1989 NCAA Division I baseball season

1989 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams270
NCAA tournament
College World Series
ChampionsWichita State (1st title)
Runners-upTexas (25th CWS Appearance)
Winning CoachGene Stephenson (1st title)
MOPGreg Brummett (Wichita State)
Seasons
← 1988
1990 →

The 1989 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1989. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1989 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the forty third time in 1989, consisted of one team from each of eight regional competitions and was held in Omaha, Nebraska, at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Wichita State claimed the championship for the first time.[1]

Realignment and format changes

  • Davidson left the Southern Conference to compete as an Independent. They would return to the SoCon in 1993.
  • With Davidson's departure, it became a seven team league, and dissolved its divisional format.

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1989 season. The NCAA sponsored regional competitions to determine the College World Series participants. Each of the eight regionals consisted of six teams competing in double-elimination tournaments, with the winners advancing to Omaha. 27 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 21 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference Regular season winner Conference tournament Tournament venue • city Tournament winner
Atlantic Coast Conference North Carolina 1989 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament Greenville Municipal Stadium • Greenville, SC Clemson
Big East Conference North - Providence
South - Seton Hall		 1989 Big East Conference baseball tournament Muzzy Field • Bristol, CT Villanova
Big Eight Conference Oklahoma State 1989 Big Eight Conference baseball tournament All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK Oklahoma State
Big Ten Conference Michigan 1989 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI Illinois
Big West Conference Fresno State/Long Beach State No tournament
Colonial Athletic Association UNC Wilmington 1989 Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournament Brooks Field • Wilmington, NC East Carolina
EIBL Penn No tournament
Metro Conference Florida State 1989 Metro Conference baseball tournament Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC Florida State
Mid-American Conference Western Michigan No tournament
Midwestern Collegiate Conference North - Detroit
South - Evansville		 1989 Midwestern City Conference baseball tournament South Bend, IN Notre Dame
Missouri Valley Conference Wichita State 1989 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS Indiana State
Mid-Continent Conference Blue - Cleveland State
Gray - Southwest Missouri State		 1989 Mid-Continent Conference baseball tournament Chicago, IL Southwest Missouri State
Pacific-10 Conference North - Washington State
South - Arizona		 No tournament
Southeastern Conference Mississippi State 1989 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL Auburn
Southern Conference Western Carolina 1989 Southern Conference baseball tournament Asheville, NC Western Carolina
Southwest Conference Arkansas/Texas A&M 1989 Southwest Conference baseball tournament Olsen Field • College Station, TX Texas A&M
Trans America Athletic Conference East - Stetson
West - Centenary		 1989 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament Conrad Park • DeLand, FL Stetson

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1989 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 North Carolina  ‍†‍‍y 15 – 4   .789 41 – 18   .695
No. 14 Clemson  ‍‍‡‍y 13 – 5   .722 50 – 20   .714
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍y 13 – 6   .684 38 – 26   .594
NC State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 10   .500 35 – 21   .625
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 9 – 10   .474 35 – 23   .603
Virginia  ‍‍‍ 7 – 11   .389 25 – 24   .510
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 4 – 13   .235 17 – 22   .436
Duke  ‍‍‍ 2 – 14   .125 20 – 23   .465
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1989[3]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1989 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
North Division
Providence  x‍‍‍ 12 – 6 – 0   .667 27 – 16 – 0   .628
Connecticut  ‍‍‍ 9 – 9 – 0   .500 27 – 16 – 0   .628
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 9 – 9 – 0   .500 20 – 17 – 0   .541
St. John's  ‍‍‍ 6 – 12 – 0   .333 19 – 19 – 0   .500
South Division
Seton Hall  x‍‍‍ 16 – 2 – 0   .889 33 – 19 – 1   .632
Villanova  ‍‍‡‍y 12 – 5 – 0   .706 42 – 13 – 0   .764
Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 7 – 11 – 0   .389 17 – 26 – 0   .395
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 0 – 17 – 0   .000 6 – 25 – 0   .194
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1989[4][5]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1989 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 12 Michigan  ‍†‍‍y 21 – 6   .778 49 – 16   .754
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 17 – 11   .607 37 – 20   .649
No. 24 Illinois  ‍‍‡‍y 17 – 11   .607 42 – 16   .724
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 16 – 12   .571 34 – 27   .557
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 15 – 12   .556 31 – 22   .585
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 15 – 13   .536 26 – 30   .464
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 15   .464 25 – 26   .490
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 11 – 17   .393 34 – 25   .576
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 9 – 19   .321 22 – 37   .373
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 5 – 23   .179 34 – 26   .567
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1989[6][7]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1989 Colonial Athletic Association baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
UNC Wilmington  ‍†‍‍ 14 – 1 – 0   .933 31 – 15 – 0   .674
East Carolina  ‍‍‡‍y 12 – 3 – 0   .800 27 – 29 – 1   .482
James Madison  ‍‍‍ 7 – 6 – 0   .538 32 – 21 – 0   .604
Richmond  ‍‍‍ 6 – 8 – 0   .429 23 – 24 – 0   .489
George Mason  ‍‍‍ 3 – 10 – 0   .231 23 – 25 – 0   .479
William & Mary  ‍‍‍ 0 – 14 – 0   .000 9 – 29 – 0   .237
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1989[8]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1989 Metro Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 Florida State  ‍†‍‡‍y 14 – 4   .778 54 – 18   .750
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 12 – 6   .667 35 – 22   .614
Southern Miss  ‍‍‍ 8 – 7   .533 36 – 26   .581
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 8 – 7   .533 34 – 23   .596
Memphis State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 10   .444 32 – 23   .582
Louisville  ‍‍‍ 6 – 11   .353 27 – 23   .540
Cincinnati  ‍‍‍ 3 – 14   .176 21 – 30   .412
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1989[9]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1989 NCAA Division I baseball independents standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Wright State  ‍‍‍ –   – 45 – 12   .789
Nicholls State  ‍‍‍y –   – 44 – 16   .733
No. 6 Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍y –   – 49 – 18   .731
Oral Roberts  ‍‍‍ –   – 36 – 18   .667
No. 25 UCF  ‍‍‍y –   – 42 – 22   .656
FIU  ‍‍‍ –   – 39 – 21   .650
Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍ –   – 33 – 20   .623
UMBC  ‍‍‍ –   – 27 – 17   .614
New Mexico State  ‍‍‍ –   – 34 – 22   .607
Florida A&M  ‍‍‍ –   – 20 – 16   .556
Liberty  ‍‍‍ –   – 25 – 24   .510
Tulane  ‍‍‍ –   – 27 – 26   .509
Akron  ‍‍‍ –   – 24 – 24   .500
Wisconsin–Milwaukee  ‍‍‍ –   – 22 – 22   .500
Youngstown State  ‍‍‍ –   – 19 – 20   .487
United States International  ‍‍‍ –   – 24 – 35   .407
Northern Colorado  ‍‍‍ –   – 18 – 29   .383
Davidson  ‍‍‍ –   – 12 – 27   .308
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1989[10]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1989 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Wichita State  ‍†‍‍y 13 – 5   .722 68 – 18   .791
No. 22 Indiana State  ‍‍‡‍y 13 – 7   .650 48 – 21   .696
Illinois State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 10   .500 26 – 34   .433
Creighton  ‍‍‍ 9 – 11   .450 37 – 26   .587
Bradley  ‍‍‍ 7 – 11   .389 35 – 22   .614
Southern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 6 – 14   .300 26 – 38   .406
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1989[11]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1989 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 10 Mississippi State  ‍†‍‍y 20 – 5   .800 54 – 14   .794
No. 4 LSU  ‍‍‍y 18 – 9   .667 55 – 17   .764
Florida  ‍‍‍y 14 – 10   .583 44 – 22   .667
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 15 – 11   .577 37 – 25   .597
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 15 – 11   .577 32 – 24   .571
Auburn  ‍‍‡‍y 12 – 12   .500 44 – 20   .688
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 11 – 15   .423 31 – 21   .596
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15   .375 34 – 21   .618
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 10 – 17   .370 28 – 25   .528
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 4 – 23   .148 23 – 36   .390
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1989[12]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1989 Southern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Western Carolina  ‍†‍‡‍y 10 – 5   .667 23 – 31   .426
Marshall  ‍‍‍ 8 – 5   .615 16 – 14   .533
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 7   .563 29 – 13   .690
VMI  ‍‍‍ 8 – 7   .533 16 – 23   .410
The Citadel  ‍‍‍ 8 – 9   .471 30 – 20   .600
Furman  ‍‍‍ 5 – 10   .333 13 – 21   .382
East Tennessee State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 10   .333 10 – 21   .323
† – Conference champion
‡ – SoCon Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1989[13]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1989 Southwest Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 9 Texas A&M  ‍†‍‡‍y 17 – 4   .810 58 – 7   .892
No. 5 Arkansas  ‍†‍‍y 17 – 4   .810 51 – 16   .761
No. 2 Texas  ‍‍‍y 14 – 7   .667 54 – 18   .750
Houston  ‍‍‍ 9 – 12   .429 43 – 17   .717
Texas Tech  ‍‍‍ 9 – 12   .429 32 – 22   .593
TCU  ‍‍‍ 7 – 14   .333 37 – 22   .627
Baylor  ‍‍‍ 7 – 14   .333 32 – 19   .627
Rice  ‍‍‍ 4 – 17   .190 28 – 30   .483
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1989[14]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1989 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Stetson x‍†‍‡‍y 13 – 5   .722 38 – 23   .623
Georgia Southern ‍‍‍ 12 – 6   .667 33 – 27   .550
Samford ‍‍‍ 7 – 11   .389 17 – 30   .362
Mercer ‍‍‍ 4 – 14   .222 16 – 35   .314
West
Centenary x‍‍‍ 10 – 6   .625 31 – 21   .596
Arkansas–Little Rock ‍‍‍ 7 – 9   .438 28 – 25   .528
Hardin–Simmons ‍‍‍ 7 – 9   .438 25 – 30   .455
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1989[15]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

Main article: 1989 College World Series

The 1989 season marked the forty third NCAA baseball tournament, which culminated with the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Wichita State claiming their first championship with a 5–3 win over Texas in the final.[1]

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
             
1 Florida State 4
8 North Carolina 2
1 Florida State 4
4 Wichita State 2
4 Wichita State 3
5 Arkansas 1
1 Florida State 4 9
4 Wichita State 7 12
8 North Carolina 3
5 Arkansas 7
5 Arkansas 4
4 Wichita State 8
4 Wichita State 5
2 Texas 3
2 Texas 7
7 Long Beach State 1
2 Texas 12
3 Miami (FL) 2
3 Miami (FL) 5
6 LSU 2
2 Texas 12 —
6 LSU 7 —
7 Long Beach State 5
6 LSU 8
6 LSU 6
3 Miami (FL) 3

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1989 College Baseball All-America Team

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