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College World Series steeped in history
By The Associated Press
Some facts about the College
World Series:
MOST COLLEGE
WORLD SERIES TITLES WON
Team/Titles/(last year won)
Southern
California 12 (1998)
Arizona State 5 (1981)
LSU 5 (2000)
Texas 5 (2002)
Miami 4 (2001)
Arizona 3 (1986)
Cal State Fullerton 3 (1995)
Minnesota 3 (1964)
California 2 (1957)
Michigan 2 (1962)
Oklahoma 2 (1994)
Stanford 2 (1988)
Georgia 1 (1990)
Holy Cross 1 (1952)
Missouri 1 (1954)
Ohio State 1 (1966)
Oklahoma State 1 (1959)
Pepperdine 1 (1992)
Rice 1 (2003)
Wake Forest 1 (1955)
Wichita State 1 (1989)
— The first College World
Series was played in Kalamazoo, Mich., in 1947. The CWS moved to Wichita,
Kan., in 1949.
— Former President George H.W.
Bush was captain of the Yale team that played in the 1948 CWS.
— Total attendance in 1950,
the first year the tournament was played in Omaha, was 17,805. Attendance in
2003 was a record 260,091.
— Before this
year, the largest crowd for a
College World Series game was 26,327 for Texas' 13-2 win over Miami on June
14, 2003.
— Aluminum bats and the
designated hitter debuted in the College World Series in 1974.
— More than 11 million
households and 29 million Americans watched some of the 45-plus hours of
national coverage of the tournament last year.
— Texas has made a record 31
appearances in the College World Series.
— Southern California has won
a record 12 national championships, most recently in 1998.
Copyright 2004
The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be
published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
02/23/2007 10:37:51 AM
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