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. 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. The winners of each Regional advanced to the College World Series.
Bold indicates winner.
Central Regional at Austin, TX
East Regional at Chapel Hill, NC
Mideast Regional at Ann Arbor, MI
Midwest Regional at Stillwater, OK
Northeast Regional at Orono, ME
South Regional at Tallahassee, FL
West I Regional at Stanford, CA
West II Regional at Tempe, AZ
College World Series
Participants School Conference Record (conference) Head coach CWS appearances CWS best finish CWS record Alabama SEC 43–9 (14–7) Barry Shollenberger 1(last: 1950) 6th(1950) 1–2 Arizona State Pac-10 42–22 (17–13) Jim Brock 11(last: 1981) 1st(1965, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1981) 42–17 Eastern Collegiate 37–11 (n/a) Brad Babcock 0(last: none) none 0–0 Maine Eastern Collegiate 29–14 (n/a) John Winkin 4(last: 1982) 3rd(1964, 1982) 7–8 Michigan Big 10 48–7 (13–2) Bud Middaugh 5(last: 1981) 1st(1953, 1962) 10–7 Oklahoma State Big 8 47–14 (11–3) Gary Ward 10(last: 1982) 1st(1959) 23–19 Stanford Pac-10 40–15–1 (20–10) Mark Marquess 3(last: 1982) 3rd(1967) 5–6 Texas SWC 61–14 (18–3) Cliff Gustafson 20(last: 1982) 1st(1949, 1950, 1975) 43–36
Results
Bracket
Game results
Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes June 3 Game 1 Texas 12–0 Game 2 Oklahoma State 3–1 Stanford June 4 Game 3 Michigan 6–5 Maine Game 4 Alabama 6–5 (11 innings) Arizona State June 5 Game 5 Stanford 3–1 James Madison eliminated Game 6 Arizona State 7–0 Maine Maine eliminated June 6 Game 7 Texas 6–5 (11 innings) Oklahoma State June 7 Game 8 Alabama 6–5 Michigan June 8 Game 9 Arizona State 6–5 Oklahoma State Oklahoma State eliminated Game 10 Michigan 11–4 Stanford Stanford eliminated June 9 Game 11 Texas 6–4 (10 innings) Alabama June 10 Game 12 Alabama 6–0 Arizona State Arizona State eliminated Game 13 Texas 4–2 Michigan Michigan eliminated June 11 Final Texas 4–3 Alabama Texas 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.
Position Player School P Tim Meacham Alabama Calvin Schiraldi (MOP) Texas C Jeff Hearron Texas 1B Dave Magadan Alabama 2B Billy Bates Texas 3B Chris Sabo Michigan SS Mike Brumley Texas OF Barry Bonds Arizona State Tim Knapp Oklahoma State Dale Sklar Michigan DH Pete Incaviglia Oklahoma State
Notable players Alabama: Dave Magadan, Craig Shipley Arizona State: Chris Beasley, Barry Bonds, Doug Henry, Oddibe McDowell, Don Wakamatsu James Madison: Jeff Urban Maine: Bill Swift Michigan: Scott Kamieniecki, Barry Larkin, Chris Sabo, Gary Wayne Oklahoma State: Carlos Diaz, John Farrell, Gary Green, Mike Henneman, Pete Incaviglia, Robbie Wine Stanford: Mike Aldrete, Jeff Ballard, Mark Davis, Pete Stanicek Texas: Billy Bates, Mike Brumley, Mike Capel, Roger Clemens, Jeff Hearron, Bruce Ruffin, Calvin Schiraldi, Jose Tolentino
See also 1983 NCAA Division II baseball tournament 1983 NCAA Division III baseball tournament 1983 NAIA World Series
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