, Massachusetts
District 2 at Princeton, New Jersey
District 3 at Gastonia, North Carolina
District 4 at Kent, Ohio
District 5 at Columbia, Missouri
District 6 Texas A&M automatically qualified for the College World Series out of District 6.
District 7 at Colorado Springs, Colorado
^ Note: Colorado State College of Education became Northern Colorado University in 1970.
District 8 at Los Angeles, California
College World Series
Participants School Conference Record (conference) Head coach CWS appearances CWS best finish CWS record Arizona State WAC 43–5 (11–1) Bobby Winkles 0(last: none) none 0–0 Maine Yankee 18–6 (8–2) Jack Butterfield 0(last: none) none 0–0 Minnesota Big 10 27–11 (11–3) Dick Siebert 2(last: 1960) 1st(1956, 1960) 10–2 Ole Miss SEC 24–5 (11–1) Tom Swayze 1(last: 1956) 4th(1956) 2–2 Missouri Big 8 23–3 (19–0) Hi Simmons 5(last: 1963) 1st(1954) 14–9 Seton Hall n/a 24–3 (n/a) Owen Carroll 0(last: none) none 0–0 Southern California CIBA 39–13 (17–3) Rod Dedeaux 8(last: 1963) 1st(1948, 1958, 1961, 1963) 24–11 Texas A&M SWC 19–6 (12–3) Tom Chandler 1(last: 1951) 6th(1951) 1–2
Results
Bracket
Game results Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes June 8 Game 1 Maine 5–1 Seton Hall Game 2 Minnesota 7–3 Texas A&M June 9 Game 3 Southern California 3–2 Ole Miss Game 4 Missouri 7–0 Arizona State June 10 Game 5 Seton Hall 14–5 Texas A&M Texas A&M eliminated Game 6 Arizona State 5–0 Ole Miss Ole Miss eliminated June 12 Game 7 Minnesota 12–0 Maine Game 8 Southern California 3–2 Missouri June 13 Game 9 Missouri 3–1 Seton Hall Seton Hall eliminated June 12 Game 10 Maine 4–2 Arizona State Arizona State eliminated June 13 Game 11 Minnesota 6–5 Southern California June 15 Game 12 Missouri 4–1 Minnesota Game 13 Maine 2–1 Southern California Southern California eliminated June 17 Game 14 Missouri 2–1 Maine Maine eliminated June 18 Final Minnesota 5–1 Missouri Minnesota wins CWS
All-Tournament Team The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.
Position Player School P Joe Ferris (MOP) Maine Joe Pollack Minnesota C Ron Wojciak Minnesota 1B Bill Davis Minnesota 2B Dewey Markus Minnesota 3B Dave Thompson Maine SS Gary Sutherland USC OF Willie Brown USC Dave Hoffman Minnesota Gary Woods Missouri
Notable players Arizona State: Sal Bando, Fred Rico, Al Schmelz Maine: Minnesota: Frank Brosseau, Bill Davis Ole Miss: Don Kessinger Missouri: Dennis Musgraves, John Sevcik Seton Hall: Bill Henry Southern California: Ray Lamb, Gary Sutherland Texas A&M:
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