- 2005 College World Series
The 2005 College World Series was held
June 17 through 27, 2005 inOmaha, Nebraska . Eight NCAADivision I college baseball teams met after having played their way through a 64-team bracket to play at historicJohnny Rosenblatt Stadium . It was won by Texas, which defeated Florida in the championship round.It was the 59th
College World Series and the 56th series held in Omaha. The official host for the event was nearbyCreighton University .See also:
College World Series for series history and past champions.Participants
aturday 6/18
Game #3
Game #6
Tuesday 6/21
Game #9
Game #12
unday 6/26 Game #2
CWS records tied or broken
*Total attendance: 263,475 (previous record was 260,091 in 2003)
*Average single session attendance: 23,952
*No game was decided by more than five runs, making the 2005 CWS the closest-contended in history
*For the first time in CWS history, not a single player hit a triple
*Texas closer J. Brent Cox tied the CWS record with five pitching appearancesCWS Leaders
Team
*Highest
batting average : Texas, 0.278 (Lowest: Florida, 0.211)
*Lowest ERA: Texas, 1.40, 45.0 IP (Highest: Nebraska, 4.45, 28.2 IP)Individual
*Highest batting average (at least 5 at-bats): Ryan Gipson, Oregon State (0.667)
*Lowest ERA (at least 3 innings pitched): four players tied at 0.00
**J. Brent Cox, Texas (10.1 IP)
**Darren O'Day, Florida (8.1 IP)
**Jeff Mandel, Baylor (4.2 IP)
**Sean Watson, Tennessee (3.2 IP)All Tournament Team
See also
*
2005 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
*NCAA Division I Baseball Championship External links
College World Series
* [http://www.cwsomaha.com Official Site of the College World Series]
* [http://ncaasports.com/baseball/mens Official NCAA Baseball Site]
* [http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=528&u_xid=365 The Omaha World-Herald]chools
* [http://tulanegreenwave.collegesports.com/sports/m-basebl/tul-m-basebl-body.html Tulane University]
* [http://utsports.collegesports.com/sports/m-basebl/tenn-m-basebl-body.html University of Tennessee]
* [http://www.huskers.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&DB_LANG=&KEY=&SPID=33&SPSID=101 University of Nebraska]
* [http://baylorbears.collegesports.com/sports/m-basebl/bay-m-basebl-body.html Baylor University]
* [http://www.texassports.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=18&change_well_id=1 University of Texas]
* [http://thesundevils.collegesports.com/sports/m-basebl/asu-m-basebl-body.html Arizona State University]
* [http://www.gatorzone.com/baseball/ University of Florida]
* [http://osubeavers.collegesports.com/sports/m-basebl/orst-m-basebl-body.html Oregon State University]Other links
* [http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/college/index.html Baseball America]
* [http://www.boydsworld.com/ Boyd's World]
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