1983 NCAA Division I baseball tournament


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 [1983 1983 Texas Longhorns baseball team|Texas Longhorns baseball team|Texas], coached by Cliff Gustafson. The Most Outstanding Player was Calvin Schiraldi of Texas.

National seeds

Bold indicates CWS participant.

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.

College World Series

Results

Bracket


Game results

DateGameWinnerScoreLoserNotes
June 3Game 1Texas12–0
June 3Game 2[1983 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball|Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team|Oklahoma State]3–1Stanford
June 4Game 3Michigan6–5
June 4Game 4Alabama6–5 [1983 1983 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team|Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team|Arizona State]
June 5Game 5Stanford3–1James Madison eliminated
June 5Game 6Arizona State7–0Maine eliminated
June 6Game 7Texas6–5 Oklahoma State
June 7Game 8Alabama6–5Michigan
June 8Game 9Arizona State6–5Oklahoma StateOklahoma State eliminated
June 8Game 10Michigan11–4StanfordStanford eliminated
June 9Game 11Texas6–4 Alabama
June 10Game 12Alabama6–0Arizona StateArizona State eliminated
June 10Game 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
PCalvin Schiraldi Texas
CJeff HearronTexas
1BDave MagadanAlabama
2BBilly BatesTexas
3BChris SaboMichigan
SSMike BrumleyTexas
OFBarry BondsArizona State
OFTim KnappOklahoma State
OFDale SklarMichigan
DHPete IncavigliaOklahoma State

Notable players

Alabama: Dave Magadan, Craig ShipleyArizona State: Chris Beasley, Barry Bonds, Doug Henry, Oddibe McDowell, Don WakamatsuJames Madison: Jeff UrbanMaine: Bill SwiftMichigan: Scott Kamieniecki, Barry Larkin, Chris Sabo, Gary WayneOklahoma State: Carlos Diaz, John Farrell, Gary Green, Mike Henneman, Pete Incaviglia, Robbie WineStanford: Mike Aldrete, Jeff Ballard, Mark Davis, Pete StanicekTexas: Billy Bates, Mike Brumley, Mike Capel, Roger Clemens, Jeff Hearron, Bruce Ruffin, Calvin Schiraldi, Jose Tolentino