1983 NCAA Division I baseball season

1983 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams	253
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions	Texas (4th title)
Runners-up	Alabama (2nd CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Cliff Gustafson (2nd title)
MOP	Calvin 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

• Nicholls State and Samford joined the Trans America Athletic Conference after transitioning to NCAA Division I, while Northeast Louisiana departed for the Southland Conference. The league dissolved its two divisions.
• Chattanooga discontinued its baseball program after the 1982 season.

Conference winners

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

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1983 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings v t e 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 v t e 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 v t e 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 v t e 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 v t e 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 v t e 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 v t e 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 v t e 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 v t e 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

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]

	First round					Second round					Third round
	Winner's bracket
		Texas	12
		James Madison	0
							Texas	611
							Oklahoma State	5
		Oklahoma State	3
		Stanford	1
												Texas	610
												Alabama	4
		Michigan	6
		Maine	5
							Michigan	5
							Alabama	6
		Alabama	611
		Arizona State	5
						Loser's bracket
							James Madison	1
							Stanford	3				Michigan	11
												Stanford	4
							Maine	0
							Arizona State	7				Oklahoma State	5
												Arizona State	6

Semifinals

Finals

if needed

Re-ordered Semifinals

Texas

4

Michigan

2

Texas

4

Alabama

3

Alabama

6

Arizona State

0

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1983 College Baseball All-America Team

References

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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

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