1983 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

1983 NCAA Division I
Baseball Tournament
Season 1983
Teams 36
Finals Site
Champions Texas (4th title)
Runner-Up Alabama (2nd CWS Appearance)
Winning coach Cliff Gustafson (2nd title)

The 1983 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 1983 NCAA Division I baseball season 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 thirty seventh year. Eight regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event. Six regions held a four team, double-elimination tournament while two regions included six teams, resulting in 36 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament.[1] The thirty-seventh tournament's champion was Texas, coached by Cliff Gustafson. The Most Outstanding Player was Calvin Schiraldi of Texas.

National seeds

Bold indicates CWS participant.

  • BYU
  • Florida State
  • Michigan
  • Stanford
  • Texas

Regionals

The opening rounds of the tournament were played at eight regional sites across the country, six consisting of four teams and two of six teams.[2] The winners of each Regional advanced to the College World Series.

Bold indicates winner.

Central Regional at Austin, TX

 
                                                 
  Texas–Pan American 5  
  Grambling State 0     Texas–Pan American 9  
    Louisiana–Monroe 8    
  Mississippi State 4         Mississippi State 7            
  Tulane 2           Texas–Pan American 5              
      Mississippi State 6           Mississippi State 0 3
      Texas 2         Texas 7 12
  Texas 15         Texas–Pan American 1    
  Louisiana–Monroe 0       Texas 7     Texas 6  
  Grambling State 7*     Tulane 5  
  Tulane 8*  

East Regional at Chapel Hill, NC

 
                                                 
  James Madison 9  
  South Carolina 0     James Madison 13  
    William & Mary 8    
  The Citadel 14         James Madison 5            
  Delaware 5           The Citadel 2              
      The Citadel 5           James Madison 6
      North Carolina 3         Delaware 5
  North Carolina 11         The Citadel 1    
  William & Mary 0       North Carolina 5     Delaware 7  
  South Carolina 11*     Delaware 6  
  Delaware 12*  

Mideast Regional at Ann Arbor, MI

 
                             
Michigan 4  
Morehead State 3  
  Michigan 6  
  Miami (OH) 4  
Miami (OH) 7
Indiana State 4  
  Michigan 10
  Morehead State 1
Indiana State 2  
Morehead State 7  
  Morehead State 9
  Miami (OH) 7  

Midwest Regional at Stillwater, OK

 
                             
Oral Roberts 7  
Arkansas 6  
  Oral Roberts 8  
  Oklahoma State 9  
Oklahoma State 9
Wichita State 2  
  Oklahoma State 10
  Oral Roberts 9
Arkansas 3  
Wichita State 6  
  Oral Roberts 6
  Wichita State 5  

Northeast Regional at Orono, ME

 
                             
Harvard 2  
Temple 1  
  Harvard 2  
  Maine 6  
Maine 8
NYIT 2  
  Maine 4
  Harvard 3
Temple 10  
NYIT 5  
  Harvard 3
  Temple 2  

South Regional at Tallahassee, FL

 
                             
Alabama 6  
Miami (FL) 4  
  Alabama 7  
  Florida State 5  
Florida State 8
South Alabama 2  
  Alabama 11
  Miami (FL) 9
South Alabama 5  
Miami (FL) 14  
  Miami (FL) 10
  Florida State 5  

West I Regional at Stanford, CA

 
                             
San Diego State 7  
UC Santa Barbara 5  
  San Diego State 3*  
  Stanford 4*  
Stanford 14
Oregon State 0  
  Stanford 11
  UC Santa Barbara 5
Oregon State 3  
UC Santa Barbara 7  
  UC Santa Barbara 9
  San Diego State 5  

West II Regional at Tempe, AZ

 
                             
Cal State Fullerton 7  
Fresno State 5  
  Cal State Fullerton 0  
  Arizona State 8  
Arizona State 19
BYU 11  
  Arizona State 7
  Fresno State 2
BYU 6  
Fresno State 13  
  Fresno State 6
  Cal State Fullerton 3  

College World Series

Participants

SchoolConferenceRecord (Conference)Head CoachCWS AppearancesCWS Best FinishCWS Record
AlabamaSEC43–9 (14–7)Barry Shollenberger1
(last: 1950)
6th
(1950)
1–2
Arizona StatePac-1042–22 (17–13)Jim Brock11
(last: 1981)
1st
(1965, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1981)
42–17
James MadisonEastern Collegiate37–11 (n/a)Brad Babcock0
(last: none)
none0–0
MaineEastern Collegiate29–14 (n/a)John Winkin4
(last: 1982)
3rd
(1964, 1982)
7–8
MichiganBig 1048–7 (13–2)Bud Middaugh5
(last: 1981)
1st
(1953, 1962)
10–7
Oklahoma StateBig 847–14 (11–3)Gary Ward10
(last: 1982)
1st
(1959)
23–19
StanfordPac-1040–15–1 (20–10)Mark Marquess3
(last: 1982)
3rd
(1967)
5–6
TexasSWC61–14 (18–3)Cliff Gustafson20
(last: 1982)
1st
(1949, 1950, 1975)
43–36

Results

Bracket

  First Round     Second Round     Third Round
                           
  Winner's Bracket
  Texas 12  
  James Madison 0    
      Texas 611  
      Oklahoma State 5    
  Oklahoma State 3          
  Stanford 1        
      Texas 610
      Alabama 4
  Michigan 6        
  Maine 5          
      Michigan 5    
      Alabama 6  
  Alabama 611    
  Arizona State 5  
  Loser's Bracket
  James Madison 1  
  Stanford 3     Michigan 11
    Stanford 4
  Maine 0  
  Arizona State 7     Oklahoma State 5
    Arizona State 6
  Semifinals     Finals     if needed
                           
  Re-ordered Semi-finals
  Texas 4      
  Michigan 2          
      Texas 4    
      Alabama 3  
  Alabama 6    
  Arizona State 0  

Game results

DateGameWinnerScoreLoserNotes
June 3Game 1Texas12–0James Madison
Game 2Oklahoma State3–1Stanford
June 4Game 3Michigan6–5Maine
Game 4Alabama6–5 (11 innings)Arizona State
June 5Game 5Stanford3–1James MadisonJames Madison eliminated
Game 6Arizona State7–0MaineMaine eliminated
June 6Game 7Texas6–5 (11 innings)Oklahoma State
June 7Game 8Alabama6–5Michigan
June 8Game 9Arizona State6–5Oklahoma StateOklahoma State eliminated
Game 10Michigan11–4StanfordStanford eliminated
June 9Game 11Texas6–4 (10 innings)Alabama
June 10Game 12Alabama6–0Arizona StateArizona State eliminated
Game 13Texas4–2MichiganMichigan eliminated
June 11FinalTexas4–3AlabamaTexas wins CWS
  • Texas was the last school to go undefeated in the CWS under the true double-elimination format, which was used from 1950 through 1987. No CWS team would go undefeated again until LSU in 1991.

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.

PositionPlayerClassSchool
PitcherTim MeachamJuniorAlabama
Calvin SchiraldiJuniorTexas
CatcherJeff HearronSeniorTexas
First basemanDave MagadanJuniorAlabama
Second basemanBilly BatesFreshmanTexas
Third basemanChris SaboJuniorMichigan
ShortstopMike BrumleyJuniorTexas
OutfielderBarry BondsFreshmanArizona State
Tim KnappSeniorOklahoma State
Dale SklarSophomoreMichigan
Designated hitterPete IncavigliaFreshmanOklahoma State

Notable players

References

  1. "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 195. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
  2. "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 205. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
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