1983 NCAA Division I baseball season

1983 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams253
NCAA tournament
College World Series
ChampionsTexas (4th title)
Runners-upAlabama (2nd CWS Appearance)
Winning CoachCliff Gustafson (2nd title)
MOPCalvin Schiraldi (Texas)
Seasons
← 1982
1984 →

The 1983 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 1983. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1983 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the thirty seventh time in 1983, 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. Texas claimed the championship for the fourth time.[1]

Realignment and format changes

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Conference winners

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This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1983 season. The NCAA sponsored regional competitions to determine the College World Series participants. Six regionals of four teams and two of six each competed in double-elimination tournaments, with the winners advancing to Omaha. 24 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 12 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference Regular season Winner Conference tournament Tournament venue • city Tournament winner
Atlantic Coast Conference North Carolina 1983 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC North Carolina
Atlantic 10 Conference East - Temple
West - Penn State		 1983 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship Series Beaver Field • State College, PA Temple
Big Eight Conference Oklahoma State 1983 Big Eight Conference baseball tournament All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK Oklahoma State
Big Ten Conference East - Michigan
West - Minnesota		 1983 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI Michigan
EIBL Harvard No tournament
Mid-American Conference East - Ohio
West - Western Michigan		 1983 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, MI Miami (OH)
Midwestern City Conference North - Detroit
South - Oral Roberts		 1983 Midwestern City Conference baseball tournament Tulsa, OK Oral Roberts
Pacific-10 Conference North - Oregon State
South - Stanford		 No tournament
Southeastern Conference East - Florida
West - Mississippi State		 1983 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS Alabama
Southern Conference The Citadel No tournament
Southwest Conference Texas 1983 Southwest Conference baseball tournament Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX Texas
Trans America Athletic Conference None[N 1] 1983 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament Centenary Park/SPAR Stadium • Shreveport, LA Mercer

Conference standings

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The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1983 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 25 North Carolina  ‍†‍‡‍y 10 – 2   .833 42 – 10   .808
NC State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 4   .692 23 – 13   .639
Clemson  ‍‍‍ 6 – 5   .545 30 – 20   .600
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 5 – 6   .455 17 – 18   .486
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍ 6 – 8   .429 38 – 15   .717
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 4 – 6   .400 14 – 19   .424
Virginia  ‍‍‍ 4 – 6   .400 12 – 25   .324
Duke  ‍‍‍ 1 – 8   .111 14 – 12   .538
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1983[3]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1983 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Temple  x‍‍‡‍y 9 – 1   .900 27 – 8   .771
Rutgers  ‍‍‍ 5 – 7   .417 13 – 22   .371
Saint Joseph's  ‍‍‍ 5 – 7   .417 19 – 12   .613
Rhode Island  ‍‍‍ 3 – 7   .300 15 – 22   .405
West
Penn State  x‍‍‍ 9 – 1   .900 16 – 23   .410
West Virginia  ‍‍‍ 6 – 4   .600 22 – 10   .688
George Washington  ‍‍‍ 5 – 6   .455 7 – 25   .219
Duquesne  ‍‍‍ 1 – 10   .091 9 – 12   .429
x – Division champion
‡ – Championship Series champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1983
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1983 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
East
No. 4 Michigan  x‍‍‡‍y 13 – 2 – 0   .867 50 – 9 – 0   .847
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 6 – 0   .571 22 – 32 – 0   .407
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 6 – 7 – 0   .462 26 – 21 – 0   .553
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 5 – 11 – 0   .313 21 – 34 – 0   .382
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 3 – 9 – 0   .250 24 – 21 – 0   .533
West
Minnesota  x‍‍‍ 12 – 2 – 0   .857 27 – 21 – 0   .563
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 7 – 7 – 0   .500 32 – 31 – 0   .508
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 6 – 9 – 0   .400 32 – 20 – 2   .611
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 6 – 8 – 0   .429 23 – 24 – 2   .490
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 6 – 10 – 0   .375 22 – 17 – 0   .564
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1983[4][5]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1983 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Eastern Division
Ohio  x‍‍‍ 10 – 4 – 0   .714 26 – 19 – 0   .578
Miami  ‍‍‡‍y 8 – 6 – 0   .571 36 – 15 – 0   .706
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 9 – 7 – 0   .563 32 – 17 – 0   .653
Kent State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 9 – 0   .400 44 – 16 – 0   .733
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 3 – 10 – 0   .231 23 – 24 – 0   .489
Western Division
Western Michigan  x‍‍‍ 8 – 4 – 0   .667 26 – 21 – 0   .553
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍ 5 – 4 – 1   .550 29 – 26 – 1   .527
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍ 5 – 6 – 0   .455 31 – 19 – 0   .620
Ball State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 6 – 0   .455 23 – 23 – 1   .500
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 3 – 7 – 1   .318 23 – 23 – 1   .500
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1983[6]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1983 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Northern
Oregon State  x‍‍‍ 17 – 7 – 0   .708 27 – 15 – 0   .643
Washington State  ‍‍‍ 16 – 8 – 0   .667 39 – 17 – 1   .693
Washington  ‍‍‍ 12 – 11 – 0   .522 25 – 16 – 1   .607
Portland State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 12 – 0   .478 32 – 18 – 0   .640
Eastern Washington  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13 – 0   .458 25 – 17 – 0   .595
Portland  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14 – 0   .417 23 – 21 – 1   .522
Gonzaga  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18 – 0   .250 17 – 34 – 0   .333
Southern
No. 6 Stanford  x‍‍‍y 20 – 10 – 0   .667 42 – 17 – 1   .708
No. 3 Arizona State  ‍‍‍y 17 – 13 – 0   .567 44 – 24 – 0   .647
Southern California  ‍‍‍ 17 – 13 – 0   .567 32 – 23 – 1   .580
Arizona  ‍‍‍ 14 – 15 – 0   .483 25 – 31 – 0   .446
UCLA  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18 – 0   .400 28 – 24 – 1   .538
California  ‍‍‍ 9 – 20 – 0   .310 23 – 37 – 0   .383
x – Division champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1983[7]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1983 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern Division
Florida  x‍‍‍ 14 – 7   .667 38 – 14   .731
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 12 – 7   .632 26 – 16   .619
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 11 – 9   .550 29 – 19   .604
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 6 – 11   .353 31 – 14   .689
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 6 – 15   .286 22 – 23   .489
Western Division
No. 12 Mississippi State  x‍‍‍y 17 – 5   .773 42 – 15   .737
No. 2 Alabama  ‍‍‡‍y 14 – 7   .667 46 – 11   .807
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 10 – 12   .455 26 – 18   .591
LSU  ‍‍‍ 9 – 12   .429 28 – 21   .571
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 4 – 18   .182 16 – 34   .320
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1983[8]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1983 Southern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 21 The Citadel  ‍†‍‍y 12 – 2   .857 34 – 10   .773
East Tennessee State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 3   .750 20 – 18   .526
Western Carolina  ‍‍‍ 9 – 5   .643 25 – 20   .556
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 7   .500 33 – 14   .702
Marshall  ‍‍‍ 7 – 7   .500 19 – 14   .576
VMI  ‍‍‍ 5 – 9   .357 11 – 25   .306
Davidson  ‍‍‍ 3 – 11   .214 11 – 24   .314
Furman  ‍‍‍ 2 – 10   .167 4 – 22   .154
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1983[9]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1983 Southwest Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Texas  ‍†‍‡‍y 18 – 3   .857 66 – 14   .825
No. 24 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y 13 – 8   .619 44 – 21   .677
Houston  ‍‍‍ 13 – 8   .619 43 – 15   .741
Baylor  ‍‍‍ 8 – 7   .533 20 – 9   .690
Rice  ‍‍‍ 2 – 11   .154 9 – 12   .429
Texas Tech  ‍‍‍ 8 – 13   .381 18 – 23   .439
TCU  ‍‍‍ 6 – 15   .286 26 – 25   .510
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 4 – 17   .190 24 – 21   .533
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1983[10]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1983 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Georgia Southern ‍‍‍ 0 – 0 – 0   – 38 – 24 – 0   .613
Nicholls State ‍‍‍ 0 – 0 – 0   – 38 – 24 – 0   .613
Arkansas–Little Rock ‍‍‍ 0 – 0 – 0   – 23 – 20 – 1   .534
Mercer ‍‍‡‍ 0 – 0 – 0   – 29 – 26 – 1   .527
Northwestern State ‍‍‍ 0 – 0 – 0   – 26 – 30 – 0   .464
Centenary ‍‍‍ 0 – 0 – 0   – 18 – 22 – 0   .450
Hardin–Simmons ‍‍‍ 0 – 0 – 0   – 22 – 27 – 0   .449
Samford ‍‍‍ 0 – 0 – 0   – 4 – 37 – 0   .098
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1983[11]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

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Main article: 1983 College World Series

The 1983 season marked the thirty seventh 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 Texas claiming their fourth championship with a 4–3 win over Alabama in the final.[1]

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

Award winners

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All-America team

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Main article: 1983 College Baseball All-America Team

References

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  1. ^ a b c W.C. Madden & Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 41–43. ISBN 9780786418428. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  2. ^ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  3. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1983". Boyd's World. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  4. ^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
  5. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1983". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
  6. ^ "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
  7. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1983". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  8. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1983". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  9. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1983". Boyd's World. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  10. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1950". boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  11. ^ Atlantic Sun Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 5. Retrieved June 2, 2019.

Notes

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  1. ^ No records for conferences games in 1983 exist, although TAAC played a conference tournament
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