1947 Clemson Tigers baseball team

American college baseball season

1947 Clemson Tigers baseball
SoCon champions NCAA District III (South) champions
NCAA Eastern playoff, 0–1
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	24–5 (13–2 SoCon)
Head coach	Randy Hinson
Home stadium	Riggs Field
Seasons ← 1946 1948 →

1947 Southern Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Clemson ‍†‍‍^y	13	–	2	.867	24	–	5	.828
Richmond ‍‍‍	8	–	3	.727	20	–	3	.870
Duke ‍‍‍	13	–	6	.684		–		–
Virginia Tech ‍‍‍	4	–	3	.571	11	–	6	.647
Maryland ‍‍‍	4	–	3	.571	10	–	10	.500
Washington and Lee ‍‍‍	5	–	4	.556		–		–
North Carolina ‍‍‍	9	–	7	.563	15	–	11	.577
NC State ‍‍‍	7	–	8	.467		–		–
William & Mary ‍‍‍	6	–	8	.429	15	–	8	.652
Wake Forest ‍‍‍	6	–	8	.429	15	–	8	.652
Furman ‍‍‍	4	–	6	.400		–		–
South Carolina ‍‍‍	5	–	8	.385		–		–
VMI ‍‍‍	2	–	6	.250		–		–
The Citadel ‍‍‍	1	–	3	.250	2	–	5	.286
George Washington ‍‍‍	1	–	4	.200		–		–
Davidson ‍‍‍	0	–	10	.000		–		–

† – Conference champion As of June 30, 1947^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1947 Clemson Tigers baseball team represented Clemson University in the 1947 NCAA baseball season. The team played their home games at Riggs Field in Clemson, South Carolina.

The team was coached by Randy Hinson, who completed his fourth season at Clemson. The Tigers were invited to the first NCAA baseball tournament, where they fell to Yale in the first game in the history of the event.^[2]^[3]

Joe Landrum was named to the first college baseball All-America Team.

Roster

1947 Clemson Tigers roster^[4]

Pitchers

- Joe Hazle - Freshman
- Joe Landrum - Sophomore
- Luther Rentz - Senior

Catchers

- Tom Cleveland - Sophomore

Infielders

- Frank Gillespie - Sophomore
- Lynwood McCakin - Senior
- Jack Moore - Freshman- Hale Sherard - Senior

Outfielders

- Tom Castles - Freshman
- Homer Coker - Junior
- Dewey Quinn - Senior

Unknown

- Ed Berry
- J. R. Brown
- Leo Fisher
- Ray Fleming
- William Griffith
- Jim Hazle
- Hardin Joyce
- Bill Martin
- Dan Stroud

Schedule

Legend
	Clemson win
	Clemson loss
Bold	Clemson team member
*	Non-Conference game

1947 Clemson Tigers baseball game log^[5]

Regular season

March/April
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SoCon Record
Mar 25	NC State	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	W 10–9	1–0	1–0
Mar 28	Duke	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	W 10–9	2–0	2–0
Mar 29	Duke	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	L 11–13	2–1	2–1
Apr 3	at Presbyterian*	Clinton, SC	W 8–2	3–1
Apr 7	Wofford*	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	W 4–3	4–1
Apr 8	Davidson	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	W 2–1	5–1	3–1
Apr 11	at South Carolina	Columbia, SC	W 4–1	6–1	4–1
Apr 12	at South Carolina	Columbia, SC	W 17–8	7–1	5–1
Apr 17	Georgia*	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	W 7–2	8–1
Apr 18	at The Citadel	WLI Field • Charleston, SC	W 14–4	9–1	6–1
Apr 21	at Georgia*	Ag. Hill • Athens, GA	L 7–8	9–2
Apr 24	Newberry*	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	W 9–4	10–2
Apr 26	at Newberry*	Newberry, SC	W 10–5	11–2
Apr 30	The Citadel	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	W 8–5⁷	12–2	7–1

May
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SoCon Record
May 2	at Erskine*	Due West, SC	W 5–4	13–2
May 3	at Wofford*	Spartanburg, SC	W 11–5	14–2
May 5	Furman	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	W 19–7	15–2	8–1
May 6	at Furman	Greenville, SC	L 4–7	15–3	8–2
May 9	Erskine*	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	W 3–2	16–3
May 10	at Davidson	Davidson, NC	W 15–1	17–3	9–2
May 13	Furman	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	W 9–6	18–3	10–2
May 14	at Furman	Greenville, SC	W 13–3	19–3	11–2
May 23	South Carolina	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	W 17–3	20–3	12–2
May 24	South Carolina	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	W 10–8	21–3	13–2

Postseason

NCAA District III (South) Playoff
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	Playoff record
June 12	vs Auburn	Charlotte, NC	W 8–3	22–3	1–0
June 13	vs Alabama	Charlotte, NC	W 1–0	23–3	2–0
June 14	vs Alabama	Charlotte, NC	L 2–8	23–4	2–1
June 14	vs Alabama	Charlotte, NC	W 4–1	24–4	3–1

NCAA Eastern playoff
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	Playoff record
June 20	at Yale	Yale Field • New Haven, CT	L 3–7	24–5	0–1

Awards and honors

Joe Landrum

All-America First team

References

^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1947". BoydsWorld.com. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
^ Joel Alderman (July 7, 2017). "The inaugural game in an NCAA Baseball Tournament took place at Yale Field in 1947, when Clemson opposed Yale and future U.S. President George H. W. Bush". WTNH SportzEdge. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
^ "1947 College World Series". Omaha.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2011. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
^ 2017 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Clemson Tigers. pp. 127–136. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 3, 2017. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
^ 2017 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Clemson Tigers. p. 166. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 3, 2017. Retrieved March 16, 2019.

v t e Clemson Tigers baseball
Venues	Bowman Field (1896–1915) Riggs Field (1916–1969) Doug Kingsmore Stadium (1970–present)
Rivalries	South Carolina
People	Head coaches Prominent Players
Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
College World Series appearances in italics

v t e Southern Conference baseball champions
Pre-SEC	Mississippi A&M & North Carolina (1922) Georgia Tech (1923) Alabama & Mississippi A&M (1924) Alabama (1925) Georgia Tech (1926) Unknown (1927) Auburn (1928) Duke & Ole Miss (1929) Alabama (1930) Auburn & North Carolina (1931) Alabama (1932)
Pre-ACC	North Carolina (1933) North Carolina (1934) Unknown (1935) Maryland (1936) Duke (1937) Duke (1938) Duke (1939) Unknown (1940–1946) Clemson (1947) North Carolina (1948) Wake Forest (1949) Wake Forest (1950) Duke (1951) Duke (1952) Duke (1953)
Post-ACC	Virginia Tech (1954) West Virginia (1955) George Washington (1956) George Washington (1957) George Washington & Richmond (1958) George Washington (1959) The Citadel & Richmond (1960) West Virginia (1961) West Virginia (1962) West Virginia (1963) West Virginia (1964) Furman (1965) East Carolina (1966) West Virginia (1967) East Carolina (1968) Furman (1969) East Carolina (1970) The Citadel & Furman (1971) Richmond (1972) Appalachian State (1973) East Carolina (1974) The Citadel (1975) Furman (1976) East Carolina (1977) Marshall (1978) The Citadel (1979) ETSU (1980) ETSU & Marshall & Western Carolina (1981) The Citadel (1982)
I-AA/FCS	The Citadel (1983) Appalachian State (1984) Western Carolina (1985) Western Carolina (1986) Western Carolina (1987) Western Carolina (1988) Western Carolina (1989) The Citadel (1990) Furman (1991) Western Carolina (1992) Western Carolina (1993) The Citadel (1994) The Citadel (1995) The Citadel (1998) The Citadel (1999) Georgia Southern (2000) The Citadel (2001) Georgia Southern (2002) Western Carolina (2003) The Citadel (2004) Furman (2005) College of Charleston (2006) Wofford (2007) Elon (2008) Georgia Southern (2009) The Citadel (2010) Georgia Southern (2011) Samford (2012) Elon (2013) Georgia Southern (2014) Mercer (2015) Western Carolina (2016) UNC Greensboro (2017) Samford (2018) Mercer (2019) Samford (2021) UNC Greensboro (2022) Samford (2023)
National championships in bold