1983 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

(Redirected from 1983 College World Series)

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.

1983 NCAA Division I
baseball tournament
Season1983
Teams36
Finals site
ChampionsTexas (4th title)
Runner-upAlabama (2nd CWS Appearance)
Winning coachCliff Gustafson (2nd title)
MOPCalvin Schiraldi (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

Round 1Round 2QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Texas–Pan American5
Grambling State0Texas–Pan American9
Louisiana–Monroe8
Mississippi State4Mississippi State7
Tulane2Texas–Pan American5
Mississippi State6Mississippi State03
Texas2Texas712
Texas15Texas–Pan American1
Louisiana–Monroe0Texas7Texas6
Grambling State7*Tulane5
Tulane8*

East Regional at Chapel Hill, NC

Round 1Round 2QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
James Madison9
South Carolina0James Madison13
William & Mary8
The Citadel14James Madison5
Delaware5The Citadel2
The Citadel5James Madison6
North Carolina3Delaware5
North Carolina11The Citadel1
William & Mary0North Carolina5Delaware7
South Carolina11*Delaware6
Delaware12*

Mideast Regional at Ann Arbor, MI

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Michigan4
Morehead State3
Michigan6
Miami (OH)4
Miami (OH)7
Indiana State4
Michigan10
Morehead State1
Lower round 1Lower final
Morehead State9
Indiana State2Miami (OH)7
Morehead State7

Midwest Regional at Stillwater, OK

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Oral Roberts7
Arkansas6
Oral Roberts8
Oklahoma State9
Oklahoma State9
Wichita State2
Oklahoma State10
Oral Roberts9
Lower round 1Lower final
Oral Roberts6
Arkansas3Wichita State5
Wichita State6

Northeast Regional at Orono, ME

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Harvard2
Temple1
Harvard2
Maine6
Maine8
NYIT2
Maine4
Harvard3
Lower round 1Lower final
Harvard3
Temple10Temple2
NYIT5

South Regional at Tallahassee, FL

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Alabama6
Miami (FL)4
Alabama7
Florida State5
Florida State8
South Alabama2
Alabama11
Miami (FL)9
Lower round 1Lower final
Miami (FL)10
South Alabama5Florida State5
Miami (FL)14

West I Regional at Stanford, CA

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
San Diego State7
UC Santa Barbara5
San Diego State3*
Stanford4*
Stanford14
Oregon State0
Stanford11
UC Santa Barbara5
Lower round 1Lower final
UC Santa Barbara9
Oregon State3San Diego State5
UC Santa Barbara7

West II Regional at Tempe, AZ

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Cal State Fullerton7
Fresno State5
Cal State Fullerton0
Arizona State8
Arizona State19
BYU11
Arizona State7
Fresno State2
Lower round 1Lower final
Fresno State6
BYU6Cal State Fullerton3
Fresno State13

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

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsFinal
Texas12
James Madison0
Texas611
Oklahoma State5
Oklahoma State3
Stanford1
Texas610
Alabama4
Michigan6
Texas4
Maine5
Michigan5Michigan2
Alabama6
Alabama611
Arizona State5
Texas4
Lower round 1Lower round 2Alabama3
Michigan11
James Madison1Stanford4
Alabama6
Stanford3
Arizona State0
Oklahoma State5
Maine0Arizona State6
Arizona State7

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.

PositionPlayerSchool
PTim MeachamAlabama
Calvin Schiraldi (MOP)Texas
CJeff HearronTexas
1BDave MagadanAlabama
2BBilly BatesTexas
3BChris SaboMichigan
SSMike BrumleyTexas
OFBarry BondsArizona State
Tim KnappOklahoma State
Dale SklarMichigan
DHPete IncavigliaOklahoma State

Notable players

See also

References