1989 Miami Hurricanes baseball team

1989 Miami Hurricanes baseball
NCAA East Regional champions
College World Series, 1–2
Conference	Independent
Record	49–18
Head coach	Ron Fraser (27th year)
Home stadium	Mark Light Field
Seasons ←  1988 1990 →

1989 NCAA Division I baseball independents standings

v t e	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 [1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1989 Miami Hurricanes baseball team represented the University of Miami in the 1989 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Hurricanes played their home games at Mark Light Field. The team was coached by Ron Fraser in his 27th season at Miami.

The Hurricanes reached the College World Series, where they finished tied for fifth after winning one game and losing another against semifinalist LSU and losing to eventual runner-up Texas. ^[2]

Personnel

Roster

1989 Miami Hurricanes roster [3]
	Pitchers - Jeff Alkire - Alex Fernandez - Joe Grahe - Greg Knowles - Oscar Múñoz - Steve Tucker -Jim West. Catchers - Jorge Fabregas		Infielders - Kirk Dulom - F. P. Santangelo - Mike Tosar - Jose Trujillo Outfielders - Gino DiMare - Rey Noriega - Will Vespe		Unknown - Jeff Borgese - Elliot Cianchini - Juan Flores - Henry Hernandez - Mike Hinde - Chris Hirsch - Ron Martinelli - Donald Robinson - Scott Sharts - Sean Stall - John Viera - Larry Walker

Coaches

1989 Miami Hurricanes baseball coaching staff
Ron Fraser – Head coach – 27th year

Schedule and results

Legend
	Miami win
	Miami loss

1989 Miami Hurricanes baseball game log [4]
Regular season
February Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Feb 5 UCF Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 4–1 1–0 Feb 6 UCF Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 5–1 2–0 Feb 7 UCF Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 15–0 3–0 Feb 10 South Florida Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 1–012 4–0 Feb 11 South Florida Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 9–5 5–0 Feb 17 Tennessee Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 4–1 6–0 Feb 18 Tennessee Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 5–611 6–1 Feb 19 Seton Hall Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 11–2 7–1 Feb 20 Seton Hall Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 1–5 7–2 Feb 25 at Texas Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 9–5 8–2 Feb 26 at Texas Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 2–5 8–3 Feb 27 at Texas Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 5–6 8–4
March Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Mar 1 Barry Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 9–1 9–4 Mar 3 Minnesota Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 5–4 10–4 Mar 4 Minnesota Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 13–4 11–4 Mar 5 Minnesota Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 7–6 12–4 Mar 8 Notre Dame Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 2–4 12–5 Mar 9 Boston University Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 17–07 13–5 Mar 10 Southern Illinois Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 6–0 14–5 Mar 11 Southern Illinois Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 10–6 15–5 Mar 12 Creighton Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 2–110 16–5 Mar 13 Creighton Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 6–5 17–5 Mar 14 Baltimore Orioles Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 0–5 Mar 15 Pace Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 6–3 18–5 Mar 17 Maine Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 8–1 19–5 Mar 18 Maine Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 2–0 20–5 Mar 19 Maine Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 3–4 20–6 Mar 21 Florida Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 10–13 20–7 Mar 22 Florida Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 4–0 21–7 Mar 24 Rutgers Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 16–8 22–7 Mar 25 Rutgers Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 7–4 23–7 Mar 27 Michigan State Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 7–5 24–7 Mar 28 Stetson Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 5–3 25–7 Mar 29 Stetson Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 8–910 25–8
April Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Apr 1 at Florida Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL L 1–7 25–9 Apr 2 at Florida Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL L 2–3 25–10 Apr 7 at Florida State Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL L 0–3 25–11 Apr 8 at Florida State Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 8–1 26–11 Apr 9 at Florida State Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL L 0–3 26–12 Apr 14 Florida Atlantic Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 14–0 27–12 Apr 15 Florida Atlantic Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 14–0 28–12 Apr 18 St. Thomas Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 9–0 29–12 Apr 21 FIU Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 5–2 30–12 Apr 22 FIU Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 7–2 31–12 Apr 23 at FIU Miami, FL W 9–6 32–12 Apr 25 Boca Raton Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 5–3 33–12 Apr 28 at Clemson Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 11–5 34–12 Apr 29 at Clemson Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 10–2 35–12 Apr 30 at Clemson Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC L 4–5 35–13
May Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record May 2 Eckerd Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 7–6 36–13 May 5 Florida State Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 11–2 37–13 May 6 Florida State Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 8–2 38–13 May 7 Florida State Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 4–8 38–14 May 9 Tampa Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 12–13 38–15 May 12 Mercer Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 12–3 39–15 May 13 Mercer Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 9–4 40–15 May 14 Mercer Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 10–3 41–15 May 19 vs NC State Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC W 7–4 42–15 May 20 vs Clemson Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC W 2–0 43–15 May 21 vs Arizona Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC W 11–1 44–15
Postseason
NCAA East Regional Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record May 25 Villanova Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL W 4–0 45–15 1–0 May 26 Georgia Tech Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL L 7–9 45–16 1–1 May 27 Florida Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL W 9–1 46–16 2–1 May 28 UCF Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL W 10–1 47–16 3–1 May 28 Villanova Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL W 4–1 48–16 4–1
College World Series Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Overall record CWS record June 3 (6) LSU (3) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 5–2 49–16 1–0 June 5 (2) Texas (3) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 2–12 49–17 1–1 June 6 (6) LSU (3) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 3–6 49–18 1–2

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1989". Boyd's World. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
2. "1989 College World Series". Omaha.com. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
3. Miami Hurricanes Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Miami Hurricanes. pp. 141–146. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
4. Miami Hurricanes Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Miami Hurricanes. pp. 60–61. Retrieved February 8, 2021.